John Middleton, Inc Carter Hall
(3.03)
Cross cut burleys with a sprinkling of Virginia flake.
Notes: Carter Hall has been providing a straightforward and enjoyable smoking blend at an affordable price since 1895 by keeping things simple: ribbon-cut Virginia and burley leaf of good quality, combined in the right proportions.
Details
| Brand | John Middleton, Inc |
| Blended By | John Middleton, Inc. |
| Manufactured By | John Middleton, Inc. |
| Blend Type | Burley Based |
| Contents | Burley, Virginia |
| Flavoring | Bourbon, Cocoa / Chocolate |
| Cut | Ribbon |
| Packaging | 14 ounce plastic tub |
| Country | United States |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Mild
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Mild
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Mild
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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3.03 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 21 - 28 of 28 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 20, 2012 | Mild | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Unnoticeable |
I was looking forward to trying this blend, and was fully prepared to like it, based upon the many favorable reviews. Surprisingly, apart from the chocolate pouch aroma, I found nothing that I liked. While smoking, I detected no nuttiness or fruitiness. I only detected a rather unpleasant taste that I can't identify (except that it did not taste like any tobacco I've ever smoked). A huge disappointment. I appear to be among the minority who do not like this tobacco. I would give it zero stars, if that was possible. I won't be trying it again.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| May 23, 2020 | Very Mild | Mild | Mild | Tolerable |
Carter Hall is one of the worst tobaccos I have tried. The pouch note is okay but the experience of smoking it is totally different. Bland and tasteless, this tobacco has few positives going for it. It lights fine and burns down to a white ash at the bottom of the bowl. The taste, however, is like a cigarette, and I should know, I smoked them for 30 years. The aftertaste is sickening and I will not buy anymore of this cheap garbage despite the "luxury pouch".
Pipe Used:
Cob
PurchasedFrom:
Local
Age When Smoked:
Fresh
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 25, 2010 | Mild | Mild | Medium | Pleasant |
I really really wanted to love this stuff. I bought it in a pouch, and didn't like it. Bought a can of it, and I still don't like it. There's this strong chemical taste that really overpowers this tobacco for me, it has a horribly bitter flavor that I can't get out of my mouth. I've tried it in cobs and in briars, and I've tried it many many times...I'd love to love it, they sell it at my local grocery store, but I just can't take it.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Sep 19, 2009 | Very Mild | Very Mild | Extremely Mild (Flat) | Tolerable |
This blend smelled like a cross between Half&Half and PA in the bag, sort of chocolatey, sort of like anise. Very mild flavor, very mild aroma...no pleasant nuttiness as with PA. This was just a very unrmarkable tobacco. It burned well and produced a nice amount of smoke, but otherwise it tasted like H&H but lighter, btw...I hate H&H. The pouch contents were flushed after one bowlfull. Need I say yuck?..ok...YUCK!
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Oct 06, 2002 | Medium | Mild | Medium | Tolerable |
Another straight burley blend that really doesn't offer anything but ....... burley.
Slightly nutty. Slight bitterness as you near bottom. And yes, it does remind one of cigars.
This blend, to me, lacks something?
When a match is placed upon it
it burns.
Slightly nutty. Slight bitterness as you near bottom. And yes, it does remind one of cigars.
This blend, to me, lacks something?
When a match is placed upon it
it burns.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jun 30, 2023 | Mild | Very Mild | Medium | Tolerable to Strong |
Worse than garbage.
I kept seeing reviews about how great this old-school, OTC tobacco was; how this stuff tastes like pipes smell... so I was eager to try it. I did and I can honestly say it is among the worst I have ever tried. It has none of the complexity you would get from an English blend and none of the pleasant qualities of an aromatic.
In the tin it smells like chewing tobacco and when burnt it smells and tastes like a filthy cigarette. Indeed, its flavor note is somewhere between stale cigarettes and a gas station cigar. Just plain disgusting.
If it is true that this was one of the ubiquitous OTC tobaccos of the days when men commonly smoked pipes, then I can completely understand why pipe smoking went out of fashion.
To be clear, I am no pipe snob. (I love me some Captain Black). But this stuff is like a low[er] rent version of Prince Albert.
Pros: easy to pack Cons: everything else
If anyone would like a free tub of it you can pick it up at the curb in front of my house; act quickly because the garbage gets picked up on Thursdays.
I kept seeing reviews about how great this old-school, OTC tobacco was; how this stuff tastes like pipes smell... so I was eager to try it. I did and I can honestly say it is among the worst I have ever tried. It has none of the complexity you would get from an English blend and none of the pleasant qualities of an aromatic.
In the tin it smells like chewing tobacco and when burnt it smells and tastes like a filthy cigarette. Indeed, its flavor note is somewhere between stale cigarettes and a gas station cigar. Just plain disgusting.
If it is true that this was one of the ubiquitous OTC tobaccos of the days when men commonly smoked pipes, then I can completely understand why pipe smoking went out of fashion.
To be clear, I am no pipe snob. (I love me some Captain Black). But this stuff is like a low[er] rent version of Prince Albert.
Pros: easy to pack Cons: everything else
If anyone would like a free tub of it you can pick it up at the curb in front of my house; act quickly because the garbage gets picked up on Thursdays.
Pipe Used:
Savinelli Roma, basket briar, cob
Age When Smoked:
Fresh from the tub
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| May 05, 2010 | Mild to Medium | Mild | Very Full | Strong |
This is cheap chemical stuff at it's best, yuk! I smoked half a bowl and threw the whole tin in the trash. It was that bad!
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Apr 20, 2010 | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Medium to Full | Strong |
This was the mystery tobacco at a pipe smoking contest that I was a part of a couple of years ago. I smoked it in a Bing style Dunhill. The pipe did survive, but had to be thoroughly cleaned and reamed afterwards. My mouth was sore for a week. Fast, slow, it did not matter. The Taste started off bland and but moved to gym socks by mid bowl. Foul stuff indeed. No, I didn't win the contest. The poor chap who did had to drink nothing but ice water for 6 days....
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