John Middleton, Inc Prince Albert

God, this is horrible! I've been revisiting classic over the counter blends and picked up a pouch of PA today. Loaded a bowl fired it up and gagged. This old time blend was bitter, had a strange metallic, chemical taste and was hotter than a firecracker too boot. I dumped the pipe and pitched the pouch in the garbage. It is bad, bad, bad.

I honestly tried to give this tobacco a fair shot. After two weeks and approx 8 smokes I have come to the conclusion that this blend is awful. There is a horrid after taste, very bitter, and the overall flavor of the tobacco is just not very appealing to me. I will admit that when first lit it does have a pleasant aroma. However within five to ten minutes my wife is asking me to step outside to enjoy my smoke. I wont be buying this blend again and overall I was very dissapointed with the taste and aroma. I really wanted to like this tobacco as I have a few friends who swear by it. I found that it burned hot and left a considerable amount of moisture in my pipe when finished. My palate may be different than yours so for the price I suppose it's worth a try. You may like it allthough I did not. Enjoy your smoke.

Ok.... after smoking a lot of very high quality tobaccos, I ran out and the mail was slow so I picked up a pack of this... stuff. NO. Lots of bite, burns quick and left a rather bad taste in my mouth. I may be pampered by the other tobaccos that I enjoy, but I will NEVER buy this again. I will keep a bit on hand, just to remind me how GOOD the other tobacco is to me. Others may not agree, but this is my take on this tobacco.

I tried this old standard only because I've recently begun to really like a few burley blends,....and my grandfather smoked it. Perhaps because I quit a 15 year cigarette habit 20 years ago I find it very hard to think of anything but an old roll your own cigarette while smoking it. The room note is better than the taste. I'll be adding some Latakia to it so I can finish up what I bought. It's just not my cup of tea.

I ran out of some of pretty good house blends tobaccos from my pipe tobacco shop. The shop then closed so I was forced to buy something. I thought that I would try the Prince Albert tobacco from a local store.

I only smoked one bowl before wanting to gag.

I don't know how people like this tobacco as it is the absolute worst I have ever put in a pipe.

The flavor was quite disgusting, and left a horrible taste in my mouth after smoking. My wife commented that it was the worst smelling tobacco I have ever smoked as well.

If you like the taste of old rancid cigarette tobacco that your cat took a leak on then this might be for you, but if you are accustomed to good pipe tobacco then stay far away from this one.

Luckily I was only out $3 for it and have since placed an order for some nice tobacco that is on the way.

I would rather smoke buffalo dung than be subjected to this weed again.

I have to honestly say that this is the absolute worst tobacco that has ever been put in my pipe. I bought a pouch about a month ago and put it in a pint jar. When I opened the jar a month later it had a liquor scent to it, maybe bourbon or whisky? The very first puff at first light seemed pleasant but it went downhill from there and at half bowl I dumped it out. About two minutes into smoking it, it tasted exactly like I had dug through someones ashtray and gathered up all of the tobacco from the half burnt cigarettes and put that nasty stuff in my pipe. If you are an ex cigarette smoker and try this in a pipe you'll know what I mean. This tobacco will be the last stuff I ever smoke, and only if they outlaw tobacco and I smoke my 25 pounds of other blends I have stored away in the basement. The only thing this stuff has going for it is that it has a great nicotine kick. Do yourself a favor and stay away from this stuff. I would recommend 'Anniversary Kake' from pipesandcigars.com, has a similar nicotine kick, is pretty cheap (about $30 a pound) and tastes fantastic. If someone gives this a good rating take a look at their profile and what they have reviewed. This stuff is just down right nasty.

I remember Father trying to kill us all those years, smoking his cigarettes. And, as many others here, the Burley burn, the cigi scent, brings back such memories of lost youth, though in my case, perhaps, they are counter-nostalgic.

Prince Albert is the over-the-counter king, the American ashtray standard, for those who enjoy such things. Open the can (now plastic), sniff, and it seems a fresh pack of cigs. Smoke it, a cig. Put it out, the cigi odor lingers. This is the tobacco for which one might as well not be smoking a pipe, for with it you are not taking the pipe where it was meant to go.

This is my first review. I am new to the hobby. I do enjoy (very much) 2 of the OTCs I have and I love a honey aromatic I found at a local shop. I do not like reviewers that do not like anything, seems like the tobacco does not have a chance. That being said I understand why so many like this "blend". It is the same reason that there are so many more cigarette smokers than pipe smokers. They want cheap fast tasteless nicotine. PA is cost effective. I have found a way to make it even more affordable. Walk around after a ball game and pick up all of the cigarette butts and squeeze the remaining tobacco into your "soft luxury pouch" with 3 ground up Cheerios and Ta-Da a new pouch of PA! No one will be able to tell not even you.