John Middleton, Inc Prince Albert

A good old plain american blend that when blended with something such as a cheap Black Cav. gets good results. Too plain and too strong by its self needs melowing and some flavor. Great plain cheap old blend.

Of course, one of the first pipe tobacco's I tried a couple of years ago. Eh, what's to say. A decent burley, but nothing to write home about. Smells nice in the pouch, burns a rather one dimensional smoke. If you're starting out, sure this is a cheap way to begin, but think of it like this: if you were trying Bourbon whiskey for the first time and someone recommended Jim Beam, sure, Beam is Bourbon but hardly representative of the stuff you actually want to spend money on. Eventually you'll try some Bookers or Pappy Van Winkle and go, "Ah! Now I understand how bourbon became so popular!" It's not a matter of snobbery, just discriminating taste and it's the same with coffee, wine, beer, etc. Prince Albert is not bad, and it tastes like mild burley pipe tobacco. If that's your thing, then that's just fine. If you're starting out, I recommend you spend the extra couple of dollars on something of higher quality and you'll get a much better representation of what this art is all about. My two cents.

This tobacco is as bare bones as a Honda civic with roll up windows. There is nothing that I can say is truly fine about the tobacco, but maybe that is the appeal to me. I enjoy the fact that everyone likes the aroma, and it is so easy to smoke that it is a two match and forget tobacco. The taste is very bare bones burly it is nutty and slightly earthy. There is no sweetness here at all. It is not bitter though. The tobacco is not as wet as I thought it might be, and absolutely does not bite. The only draw back to it is that it does get a bit boring after a few bowls, and is not in my opinion flavorful for an all day smoke. Can you do any better for $2.00, maybe but that depends on personal taste. I prefer Half & Half, but I also like Carter hall, but none of these compare to a rich Latakia blend, but none of them cost less than $2.00 an ounce.

When i took it out of its box, it smelled terrible, which was unfortunate, but the smoke it produced was pretty nice, not extremely aromatic but nice. It had no bite and if it wasn't for the terrible smell of the tobacco before it was burnt this would be a fantastic choice.

Pouch: PA comes in a pouch inside a carton, or box. The foil opening, of the pouch, was not sealed, but just folded over. What's funny is that the tobacco was still moist. Some say it is cased, others say it isn't, but either way, it's no where near as artificially flavored as Half and Half.

Packing & Lighting: easily done

Taste: Not much depth, bland and a little boring; mild. True, it does have the standard burley character, but its qualities are definitely between bland and mild.

Nicotine: rather mild

Room Note: light burley, slighty cigarish

Overall: If this is what's considered a good burley, try C&D's Pegasus. PA has a definite burley taste, it just doesn't have a lot of burley taste.

Ok this is my very first time smoking a pipe but I am not new to smoking hehe. i dont quite know how to review yet. All i can say about this tobacco is it taste ALOT like a cigarette i had to keep relighting it but i think this is because im new to this. It was very dry like bugler or tops rolling ciggarette tobacco. i think that this is because the pouch was not sealed i do not know if this is normal because the box it self was sealed but not the pouch. So theirs my first review just thought i would pop my cherry with this blend. are you suppose to INHALE when smoking a pipe i have no clue ?

Well after my summer of OTC burlies....This one kinda fell short. Taste was ok, nicotine was a little short. Not so bad mixing with Carter Hall (at the suggestion of Big Bob Burley)- the mix was nice in the am. For some weird reason, the mix also smoked better in a cob....But maybe that was me waxing nostalgic....

It's not bad for a drug store blend. Light casing, more complex than most of the "sticky" blends like Captain Black, but still not anything to write flowery poetry about. A good cheap smoke for when you're in the mood for something less sugary but you're broke or isolated from your tobacconist.

I have many jars of four-star blends here, but for some reason I keep buying Prince Albert whenever I go to the grocery store. It's cheap, plain, good old burley.

Actually, I like to keep some burley around for mixing in with other tobaccos and for just smoking it in its own right. Prince Albert is a good pleasant smoke when you are in the mood for some mild puffing . It has a woody or nutty sort of flavor that is rather subdued. It lights easy and doesn't tend to scorch your tongue at all.

I often take some of this and mix it in with a straight virginia to cool it down a bit and reduce the bitey character of the virginias. All in all, its a good base tobacco to keep around the house. I think its one of the best drugstore tobaccos and considering its wide availability, low price, and decent quality.