House of Windsor Field & Stream
(2.23)
An aromatic blend of choice tobaccos superbly prepared for the utmost in smoking pleasure.
Details
| Brand | House of Windsor |
| Blended By | House of Windsor |
| Manufactured By | |
| Blend Type | Aromatic |
| Contents | Black Cavendish, Burley, Cavendish, Virginia |
| Flavoring | Alcohol / Liquor, Other / Misc |
| Cut | Cube |
| Packaging | 1.5 oz pouch, 10 oz. tin, 2 oz. tin |
| Country | United States |
| Production | No longer in production |
Profile
Strength
Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Medium
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant to Tolerable
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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2.23 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 11 - 20 of 57 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jul 19, 2010 | Mild | Medium to Strong | Mild | Very Pleasant |
I am currently hunting down the remaining Field & Stream, purchasing this beauty to savor, add life to bland blends, lift my spirit, dry out my nostrils. A little Field & Stream will flavor a pipe bowl for quite some time to come, so be careful. If you do not like black jelly-beans, stay away from this. I happen to love black jelly-beans. I also love anise/fennel. Onion, fennel, venison liver/heart, little salt and pepper..,who has it better? When fresh, yes it was pungent in aroma and did offer what I am reading from the younger smokers, "soap dish" flavor. Get a piece of paper. Lay out the Field & Stream on the sheet, and spread it with the flat of your palm as thin as you can get it to fit the paper size. Leave it alone, overnight. The next mid-morning, the heavy "soapy" flavor is tamed a bit. Casing of Anise, that's all. I've thrown more of this out over the years, and today regret every bit I discarded. I had an uncle who was a tanker and professional soldier. He told me that Field & Stream was one of the most sought after pipe tobaccos because it is one of the aromas you never smell in combat. It was a smell, of home. He always grabbed what I was chucking away. The flavor is Licorice. The room note, fantastic. When sipped, I love it. Too bad I had to wait for my tastebuds to mature. Smoke rolled through the nostrils will dry out the sinuses and each Spring, it is a staple in my pipes. Have any really bad tasting pipe tobacco? Simply place a good pinch in your palm, rub both hands together, and add the rubbed Field & Stream into your undesirable blend. It will truly make the unwanted mixture, very pleasant. I rate this at Three Stars. Another loss, since House of Windsor closed the business. Every time I smoke it, I think of Easter, Christmas Day, and the Beloved Ronald Reagan, who was a black jelly-bean lover; The simpler things, and simple times, we recall to memory every so often.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Nov 27, 2009 | Mild | Medium | Medium | Tolerable |
I had to try this for the same reason others did. It was a transport back to the past. Upon opening I was met with a soapy, flowery aroma which I found quite nauseating. Lighting up and smoking wasn't much better. So much for nostalgia and F&S.
I have to admit though, I do like the artwork on the tin!
I have to admit though, I do like the artwork on the tin!
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jul 02, 2009 | Medium | Medium to Strong | Mild to Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
I am sure your parents, like mine, always said if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it. Well, I always assumed they were referring to people, not tobacco. I ordered a 2 ounce tin of this from Iwan Ries back in August of 06. I went on some sort of drugstore tobacco spree, trying out the old "classics". First impression of this tin was someone spilled Palmolive soap in this tin. Throwing caution into the wind, I packed it in a cob (no way I am taking chances in a briar) and proceeded to set fire.... I felt like Ralphie from "The Christmas Story" after dropping the "F" bomb. That is really all I remembered, was soap.
Now, July 2nd 2009, I decided to visit the tin again. I opened it up, and the contents were BONE dry, almost powder. The soap subsided, and once again, packed into a cob and lit her up. Not nearly as bad as the last episode, no more soap, and no tongue bite. Decent room note too! But the only reason I fail to rate this any higher is tobacco should be ready to smoke out of the package, not after two years of dry storage. It also leaves a funny cigarette ash feeling/taste in my mouth I do not care for.
Now, July 2nd 2009, I decided to visit the tin again. I opened it up, and the contents were BONE dry, almost powder. The soap subsided, and once again, packed into a cob and lit her up. Not nearly as bad as the last episode, no more soap, and no tongue bite. Decent room note too! But the only reason I fail to rate this any higher is tobacco should be ready to smoke out of the package, not after two years of dry storage. It also leaves a funny cigarette ash feeling/taste in my mouth I do not care for.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 08, 2009 | Mild | Medium | Medium | Very Pleasant |
I've been looking to try this tobacco for a long time, given that it is no longer available. Alas, House of Windsor is no more. I remember my father and grandfather smoking this when I was a child. I finally happened upon a lone 12 oz. tub of F&S in a tobacco store in Salem, MA and bought it immediately! Upon opening, I caught the distinct aroma of woods and flowers and noted that the tobacco itself was in rectangular chunks. Unusual. So I rubbed it out well and put it in my Bjarne pipe.
WOW! I was instantly transported back to riding with my family to New Hampshire with my dad smoking this in his bowl! There is a preliminary blast of floral sweetness that some have interpreted as "perfumy" but that soon settles down to a most unusual and original smoke. The secret to enjoying this mostly burley blend is rubbing it out well and smoking slowly. I do have a "match" from Altadis but its really no match. The room note gets compliments every time.
