Lane Limited Edgeworth Ready-Rubbed
(3.18)
The tin label states, in part, the following:
"...The year 1903 also heralded the beginning of world-famous Edgeworth Pipe Tobacco first blended in Richmond from the finest Burleys on the market.
"Edgeworth Ready-Rubbed is made of the finest Kentucky and Tennessee White Burley tobaccos, carefully selected and aged to give the coolest smoke possible. To these tobaccos, the master blender adds precise ingredients that have remained secret even today, to give Edgeworth its incomparable taste and aroma..."
Notes: Formerly Larus & Bro. Co. (1903), last produced by Lane Limited.
Details
| Brand | Lane Limited |
| Blended By | Lane Ltd. |
| Manufactured By | Lane Ltd. |
| Blend Type | Burley Based |
| Contents | Burley |
| Flavoring | Cocoa / Chocolate, Molasses |
| Cut | Cube |
| Packaging | 50 grams pouch, 14 ounce tin |
| Country | United States |
| Production | No longer in production |
Profile
Strength
Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Mild
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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3.18 / 4
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Reviews
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| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Dec 18, 2013 | Medium | Mild | Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
I was never a regular ERR smoker during the overlap between me smoking pipes and it being in production. The first time I tried it was in a cob that I picked up alongside a dried out pouch of ERR while traveling for work. I vaguely remember that it tasted kind of coarse. I only smoked a few bowls from that pouch before either forgetting or abandoning it in a hotel room or rental car. It wasn’t memorable.
Fast forward about a decade and ERR was out of production (July, 2008 is, I believe the “official” date of its demise). Its disappearance roughly coincided with my discovery of the wonderful Burleys blended at Cornell & Diehl by OTC scholar Bob Runowski. I began to read some of Runowski’s reviews and really enjoyed his commentaries on a wide variety of 20th century American blends. In his comments, he regularly revealed his special affection for one particular tobacco: Edgeworth Ready Rubbed. If the blender of Epiphany and Old Joe Krantz thought it was so good, then I vowed to pick up a tub (not a pouch) if I ever came across it again. And so I did. Several tubs.
When ERR is working for me, I think it’s a truly outstanding blend. The brown chunks in the tub offer a beautiful aroma of cocoa, bread pudding, molasses, and perhaps a hint of dark rum. The cut is chunky and uneven and I often rub it out a little because it can be a little difficult to light otherwise. Once it’s going, ERR is a simple, clean smoke. It’s not complex—just a lightly sweet, nicotine-rich experience with flavors of black tea, toast, molasses, and a hint of chocolate.
Early on, I didn’t find every bowl of ERR to be particularly fine. For some reason, every once in a while I’d get some unpleasant, sour flavors and I’d think the batch had begun to decline. But the next bowl would be great again. It was probably ghosts or mood or I don’t know what. Nowadays, I smoke my ERR exclusively in a batch of old Grabows—the prince and author shapes especially—and I find it consistently wonderful.
I don’t want it to seem like I think ERR is the greatest thing that ever has been or ever will be produced. I sometimes feel like punching the pipe gurus who like to wax rhapsodic about the lost blends that I’ll never smoke, and I don’t want to get punched. ERR is a wonderful OTC, but so is Sir Walter Raleigh (a blend with some similarity to ERR). So is Kentucky Club Continental Blend, a Burley quite different from ERR, but equally enjoyable for me. So are some of the excellent Burleys from traditional shops like Peretti’s, Uhle’s, and Iwan Ries.
It’s sad that ERR now sings the out-of-production blues. It’s only been gone for 5 years but the madness has already set in. Rarity can make praise disproportionate to quality. Prices for sealed tins are hitting three digits. Copies or “match” tobaccos are now in production. I hope it comes back on the market, because it’s a wonderful, simple tobacco. Cross your fingers.
