House of Windsor - Revelation pipe tobacco reviews

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akaiser77	09/18/2005	Medium	Medium	Medium to Full	Very Pleasant

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cruelraoul	07/10/2005	Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Tolerable
Eh. Not much to report here. The tobaccos just don't seem to come together to form anything as interesting as I would expect. It's not bad. But, it's not special in my notes, so I won't find much cause to seek it out. I suppose if one is looking for a 4 foundation blend, this might be considered good, but I find that there is limited interplay between them.
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kbosi	06/10/2005	Mild	Extremely Mild	Medium to Full	Very Pleasant
Albert was a very smart man with good taste in tobacco. Another all day smoke. AAA++++
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UncleGar	05/31/2005	Mild to Medium	Mild	Medium to Full	Pleasant to Tolerable
Every time I light this up, I wonder why it isn't a regular. Must be the dreaded "cheap smoke" prejudice common to all blends once sold in drugstores. It really is a tasty burley smoke. I try to associate my tobaccos with similar tasting ones, but this one doesn't have a comparison. It has a very light flavoring that is also hard to define, but I wouldn't classify it as an aromatic. It seems to be indifferent to bowl size, but as with many burley blends, it is best in a cob. Don't pack tightly, light once and you're set. Definitely a must-try for burley smokers. Like Prince Albert, it needs a higher price, a new name and reintroduced as a boutique blend.
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Pipestud	05/15/2005	Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant
Another winner from the House of Windsor. This is another Virginia/Burley/Latakia/Perique mixture that circled the bases for me. I never tasted the Perique and the Latakia raised its head just once in awhile. There is a substantial top coating in this stuff, and it smelled and tasted very nice indeed. Revelation is regarded as the blend of choice by Albert Einstein. I think his palate also had a high IQ. This stuff is light, tasty,nicotine laden and doesn't bite a bit. What's not to like? Update 5/15/05***** A fellow www.tobaccoreviews.com member recently was kind enough to send me a tin and several packs of Revelation. I have not opened the tin yet, so I don't know whether the tinned version is any different than the pouch version. (Although I'm not sure why, a blend sometimes tastes "different" when coming from a pouch rather than a tin and vice versa.) Anyway, it remains delicious. (IMO, of course)
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DUPE.1512	05/08/2005	Mild to Medium	None detected	Mild to Medium	Pleasant
The "fruity topping" that so many comment on, is something I did smell in the tin, but never notice when smoking. It packs and lights easy, burns cool, slow, even and never gets bitter. Revelation has many pluses, it has a tasty complex flavor, no bite whatsoever and can be smoked all day. It's premium burley accented by virginia flakes. The perique and latakia stay in the background, but poke through just enough to round out to a creamy smooth yet spicey aftertaste. The taste and aroma of true complexity sums up this blend best. 4 out of 4!
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OSR	04/30/2005	Mild to Medium	Extremely Mild	Medium	Pleasant
Revised 4.30.05 Yesterday I could not find my open tin of Dunhill's London Mixture so I popped a tin of Revelation open and filled one of my best Latakia pipes. Granular in texture, Revelation is very easy to fill the pipe with. No 'packing' needed - a gravity fill does the job nicely. Upon lighting I was surprised that this was not a simple burley and latakia mixture! The VA was there, under the burley and the latakia was there.. and the perique is in the background doing it's own thing. This is a blend with some complexity. After smoking nearly a full tin, I've adjusted my initial thoughts. The smoke is pleasant all the way down the bowl though at times it can be nippy to the tongue. At the halfway mark the VA's start popping out a bit more as well as the perique. Revelation never does get sour or wet. Harmonious, this is a more complicated little offering than most and does well in smaller bowls for my consumption. Recommended for those who like a light to medium English with a touch of the Louisiana product. I've got a smaller Castello Sea Rock that loves this blend.
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tobaccoman	04/27/2005	Mild to Medium	None detected	Medium	Pleasant
My wife purchased this tobacco for me for Christmas. A 10 oz can. 4 months later I have smoked a few bowls of it. It always starts out rough for me. Poor taste ect ect.. at about the half way mark every time it settles down and tastes great, burns solid and clean all the way to the end. If I could ever figure out hoe to get it "good" right off the bat it may become a regular.
