Brown & Williamson - Sir Walter Raleigh Aromatic pipe tobacco reviews

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gillywalker	08/19/2009	Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant
I went on a drugstore tobacco kick the past two weeks. The funny thing is I can't find a majority of the classics in the Chicagoland area and had to order this one from online. When you factor in the shipping costs you might as well just order something by Cornell and Diehl or GL Pease. This had my favorite room note out of all the drugstore blends. By itself in the pouch it smelled like a good dessert. The ribbon cut made for easy packing and this stuff burned extremely easy, one light and that was it. This stuff must be cased in something strange because I had two nasty headaches after smoking it and I feel now I had some sort of allergic reaction to the chemicals. If you're looking for a decent smelling burley blend thats sure to please others at an affordable price this may be your blend.
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MSUMike	08/19/2009	Mild	Medium	Mild to Medium	Tolerable
The first tobacco I picked up for my first $5 ebay estate pipe. It was good enough to encourage me to sink a few more dollars into the hobby. I picked it up under the assumption that being flavored with liqueurs and not cased in syrup it would not be overpoweringly sweet and was rewarded. After all, if I wanted to smoke sugar I would shove a Snickers into my pipe. I find the ribbon cut makes this a very forgiving pack. I thought I was a natural at packing and maintaining my pipe! Turns out I was wrong... I did find that a day open (accidentally) did help the moisture content. For a mild aromatic that you can still tell is tobacco at a rock bottom price I would recommend it. However, I have not touched it since I started frequenting my tobacconist here in Cincinnati and found better bulk blends at a very reasonable price. I have a bit remaining and will break it out soon.
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Colby	07/30/2009	Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable
Picked up a 2 oz pouch of this as it's gotten pretty good reviews. It was really cheap too. Upon opening, the tobacco was pretty dry but when I loaded it into a cob it was still springy like your pack should be. The most noteworthy part of this tobacco is that is smokes very cool and isn't overpowering at all. Every now and then if I took a big puff I tasted a kind of nutty or tree branch like taste that I didn't care for much. So... final opinion is that it's not great but a lot better than other drug store brands out there.
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SpaceCowboy	07/20/2009	Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant
i tried this stuff purely because it was cheap. i paid $3.50 for a 1.5 oz pouch because i wanted to try a new aromatic, and with prices this low i didn't mind rolling the dice. I was very surprised at how mild and tasty this blend was. i found it very smooth and mild, yet without entirely masking the tobacco tase.
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Marian	06/03/2009	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Medium	Pleasant
I bought this brand because it looked like a good smoke. It smelt very sweet like brown sugar. It smoked smooth and smelt great but wasn't all to thrilled with it. It is, on the other hand, a much better brand then Birkum riff and mixture no. 79. It is a good tobacco I enjoy. I recommed this brand to anyone who wants a good tobacco for thier money. so long
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Stumper	02/09/2009	Mild	Mild to Medium	Medium	Pleasant
This is a virtuous pouch tobacco blend. It smells nice, it packs easily in the bowl, lights very easily, stays lit well, smells good, and tastes pleasant. Like many aromatics it can bite if you push it...but it actually will nip lightly as a warning before biting hard. Smoked at a reasonably pace it is very friendly tobacco and it is my favorite "drugstore" blend of all I have tried.
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tonalsmoker	01/24/2009	Mild	Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant
I find the aromatic blend by Sir Walter Raleigh to be a strange tobacco.As far as the tobacco goes it's a thin cut so at times it can burn a little fast.Normally I get this by the pouch and in past experience it's been a fine after-dinner smoke.It has an amaretto and maple liquer casing.It's bite-free and is clean burning.My hesitation on this blend actually occured on the last few pouches I purchased,the taste was bland and the casing tasted 'thinned out',I felt like I was smoking hay that was lightly dabbed in amaretto.I'll give the can a shot before I shun SWR Aromatic from my cabinet.
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Pipe4ever	01/22/2009	Mild	Mild	Medium	Pleasant
This is an American aromatic burley, this drugstore tobacco is slightly top flavored and gently cased giving an elegant aroma of nuts + cherry and a lovely room note, while it is not as nutty as Prince Albert, it is however more fruity and friendly smell. Overall, an easy going, delicious and maintenance-free smoke while driving or watching movie or playing video game etc.