Fast forward about a decade and ERR was out of production (July, 2008 is, I believe the “official” date of its demise). Its disappearance roughly coincided with my discovery of the wonderful Burleys blended at Cornell & Diehl by OTC scholar Bob Runowski. I began to read some of Runowski’s reviews and really enjoyed his commentaries on a wide variety of 20th century American blends. In his comments, he regularly revealed his special affection for one particular tobacco: Edgeworth Ready Rubbed. If the blender of Epiphany and Old Joe Krantz thought it was so good, then I vowed to pick up a tub (not a pouch) if I ever came across it again. And so I did. Several tubs.
When ERR is working for me, I think it’s a truly outstanding blend. The brown chunks in the tub offer a beautiful aroma of cocoa, bread pudding, molasses, and perhaps a hint of dark rum. The cut is chunky and uneven and I often rub it out a little because it can be a little difficult to light otherwise. Once it’s going, ERR is a simple, clean smoke. It’s not complex—just a lightly sweet, nicotine-rich experience with flavors of black tea, toast, molasses, and a hint of chocolate.
Early on, I didn’t find every bowl of ERR to be particularly fine. For some reason, every once in a while I’d get some unpleasant, sour flavors and I’d think the batch had begun to decline. But the next bowl would be great again. It was probably ghosts or mood or I don’t know what. Nowadays, I smoke my ERR exclusively in a batch of old Grabows—the prince and author shapes especially—and I find it consistently wonderful.
I don’t want it to seem like I think ERR is the greatest thing that ever has been or ever will be produced. I sometimes feel like punching the pipe gurus who like to wax rhapsodic about the lost blends that I’ll never smoke, and I don’t want to get punched. ERR is a wonderful OTC, but so is Sir Walter Raleigh (a blend with some similarity to ERR). So is Kentucky Club Continental Blend, a Burley quite different from ERR, but equally enjoyable for me. So are some of the excellent Burleys from traditional shops like Peretti’s, Uhle’s, and Iwan Ries.
It’s sad that ERR now sings the out-of-production blues. It’s only been gone for 5 years but the madness has already set in. Rarity can make praise disproportionate to quality. Prices for sealed tins are hitting three digits. Copies or “match” tobaccos are now in production. I hope it comes back on the market, because it’s a wonderful, simple tobacco. Cross your fingers.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| May 13, 2015 | Mild | Extremely Mild | Mild to Medium | Tolerable |
I bought this one recently bc I wanted a pipe and had none. It was sitting in a humidor case and the only reason I bought it was it said ready rubbed on the package. I figured it should be good, it's a ready rubbed flake. The pouches had dust on them in the case haha. It is good btw, and I really like it. So much I went back and bought the rest in the store. Only 4 pouches, and the guy says he can't get any more. Some old guy used to buy it there and he died or something. He said it was part of the stock when he bought the store years ago.
So anyway, it's a pretty straight forward blend to my taste. Good cut to it. It loads, smokes and burns nice and easy. It has a good straight tobacco taste to it and something else very mild I can't define. Unfortunately it's out of production and may never be back. It's too bad really.
So anyway, it's a pretty straight forward blend to my taste. Good cut to it. It loads, smokes and burns nice and easy. It has a good straight tobacco taste to it and something else very mild I can't define. Unfortunately it's out of production and may never be back. It's too bad really.
Pipe Used:
Cobs and dunhill billiard
PurchasedFrom:
Local b&m
Age When Smoked:
God knows. Old.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jul 13, 2019 | Mild | Extremely Mild | Mild to Medium | Tolerable |
Arrives ready to smoke. Cube and ribbon cut. Packs and lights well. Pouch aromas of cocoa, nuts and some marshmallow. The flavours are nutty with chocolate notes. The body is mild and the flavours are also mild. On its own it is a nice all day smoke. I also use it as a mixer with some of the sweeter burleys I have or Virginia’s.
