John Middleton, Inc Carter Hall

I smoked this in a cob, trout fishing on Tellico, I like it, so simple, never tried in a brair, simple is good sometimes.

Yes, if you've been exiled to the provinces and have only drugstores to fill your pipe, Carter Hall will suffice.

I've found CH to be less disappointing than the other brands offered, though this is likely simply because it attempts less than the other brands.

Consistent but somewhat hollow in taste; bottom third can sometimes require an early death.

Cover your nose, here come the peasants. That'll do, pig.

I agree with those who place Carter Hall at the top of "drug store" heap. While it still has the cloying humecant taste (ala Half & Half or Prince Albert) lurking around , it is a pleasant smoke on the right occasion. When I feel like a simple and decent-tasting old fashioned American-style Burley, I tend to reach for this stuff. Sometimes, as good a diet as one may have, you just get a hankering for "fast food", you know what I mean?

I think this is one of the best of the so called "drug store" brands. Just the right moisture in the can or pouch. The texture is such that it could probably be used as a cigarette tobacco for the those who like to roll their own. I might try that sometime. I like the fact that it lights on the first match and stays lit throughout the whole bowl. Smokes cool without bite. Satisfies my need for nicotine. Great for breaking in that new pipe. As far as room note goes, doesn't seem to offend anyone. Give it a try.

Carter Hall - besides being the sobriquet of comic book superhero Hawkman - is a basic burley that provides a nice break from stronger tobaccos or deliberately-flavored blends (depending on your preference).

"Nutty" is an adjective I hear applied to burleys in general, and while Carter Hall certainly tastes like the burley it is, it's less "nutty" than, say Prince Albert, and has a taste I would rather call earthy than bitter.

As others have noted, it's splendid in its burning - I doubt I have ever had to relight a bowl of Carter Hall. The roomnote is inoffensive to others and I haven't had a problem with tongue bite.

It's not the finest smoke and certainly not the first blend I reach for on an average evening, but it's worthwhile in its own way.

This has a nice pouch aroma, reminding me of mown hay and morning dew in the Southern states. The aroma is present during smoking, but, thankfully, does not linger in the pipe. This is a Burley blend, but with a vaguely 'cigar-like' overtone that I found very pleasant. The cut is short, almost cubed, and as a result, it packs well in any pipe. A corncob seems to make this blend take on a strange, almost fruit and nuts quality, and I prefer it in a briar. Definately the best $1.50 pouch of tobacco I have smoked.

Carter Hall was my first foray into the realm of tobacco that tastes like tobacco.

The burley is a fine cut, and packs very easily. It lights well, and has a semi-sweet almost nutty taste with maybe a hint of fruit. At times, it does taste a bit like a very mild cigar. A very cool smoke. Never a hint of bite.

It burned well right to the bottom of the bowl. Taste stayed about the same throughout, with a hint of burley-bitter at the end.

This is a nice change of pace from either heavily cased aromatics, or from English blends. I like to keep a sealed pouch around so when I get the urge for some, it's right there. It's also very inexpensive. Since it doesn't permeate the pipe, I use it sometimes to help get rid of the taste left behind by something I didn't like.

Good stuff - try some.

this review is being written mostly from memory; it's been quite a while since my last bowl of carter hall. many other burley blends have surpassed this one on my ratings scale. that said, i must also admit that a lot of carter hall graced my bowls twenty or so years ago. most of it was purchased in bulk cans, and smoked while pursuing the elusive lunker largemouth bass. a lot of pipesmokers diss tobacs like this as "drug store" blends, a label that i don't think is completely fair. there are a lot more folks smoking such blends than something like penzance or haddo's delight (and i love both of those myself). without carter hall, prince albert, half and half, and many others, many of us would never have been introduced to the pleasures of pipe and pouch. i still occasionally buy a pouch when i forget to bring one of my more favored blends along. there's nothing fancy about carter hall, just a ribbon cut burley that smokes best with a bit of moisture content and a good slow puffing technique. much of the bad rep these tobacs get is from novices who don't take care to keep their tobacco from drying out and puff furiously because they haven't learned the proper packing, lighting, and smoking methods. carter hall is no longer in my rotation because there are many superior products out there, but that doesn't mean it's a bad blend, just one aimed at a more economically challenged audience. and it still beats the hell out of smoking those nasty cigarettes!

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

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it burns.