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Rusty	04/24/2005	Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable
Back in the 60's as a pipe-smoking teenager, I ran across an ad for Revelation while reading Sports Afield magazine. The ad touted Revelation as a tobacco free of flavorings or aromatics: "Just tobacco, boys. Five great tobaccos in all." I said "That's for me!" and in my rural area I was able to find it fresh in one drug store. It quickly became a favorite of mine, and I bought it when I could. The re-introduced Revelation from House of Windsor is definitely not the same as the original. In some ways, I think it a bit better. It's a little sweeter and nuttier, with a more granular cut as opposed to original Rev's flakier texture. It packs and lights easily, burns cool, and doesn't get bitter. It's primarily high grade burley in taste, with a little accent from the Virginia flakes. I don't notice much contribution from its perique component. I recommend it to those like me who appreciate a good burley blend, but not for nostalgia. It's a replica mostly in name only. On its own merits, however, it actually competes very well against some of the great burley blends from C&D.
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Pkloop	02/16/2005	Mild to Medium	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant
I'm sitting here puffing away yet another bowl of this wonderful tobacco. Revelation is a smooth non-biting lightly topped tobacco.I would agree with others that it is some kindy of berry casing. The casing is very light, kinda like an 'essence of berry" not your typical dripping wet, steam producing, tounge biting, horrible stuff that you find in the jars of most 'baccy shops. The bowl is good all the way down with no bitter burley finish. In fact thats how you can tell the bowl is empty, if any bitter taste is detected you know its time for a refill, as there is nothing but ash left. No sloppy dottle. I can't fathom why this blend was discontinued, it is absolutely top notch and just as good as the Dunhill's, C&D's and Pease blends I smoke. It performs well in all pipes I have and the wife likes the room note. I strongly recommend this blend to all pipesters new & old alike. If this is any kind of indication as to what "drug store" blends were like, I was born in the wrong era PS: I've smoked 4 pouches of this and am currently working on a 10 oz can. They are both excellent. 2/16/05
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BigSwede	02/10/2005	Mild to Medium	Very Mild	Medium	Pleasant
The dust has long settled on the now defunct House of Windsor. The hype that surrounded the release of a whole bunch of old timey blends is nearly forgotten. But darn, I really miss this blend. I've found, way at the back of one of my tobacco drawers, about 1/3 of a tin and have been smoking this at intervals, knowing that when it's gone, it's REALLY gone. A truly great blend. Real "oomph". Lots of varied tobacco flavors that are not so much a melody, or nuance or any of that, but more of a riot. In your face. Loud and noisy. And yet actually a smooth smoke. Never got bit or jostled by this one. Knowing what I know now and having tried a lot of other tobaccos in the interim, if HOW were still in operation I'd buy up a couple of truckloads of Revelation, Country Doctor and Briggs. Revelation. Einsteins blend. RIP....earlier review follows: I'll just try to add a few notes here to what the other reviewers have already said. I came to this blend as a smoker of very simple no frills burleys. It has proved to be a delightful change of pace and is one of best of the HOW lineup, IMHO. Yep, it seems dry in the can, but lights easily and needs few relights. I've experience no tongue bite and can smoke it down to the nubs with no backlash. I enjoy the basic burley/ virginia taste which remains in the foreground, and the hint of Latakia which remains in the backround but for me never disappears. In my mind this is several rungs up the ladder from the simple drug store burley blends due to the hint of complexity and richness that you don't see in those others. Especially if smoked very slowly. Funny thing: my 4 oz. can has held a moderately strong scent of some topping that others have referred to. My 10 oz. can has little to no smell other than that of tobacco, but smokes the same and taste just as great. I rarely go through one day without at least one bowl of this great old blend. Highly recommended, especially for the burley smoker looking for something a little different.
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hembrant12	10/29/2004	Medium	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant
As a new pipe smoker, I ordered several types of tobacco to sample. I received a 2oz can of revelation along with several other brands. This was by far the best! It doesn't have that over powering casing I've found with other over the counter brands. I smoked up all 2oz as fast as I could and I just received a 10oz can today. This stuff has a yummy flavor, does not bite, and can be smoked all day long. If your a new smoker and Captain Black is not your style, give this a try. Also, I started the pipe to get off of cigarettes, so maybe thats why I enjoy it so much?
