House of Windsor Revelation
(3.11)
A blend of Bright flake, Red Virginia, Burley cube cut, Latakia and Perique with a mild fruit flavor.
Details
| Brand | House of Windsor |
| Blended By | House of Windsor |
| Manufactured By | |
| Blend Type | Virginia/Burley |
| Contents | Burley, Kentucky, Latakia, Perique, Virginia |
| Flavoring | Fruit / Citrus |
| Cut | Ribbon |
| Packaging | 1.25oz Pouch, 2oz. Tin, 4oz Tin, 10 oz tin |
| Country | United States |
| Production | No longer in production |
Profile
Strength
Mild to Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Mild
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant to Tolerable
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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3.11 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 21 - 30 of 34 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Nov 09, 2005 | Mild | Strong | Extremely Mild (Flat) | Very Pleasant |
House of Windsor would be well advised to shell out more pounds towards the quality of tobaccos and the handling of this blend in pre packaging. As it is in the tin upon opening it is destroyed of any form bearing the description ?ribbon.? More like tiny flakes of powder. That does not speak to me of a ?quality? blend. Notwithstanding it?s appearance this blend smells nice and fruity, I detect mostly Burley and Virginia in the way of tobacco- the Latakia and Perique are escaping my olfactory senses?perhaps muted by the aromatic component. Packing is somewhat laborious as the tobacco is in poor shape, one must literally search for larger pieces to fill the bottom of the bowl so that the ?powdered? tobacco doesn?t get sucked up into the draft hole. But his is all made worth the journey because the tobacco tastes great once fire is put to proper use.
I have smoked this blend in small, medium, and medium/large bowls and feel that it takes better to smaller sized bowls. The larger the bowl the more the aromatic component seems to come forth towards the bottom third of the bowl. Things moisten up, burn a bit harsh, and get sizzled as excessive moisture hits the top of the burning ember.
As to the Latakia component: You got me. It must be very light if it is there at all, or perhaps just muted by the casing, which is pleasant enough by the way.
Not the best blend that I have smoked, but a very interesting one that does bare complexity. If this ?Revelation? is the same that Einstein smoked than I can understand why he enjoyed it. For me- there are just too many other blends consisting of quality tobacco to applaud House of Windsor for this Revelation. But I do recommend it to the indiscriminate aromatic piper or somebody looking for a pleasant change with no 4th of July fireworks in the sky.
I have smoked this blend in small, medium, and medium/large bowls and feel that it takes better to smaller sized bowls. The larger the bowl the more the aromatic component seems to come forth towards the bottom third of the bowl. Things moisten up, burn a bit harsh, and get sizzled as excessive moisture hits the top of the burning ember.
As to the Latakia component: You got me. It must be very light if it is there at all, or perhaps just muted by the casing, which is pleasant enough by the way.
Not the best blend that I have smoked, but a very interesting one that does bare complexity. If this ?Revelation? is the same that Einstein smoked than I can understand why he enjoyed it. For me- there are just too many other blends consisting of quality tobacco to applaud House of Windsor for this Revelation. But I do recommend it to the indiscriminate aromatic piper or somebody looking for a pleasant change with no 4th of July fireworks in the sky.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 27, 2005 | Mild to Medium | Extremely Mild | Mild to Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
This is a difficult tobacco to rate. Compared to others of its kind, this is the Bentley of drugstore blends. The problem, though, is that this stuff can barely be found at any drugstore these days. You'll most likely find it amongst the many premium blends at some of the more popular online tobacco shops. So, in that sense, it's not as readily accessible as something like Captain Black, Half & Half, or Prince Albert--which are its more natural peers.
Taking that into consideration, it blows the previous blends away in taste and complexity..but still falls far short of the many premium blends currently on the market. What I can say, though, is that I would smoke a ton of this stuff, and far less of the premium stuff, if it were still available around the corner in a Rite Aid. But it's not. I can buy a pouch of this stuff at Pipesandcigars for a little over three bucks or a tin of Dunhill for less than five dollars at JRcigars--what would you do? It's just bad marketing in my opinion.
Regarding taste, I find that the Burley and Perique are the most dominant elements in the blend. I understand that this contains Latakia, and I would never guess that if I hadn't been informed. The "fruity" topping is barely noticeable, in my opinion. So if you're worried about a strangely aromatic smoke, don't bother to concern yourself. The tobacco is here, far in the front.
It really is a shame I can't buy this stuff in the drugstore. It would make things so much easier.
Taking that into consideration, it blows the previous blends away in taste and complexity..but still falls far short of the many premium blends currently on the market. What I can say, though, is that I would smoke a ton of this stuff, and far less of the premium stuff, if it were still available around the corner in a Rite Aid. But it's not. I can buy a pouch of this stuff at Pipesandcigars for a little over three bucks or a tin of Dunhill for less than five dollars at JRcigars--what would you do? It's just bad marketing in my opinion.