Try this if you can find it. And if you find it, please let me know if they have another tub/pouch/tin. I'll be looking for more!
WOW! I was instantly transported back to riding with my family to New Hampshire with my dad smoking this in his bowl! There is a preliminary blast of floral sweetness that some have interpreted as "perfumy" but that soon settles down to a most unusual and original smoke. The secret to enjoying this mostly burley blend is rubbing it out well and smoking slowly. I do have a "match" from Altadis but its really no match. The room note gets compliments every time.
Try this if you can find it. And if you find it, please let me know if they have another tub/pouch/tin. I'll be looking for more!
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jun 12, 2007 | Strong | Medium | Full | Pleasant to Tolerable |
If you took some black licorice and started a brush fire on your tongue.. thats what this is like! To hot for me.
they shoul call it "field and SCREAM!!"
they shoul call it "field and SCREAM!!"
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jun 18, 2014 | Medium | Medium to Strong | Full | Very Pleasant |
Man o man I loved this blend when it came in the big royal blue tub. It was such a chunky blend that reeked of licorice but in a good way. Burned cool and the room note was fantastic. Even the tub was so sturdy, nothing like todays tubs. Then came HOW version which was good too, different, smaller cut and different topping but still delicious. I have tried the Sutliff Great Outdoors and it is similar to the HOW offering but nowhere near the original F&S. I search Ebay monthly and never see an original tin and its heartbreaking but the HOW pops up time to time so I am content to buy that.
Pipe Used:
cob, briar, meerschaum
Age When Smoked:
Everything from aged to fresh
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 19, 2013 | Mild to Medium | Medium | Mild to Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
This is for MATCH field and stream from pipeandcigar.com. I cut this by a third with a fine Virginia blend to mellow out the licorice and maple notes and then dried it out to just shy of moist. The smoke was tasty leaving a good aftertaste on the palette. This is a SLOW smokers blend that stayed lit and burned to fine ash all the way to the last bit. It worked best with a narrow bowl and Cobs. It gets hot but not so much to bite the tounge if dried right. If you don't like black licorice or maple then this is not for you. If you don't like to blend it with some fine Virginia and dry it just right then move along. The curious flavor and easy smoking was good to me and my stash is marked for fishing, lol.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 04, 2012 | Mild | Medium | Mild | Very Pleasant |
Found a 2 oz tin of this and jumped on it, as it is one of those old HOW blends that often produce hits. This one was mostly a walnut-brown colored crimp cut, close to a cube. Tin aroma was mostly licorice with a strong hint of mustiness.
Properly dried out, this is kind of a Mixture #79-lite blend. The perfuminess was diminished and the flavor was a relaxed kind of licorice/maple. Sounds weirder than it tasted. Sort of non-commital, but definitely preferable to moist out of the tin, where the taste was profoundly soapy. The best part about this one was the room aroma which all 3 of my kids described independently as like cookies. Indeed, there was a pleasant, homey sort of smell to it in the room. Nothing special, this one, but I didn't find it as bad as a lot of people. Worth a try if you can find it and you're curious about these old-timey OTC blends. For me, decent but not repeatable.
Properly dried out, this is kind of a Mixture #79-lite blend. The perfuminess was diminished and the flavor was a relaxed kind of licorice/maple. Sounds weirder than it tasted. Sort of non-commital, but definitely preferable to moist out of the tin, where the taste was profoundly soapy. The best part about this one was the room aroma which all 3 of my kids described independently as like cookies. Indeed, there was a pleasant, homey sort of smell to it in the room. Nothing special, this one, but I didn't find it as bad as a lot of people. Worth a try if you can find it and you're curious about these old-timey OTC blends. For me, decent but not repeatable.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 10, 2010 | Mild to Medium | Medium | Medium | Tolerable |
Smoked right out of a freshly opened tin it reminded me of dish soap and cheap perfume. There was an odor of anise that got lost somehow after I had lit up, and I hid the tin in the the corner of my basement. Several months later I came across it and decided to give it another go before I tossed it out. It had changed during that time, the soapy perfumely aromoa was gone and I could taste some anise. Unfortunalty I could also taste the maple which I personally did not care for.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 29, 2009 | Medium | Medium to Strong | Full | Pleasant |
This is a relatively highly flavored cube cut burly. Unlike many aromatics it is not doused with artificial moisteners, it is dry out of the can or pouch. It burns cool with no bite. Many reviewers have compared this to the much maligned Mixture 79, there are similarities but also critical differences. As with Mixture 79 at first light there is an initial explosion of flavor, but as the bowl progresses this fades and the burly comes to the front. Personally I find the flavor (most often described as licorice, which works for me) pleasant indeed. This blend will certainly ?ghost? a briar, which since I much enjoy the flavor is not a problem for this piper. I smoked this years ago when offered by Phillip Morris, and find the House of Windsor version to be faithful to its heritage. As I work through my stash will have to seek out one of the ?matches?.
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