House of Windsor - Revelation pipe tobacco reviews

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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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scorpio	10/25/2007	Mild to Medium	Extremely Mild	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable
ok the truth, once I found out that albert einstein had smoked revelation,I to had to try it,well he was one of the most gifted minds. now that I have tried it,I still don't understand e=mc2 now that said,it is a good all day smoke. good for those hot summer months. I compare it to h/h and prince albert, I find I like it better out of a corn cob pipe.all around not bad
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Markopolo	03/30/2007	Medium	Very Mild	Medium	Pleasant
Tonight was the first time in my life I tried this mixture. WELL.....It's not bad ! I tasted burley....a little berry topping.....and a VERY little latakia (not enough to write home about, but it WAS there). If you want to call this a "drugstore tobacco", I guess I'd have to say that it's pretty damn good.......but I can't put it in the realms of the "GREATS".........(Dunhill, Rattrays, McClellands, Larsens......E.T.C.) My impression is this might be a good "no-brainer"......something you might like to puff on while you're concentrating on something else ! For a real, late-night "contemplative" smoke in your den, with a sniffter of good spirits......Revelation may dissapoint you !
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DUPE.629	03/06/2007	Mild to Medium	Very Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant
Revalation.06/03/06. In a nut shell,I found nothing negative about Revalation.Let's face it,it contains Burley,Kentucky,Virginia,Latakia and Perigue,so,there's something in this blend to please almost everyone! It smoked superbly and behaved beautifully all the way to the bottom of the bowl.Plus,no sign of tongue bite or any bitterness,leaving a very nice smoky grey ash in the bottom of the bowl.A very,very decent and most tasteful smoke,and definitely not boring at all."Yes,I'll happily buy more"
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The Unknown Piper	02/12/2007	Mild to Medium	Very Mild	Mild	Pleasant

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Anchkema	01/10/2007	Mild to Medium	Mild	Medium	Tolerable
I love this stuff. It isn't choosy about its pipe, almost packs by itself,it's easy to keep a smolder going w/out huffing, price is very good and, oh, yes, the taste is terrific. I bought 10 oz about 18 mos ago, misted it lightly with distilled water and put it away in a Ball jar. The treatment definitely didn't hurt and may have helped. Couple caveats: my missus, who is usally reasonable about my pipeweed, complained that this one is beyond her tolerance level. Einstein may have liked it, but she doesn't. So I confine Revelation to my No Girls Allowed room. Personally, I like the aroma a lot when I leave and then return to the room I've been smoking Revelation in. But smell seems to be an especially subjective sense ... My supply of Revelation seems to have quite a bit of dust -- or small particles -- mixed in it. My packing routine usually deselects them. Based on smoking Revelation in pipes that have been (mostly) dedicated to pipes used for either Latakia or Virginia blends, I'd say it has some tendency to leave a signature in a briar, although not a permanent one. If you haven't yet tried Revelation, you certainly owe yourself a sample. Sometimes, in mid-bowl, I ask myself, "Why wouldn't someone like this?" And I haven't come up with an answer, yet.
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Talonr1701	01/03/2007	Mild to Medium	Mild	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable
Heritage....History....I was in the zone and ready to try Einsteins own.... and I loved it. Very much like Country Doctor- latakia content is a bit less, maybe a bit more burley? Great nutty naste, berry (?) topping is there. Was a little surprised in the begining- It was kinda strong with the fruit smell, but this mellowed and the nutty burley taste came forward about mid bowl. Great taste, no bite...RElaxing.....Really loved it. Got the 10oz can- loving every minute....I'll always have it around... On a side note....I work with a lovely lady who is my senior. She enjoys smelling the tobaccos I bring around for my lunch smokes. When she smelled this, knowing nothing of reviews etc, she said it reminded her of apple moonshine her Father used to make in his barn. Interesting...Once she said it, I could sort of identify a boozy smell....My imagination? You decide... ***Downgraded since trying Baily's Front Porch- Which is a much better rendition of this blend......
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Maimonides	10/21/2006	Mild to Medium	Very Mild	Medium	Pleasant
Revelation is a Kentucky, Virginia, Burley mix with Latakia, and Perique in lesser amounts with a fruity topping. It is a dry ribbon cut that includes very small particles and tobacco 'dust'. It benefits from some hydration, as is it burns well and requires no packing. You can dip you pipe as the ol' timers did. The Va/Bur dominate here with nuttyness, Fruity topping doesnt really transfer to much flavor as the aroma would have you to believe primarily adding sweetness in the first 1/3 bowl fading by the end. It is not an aromatic. The Latakia/Perique fade in and out consistantly yet mildly and lightly. It would be a very 'Light' English Blend if it had to be qualified. It was originally made by Phillip Morris ( I Think), and was revived by House Of Windsor. I have read that the original was less sweet, nutty. Einsteins favorite blend now comes in a paper 'tin' so I wouldnt buy it for the art. End Result?? Although compared to Drugstore blends, and is in fact lacking in physical presentation. It is a fine tobacco and if it were sold in a metallic tin at three times the price I think they would wind up selling more. A good buy, a potent but mild tasting tobacco.