Regarding taste, I find that the Burley and Perique are the most dominant elements in the blend. I understand that this contains Latakia, and I would never guess that if I hadn't been informed. The "fruity" topping is barely noticeable, in my opinion. So if you're worried about a strangely aromatic smoke, don't bother to concern yourself. The tobacco is here, far in the front.
It really is a shame I can't buy this stuff in the drugstore. It would make things so much easier.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| May 31, 2005 | Mild to Medium | Mild | Medium to Full | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Every time I light this up, I wonder why it isn't a regular. Must be the dreaded "cheap smoke" prejudice common to all blends once sold in drugstores. It really is a tasty burley smoke. I try to associate my tobaccos with similar tasting ones, but this one doesn't have a comparison.
It has a very light flavoring that is also hard to define, but I wouldn't classify it as an aromatic. It seems to be indifferent to bowl size, but as with many burley blends, it is best in a cob. Don't pack tightly, light once and you're set.
Definitely a must-try for burley smokers. Like Prince Albert, it needs a higher price, a new name and reintroduced as a boutique blend.
It has a very light flavoring that is also hard to define, but I wouldn't classify it as an aromatic. It seems to be indifferent to bowl size, but as with many burley blends, it is best in a cob. Don't pack tightly, light once and you're set.
Definitely a must-try for burley smokers. Like Prince Albert, it needs a higher price, a new name and reintroduced as a boutique blend.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Apr 30, 2005 | Mild to Medium | Extremely Mild | Medium | Pleasant |
**Revised 4.30.05**
Yesterday I could not find my open tin of Dunhill's London Mixture so I popped a tin of Revelation open and filled one of my best Latakia pipes.
Granular in texture, Revelation is very easy to fill the pipe with. No 'packing' needed - a gravity fill does the job nicely.
Upon lighting I was surprised that this was not a simple burley and latakia mixture! The VA was there, under the burley and the latakia was there.. and the perique is in the background doing it's own thing. This is a blend with some complexity.
After smoking nearly a full tin, I've adjusted my initial thoughts. The smoke is pleasant all the way down the bowl though at times it can be nippy to the tongue. At the halfway mark the VA's start popping out a bit more as well as the perique. Revelation never does get sour or wet. Harmonious, this is a more complicated little offering than most and does well in smaller bowls for my consumption.
Recommended for those who like a light to medium English with a touch of the Louisiana product. I've got a smaller Castello Sea Rock that loves this blend.
Yesterday I could not find my open tin of Dunhill's London Mixture so I popped a tin of Revelation open and filled one of my best Latakia pipes.
Granular in texture, Revelation is very easy to fill the pipe with. No 'packing' needed - a gravity fill does the job nicely.
Upon lighting I was surprised that this was not a simple burley and latakia mixture! The VA was there, under the burley and the latakia was there.. and the perique is in the background doing it's own thing. This is a blend with some complexity.
After smoking nearly a full tin, I've adjusted my initial thoughts. The smoke is pleasant all the way down the bowl though at times it can be nippy to the tongue. At the halfway mark the VA's start popping out a bit more as well as the perique. Revelation never does get sour or wet. Harmonious, this is a more complicated little offering than most and does well in smaller bowls for my consumption.
Recommended for those who like a light to medium English with a touch of the Louisiana product. I've got a smaller Castello Sea Rock that loves this blend.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Apr 27, 2005 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Medium | Pleasant |
My wife purchased this tobacco for me for Christmas. A 10 oz can. 4 months later I have smoked a few bowls of it. It always starts out rough for me. Poor taste ect ect.. at about the half way mark every time it settles down and tastes great, burns solid and clean all the way to the end. If I could ever figure out hoe to get it "good" right off the bat it may become a regular.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Aug 03, 2004 | Mild | Mild | Medium | Pleasant |
This is an interesting tobacco. Opening the pouch, I was pleasantly suprised by an aroma that reminded me of Wilke's Nut Brown Burley, sort of an apple pie scent. By the way, I learned by putting one in my mouth, that Nut Brown Burley has sweet little chunks of tobacco confections in the blend. They are like little tobacco malted milk balls, not in taste, but in the way they melt in the mouth.
In the pouch Revelation is pleasant to the eye, with a range of colors and cuts. It also packs easily, lights and burns well I have smoked it in a couple of large briars and a large cob. The result is positive and consistent across these three pipes.
With each pipe my first sensation is a hot, prickly feeling on my tongue and soft pallet. This never develops into a burnt tongue. It disipates quickly and does not return. My taste must be dull, or untrained, but the perique never stands out. I do notice the latakia when I blow the smoke through my nose. Other than that, this is a well balanced blend where the various tobaccos meld to present an harmonious taste throughout the bowl.
I like the taste and the scent of the smoke, a pleasant, clean tobacco taste and odor. This is good stuff and worth the purchase. I don't think it will make my top five, but it will be in my top ten. Pretty darn good for a so called "drug store" tobacco. Albert was on to something!
Prison Chaplain 08/03/2004
In the pouch Revelation is pleasant to the eye, with a range of colors and cuts. It also packs easily, lights and burns well I have smoked it in a couple of large briars and a large cob. The result is positive and consistent across these three pipes.