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Pounder 5000	10/29/2004	Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable
Hey?!!! This stuff ain't bad! Another winner brought back from beyond the grave by HOW. They certainly had more winners than losers. This blend is very pleasant in that old school way that you never see anymore. It is very similiar to Country Doc but with more of a berry casing added in. This will be great in the summertime rotation!
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prison chaplain	08/03/2004	Mild	Mild	Medium	Pleasant
This is an interesting tobacco. Opening the pouch, I was pleasantly suprised by an aroma that reminded me of Wilke's Nut Brown Burley, sort of an apple pie scent. By the way, I learned by putting one in my mouth, that Nut Brown Burley has sweet little chunks of tobacco confections in the blend. They are like little tobacco malted milk balls, not in taste, but in the way they melt in the mouth. In the pouch Revelation is pleasant to the eye, with a range of colors and cuts. It also packs easily, lights and burns well I have smoked it in a couple of large briars and a large cob. The result is positive and consistent across these three pipes. With each pipe my first sensation is a hot, prickly feeling on my tongue and soft pallet. This never develops into a burnt tongue. It disipates quickly and does not return. My taste must be dull, or untrained, but the perique never stands out. I do notice the latakia when I blow the smoke through my nose. Other than that, this is a well balanced blend where the various tobaccos meld to present an harmonious taste throughout the bowl. I like the taste and the scent of the smoke, a pleasant, clean tobacco taste and odor. This is good stuff and worth the purchase. I don't think it will make my top five, but it will be in my top ten. Pretty darn good for a so called "drug store" tobacco. Albert was on to something! Prison Chaplain 08/03/2004
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Thatcher	07/28/2004	Medium	Mild	Medium
As I said in my review of Country Doctor, I could tell little difference between these two blends. As with Country Doctor, Revelation was extremely dry in the tin and needed re-hydrating. Just guessing, but maybe the reason that this and other HoW blends are so dry out of the tin is because the ?tin? is made of thick paper or cardboard tubing, which I?m thinking probably doesn?t provide the kind of hermetically-sealed environment that metal tins do. Maybe that?s part of the drugstore-blends-of-days-gone-by appeal of these blends, though. Revelation also resembled Country Doctor in that: it?s predisposed to bite if you?re not careful; it?s dominated by the Virginias and burley, with Latakia barely detectable for most of the bowl; it probably has a great room note, though I can't really guarantee it as I didn?t smoke it anywhere where I could get such feedback; it smoked nice and dry all the way to the bottom of the bowl.
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Chessnut	07/14/2004	Mild to Medium	Extremely Mild	Medium to Full	Very Pleasant
I finally gave this blend a try and I'll make my review short as most of the points have been covered by the other posts. I enjoy full english, heavy latakia and or perique blends. Knowing it was a mild to medium bodied smoke I gave it a try and was very pleased.At first I was a little nervour when I opened the tin and noticed the fruity tin aroma. I said uh oh, I don think this is for me. I packed my pipe and lighted up. I was very pleased. I found it to be a subtle yet complex smoke. Very nice taste, great price, I will definitely give the other House of Windsor line try based on my experience with this tobacco. I'm keeping this in my regular rotation I've decided add a little more to my review since I have began smoking Revelation on a regular basis. I used to smoke Nightcap in the evenings but then switched to Revelation. now now some may disagree with my but to my tastes, I've noticed a review or two that mentioned that this was pretty big on the nicotine, but in my opinion, I don't think it's got a heavy nicotine content. The more I smoke this blend the more I seem to enjoy it. One of the reviews mentioned that he thinks this is still blended by hand. I called the company and had a great conversation with them and it is in fact still blended by hand and a few of the sizes (I believe it is the pouches) are still packed by hand. And yes, it is also true the good ole Albert Einstein was a Revelation smoker!