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Maimonides	10/21/2006	Mild	Mild	Medium	Pleasant
Revelation is a Kentucky, Virginia, Burley mix with Latakia, and Perique in lesser amounts with a fruity topping. It is a dry ribbon cut that includes very small particles and tobacco 'dust'. It benefits from some hydration, as is it burns well and requires no packing. You can dip you pipe as the ol' timers did. The Va/Bur dominate here with nuttyness, Fruity topping doesnt really transfer to much flavor as the aroma would have you to believe primarily adding sweetness in the first 1/3 bowl fading by the end. It is not an aromatic. The Latakia/Perique fade in and out consistantly yet mildly and lightly. It would be a very 'Light' English Blend if it had to be qualified. It was originally made by Phillip Morris ( I Think), and was revived by House Of Windsor. I have read that the original was less sweet, nutty. Einsteins favorite blend now comes in a paper 'tin' so I wouldnt buy it for the art. End Result?? Although compared to Drugstore blends, and is in fact lacking in physical presentation. It is a fine tobacco and if it were sold in a metallic tin at three times the price I think they would wind up selling more. A good buy, a potent but mild tasting tobacco.
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Kleophrades	09/29/2006	Mild to Medium	Mild	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable
I tried this blend in effort to find a room-note that my wife would tolerate (I ordinarily smoke English blends). All I can say is that it's inoffensive. Not terrible, not great. As American blends go, it's not cloying like some, but it's definitely sugary. The sweetness is at its strongest in the first half of the bowl; after that it settles down into tea-biscuit sweetness without Burley for body. There is no Latakia taste, nor any Perique that I can discern, nor even much nuttiness from the Burley. Just a middle of the road Virginia with sugar on top. If she likes it, I might use this when it's too cold to smoke outdoors. Otherwise I can't see any reason for this blend.
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imago	09/21/2006	Mild to Medium	Mild	Medium	Pleasant
Whenever I smoke this tobacco, I am more aware of the Burley and Virginia than I am of the Latakia and Perique. The topping is more noticeable in the aroma than in the flavour, and I'm actually quite impressed by the quality of this renowned "drugstore" tobacco. My sample came to me at an optimum moisture level for packing and lighting, and the tobacco burned to a fine grey ash without repeated lightings. This tobacco is quite good. As with most burley blends, it's best enjoyed in a corncob.
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bernie c	06/12/2006	Medium	Mild to Medium	Medium	Tolerable
Revelation...as others have mentioned, this was Albert Einstein`s tobacco of choice. My immediate impression on first lighting up was the quite noticeable topping that has obviously been added to this tobacco. Never being very keen on aromatics, this set off alarm bells in my head. After a minute or two of puffing though, I decided I quite liked the flavour I was experiencing. Sweet, sort of fruity..with `real tobacco` notes in the background. As the bowl progresses downward, the initial sweet fruitiness fades noticeably and the tobacco flavours themselves become more and more noticeable. Burley,Kentucky, Virginia ,Latakia and Perique. Each of them complements the other in a very enjoyable way. None of them are overpowering. I`d like to shake the hand of whoever first blended this baccy, if he were still alive today. As you near the bottom of the bowl, the sweet topping has almost dissapeared...leaving the other constituents much more prominent. This is a really good smoke. I would recommend it to english and natural blend fanciers who are wanting something a little different. I find myself coming back to it again and again. The only concern I have with my 2.5 oz sample was that it was very fine, and required a light touch when packing a bowl so as not to restrict air flow too much. Maybe that`s just my sample, or maybe all Revelation has this extremely fine, crumbly consistency. I can see myself ordering more when this has all been smoked. Quite excellent indeed.
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pop-pop's pipe	03/25/2006	Mild to Medium	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable
This is an update review. I recently purchased a 10oz tin of this and I am kind of sorry. I like the taste and the nicotine punch but this blend is rough on my gums. It don't bite the tongue but it makes your gums sore until you get used to it. It still tastes good and has lots of nicotine.
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pop-pop's pipe	03/19/2006	Mild to Medium	Mild	Medium	Pleasant
A good old school blend. Cool,sweet,dry,and satisfing. Not confectioned. The latakia and perique peek through occasionaly. Tastes like a light english. An oldie but goodie. Im smoking this right now as im writing this reveiw. House of windsor has a good thing going. I hope these blends catch on because Id like to see them more readily available. They can be found easily on-line but not in all tobacconist, smoke shops, or drugstores. Your old-time smokeshops that sell Kaywoodies and Yellowbowls will carry these blends. The other plus is PRICE ! $22.00 for a 10oz. tin, yep it went up and the tin size went down. You used to get a 14oz. tin for that price. All HOW tobaccos went up. I still smoke it and it's still as good as I said when I first reviewed it.
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Devonshire	03/19/2006	Medium to Strong	None detected	Medium to Full	Tolerable to Strong
To me, Revelation is like my wife's vegetable soup recipe. She takes every veggie she can find in the fridge and dumps them all in a big pot. I hate my wife's vegetable soup, but this technique seems to have worked well for Revelation. Made of 5 or 6 different tobaccos, Revelation is a hodge-podge more so than a proper blend. It tastes unrefined, unbalanced, but not unpleasant. It has a distinct old-fashioned feeling about it and a strong spiciness from the perique. The best words for this "blend" are rustic and woodsy - makes a great choice to take along on a camping trip or hike.
