John Middleton, Inc Prince Albert
(2.95)
Crimp-cut, mild smoking mixture. Made in the USA.
Notes: Tobacco Hall of Fame Inductee. Prince Albert was introduced by R.J Reynolds in 1907. R.J. Reynolds sold the brand to the John Middleton Tobacco Company, Limerick, PA, in 1987. As of 2021, the production moved from the USA to Dominican Republic.
Details
| Brand | John Middleton, Inc |
| Blended By | John Middleton, Inc |
| Manufactured By | John Middleton, Inc. |
| Blend Type | Burley Based |
| Contents | Burley, Cavendish |
| Flavoring | |
| Cut | Ribbon |
| Packaging | 1.5 oz pouch; 14 oz plastic tub |
| Country | United States |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Mild
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Mild
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant to Tolerable
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Mild to Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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2.95 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 191 - 195 of 195 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 03, 2007 | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
I know several people have reviewed this one quite a bit, and has gotten praise and scorn. I think that this one is wholly dependant on several factors as far as personal enjoyment. Myself, I am more of an aromatic and taste pipe smoker. In my quest for taste and such I have tried various types of tobacco in most of its forms. That being said I will continue with my review.
This is a burley tobacco and so you can taste the flavor of it very well, but it depends highly on your tastes. It tastes like rolling tobacco, which I personally like in its own right, but mostly for the flavor...but that is not to say it tastes like cigarette tobacco...which tastes pretty awful. However, it has the distinctive taste of burley tobacco too which makes it a pretty good smoke all the way around as long as it is the kind of flavor you enjoy.
The room note, is well...it leaves much to be desired. Thats all I am going to say about that. 🙂
It is nice to smoke when you are looking for something a little bit different, out of your regular tobacco favorites, or need something to smoke while you are busy doing something else around the house. It does have a good piece of nicotine in every smoke...if that is what you are looking for too.
All in all it can be enjoyable to smoke, don't underestimate it for its value, or its package.
This is a burley tobacco and so you can taste the flavor of it very well, but it depends highly on your tastes. It tastes like rolling tobacco, which I personally like in its own right, but mostly for the flavor...but that is not to say it tastes like cigarette tobacco...which tastes pretty awful. However, it has the distinctive taste of burley tobacco too which makes it a pretty good smoke all the way around as long as it is the kind of flavor you enjoy.
The room note, is well...it leaves much to be desired. Thats all I am going to say about that. 🙂
It is nice to smoke when you are looking for something a little bit different, out of your regular tobacco favorites, or need something to smoke while you are busy doing something else around the house. It does have a good piece of nicotine in every smoke...if that is what you are looking for too.
All in all it can be enjoyable to smoke, don't underestimate it for its value, or its package.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jun 22, 2006 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Mild to Medium | Tolerable |
I have been on a trial and error of the different drug store blends for a few months now. PA is right at the top of my list. I was somewhat afraid to try it after some of the reveiws I read, but was pleasantly surprised when I did. This blend has a straight forward tobacco taste which may be some folks hang up, plus everyone has different taste. The room note is ok so I'm told (sorry to say when I smoke I can not smell the aroma).It is a mild to medium body smoke that I would recommend anyone to at least try. I love to smoke this with a cup of coffee, and the after taste is quite pleasing to me.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Apr 20, 2005 | Mild to Medium | Mild | Medium | Very Pleasant |
In my "battle of the drugstore burleys" the nod goes to Prince Albert. I reviewed Velvet yesterday. Nice, but a little too mild for me, though it was easier on the tongue. I like Prince Albert. It is a once match light and it burns to the bottem very nicely. It does burn a little hotter than Velvet, but it did not give me any tongue burn, and I puffed rather vigorously at times.
It has a decent tobacco taste. And I especially enjoy the aroma of the smoke. I went back into my car a couple hours after smoking a bowl of PA on the way home. I was treated to a wonderful toasted, roasted, nutty tobacco odor that was most pleasant. Maybe I will try Kentucky Club next, if I can find a pouch.
An Aside:
Talk about being limited in your tobacco selection: At the prison where I do indeed serve as chaplain the only tobacco that is readily available from the prison store is Bugler. The men get a bag of tobacco with enough papers at a price most men can afford. That is one acrid, foul smelling tobacco. They do carry a couple selections of ready rolled smokes, but very few can afford them. You really need a smoke to smoke one of those. They disallowed pipes and pipe tobacco as someone ruled that a pipe was drug paraphanalia. Sad.
It has a decent tobacco taste. And I especially enjoy the aroma of the smoke. I went back into my car a couple hours after smoking a bowl of PA on the way home. I was treated to a wonderful toasted, roasted, nutty tobacco odor that was most pleasant. Maybe I will try Kentucky Club next, if I can find a pouch.
