House of Windsor - Revelation pipe tobacco reviews

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JimInks	03/30/2013	Mild to Medium	Mild	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable
I've smoked this a few times, always hoping to change my mind and like it. It has all the elements of a good blend - the kind I should like - but it never did much for me. I didn't care for the toppings. The perique is very mild as is the latakia. The rest of the ingredients never seemed to be of high quality. Overall, I found it very disappointing. It's not awful, just more boring than it should be. Maybe the earlier versions were better, but I never tried them, and can only go by what I smoked.
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Gramps	07/03/2012	Mild to Medium	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable
Whether this blend bares any resemblance to the old Phillip Morris version, I suspect not. That being said, this is an exceptional no longer produced blend that I doubt anyone can adequately copy. Mostly cube cut, it packs easily and is an outstanding smoke. The fruit topping is applied very lightly and the combination of tobaccos in the blend create a wonderful flavor. I was fortunate enough to find a couple of tins at a very old tobacconist shop in Ann Arbor last year and smoke it sparingly.
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Connoisseur	02/15/2012	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable
Revelation is another old House of Windsor offering that's a little different than their others like Union Leader, etc. Those who have smoked Country Doctor will see the similarity of these tobaccos. A motley combination of cubed white burley, darl cavendish like flakes and light flakes which are quite dry in consistency and idnicative of a possible tongue burner. Suprisingly, it is rather mild on the tongue with a slightly nutty flavour with a hint of latakia - though I could not detect any Perique as such. Revelation is better than most of the othe HOW offerings, but as I'm no latakia fan, it's not bad, but not one I'd wish for my desert island collection.
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hockey01	10/18/2010	Mild to Medium	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant
Getting hard to find, isn't it? Maybe that's why we've seen the major tobacco suppliers blending knock-offs of these old-timey blends. I found a couple of 10 oz. cannisters of the "real" Revelation (like that pictured above) at a nearby tobacconist and bought them both. Why? Because this tobacco, to me anyway, is a rather mild English-like concoction that produces a room note like a downtown men's club and a comfortable aroma that one can enjoy all day long. It's easy to pack in the pipe and there's virtually none of the tongue bite often associated with many Latakia/Perique blends. There are more expensive and fuller, more rounded English blends to be sure, but I keep on coming back to this old standby. It's not as suffocating as some of the really strong English blends can be. Forget about the "drug store" variety of this tobacco; don't try to figure out what the flavoring is. Just sit back and enjoy a blend that grows on you with time. For some reason you'll find yourself coming back to it again and again...if you can find it.
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Mr. Brizzi	07/19/2010	Mild to Medium	Medium	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant
This delicious beauty has everything, and it all works! Spectacular blend, I rate it off the scale, with Five Stars and highly recommend this blend. When I was younger, I couldn't stand Revelation, but as my tastebuds grew in maturity... Don't let this tobacco get away. Flavors are complex yet subtle. Room note, very pleasant. Strength, medium. Personally, I mix one pound to 4 ounces added of Latakia. I'm beginning to wonder if I add more Oriental or Turkish, what flavors it would yield. I always considered Revelation, an American spin, on a British-type pipe smoking mixture. When the sky is pewter, air is damp and dismal and my bones ache (I live 18 feet off of the Atlantic Ocean), I smoke nothing but Revelation, to restore my spirit. If I require the campfire tones, I light my pipe with wooden kitchen matches. Usually, I use a Zippo, and love it. What a loss to the pipe smoking world, since House of Windsor went out of business. Now I aggressively hunt down remaining stock of Revelation, and thankfully, there is Revelation-Match.
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doc'spipe	04/16/2010	Mild to Medium	Mild	Medium	Pleasant
I first smoked Revelation back in the late 70's, early 80's, and recall it being my first tobacco with Latakia that I could tolerate on a regular basis. I loved the packaging - a nice little box with the sealed foil packet. I distinctly remember the packaging saying, "a fruity, nutty blend." Well, I never really tasted anything that reminded me of fruit, and as for nutty, well, not really. Mind you, I was new to the game and couldn't taste much beyond the Latakia. I still have another box - well over 25 years old (the quoted description now saying, "it's mild and mellow"). From time to time, I smoke a half-bowl in a very small-bowled pipe just for old times sake and find it quite enjoyable. It is not the HOW version (I never had that version), as my package says it is made under authority of Philip Morris by United States Tobacco Co. What a shame it is no longer being produced as what little I have still delivers true tobacco taste and enjoyment.
