Tobaccos Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) - Sail Regular

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	JimInks (3047)	2013-12-30		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

The Virginia is grassy with some citrus, and forms the base of the blend. In an important support role is the toasty, nutty, woody, earthy burleys. The woody, dry, earthy, herbal, floral, vegetative, almost incense-like rather spicy Orientals are a continual presence in every puff as a secondary star. The Virginia cavendish provides a light undercurrent of honey, citrus and bread as a condiment. Has a light honey top note. The strength is a couple of steps past the center of mild to medium, while the taste is medium. The nic-hit is a slot behind the strength level. The one drawback is that if you are a constant, heavy puffer, you may find it biting your tongue just a mite, chiefly due the effect of the spice from the Orientals. Smoke slowly, and you'll avoid that. Burns clean at slightly more than a moderate pace with a very consistent, sweet and savory, spicy flavor from start to finish. Leaves little moisture in the bowl, and requires few relights. Has a pleasant, lightly lingering after taste. The room note is tad stronger. Can be an all day smoke. Three stars for the flavor, two for the bite potential which can be avoided without much difficulty.

Edit 10-22-14: I'm smoking from a fresh pouch, and noticed that the spice hit is less noticeable. Was the formula changed? This is much smoother and creamier than what I had smoked before, but less nuanced. The honey topping is a tad more obvious now. Less chance of bite, too. In fact, no bite. A little milder, too. Maybe they reduced the amount of the spicy Oriental a mite? Three stars for the latest version.

-JimInks

17 people found this review helpful.

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	Corncob3 (77)	2013-10-19		Medium	Medium to Strong	Medium to Full	Pleasant

For a blend that I never see on the shelf in the local stores I'm suprised by the number of reviews. Recently purchased three 1.5 oz pouches from P&C. A lot different in taste then what I remember. It seems the 7 oz tin has a far better flavor. Speaking of which why is it that the 7 oz tin of SAIL is no longer available? But I digress. SY I find to be best suited for the more seasoned pipe smoker, especially if you enjoy a more earthy, natural cavendish. In a cob, the blend tends to get watery, almost sour (problem seems to be with the pouch it's stored in but not the tin). If you let SY dry out an hour before smoking it, it's a lot smoother and has a nice spicy overtone. Taste like you've biten into a spicy tangerine, slightly creamy-very rewarding smoke. Haven't quite pinned downed the room note, but I like it. Works best in a briar. Caution if you use a paper filter as it causes somewhat of a bite. If there was a "juicy fruit" of pipe tobacco this would be it. So remember these two things w/ SY: let 'er dry out for an hour and this blend's made for sipping by the more experienced smoker. A must in one's rotation.

12 people found this review helpful.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2013-01-11		Mild to Medium	Extremely Mild	Medium	Pleasant

Of all the Sail offerings, I find "Yellow" to be the most balanced and pleasant.

As where "Green" has absolutely NO tobacco taste -or taste at all, in fact- and "Natural" bites, bites, bites, "Yellow" displays some tobacco taste which will either be spicy, very lightly sweet and a little something else hard to describe. It does not really taste what the pouch aroma forecasts.

I waited 3 weeks after opening the pouch, making sure the humidity was minimal. When I felt dry tobacco, that is when I started smoking "Yellow". It smokes very well and leaves a nice bunch of grey ash on the bottom.

This is one I will definitively rebuy to accompany my Cob pipes whenever I go for a stroll outside the house.

9 people found this review helpful.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2010-04-09		Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant

I like this one. It's a very unassuming and mild tobacco that doesn't try to do too much. A nice pleasant honey flavoring has been added (to my taste) but it doesn't overpower the light burley/virginia tobacco. The room note is very nice but not even approaching the overblown character of your basic aromatic.

This has much less flavor than Skandinavik Regular or Full Aroma and is therefore a bit easier to smoke, if the smoker was an "all day" kind of guy. I got nothing approaching a bite from this - very mild and inoffensive. This is good enough to stock up on for those times I want something mild tasting, pleasing in aroma to those around me, and when my mind is on something other than my tobacco. Try this one if you're tired of overflavored or overly powerful nicotine tobaccos. This would be great while on a hammock on the beach in Fiji with some rum. :)

8 people found this review helpful.

