Ashton Old Dog
(3.00)
A full English mixture dark with Cyprian latakia, spiced with fragrant Xanthia from Macedonia. It's liveliness is a result of the flue cured Virginia and jet black cavendish.
Notes: Discontinued blend, now reproposed by McClelland in their Ashton Revival Series.
Details
| Brand | Ashton |
| Blended By | |
| Manufactured By | McClelland Tobacco Company |
| Blend Type | English |
| Contents | Black Cavendish, Latakia, Oriental/Turkish, Virginia |
| Flavoring | |
| Cut | Ribbon |
| Packaging | 50 grams tin |
| Country | United States |
| Production | No longer in production |
Profile
Strength
Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Tolerable
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium to Full
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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3.00 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 1 - 2 of 2 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 08, 2005 | Very Mild | Strong | Mild | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Nose: A strange and mild puree of smell ranging from vinegar, to tobacco by way of ketchup. Quite odd, it provokes a double take: is this supposed to be an aromatic?
On the palate it also very mild: so much that it is hard to discern the various tobaccos in the symphony. Wait, its not a symphony at all --its someone snoring! The casing and Prolypilene Glycol treatment overwhelmed the tobacco aromas. People call this an English, but that type of tobacco is by definition, supposed to be mercifully devoid of additives, and this is not the case here. Lets call this Americanized English as in perverted. On the plus side, you can smoke this all day, since it is one of the most supremely unchallenging tobacco out there --asuming you don't mind additives.
On the palate it also very mild: so much that it is hard to discern the various tobaccos in the symphony. Wait, its not a symphony at all --its someone snoring! The casing and Prolypilene Glycol treatment overwhelmed the tobacco aromas. People call this an English, but that type of tobacco is by definition, supposed to be mercifully devoid of additives, and this is not the case here. Lets call this Americanized English as in perverted. On the plus side, you can smoke this all day, since it is one of the most supremely unchallenging tobacco out there --asuming you don't mind additives.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| Feb 15, 2005 | Extremely Mild | None Detected | Extremely Mild (Flat) | Tolerable |
After being utterly disappointed with Celebrated Sovereign, why did I try Old Dog? It must be the Ashton cigars that I enjoyed in the 1990s. Ashton must produce a decent pipe tobacco. If so, after a second try, I have not yet found it. As many of the reviews suggested, I let this tobacco dry a bit before venturing forth. The smell of the tin was very nice as was the ribbon cut and its colour. I initially thought that this Old Dog may give my staunch Latakia No. 2 hound a run for its money. This Old Dog cannot run, though, or even hobble, and after a few bowls it was ready to be put to sleep. Sadly, the only burial fit for this animal was a quick flush down the loo to bark legless after some goldfish.
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