James Barber Old Judge

(2.00)
A mixture of broken Virginia flake, and flavoured American tobaccos. Originally blended for a customer, but fast becoming our best seller!

Details

Brand James Barber
Blended By  
Manufactured By James Barber
Blend Type American
Contents Black Cavendish, Burley, Cavendish, Virginia
Flavoring Other / Misc
Cut Mixture
Packaging Bulk
Country United Kingdom
Production Currently available

Profile

Strength
Mild
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Mild to Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming

Average Rating

2.00 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jun 07, 2016 Mild Medium Mild to Medium Pleasant
James Barber - Old Judge.

This is another of the 'lesser known blends' that I've been trying to review lately.

The construction of the blend is fairly coarse, there's not many pieces big enough to necessitate rubbing, but it clearly contains a lot of broken flakes. It's slightly moist but not entirely soaked: a short airing will suffice. The main smell from the pouch is a vanilla one, there are a few others but this is the leader.

Enough about the unlit mixture, I'll talk about the smoke: for the initial part the vanilla domineers the flavour, it takes a short while for the other flavours to come to light. When they do I'm sure I can taste a sort of honey sweetness; I can't say if this is coming from the Black Cav's manufacturing process or a deliberately added flavour? I also get a slight herbiness in the flavour profile; to be fair, this is what reduces the rating, I'm not too keen on this. After about ten minutes the honey addition has disappeared completely: the only sweetness I get is what I'd expect from the B.C. by itself.

Finally, I'd put the nicotine down as being mild, and the room-note as being pleasant.

This is a good blend, like I said though, if it weren't for the herby taste I'd score it higher: without the herbs it'd get three-four, but with them it's stuck at two.

Somewhat recommended.
Pipe Used: Levent Meerschaum
PurchasedFrom: James Barber
Age When Smoked: New
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