With each pipe my first sensation is a hot, prickly feeling on my tongue and soft pallet. This never develops into a burnt tongue. It disipates quickly and does not return. My taste must be dull, or untrained, but the perique never stands out. I do notice the latakia when I blow the smoke through my nose. Other than that, this is a well balanced blend where the various tobaccos meld to present an harmonious taste throughout the bowl.
I like the taste and the scent of the smoke, a pleasant, clean tobacco taste and odor. This is good stuff and worth the purchase. I don't think it will make my top five, but it will be in my top ten. Pretty darn good for a so called "drug store" tobacco. Albert was on to something!
Prison Chaplain 08/03/2004
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jul 05, 2004 | Mild | None Detected | Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
This is good. The taste is very traditional. Knowing a bit about how it made and how it is supposed to be hand blended, I know they put some casing on it. But I cannot detect any. Maybe because my pack was too dried and the favoring of the casing had escape or something. It smells, burns, smoke like 100% tobacco. Where I live this is sold as a drug store price tobacco. I rate this the best price/performance tobacco ever. Quality blend of quality leaf. Yet somehow I don't associate the effects of relativity when smoking it. The subtle, but harty flavor gave it a farming community image where folks are living off the land in a simple manner. Maybe this is what Albert needed, an occasion of simplicity. From the flavoring point of view, this is very interesting too. Usually Lakatia and Perique and other spiced up weeds make up the front-end of the mix. This is un-usual because these 'spiced up weeds' is mixed in Revelation so that it serves a connecting bridge between the sweet Vs and the perky burley. hum...there is wisdom in da house...
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jul 04, 2004 | Medium to Strong | Extremely Mild | Medium | Tolerable |
I've been smoking this on occasion since Wm. Serad's House of Windsor review in Pipes & Tobaccos Magazine. I don't normally gravitate toward any blend containing Latakia; I've never really gotten to like it, though I can tolerate it in small amounts or when restrained by the presence of other elements. However, I like Revelation a lot. It is so well balanced that no one tobacco in the blend overwhelms any other. I believe you can detect VA, burley, Latakia and even Perique with just a wafting of some sweet topping. Wm. Serad was quite correct in his glowing review of this blend, especially when he related that each tobacco in this blend emerges in turn during the course of a pipefull. You can taste the Latakia, then the burley, then the Perique, etc. Delightful! I give Revelation a "B+".
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 17, 2004 | Mild to Medium | Mild | Mild to Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
My last few experiences with Burley blends left me unimpressed. After reading the reviews for Revelation and the other House of Windsor blends, I decided to get back in the saddle and try again.
I'm glad that I did. Revelation is a wonderful smoke: cool and mild, perfect for those times when you have a pipe stuck in your face while walking the dog or doing yard work.
The leaf is very, very dry out of the 2 oz. pouch, so smoke it fast or move it into a sealing storage container. The 4 oz. can works better then the pouch for intermediate storage. The cut is mixed, including a few longer ribbons and mostly shorter "chaff", but it packs and lights well.
The casing is somewhat noticeable at first, but it is not unpleasant or offensive. Most of the residual sweetness comes from the topping and not from the Virginia leaf, which seems to be mostly present for color. If there is Latakia and Orientals here, they stay well hidden in the background. This is a Burley blend first and foremost.
The bottom half of the bowl provides a different smoke - the topping is mostly gone and is replaced with a mellow nuttiness that retains a mild sweetness. The leaf is easy to light and burns well all the way to the bottom of the bowl. I experienced no excessive moisture in the bowl in any pipe I smoked this in. A good cake builder; I might use this blend to break in new pipes.
This is not a rich or fancy tobacco. Revelation provides a blue collar smoke with a lot of bang for the buck. I don't know how many more Burley blends I will try, but this one goes into the rotation.
I'm glad that I did. Revelation is a wonderful smoke: cool and mild, perfect for those times when you have a pipe stuck in your face while walking the dog or doing yard work.
The leaf is very, very dry out of the 2 oz. pouch, so smoke it fast or move it into a sealing storage container. The 4 oz. can works better then the pouch for intermediate storage. The cut is mixed, including a few longer ribbons and mostly shorter "chaff", but it packs and lights well.
The casing is somewhat noticeable at first, but it is not unpleasant or offensive. Most of the residual sweetness comes from the topping and not from the Virginia leaf, which seems to be mostly present for color. If there is Latakia and Orientals here, they stay well hidden in the background. This is a Burley blend first and foremost.
The bottom half of the bowl provides a different smoke - the topping is mostly gone and is replaced with a mellow nuttiness that retains a mild sweetness. The leaf is easy to light and burns well all the way to the bottom of the bowl. I experienced no excessive moisture in the bowl in any pipe I smoked this in. A good cake builder; I might use this blend to break in new pipes.
This is not a rich or fancy tobacco. Revelation provides a blue collar smoke with a lot of bang for the buck. I don't know how many more Burley blends I will try, but this one goes into the rotation.
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