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	Eulenburg (193)	2001-07-19		Mild	Very Mild	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

A quintessential example of Dutch blending art, from the Royal Theodorus Niemeyer Co., Groningen, The Netherlands.

The gently sweetened burley lends this mélange surprising body, the Turkish leaf a silken, nutty quality that plays well with the mellow Virginia, and the Cavendish adds a velvety finish.

As an habitual latakia fancier, I find this elegant, supple mixture a wonderful change-of-pace bonne bouche, especially in the morning. It burns cool and dry.

7 people found this review helpful.

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	Pilotpuffer (6)	2014-01-22		Very Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant

When I am ready to enjoy a simple pipe of tobacco without having to worry about room note or flavorings, Sail has been a good choice. I did not try this blend prior to its production by Orlik. Just a nice smooth blend with the burleys taking charge with a hint of VA flavor. Pleasantly sweet with no bite experienced. Also, this blend smokes smooth right down to the bottom of the bowl. No dottle, just a nice fine gray ash. Recommended for a mellow all-day smoke.

Pipe Used: 1950s unknown Algerian briar

Age When Smoked: new

Purchased From: John B. Hayes, Tobacconist - Winchester VA

6 people found this review helpful.

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	fr_tom (393)	2014-01-15		Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

Back in the day, I smoked a lot of this. I bought the 12 oz tins and saved a bunch of them to store hardware, etc. I am guessing I have smoked over 15 lbs of this. When you could no longer get it in the US, I found other things to smoke, but I missed Sail Yellow.

A friend of mine mentioned on a forum that he had a tin, and he thought he might send out samples to people interested in trying it. I was eager to try it again. The tin had been in storage since the 80's.

I liked this more than I remembered. It is mild with great tobacco flavor. It is slightly sweet with no citrus or identifiable honey flavor. There is a mild spicy quality when exhaled through the nose. I wish this were still an OTC option!

Age When Smoked: yes

5 people found this review helpful.

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	StevieB (2081)	2018-06-02		Mild to Medium	Very Mild	Mild to Medium	Tolerable to Strong

Scandinavian Tobacco Group - Sail Regular.

A flake which has been broken to the point of being just very coarse ribbons. It's medium brown and the Orientals give a touch of smokiness to the unlit aroma. My pouch's moisture was spot on when I first opened it.

I'd enjoy it a lot more if it was minus the Orientals. Without these it would be simply a honey-sweet, Cavendish Burley and Virginia blend, but the Orientals give the smoke just enough of a sharp herbiness to reduce my enjoyment. Regarding any added flavour, apart from the Cavendish honey note I get none. The burn? OK, it was easily lit, is quite consistent, but becomes way too hot if it's not puffed with the most phlegmatic and tentative technique; show it the slightest bit of alacrity and it will show you what a burnt tongue feels like.

Nicotine: above mild. Room-note: not nice.

Sail Regular? I don't like it. Considering the flavour and mechanics it gets one lonely star:

Not recommended.

Pipe Used: Barling Meer'

Age When Smoked: Two months

Purchased From: Smokingpipes.com

4 people found this review helpful.

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	TallPuffO'Burley (633)	2015-10-05		Mild to Medium	Mild	Medium	Tolerable

I am a builder by trade and imagine my excitement when I was contracted to build a home for a person who owns tobacco shops. Well, after visiting the shops, I quickly found out the tobacco shop was kind of like the average one carrying very little pipe tobacco things. Well, the owner claimed to have something special for me and met me one day. What he gave me was mind blowing. Three two pound bags of some sutliff bulks, one five pound bag of Lane MV1000 and a 7 oz tin of Sail Yellow that looked like it was opened to give samples.

