John Middleton, Inc Kentucky Club

It's just swell, a little soft but very pleasant to smoke at evenings. I'm very happy to have this in my menu, quite a good one for almost everyone!

This is, in my opinion, straight white burley. I do not taste any added flavoring and find this to be an excellent tobacco as a burley base when mixing it with other tobaccos.

I have to say this is a good pipe tobacco. Definitely tastes like coffee to some extent. Burns really nice and stays light as well. From where I'm located, this is not a drugstore tobacco because you have to go to the smoke shop to find it. I would much rather pay $3 dollars for this compared to Captain Black at $7. Well worth smoking it.

In the pouch, this fine crimp-cut blend smells of licorice and vanilla, along with the typical burley grassiness.

Based upon fairly good white burley, there is a gentle cigar note to the blend. The added sweetness is welcome. The toppings remain noticeable throughout, though without distracting from the simple tobacco pleasure underneath.

Kentucky Club smokes exactly as billed: Mild. With a wholesome graininess, this reminds me of Sir Walter Raleigh, though a bit sweeter and more aromatic. This went well in a chamber of any gauge.

I don't know what to say about this pipe tobacco. First, I need to make clear that I am talking about a Mexican blend, that could be a licensed brand of the original American classic, as Mr. Tantric says. The Mexican company that produces (or just imports?) this blend is called Norma de México.

Now, this version is made entirely of burley tobacco. I have notice that the quality of this weed is not always the same: sometimes, is a mellow, simple and direct nutty taste; other times, you can find that good taste, but with a nasty bitter undertone, something like ammonia (I have found this bad flavor in some low quality cigars).

The casing is very mild, in the package (50g. pouch) says something like "soft rum". The room note, however, is always the same. People have told me it's like flavored little cigars, but nicer.

Recommended if you like simple tobacco, but remember that you have to take a chance because of the quality issue I mentioned.

Good old Kentucky Club has been around for years and years and years. Thats because it is an extremely good tobacco. KC is a fairly nondescript blend of light burly and Virginia tobacco from the American south. It is very lightly topped with a coffee flavoring that is not overpowering and ads a pleasant flavor on the light up that quickly vanishes about mid-bowl. At this point all you are left with is the nice nutty somewhat sweet flavor of this nostalgic drugstore blend. KC is a nice all day smoke for those who prefer very light blends. Though I prefer a little bit heavier blends, I like to smoke this in a corn cob or billiard that is dedicated to mild blends. Some things are tried and true and don't require revamping. Kentucky Club is one such thing.

My favorite pipe tobacco from the late 1960s until it was discontinued. It had a wonderful taste and aroma and burned smooth and cool. Absolutely delicious pure white burley. A sad day when production of this fine pipe tobacco ceased.

The last time I tried Kentucky Club was an impulse add-on with my regular order so I bought a pouch of it. I'd say I tried this somewhere between 2007 and 2009.I sniffed the pouch and already my nose was put off by it. I was hoping to whatever powers that be my nose was mistaken and the taste was different. Some burley taste came about through the heavy casing, but I could not get past the god-awful flavoring. It was lavender...it tasted like someone put soap in the tobacco. I hope it's coffee now like indicated because lavender and tobacco is a morbid and disgusting taste combination. A shame too...the name was enticing, and I really liked the artwork.

This is my first review on tobaccoreviews.com. I am a relatively new pipe smoker, but even when I still smoked those awful cigarettes I went for better brands like American Spirit and Nat Sherman. I will be behaving myself at first, and showing respect for my elders. I wanted my first review to be of something unusual, so here it is. I was turned on early in my pipe smoking career to mainly Virginia flakes, which pleased me most once I learned to control the tongue bite! This review is of an unusual item-a 7oz tin of Kentucky Club from 1950 that I won on Ebay. This tobacco is a cased burley, but for me at least, given the age, it is hard to tell what the original casings might have been. The tin aroma is something I find it hard to describe, and the best analogy I can come up with is that of a fairly decent red wine which has been left out overnight. The tin was under full seal, and the tobacco was still not entirely dry, if not moist. It reminds me of a Virginia; perhaps the casings have allowed the tobacco to ferment. All in all, it is an enjoyable and unique smoking experience. The wine taste goes away after a few puffs, and the taste becomes very mellow yet with complex overtones-very Virginia-like. I would love to find a reviewer who has tried this tobacco at this age-otherwise, none of you will know what I am talking about! I have tried Escudo, Erinmore Flake, the Stokkebye Luxury line, and quite a few other offerings, and all I can say is that I will miss this 7oz when it is gone and will look for other Kentucky Club unopenened classic cans if I can find them.

1-20-10 I still have a lot of this in a mason jar, and still smoke a bowl from time to time. It seems dryer and harsher now; not really harsh, but age has really dried it out. I think I will still miss it when it is gone, but that may take a while. I will cherish it as a curiosity, and as the oldest tobacco in my cellar.