Pipe Used:
Various briars and cobs
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Oct 08, 2012 | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Medium | Pleasant |
Every time a blend is discontinued, no matter how good or bad, it achieves legendary status. People will sing praises and write poetry about a blend that is lost, just like people actually appreciate an artist's work after he is dead.
If you are reading these reviews to determine whether or not you should spend the 25+ dollars on ebay to get a pouch of ERR then I advise you to save your money. ERR is NOT the holy grail of pipe tobacco people will lead you to believe. The same goes to Balkan Sobranie (both original and current incarnation)
ERR is a good tasty smoke, so I will give it 3 start because it is a good smoke, not because it was discontinued.
ERR is very similar to Sir Walter regular but a little sweeter, with a touch more of the cocoa flavor burleys tend to exhibit.
If ERR was your all time favorite blend and you want to hoard every pouch or tin you can find, then by all means do so. If you have never tried it and want to smoke it because people told you you will get an orgasm in your mouth, forget it. Great blend but not worth 25 bucks a pouch.
There are plenty of fish in the ocean, try them instead.
If you are reading these reviews to determine whether or not you should spend the 25+ dollars on ebay to get a pouch of ERR then I advise you to save your money. ERR is NOT the holy grail of pipe tobacco people will lead you to believe. The same goes to Balkan Sobranie (both original and current incarnation)
ERR is a good tasty smoke, so I will give it 3 start because it is a good smoke, not because it was discontinued.
ERR is very similar to Sir Walter regular but a little sweeter, with a touch more of the cocoa flavor burleys tend to exhibit.
If ERR was your all time favorite blend and you want to hoard every pouch or tin you can find, then by all means do so. If you have never tried it and want to smoke it because people told you you will get an orgasm in your mouth, forget it. Great blend but not worth 25 bucks a pouch.
There are plenty of fish in the ocean, try them instead.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jul 03, 2009 | Medium | Very Mild | Medium | Pleasant |
ERB is a really great tobacco. It has a fine aroma and taste. It is a tobacco to work or relax with. I bought my first pouch in 1965 and have enjoyed it ever since. Since I live in Canada it has always been hard to get and the bad news is that now it is no longer produced. I am on my last tin with no hope of another once I finish it. What is this world coming to? Does anybody know if it will ever be produced again? Please offer some hope for a great tobacco.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| May 12, 2023 | Medium | Mild to Medium | Medium to Full | Pleasant |
Dark Blue Package of Edgewoth Ready-Rubbed, has "House of Edgeworth Richmon Va" on the back.
Package note of cocoa, molasses and vegetation. Tobacco is mostly a coarse cut with a little cube. tobacco is brown, light brown and a little bit of dark brown. Moisture content is great. Burns slow with a few relights. The strength is medium and nic is mild to medium. Flavoring is mild to medium, with notes of Cocoa, Molasses, Anise/licorice and Rum. Cocoa is evident throughout, but mild. Molasses is most evident upon initial light and moves to the background where it stays. The anise/licorice becomes more noticeable as the smoke progresses, I'm leaning more to anise because of the "spicy" quality it seems to have. The rum reminds me of spiced run or dark rum, which seems to disappear withing the firs 1/3. Taste is medium to full and mostly consistent, with notes of cocoa, molasses, spiced rum, very rich earthy, semi-sweet, bitterness, spicy, peaty sour vegetation, dry, toast, wood, a very nutty background note, and a peppery retro. Burleys are leading with Flavoring supporting. Room note is pleasant, and aftertaste is great.
Package note of cocoa, molasses and vegetation. Tobacco is mostly a coarse cut with a little cube. tobacco is brown, light brown and a little bit of dark brown. Moisture content is great. Burns slow with a few relights. The strength is medium and nic is mild to medium. Flavoring is mild to medium, with notes of Cocoa, Molasses, Anise/licorice and Rum. Cocoa is evident throughout, but mild. Molasses is most evident upon initial light and moves to the background where it stays. The anise/licorice becomes more noticeable as the smoke progresses, I'm leaning more to anise because of the "spicy" quality it seems to have. The rum reminds me of spiced run or dark rum, which seems to disappear withing the firs 1/3. Taste is medium to full and mostly consistent, with notes of cocoa, molasses, spiced rum, very rich earthy, semi-sweet, bitterness, spicy, peaty sour vegetation, dry, toast, wood, a very nutty background note, and a peppery retro. Burleys are leading with Flavoring supporting. Room note is pleasant, and aftertaste is great.