Of this, the only thing I really cared for was the Sail Yellow. It is a pretty good aromatic in the Dutch tradition, that being a Virginia heavy blend with a light topping. The twist on this one is the inclusion of some oriental leaf in the mix which gives this a bit more of a citrusy sour type taste as well. I found this to be an enjoyable smoke, but would rather smoke PS Aromatic Dutch Slices or even Skandinavik Full Aroma Cavendish, which I think this one also lightly resembles.

I will give it a heads up for consistency though. The tin I had was old. It had been in a storage shed for several years from what I was told and was put there when they closed a store out a long time ago. It may have sat in that store for a long time as well. I am guessing it to be from the early 90's but have had some speculate that it looked to be the tins they offered in the 80's.

All that said, I was given a sample from 2012 to compare and the leaf looked and tasted identical. So there is something for that, particularly if you really like this blend. I just found it alright. In fact, the same person who sent me the 2012 sample also sent me a sample of the sutliff match and I actually preferred the match to the original.

4 people found this review helpful.

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	tpatriarche (43)	2014-04-29		Mild	Very Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

In the pouch, this appears to be a fine ribbon cut, quite evenly light to mid-brown, i..e likely not a wide variety of tobaccos; fairly moist. The pouch aroma to me is primarily Virginia, with a little honey/fruity scent; it tastes mildly sweet/sour, so it certainly has some Cavendish.

Smokes evenly and mild, not a lot of character, but very pleasant for a long smoke. I like my tobacco on the damp side, so this was perfect for me. I could detect no Oriental note and not a lot of casing flavour, certainly none of the old Sail anise scent. For an inexpensive tobacco, this is just fine, but the manufacturer's description led me to expect more character. Reminds me of Troost Aromatic Cavendish, which used to be my all-day smoke many years ago.

This will not be one my regular tobaccos, but I can recommend it for new smokers or anyone wanting relief from too many exotic flavours, stoved Virgina or heavy Latakia! In fact, I think I'll use it to blend & lighten some very rich house blends I have on hand....

Pipe Used: Carey, Falcon

Age When Smoked: Fresh

Purchased From: Save-on-Foods, Victoria, Canada

Similar Blends: Van Rossems - Troost.

4 people found this review helpful.

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	TK Pipe (101)	2011-02-09		Mild to Medium	Mild	Medium	Pleasant

Sail Yellow… I smoked my share of this stuff, back when… somewhere around the late 60's and 70's, and always found Sail Yellow (and Amphora) very enjoyable. When available both were regulars, along with several other so-called drug store blends. But after reading some of these reviews, it looks like the new product has changed enough to warrant a revisit of a old friend. So the following is my experiences with the latest SY product.

Pouch (42g) aroma for what it's worth, is a very mild cherry / tobacco scent, with maybe only a ghost of noticeable Orientals in the aroma or taste during the smoke. As I like my tobacco on the dry side, I put some out to dry, which it did nicely, (IMO) a good sign. The added drying also helps with bowl packing, as this stuff is so finely rubbed out, packing a damper tobacco can be easily overdone, and end up to tight in the bowl for a good draw. Hate that! Easy light up and plenty of tasty smoke followed, thankfully the strength increased as the bowl burned down, as it is a little too mild at startup, and still remained smooth and without any tongue bite. Very pleasant. Taste wise, I found this blend somewhat similar to a weak “Golden Slice” (flake, with a touch of anise) also an Orlik product. As far as blend changes over the years goes, who knows, but as it stands today, this is a excellent all day mild and well mannered smoke, well worth a try, in a briar or cob. For its intended niche 3 stars. My personal rating 4.5/5

4 people found this review helpful.

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	Pipestud (1829)	2006-03-18		Extremely Mild	Mild	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Pleasant

I'm not quite sure how fair this review will be since I was able to smoke just one bowl of Sail Yellow which a friend had brought to one of our pipe club meetings. The pouch hailed from from a local pipe shop that had just gotten in a batch, and I was eager to try it.

I never tasted the anise topping described by another reviewer. Rather, I tasted a typical light Dutch offering of sweetened Burley with just a smidgen of Virginia thrown in for good measure.