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Xeneize	01/08/2009	Medium	Very Mild	Mild	Tolerable
Honestly, I can't taste any liqueurs here. To me, it's a plain Burley blend, and not bad at all in that department. In drugstore burleys, this is only second to Prince Albert, and like the rest, it endures only due to availability and price.
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Big Nick	12/04/2008	Mild to Medium	Mild	Medium	Pleasant
This is the second time I've done this but here it is. Read the tin note, its right on ! To date, the best drugstore brand I've had.
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Sailorjack	11/15/2008	Very Mild	Mild	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Pleasant
Weak , tasteless , boring. Gave the rest away. NEXT!!!
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Spiffytexan	11/10/2008	Medium to Strong	Medium	Medium to Full	Tolerable to Strong
This blend is an ideal one to start out on. Smells great, tastes good, and has a complex enough flavor that you can imagine that it tastes like most anything. (As compared to Cpt. Black or some other uniflavor blend) Highly recommended as a daily smoke, and not too hard on the wallet!
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Old Puffer	09/29/2008	Medium	Medium to Strong	Overwhelming	Tolerable
My first try with this baccy. Upon upening the tin, I was hit with a strong aroma of black walnuts and chocolate. Wow, this was going to be one sweet smoke, Right? Wrong! First off, had a few sticks to pull out of the first filling. I am developing a strong aversion to sticks in tobaccos and this one is a duzzy. Started out picking sticks out of the whole 12 ounces and wound up with almost 1/2 ounce of just sticks - some that I would like to call logs. OK. Start over with filling the pipe. Packs easily and evenly. Lights easily and didn't even need a second match. After initial tamp, settled down to really enjoy this smoke and it went downhill from there. No sweetness or nice aroma to be found. Never got hot or bit but started strong and continued to get stronger as the bowl went toward the bottom. No real particular tobacco taste or flavorings to enjoy, just strong! OK, must be the pipe. Maybe I hadn't cleaned it as well as I should. Grab another pipe and start over. Everything was as the first bowl full. Started strong and got stronger. This time, I had to quit after the first 3/4 of the bowl because I couldn't stand it any longer. I'm really disappointed because of all the really good reviews that went before me which made me try this to start with. This seems to confirm a couple of beliefs that I have had for a long time about tobaccos; 1. That you can always get a bad batch, which I probably did; 2. Everybody's taste for tobacco is different exclusive of the particular taste qualities. I have noticed that some tobaccos that I find strong, some of my favorite reviewers find perfect or mild and vice versa, etc. I will not downgrade this popular blend based upon my experience alone. I will keep it for possible blending tests and probably give it a couple more tries in the future. It certainly is no killer and you just might like it, so I'll give it a 2 for good measure.
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Budman	08/16/2008	Very Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant
After smoking the Regular Sir Walter Raleigh I was expecting the same weak and bland tobacco. Much to my surprise I was greeted with a gentle lightly flavored smoke. The ribbon cut Burley packs and lights well. I required only two relights for the whole bowl. The liqueurs that are said to be applied to this blend are done so very delicately. I normally avoid aromatics due to there over casing and goopy gurgling they produce, but this was a pleasant surprise as it did neither. At $2.90 a pouch it's a bargain! I would highly recommend this to anyone new to pipe smoking. You really have to push this hard to get it to bite. The only thing that kept me from giving it four stars was the lack of strength. I'm not a big Burley fan but this wasn't bad. If your looking for something mild and an all day smoke this is it.
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pop-pop's pipe	08/14/2008	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable
Taking a whiff from the pouch will entice one to give it a try. Once you light it however, you will probably be disapointed and left hanging for more. It is BLAH! No taste. The aroma is good but the tongue will be asking for more. This is one of the strangest blends that I ever smoked. The topping taste like chocolate and amaretto. Smoking this is like having sex and stopping right before you reach climax. A disapointment indeed! At least with the regular, you can taste the tobacco somewhat!