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DK	04/09/2010	Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable
Thankfully the topping scent doesn't translate exactly to the taste! I can taste extremely mild fruit but it blends in with the tobacco itself and actually makes this one better than I think it would be without the topping. This has everything but the kitchen sink in it but it seems to work well. The latakia is noticeable but not overpowering. The taste is dominated by the virginias and the perique taste seems to "wander", showing up occasionally. After smoking and loving Cornell & Diehl's Epiphany and being told it was modeled after Revelation, I came into this with some bias. However, this doesn't smoke much like Epiphany at all, and I was told E was blended to taste like the old Philip Morris Revelation. At any rate, this is a worthy replacement, even though it is not as perfectly harmonious and flavorful as Epiphany. If you can find this, give it a spin. It's a very congenial blend with a lot of flavor and no bite. It's just fun to smoke!
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ELF	02/21/2010	Very Mild	Extremely Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant
This Tobacco is a BEAUTY!!!The only Tobacco i can take..CLOSE MY EYES AND LITTERALLY,Fill "ANY"one of my pipes(Calabash,Briar,Corn Cob,Clay,Ch'Wrdn,Meer..Big,Small,Medium)...smoke it Fast-or-Slow...ALL GOOD,ANYTIME! Just Fill,Light,and...GO,GO,GO!!! :+)
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Shawn_M	02/11/2010	Mild to Medium	Very Mild	Medium	Tolerable
Now this is an interesting and compelling blend for me. I'll be honest and state that my palate is not discerning enough to fully distinguish everything in it. But what I can taste is enough to keep me comming back for more. I've gone through several tins of this, and it never seems to taste the same twice. I've never picked up the "fruity" taste others have commented on, the words which come to mind are "nutty" "woodsey" and "earthen." My wife and kids have told me it smells "ok" which means it smells rather pungent to them.
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wosbald	11/07/2009	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable
The dominant tin notes of this mixture of fine cubes and very short ribbon are the fetid turkish and the fruity topping (grape or raspberry, perhaps) along with grassy burley. Flavor seems initially dominated by the piquant gold VAs, however the burley, red VA, and perique soon make themselves known. Present throughout, the latakia is not dominant, though it gains fullness down the bowl. The combination of the VAs, perique, and topping give an impression of sweetness, though this is not a particularly sweet smoke. The acridity of the turkish combines with the other components to present a sour, bitter, and sweet concoction that enhances the nutty undertones of the burley. Throughout the bowl, the topping remains present, though it folds admirably into the whole. Revelation is remarkably complex yet remains balanced and companionable. As such, it is an ideal all-day blend for the adventurous puffer. This seemed best in a narrow gauge chamber.
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Bub	07/14/2009	Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant
This is a friendly tobacco. You can smoke this all day if you wanted to. Not to strong. Very mild actually. Lot's of different flavors in here if you are patient enough to look for them. If you've been wanting to try latakia but was worried it would be to strong, give this a try. Has just a little in here. Look for the smokey flavor. That's what Latakia tastes like. If you like it you can always try a stronger one later. Overall, pretty good stuff!
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jackal	04/13/2009	Medium	Medium to Strong	Medium to Full	Pleasant to Tolerable
This is my favorite American blend. It has almost everything. The balance between the composites is uniqe, in my experience; and I first smoked a pipe at age 5, 55 years ago. All of the various tobaccos are first-rate. I love the taste and smell so much it is almost good enough to eat. If you like a complex smoke ( like the best English) then give this a try. I think you will like it.
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DakotaPeacePipe	01/29/2009	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable
This has been one of my all time favorite blends for almost 40 years. I smoked this on occasion years ago when it was a Phillip Morris product, back in the day we used to consider this a ?very strong? blend. Ten or so years ago when House of Windsor brought it back I was ecstatic and it became my ?go to? tobacco for a number of years. This appears to me to be predominately burley with a seasoning of more flavorful condiment tobaccos, topped with a very light flavoring which some have described as almost ?fruity or citrus? in nature. I certainly no longer consider this as a ?strong? blend simply flavorful for an over the counter burley. Burns cool with not a hint of bite. I am carefully hoarding my remaining supply of Revelation and will definitely seek out one of the ?matches? currently available.