Pipe Used:
2016 Northern Briars Premier Rox Cut #4 Prince
Age When Smoked:
17+ years
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Dec 26, 2010 | Mild to Medium | Mild | Medium | Pleasant |
I don't know if it is still available. But one of the good old american classics with the Prince.
A bit darker in colour, it was a pleasure to smoke it.
A bit darker in colour, it was a pleasure to smoke it.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Nov 03, 2010 | Mild to Medium | Medium to Strong | Medium to Full | Unnoticeable |
My first pipe tobacco purchase, I knew nothing of anything and had nothing but my wits and a very low priced pipe, and this stuff truly excelled. Coming from a cigar background, a sweeter taste was more than welcome, and the little bit of "Jamaican rum" flavor made this delicious with any liquor or cola. Doesn't pack too much of a kick, which makes this great for...anytime! Sadly, i'm unable to find this in my area anymore.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Aug 04, 2010 | Very Mild | Extremely Mild | Mild | Pleasant to Tolerable |
I smoked this a couple of times over the years.I liked it,but not enough to go out of my way to get.My local B&M had a couple of pouches tucked in the "look what we found while dusting basket".I bought one. I'm smoking it now.About how I remembered it was,but of course dryer.I know I will finish it all.Will remember it fondly---but with out tears.A mild rum Cavendish mixture.Good for what it is.Always preferred the Slices.Now if I came across a tin of that.........
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Apr 23, 2010 | Mild | Mild | Mild to Medium | Pleasant |
I recently won a sealed, 14 oz tin of ERR off of ebay. Interestingly, the item was up for bid for a week and there was only one other bidder along with myself. It started off at $28 and some change and finally I won it for $53. A bit pricey, but I hadn't smoked it in years and since it is no longer produced, wanted to try it again. There was a flurry of activity within the last half hour of the bidding, but with only 3 minutes to go, the other fellow's guns fell silent and I won.
Upon opening the tin, the tobacco had the moisture consistency of what I would normally dry a fresh tin of this sort out to before smoking. It was a combination of rough/cube cut tobacco on the darker side of brown - darker than what I remember from years ago. The tin note had a delicious, fruity smelling - bordering on rum and chocolate - presence. My daughter said the tin aroma smelled like Fig Newton's. Considering I don't know how old this tin was, the tin note was very strong and fresh smelling. Packing and lighting were a breeze. The taste reminded me of Granger, but with less accompanying harshness and no palate burn. There was, however, a chemical taste that was ever present; similar to that found in Granger, detracting from the smoking experience - each and every time. See my review of Granger under the Half & Half listing if interested (TR glitch!).
At times I felt I could taste chocolate and a bit of molasses, however, they remained very much in the background. Although burning a bit hot, there was no bite to speak of, only a tingling to lips and the tip of the tongue. There was very minimal moisture and no goopy residue at the bowl's end; just a medium to dark grey ash. I found ERR to resemble similar Mac Baren's Golden Extra with regard to mildness in taste, but with way less body than Mac's. Although I prefer a fuller-bodied Burley, ERR would have been more enjoyable if it wasn't for the chemical taste. It does ruin the experience.