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Ratcat	07/05/2004	Mild	None detected	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable
This is good. The taste is very traditional. Knowing a bit about how it made and how it is supposed to be hand blended, I know they put some casing on it. But I cannot detect any. Maybe because my pack was too dried and the favoring of the casing had escape or something. It smells, burns, smoke like 100% tobacco. Where I live this is sold as a drug store price tobacco. I rate this the best price/performance tobacco ever. Quality blend of quality leaf. Yet somehow I don't associate the effects of relativity when smoking it. The subtle, but harty flavor gave it a farming community image where folks are living off the land in a simple manner. Maybe this is what Albert needed, an occasion of simplicity. From the flavoring point of view, this is very interesting too. Usually Lakatia and Perique and other spiced up weeds make up the front-end of the mix. This is un-usual because these 'spiced up weeds' is mixed in Revelation so that it serves a connecting bridge between the sweet Vs and the perky burley. hum...there is wisdom in da house...
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Bobbior5907	07/04/2004	Medium to Strong	Extremely Mild	Medium	Tolerable
I've been smoking this on occasion since Wm. Serad's House of Windsor review in Pipes & Tobaccos Magazine. I don't normally gravitate toward any blend containing Latakia; I've never really gotten to like it, though I can tolerate it in small amounts or when restrained by the presence of other elements. However, I like Revelation a lot. It is so well balanced that no one tobacco in the blend overwhelms any other. I believe you can detect VA, burley, Latakia and even Perique with just a wafting of some sweet topping. Wm. Serad was quite correct in his glowing review of this blend, especially when he related that each tobacco in this blend emerges in turn during the course of a pipefull. You can taste the Latakia, then the burley, then the Perique, etc. Delightful! I give Revelation a "B+".
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Future-Man	04/22/2004	Mild	Mild	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable
Ok, ok, ok...my curiosity was piqued by the "Einstein's favorite" reference...that and the fact that it's a relatively inexpensive smoke AND that it's manufactured locally in Pennsylvania got me to purchase a couple packages from my favorite online pipe tobacco dealer. My experience with choosing tobaccos is probably somewhat similar to other smokers - everytime I think I find that "old reliable, all day/everyday smoke" I'm looking for, I get curious about something else. However, I definitely think REVELATION fits that title better than just about any smoke I've tried so far. While it takes some hydration to get it into 'smoking condition', it packs very easily, lights easily, and stays lit. Except for some minor dampness (which can be cured by a mid-smoke pipe cleaner inserted in the stem), this is truly a 'maintenence free' smoke. I also like that it's relatively free of overwhelming aromas; yes, it has a "light fruity topping" that I've heard others describe as "minty", I'd have to say it's really more like that unidentifiable fruity smell in Juicy Fruit chewing gum; not bad - in fact, it's pretty appetizing - and it leads your nose right down into the smoke. It's subtle enough - and generic enough - to be most pleasant and the aroma can be habit-forming itself; I sometimes just open the pack to get a 'whiff', even if I don't plan to smoke any for a while... Anyway, it's very smooth smoking and tasting - and pretty consistent throughout. Although I just smoked some outside tonight and it wasn't nearly as full-tasting in the wind as it is in my basement or garage (can you tell I'm not allowed to smoke in the house??). Anyway, I'm not going to let the outdoor experience dissuade me...I will continue to experiment as I think, for the money and the value, this is an excellent smoke. Furthermore, I've tried two other House of Windsor blends - Country Doctor and Barking Dog - and I think REVELATION is the middle ground between those two. REVELATION actually bites LESS than Barking Dog, and is a little less imposing than Doctor in strength; however, that might not make a difference for those seeking stronger smokes. Because of this, I'm looking forward to trying Union Leader and some others soon... But, I digress...again, I bought this thinking I might see what Dr Einstein used to smoke during his moments of deep reflection. However, I discovered that this smoke has a lot of depth just by itself. Enjoy...smoke well!
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Spike	04/17/2004	Mild to Medium	Very Mild	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable
My first reaction upon opening the can was that compared to most other tins of tobacco, this mix looked too dry. If you tried to fill your pipe in a strong wind most of the tobacco would escape. Someone compared the consistency to flake-type fish food. Pretty close. First sniff of opened container...Smells great. I failed to detect any real topping or casing smell. It just smells like tobacco should. It smokes well requiring few relights. I'm one who avoids smoking into the bitter zone (the bottom 20-30% of the bowl). To me it's like smoking the final inch of a non-filter cigarette. Tastes bad, bad for you too. The only problem I've had with this tobacco is obtaining it! It took me many tries on the internet to actually get some and none of the local suppliers stock it or have had any luck getting it. Bottom line is...where can I buy the 12 oz. can?
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