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SirShaggy	07/23/2008	Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant
I must quote Satc001 below me, "This is not your typical drug store blend!" I actually enjoyed the tin of this I bought last fall. I wasn't expecting anything but I got a lot. It is mild and has a wonderful flavor. It didn't burn hot, didn't burn my tongue and never offended anyone. I could smoke this in public and feel just fine about it. It tasted as good as it smelled. I only had one issue. I always got heartburn from it. It didn't matter what pipe I smoked, what time of the day was or what the weather was like. After a full bowl, I had heartburn. WHY!?!? I like this. The price is good too. I hope more people try this, I also hope to get over the heartburn thing!
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Satc001	05/17/2008	Mild to Medium	Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant
I purchased a tub of Sir Walter Raleigh Aromatic based on my love for the regular Sir Walter and the superior reviews for the aromatic version. I wasn't disappointed. First of all, this is not your typical drug-store blend. Upon opening the tin, I notice that the leaf is of superior quality and comparable to any burley leaf you would find in the high-end blends. The aroma is wonderful and of sweet liquors. It lights and burns easily. The flavor is sweet with the liqueur flavoring of the tobacco. Sometimes this tobacco tastes more like candy than tobacco. However, when the flavoring evaporates, there is a high-quality burley flavor left behind. This tobacco is best enjoyed in a small bowl, for some reason, a smaller bowl size creates a more full-flavored smoke. The burley also develops a somewhat vegetal nature in the smoke if puffed too fast. The aroma is delicious. It doesn't bite, unless it is DGT'd. Overall this is a very good drug-store blend. For the price, it is one of the better aromatics on the market. I will certainly finish my 12 oz. tub and will probably keep some of this on hand.
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Rimshot	04/08/2008	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Medium to Full	Pleasant
Now here's a twist, for my inexperienced taste buds at least--straight burley with a topping! The casing isn't too strong--no goop or chemical-induced sickness from this aromatic--and the liquor flavors really come out when puffed gently. Leaves a nice ash, and can be smoked to the bottom of the bowl. My only complaints are that it doesn't produce as much smoke as Prince Albert or Carter Hall (but not many do!), and that it tastes harsh when over-puffed (but then most burleys do). Overall a pleasant burley, and a kind of "crossover" aromatic. It won't replace Carter Hall or Prince Albert in my tobacco drawer, but it will complement them. Oh, and even my wife, who hates the smell of all the other tobaccos I've smokes so far, admits that it has a pleasant room note. If you're skittish about aromatics but love burley, you ought to give this one a try!
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Glorfindel	04/01/2008	Mild to Medium	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant
UPDATE: 4/1/2008 The propylene glycol or whatever humectant they use on this leaves for me a bitter/metallic after-taste that I really dislike. I haved an EXTREME aversion to propylene glycol and other "un-natural" humectants - they leave a terrible taste in my mouth and sometimes make me ill - ruins the whole experience. Why OH Why can't they just use a little distilled water or Mc-Vinegar? This is the only downside I find to this dependable, pleasant burley blend. I still like this blend more than I dislike it. Bought some last week and still smoking it. ORIGINAL: 9/20/2007: VA lovers may like this one, as I do. It is a lightly cased Burly that burns well and evenly. Though I don't buy this regularly anymonre, I still like it in autumn outdoors or while on the farm hunting - just seems to fit for me at that time of year. A readily available smoke that is a go-to for me. I like the aroma, very different and pleasing. Medium to light nicotine and it can bite, though not often in my experience when I take care to be conscious of my packing and puffing technique. This blend is on the dry side - a good thing. You can spend a LOT more and get a LOT worse. Thanks, Ethan
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Karyyk	03/24/2008	Mild	Mild to Medium	Medium	Pleasant
Mind you, I've only been smoking a pipe for a couple of years, but for the price, you can do much worse than the Sir Walter Raleigh Aromatic. I've smoked the standard Raleigh burley blend, and find this one to be superior in every single way. The reason I keep going back to this one (aside from nostalgic reasons...my father smoked the same blend) is because it almost always provides a smooth, comfortable smoke, and burns well even when it's on the dry side. It tastes good, and it's one of the few tobaccos I'd feel comfortable smoking inside (in fact, I'm generally complimented on how "good" it smells). This one comes more highly recommended than you would expect out of a $2.39 pouch. One final recommendation is to smoke this while you drink a Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout. It's a great paring if ever there was one.
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