From what I remember, I feel the Larus Bros. version that I used to smoke regularly was better all around, and the Lane version a poor substitute for what was once a truly fine smoke. Overall, Lane's was a sweet smoking tobacco, but too mild of a Burley for my taste. I still enjoy the Edgeworth Sliced better as I enjoy the fuller taste that Burley can provide. Lil Brown Smoke Shack (lilbrown.com) has a ERR substitute on there web site under CCC Bulk blend and listed as Ready Rubbed. I emailed them for the particulars and was told that it is a substitute for ERR produced by Altadis. Their blend description is identical to the Lane description. I have yet to try it but I will do so in the hope that it is similar enough to be enjoyed as a good substitute.
This is not the same ERR of old. 4 stars for the Larus original, but only 2.5 for Lane's version. What I spent for this tin far outweighed my enjoyment of it. All in all, OK if you enjoy a pleasant, mild Burley tobacco.
UPDATE 7-21-10: After sitting in the tin for the past few months and drying out considerably, the chemical taste has reduced to a tolerable limit. But, after having smoked more fuller bodied/tastier Burleys, ERR is no bell ringer for me. For a codger Burley, I prefer Sir Walter Raleigh Regular over this.
UPDATE 12-12-11: Chemical taste totally gone and contents dried out considerably. The chocolatey notes are very apparent. I can only now highly recommend the Lane version of ERR - too bad it's a thing of the past excepting for the occasional tin on ebay. Thankfully SWR Regular (which I enjoy more) is still readily available.
Upon opening the tin, the tobacco had the moisture consistency of what I would normally dry a fresh tin of this sort out to before smoking. It was a combination of rough/cube cut tobacco on the darker side of brown - darker than what I remember from years ago. The tin note had a delicious, fruity smelling - bordering on rum and chocolate - presence. My daughter said the tin aroma smelled like Fig Newton's. Considering I don't know how old this tin was, the tin note was very strong and fresh smelling. Packing and lighting were a breeze. The taste reminded me of Granger, but with less accompanying harshness and no palate burn. There was, however, a chemical taste that was ever present; similar to that found in Granger, detracting from the smoking experience - each and every time. See my review of Granger under the Half & Half listing if interested (TR glitch!).
At times I felt I could taste chocolate and a bit of molasses, however, they remained very much in the background. Although burning a bit hot, there was no bite to speak of, only a tingling to lips and the tip of the tongue. There was very minimal moisture and no goopy residue at the bowl's end; just a medium to dark grey ash. I found ERR to resemble similar Mac Baren's Golden Extra with regard to mildness in taste, but with way less body than Mac's. Although I prefer a fuller-bodied Burley, ERR would have been more enjoyable if it wasn't for the chemical taste. It does ruin the experience.
From what I remember, I feel the Larus Bros. version that I used to smoke regularly was better all around, and the Lane version a poor substitute for what was once a truly fine smoke. Overall, Lane's was a sweet smoking tobacco, but too mild of a Burley for my taste. I still enjoy the Edgeworth Sliced better as I enjoy the fuller taste that Burley can provide. Lil Brown Smoke Shack (lilbrown.com) has a ERR substitute on there web site under CCC Bulk blend and listed as Ready Rubbed. I emailed them for the particulars and was told that it is a substitute for ERR produced by Altadis. Their blend description is identical to the Lane description. I have yet to try it but I will do so in the hope that it is similar enough to be enjoyed as a good substitute.
This is not the same ERR of old. 4 stars for the Larus original, but only 2.5 for Lane's version. What I spent for this tin far outweighed my enjoyment of it. All in all, OK if you enjoy a pleasant, mild Burley tobacco.
UPDATE 7-21-10: After sitting in the tin for the past few months and drying out considerably, the chemical taste has reduced to a tolerable limit. But, after having smoked more fuller bodied/tastier Burleys, ERR is no bell ringer for me. For a codger Burley, I prefer Sir Walter Raleigh Regular over this.
UPDATE 12-12-11: Chemical taste totally gone and contents dried out considerably. The chocolatey notes are very apparent. I can only now highly recommend the Lane version of ERR - too bad it's a thing of the past excepting for the occasional tin on ebay. Thankfully SWR Regular (which I enjoy more) is still readily available.
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