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farmer	03/15/2006	Medium to Strong	None detected	Full	Pleasant to Tolerable
For me, Revelation Mixture is in between. I have smoked a lot of what I call english blends which are all heavy on the latakia and other orientals. I like these-- Balkan Sobranie and Craven Mixture in particular, when they were what they were. For a long time my staple smoke was Dunhill American Mixture, reminiscent of Craven, but based on virginia and burley. While my children were young, I backed off from my pipes and when I returned a few years ago, DAM had disappeared. I smoked a package or two of Revelation back in the 70's, but was not impressed. But I read about Rev as Einstein's favorite and I had to try it. Like DAM, it has the latakia and oriental highlights, but it also has a pleasant virginia and burley background. It has become the cornerstone of my tobacco cabinet.
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BEN	03/15/2006	Mild to Medium	Mild	Medium	Pleasant
Revelation has been my favorite and only tobacco I smoke now for several years. I cannot say enough good things about this wonderful blend! For many years I smoked Dunhill Nightcap and Dunhill My Mixture 965 and upon trying my first pipeful of Revelation, the Dunhill Tins were moved to the back of my humidor. I enjoy this blend in every pipe I own. For those who love a blend that will wake you up in the morning, restart you in the afternoon and relax you in the evening,this is the one! A great all day smoke, it fills the bill for me at all levels. After smoking this in everything from Dunhill's right down to Kaywoodies, I fully understand why this was Albert Einsteins favorite smoke!! HIGHLY recommended!!
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BostonPipe	03/15/2006	Mild to Medium	Very Mild	Medium	Pleasant
This is one of those blends that I remember my Dad smoking back in the sixties. So many have reviewed this blend that I will keep my comments short. The blend is easy to pack, seldom needs a re-light and burns down to a grey/white ash. I find this smoke experience very pleasant and a nice chance of pace from my usual heavy English blends. On the initial light one does need to take care so as not to develop tongue-bite from the get-go. This can be an easy blend to overheat due to the type of cut. The virginia and burley seem to be the main components with the other tobaccos dancing in and around them. A nice change of pace.
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EAL	02/27/2006	Mild to Medium	Very Mild	Medium to Full	Pleasant to Tolerable
This blend is not for the purist, and it is not for those with an aversion to latakia or perique. Revelation has a lot going on, but it all comes together in a great way. I had turned my nose up at the HoW blends for a long time. They aren't available off the shelf anywhere near me, and I figured wouldn't be of sufficient quality to be worth adding to a tobacco order online with so many ?higher quality? blends to choose from. Finally, after seeing enough discussion about Revelation to stir my interest enough to overcome my prejudice, I ordered some. I'm glad I did. It was love at first taste. I went through the first two ounces faster than I've ever used up a in of tobacco. I just can't stay away from it. The latakia is there, but not in an overpowering way. You have to pay attention to notice the topping, and the perique is fairly subdued as well. The virginia and burleys provide a firm foundation. This isn't an artsy blend, but it's certainly a well done one. A good, quality hot dog isn't gourmet, but they sure do taste good. That's the type of appeal to taste in Revlation and earns it the four stars. The facts that it packs easy, the nostalgia ? its been around a century ? Einstein reportedly smoked it, and comes in a can with the cool retro artwork, are all icing on the cake.
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Ian Weeks	11/09/2005	Mild	Strong	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Very Pleasant
House of Windsor would be well advised to shell out more pounds towards the quality of tobaccos and the handling of this blend in pre packaging. As it is in the tin upon opening it is destroyed of any form bearing the description ?ribbon.? More like tiny flakes of powder. That does not speak to me of a ?quality? blend. Notwithstanding it?s appearance this blend smells nice and fruity, I detect mostly Burley and Virginia in the way of tobacco- the Latakia and Perique are escaping my olfactory senses?perhaps muted by the aromatic component. Packing is somewhat laborious as the tobacco is in poor shape, one must literally search for larger pieces to fill the bottom of the bowl so that the ?powdered? tobacco doesn?t get sucked up into the draft hole. But his is all made worth the journey because the tobacco tastes great once fire is put to proper use. I have smoked this blend in small, medium, and medium/large bowls and feel that it takes better to smaller sized bowls. The larger the bowl the more the aromatic component seems to come forth towards the bottom third of the bowl. Things moisten up, burn a bit harsh, and get sizzled as excessive moisture hits the top of the burning ember. As to the Latakia component: You got me. It must be very light if it is there at all, or perhaps just muted by the casing, which is pleasant enough by the way. Not the best blend that I have smoked, but a very interesting one that does bare complexity. If this ?Revelation? is the same that Einstein smoked than I can understand why he enjoyed it. For me- there are just too many other blends consisting of quality tobacco to applaud House of Windsor for this Revelation. But I do recommend it to the indiscriminate aromatic piper or somebody looking for a pleasant change with no 4th of July fireworks in the sky.
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