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Loboatomy	01/15/2009	Medium	Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable
Invariably dry in the pouch as I have purchased it, this is one of those strange tobaccos which I like, but can't quite bing myself to smoke continuously. I'll start thinking about Revelation, I'll go out and buy a package, dump its crunchy contents into a ziplock and spray with distilled H2o to rehydrate, then I'll get on a "Revelation kick", I'll revel in the complexity of the 5 tobaccos, drink like mead the smooth pepper/campfire notes, I'll marvel at the discreet topdresing and I'll fall in love with the way my dank old Volvo smells after I smoke it with the windows closed. I almost completely abandon my usual daytime burleys, burn through about 1.5 packages in a week and all of a sudden I loose my taste for it all of a sudden it seems flat and harsh...then in about a month or two, the same thing happens again...this has been going on for at least a year now...I suspect that it was better in the olden days and came across as something more along the lines of a Fox and Hound or other mild mild english. The top dressing is berryish, similar in some ways to that of Kentucky Club (different blender) and I can't seem to notice any perique at all, although I certainly can smell the latakia in the mixture and it probably would smoke alot hotter without it in the mix. The room note has recieved the typical unfavorable commentary from the female but I can't imagine it's any worse than any other tobacco. Try mixing this 2:1 with Middletons Cherry blend,the combination is pretty damn good as an all day smoke if you are a lover of "industrialized tobacco" like I am... If you haven't tried it, go ahead and grab a pouch just to see what all the hoopla is about. I concur with the folks who have mentioned that if it came in a fancier tin with a heftier pricetag it would probably get better reviews for it is a strangely engaging kind of a smoke. Recommended P.S By the way...Did you know Einstein smoked this?...;) UPDATE 1/15/09: Took a year long hiatus from this and started back in on some pouches I purchased about two years ago. I seem to have gotten what might have been the last of the production run. Very "quality uncontrolled" from pouch to pouchwith a ton of casing on one pouch, almost none on the others, just seemed like a different blend of tobacco too. Unfortunately this tobacco is apparently completely out of production now. Just the other day I picked up a sealed plastic tub that had beeen lurking on the bottom shelf of my tobacconist for at least 5 years for HALF of it's sticker price (total cost about $12). I figure MAYBE it is still the quality stuff I remember. I'll probably hold onto it for a while before opening it... what a shame...
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UpInSmoke	01/03/2009	Medium	Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable
I have no personally smoked this brand of tobacco, but remember my grandfather smoking it exclusively. I have tried to find this brand everywhere, but have been told the company is out of business and no longer sells this brand. Does anyone know where I can find Revelation sold? Any help would be much appreciated!
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Auroraboy	07/10/2008	Medium to Strong	Mild to Medium	Medium to Full	Pleasant to Tolerable
I received this in a sampler pack of House of Windsor tins. Revelation was several cuts above the rest of them. I have no way to compare to the old blend, but from the old Life magazine ads I've seen, it looked to be a very popular and easily obtainable brand, economically priced. The cut of the tobacco was rather short and chunky, and it loaded easily. The aroma in the tin was hard to pin down, very pleasant and spicy. When I first smoked this, it seemed very strong to me as a very new pipe smoker. It stayed lit well even with a laid back puffing speed, and didn't taste like it smelled, just a fairly full tobacco flavor. I burned through this quicker than any of the other tins, but was discouraged from grabbing a large tin of this by strangely high prices of these blends.
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iggy	03/21/2008	Very Strong	Strong	Very Full	Strong
I decided to give a free sample of Revelation a try, after reading that Albert Einstein was a fan of this. The aroma is unflavored but pleasant, the strength is nearly overwhelming after a full bowl, and it is best smoked in the car or wherever else pipes are tolerated. Revelation does not have a luxurious flavor, and it is less aromatic than Field & Stream. Yet, Revelation has a full earthy richness to its tobacco taste.
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Big bad Jon	01/11/2008	Mild to Medium	Mild	Medium	Pleasant
I promise to not make any Einstein jokes, but feel that his name is forever tied to this blend. On the other hand this Virginia/Burley/Latakia/Perique blend is rather ordinary other than the fact that I can not quite figure what the casing is. It has the sweetness of fruit but I get some pine flavors at times too. I am not sure what it is, but I like it. This blend is at best an average blend, not spectacular. Maybe it is best put that it is just one step above a drug store blend. The latakia is relatively bland, and the Perique is almost not there at all. But it smokes cool and is great for a quick smoke in a small pipe. Besides the room note is quite nice as well.
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Jaybee	12/24/2007	Medium	Medium	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable
As an OTC blend (although that's really not what it is anymore) this is reasonably good tobacco. It lights and burns easily with little tongue bite. If I have any criticism it's that somewhere in the middle of a bowl the flavors all become muddled. At first light I can distinguish various elements, but as the bowl progresses the various flavors seem to pool together into a relatively non-descript taste. I'm not a connoisseur and I don't always need to analyze each taste in a blend, but somehow this one ends up tasting like wet cardboard. Although burley is a fine tobacco, care must be taken when mixing it with a variety of others as it can flatline the taste. Still I can see where this blend could be a favorite for many.
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Redd	12/17/2007	Medium	Medium	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable
Now, I understand the popularity of this blend years ago. This is a Latakia blend with a pinch of perique and a very light fruity topping. Never mind Enistien the guy had five of the same suits what dose that tell you about the guy? The guys who made this popular are your grandfather's. Now it is best to smoke this in a smaller bowl or the flavor will die out in a larger pipe. Burns well packs easy smokes good fresh or dry. To bad they make it near impossible to find today. The best of the House Of Windsor Blends. I also would recommend JUNKYARD DAWG if you like Revelation. Here is a tip you can mix both and make the Revelation go a lot further. JUNKYARD is nearly the same but without the topping & perique. As one of the other reviewers said."There is somthing to please everyone with this blend."
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