Theodorus Niemeyer Flying Dutchman

I received this blend along with a Wally Frank pipe offer (25cents, a long time ago). The pipe was a briar screw-in type that fit onto a nylon shank. The shank proved to be he best smoke of the entire offer.

It has been a few years since this stuff has been available. I've seen copies available but I doubt they are comparable. The taste of the original blend was mild and the room note was fabulous. Unfortunately, as some have already noted, it bit like a rabid dog.

This is my first review, and it will probably be the most negative one i am going to write Actually i registered to prevent people from buying flying Dutchman.

I,ve smoked quite a few tobacco's, and i have never felt buyers remorse before, most of the better tobacco's do have their time of the day or season of the year. i,ve never thrown away tobacco before,but i was even afraid of blending with it. I kept the tin for 7 years, i thougt aging would be good for it. but actually, after those 5 years nothing has happened with this stuff. it looks the same, feels the same, it even smokes the same way. Hot and tasteless it is, maybe a very long claypipe will tame it and give some taste when drawing mouths full of smoke. but as most of us are Briar lovers, i surely would not recommend this rolling tobacco to burn out our precious pipes.

The guy who gave this blend 2 times 4 stars must be involved in the Niemeier/Orlik company, or dates from the 17th century.

Now' up to the friendly reviews.

A very finely shredded tobacco, that reminds me of cigarette shag tobacco. It smells so good in the tin that you'll want to put it under your pillow at night. The room note is sweet and smells like Christmas cookies. BUT, this tobacco blend will bite you so hard that you may have a real burn on your tounge and not even be able to taste BUTTER for a week. Be warned, this blend has to be petted or will violently bite.Don't even bother petting it, throw this rubbish as far away from you as you can.

How can anyone resist a a blend called the Flying Dutchmen? The answer is once they get the smack burned off their toungs and have to leach the flavoring from their pipe over days of careful applications of grain alchol. Perhaps it would taste better with a charcoal 9mm filter. I will leave this question unanswered for me.

Not for beginners, it smokes HOT just if you aren't able to smoke slowly, but this is a your problem, not a tobacco problem ! Very fresh flavour, with tonka (something like mint-vanilla- liquorice-herbs), well rounded and very good burning qualities. Maybe a monodimensional smoke, but in the relaxing way ! Mix it with a sumatra cigar : it will increase strenght and taste !

All this talk about what certainly is a venerable and distant blend got me thinking, for this was one of the first tobaccos I ever smoked--well over 30 years ago--but I had not put my two cents in, although I've made some reference to it in other reviews.

Yes: due to the thin ribbon cut--almost cigarette like--and the absence of moisture, it tends to burn hot and fast, and may produce a sever case of tongue bite. That was one the reasons I quit smoking it.

Within this range of classic Dutch blends, I much prefer Clan, which I find more palatable and easier to smoke. But the Flying Dutchman does have a very clearly defined tobacco structure, not unlike some of the French blends (like Caporal), that seem to be made from sun-cured leaf. Flying Dutchman has a certain piquancy that used to tickle my nostrils, and it did leave an abrasive sensation in palate, mouth and throat.

The aroma--not as strong as Clan's but along the same lines--was very elegant and cozy in that Old World-European tradition: nothing fancy or cloyingly sweet, but subtle, refined and inviting. Yet, one must learn to smoke this leaf in order to appreciate its nuances.

Great tobacco but not for beginners and aromatic fans. Very good tobacco for the lovers of dutch style blends.

I tried this maybe forty years ago in one of my first pipes. Loved the smell but the bite was unbearable. I recently opened a pouch of this that had lain at a shop for maybe six years or more. Straight, it was pleasantly flavored - & I generally don't smoke aromatics - but it was OK! Good sweet fruity aroma for the crowd, but not much taste. Mixed the rest with some Altadis Jamestowne Vanilla left from a sample & was bowled over by the change. Actually flavorful & nice (& cool) enough for an English/Balkan smoker. I have now had enough aromatic to last me another forty years. Should have read Sopwith's review first - I called it Jamestowne Dutchman!