The smoke is very mild and pleasurable. There is a nutty character to the smoke.

After the initial taste upon lighting (which tastes somewhat like pencil shavings to me), the flavor is mild and nice. It smokes smooth and cool. I can see why this tobacco is a classic and why it is still around. For a simple change of pace or an all-day smoke, Prince Albert is a solid choice.

Nice kick of vitamin-N.

2.7 stars.

My Uncle Danny smoked it almost exclusively in the old corncob pipes that were his trademark, and I can remember walking to the corner store with him to get a pouch. Great memories of my favorite uncle. Smoke-wise, he knew a good thing and years later here I am smoking Prince Albert in a corncob pipe and walking down to the local grocery store a couple of times a month to pick up pouch. What can I say - classics never die.

Update after a few weeks. I still find this my go to smoke when in the truck. Easy to keep lit and hard to make it bite. I have an hour ride and a full load in my General Corncob makes it all the way.

Indoors it does taste like cigarettes but outdoors it does have a mellow quality about it and it is surprisingly good for such a cheap tobacco. It does have a heckuva nicotine hit that will satisfy your need for vitamin N for hours. It is not the sort of baccy that you would want to savor with a tumbler of quality bourbon as you sit in your easy chair in front of the fireplace late evenings. It is more the sort of stuff that you smoke while sprawled under a shade tree and sipping coffee with your bird dog resting his chin on your knee.

That being said, I think the flavor profiles that I am used to have prejudiced me because I cannot for the life of me understand why anyone would smoke Prince Albert.

The tobacco is cased with something harsh and chemical tasting. The predominate flavor is akin to the odor of 'Playdough'. The tobaccos used are of inferior quality and would not be good even if the topping were not used. I can't even begin to describe how nasty this weed is. And 'weed' is the proper word for this stuff. You might as well go out in the yard and scrap some grass clippings off the bottom of your lawnmower, I'm positive that more satisfaction would result.

If this is one of the best drugstore blends out there, then I can forego any further experimentation on this level. It would only be a waste of money and time.

Nostalgia can be a tricky thing for people. Memories are often more about the details one cannot remember than the things one does remember. This is a prime example of that. Grandpa may have smoked this, but your love and respect of him does not make this tobacco any better than what it is in reality.