An Aside:
Talk about being limited in your tobacco selection: At the prison where I do indeed serve as chaplain the only tobacco that is readily available from the prison store is Bugler. The men get a bag of tobacco with enough papers at a price most men can afford. That is one acrid, foul smelling tobacco. They do carry a couple selections of ready rolled smokes, but very few can afford them. You really need a smoke to smoke one of those. They disallowed pipes and pipe tobacco as someone ruled that a pipe was drug paraphanalia. Sad.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Apr 05, 2005 | Medium to Strong | None Detected | Medium | Tolerable |
Ah, the good Prince Albert. I knew the "Do you have Prince Albert in a Can?" joke long before I knew that it was a pipe tobacco. For some reason as a child I thought it was condensed soup. In any case, this venerable classic has run such a gamut of reviews here, I felt compelled to try it. I've recently developed an interest in Burley and Americana blends; the whopping $2.00 for a pouch at Walmart convinced me that today was the day to meet the good Prince. And when I checked out, the rather voluptuous nubian damsel behind the counter said with extreme elegance..."Oh Prince Albert...has someone mentioned it to you?" Odd, perhaps she is a latent oracle. Or a closet pipe smoker.
The red box and pouch hints at a slightly indecent thrill. It is the color of a light beckoning from above a brothel doorway. Amazingly dry to the touch and only slightly stale sweetness of tobacco within.
I packed up my favorite "cheap" burley pipe and up the smoke went. Thick, cool curls. Oh my - it is actually quite pleasant. Far and away better than the $9.00 pound of black cavendish pudding I tried to smoke my first time out. A bit more mellow and less processed tasting than Granger. No candy flavor, just burley. A bit of bitterness - sure! But it is burley, and likely not quite the most delicately cultivated crop. I do agree that relights are quite harsh. But I didn't find it sitting around unsmoked to be an issue. While inexpensive, I can't call it "cheap" tobacco. It does burn mighty fast though. So that ounce and change may not last *too* long if I choose to smoke this regularly.
And I could except for one thing - the nicotine hit me rather squarely. I smoke Haddo's and Nightcap with some frequency. Some of Mr. Tarler's blends can deliver quite a kick in the @$$. But this stuff really made the room move. Aside from that, it was a completely satisfying smoke. I won't give up Cumberland or Margate for it, but if the Good Prince were my only company, I would still smoke a pipe with pleasure.
The red box and pouch hints at a slightly indecent thrill. It is the color of a light beckoning from above a brothel doorway. Amazingly dry to the touch and only slightly stale sweetness of tobacco within.
I packed up my favorite "cheap" burley pipe and up the smoke went. Thick, cool curls. Oh my - it is actually quite pleasant. Far and away better than the $9.00 pound of black cavendish pudding I tried to smoke my first time out. A bit more mellow and less processed tasting than Granger. No candy flavor, just burley. A bit of bitterness - sure! But it is burley, and likely not quite the most delicately cultivated crop. I do agree that relights are quite harsh. But I didn't find it sitting around unsmoked to be an issue. While inexpensive, I can't call it "cheap" tobacco. It does burn mighty fast though. So that ounce and change may not last *too* long if I choose to smoke this regularly.
And I could except for one thing - the nicotine hit me rather squarely. I smoke Haddo's and Nightcap with some frequency. Some of Mr. Tarler's blends can deliver quite a kick in the @$$. But this stuff really made the room move. Aside from that, it was a completely satisfying smoke. I won't give up Cumberland or Margate for it, but if the Good Prince were my only company, I would still smoke a pipe with pleasure.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 17, 2004 | Mild | Very Mild | Mild | Unnoticeable |
Ok, so this is my first review ever of any tobacco and I thought it would be a good place to start. I'd like to add first that I've smoked a pipe regularly for about a year now but I've smoked pipes on and off for about 14 years.
We all know that Prince Albert is burley and more burley and there is really nothing that exceptional about it but IMHO that's what is good about it. I think it's a good way to start the day when you are just waking up. It's like an old friend and just as reliable to boot. It's easy to pack, it does not leave you feeling scorched and if you're in a hurry you don't feel bad about not finishing the bowl.
But I would not recommend this as an all day smoke or an evening smoke in one of your better briar pipes. I've tried smoking it in one of my briars at night and found that it just was really kind of boring that way. Somehow in a cheap corn cob pipe in the morning ( at least for me ) it takes on a different ( better ) character and provides some nostalgic pleasure.
Cheers!
We all know that Prince Albert is burley and more burley and there is really nothing that exceptional about it but IMHO that's what is good about it. I think it's a good way to start the day when you are just waking up. It's like an old friend and just as reliable to boot. It's easy to pack, it does not leave you feeling scorched and if you're in a hurry you don't feel bad about not finishing the bowl.
But I would not recommend this as an all day smoke or an evening smoke in one of your better briar pipes. I've tried smoking it in one of my briars at night and found that it just was really kind of boring that way. Somehow in a cheap corn cob pipe in the morning ( at least for me ) it takes on a different ( better ) character and provides some nostalgic pleasure.
Cheers!
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