Anthony Cranswick Grey Castle
(1.80)
Bright & Dark Fired Virginias, Orientals and a touch of Latakia.
Details
| Brand | Anthony Cranswick |
| Blended By | Charles Fairmorn |
| Manufactured By | |
| Blend Type | |
| Contents | Latakia, Oriental/Turkish, Virginia |
| Flavoring | |
| Cut | Ready Rubbed |
| Packaging | 100g Tin |
| Country | Germany |
| Production |
Profile
Strength
Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant to Tolerable
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Reviews
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Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 08, 2010 | Medium | Extremely Mild | Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
This blend to me tastes like it dried out . Most blends on the market are at least good ... this is one of the blends that is on the lower end of it all . If you want a bland english blend ... then this is it
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 2006 | Medium | None Detected | Medium to Full | Very Strong |
In taste Grey Castle is both hot and dry. Of all of the English and Balkan blends I have smoked, few have had as much tendency to bite. The Virginias are thoroughly unremarkable and near flavorless and the Orientals are barely noticeable. As a result the overwhelmingly hot and sweet flavor of poor quality Latakia is predominant in the blend. With what is supposed to be the base leaf giving such a paltry performance, the Latakia is rendered almost chokingly hot and acrid.
I smoked all of it that I had, but I believe that this was due to the fact that I will not waste tobacco, and to the tin in which the tobacco came, which is very attractive in its classic simplicity of design.
This is an attempt at an English blend that will happily become a very obscure footnote in the annals of tobacco.
Regards, A. Morley Jaques
I smoked all of it that I had, but I believe that this was due to the fact that I will not waste tobacco, and to the tin in which the tobacco came, which is very attractive in its classic simplicity of design.
This is an attempt at an English blend that will happily become a very obscure footnote in the annals of tobacco.
Regards, A. Morley Jaques
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2004 | Medium | None Detected | Medium | Pleasant |
This is a medium latakia blend. It has a slight bite, but this is a new tin. Perhaps with a bit of drying...
Update: Tried another tin, smoking it from moist-as-opened to dried-as-time-went-on. Bit every time. Could not keep from singing my tongue no matter how careful I was.
Update: Tried another tin, smoking it from moist-as-opened to dried-as-time-went-on. Bit every time. Could not keep from singing my tongue no matter how careful I was.
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