The cut was very fine and not too stringy. It burned easily and fast. Quite simply, this is just mild Dutch blend that I found inoffensive.

4 people found this review helpful.

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	HabaneroHardy (403)	2022-02-17		Mild to Medium	Extremely Mild	Mild to Medium	Unnoticeable

Around last summer I met a friend of mine at Racine and Laramie Tobacconist in San Diego, CA Oldtown State Historic Park. A nice little tourist destination. Racine and Laramie have been there for over 50 years. The Park has the old west theme and the employees there dress in the usual old west garb. I have seen this one advertised in cigar and pipe tobacco catalogs for years and finally decided to try it. Also, and no fault of their own, CA loves to tax tobacco. This nice little yellow pouch was $12.25 plus sales tax and set me back around 13 dollars or so and was one of the cheaper selections. The package calls this an Original Dutch Cavendish whereas the web page on this lists the blend as Scottish. I will leave this debate to others. I decided to smoke a little more of this for the evening. The tin note was of a sweetness that I am guessing was cased with honey and or sugar water as there is no flavoring listed. The contents are of a nice dark brown broken flake. I would say that most of what I got out of the three bowls of this was of a natural flavor of the tobaccos with I dare say hardly any bite. The more I smoked of this it did start to remind me a little bit of Mac Baren’s Mixture Scottish Blend but without the bite. This blend is a little bit better than I thought as I associated this blind as some ‘old codger’ blend that you would pick up at the drug store. Though I have had plenty of ‘drug store’ blends that I like. Not a bad smoke indeed. If you are ever in San Diego, stop by and visit, a really nice store.

Purchased From: Racine and Laramies

Similar Blends: Mac Baren Mixture Scottish Blend.

3 people found this review helpful.

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	Gentleman Zombie (729)	2015-03-27		Mild to Medium	Extremely Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

This taste very good. I get the Virginias and Cavendish first, the Burley next, and the Orientals last. It's sweet, but not too much so. Has a note that's a bit like how a lemon would taste if it were sweet rather than sour. A nice mild earthiness is there as well. I pushed this on purpose and found that it can bite so be moderate with your puffing and this will reward you with a fine smoke. I recommend taking Corncob3's advice and drying this for an hour before smoking. Smoked straight from the pouch makes for a wet, steamy experience which is very unpleasant.

Mild to medium in body and flavor. This is a nice blend.

Pipe Used: MM Mark Twain, MM Diplomat Apple

Age When Smoked: fresh

Purchased From: smokingpipes.com

3 people found this review helpful.

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	WorkingClassChap (197)	2022-04-28		Mild	None Detected	Mild to Medium	Strong

Smoking now:

Pouch note is grassy tangy citrus. Orange juice almost. Smells like summer time. A bit wet so open the pouch a head of time. Consists of thick cut broken strands of flakes similar to Amphora.

Tart, sour, citrus, bread, with some floral grass and hay flavors. Has a little earthy body too that is mildly dry. The retrohale is buttery, floral, earthy and semi sweet. Natural Virginia sweetness with no artificial flavors or sweeteners. The orientals are very detectable and besides the Virginia they dominate the blend. From a pouch this is good. A little mouth tingle, some sharpness on the tongue, dry, but no bite, with an mild aftertaste. I did find that there was a cigarette type of aroma and taste especially if you puffed fast. Burns well but a bit fast with few relights for how moist it is. Worked best for me in a cob. Coworker said the room note did smell like cigarettes and was not pleasant.

A decent done pouch blend.

Side note, smoking this with any type of filter in a cob made this dry and unpleasant.

2 people found this review helpful.

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	paulw (76)	2020-02-29		Medium	Medium	Medium	Tolerable

I got this from pipes and cigars.IWanted to compare to other Virginia blends. I had heard that it was a cigarette tobacco.The tobacco had a citrusy hint to it but burned cool if I smoked slowly. I found that it had more flavor and was classified to me as a pipe tobacco not a cigarette tobacco. My uncle bought it by the can for his gas station to use and sell.

Pipe Used: Missouri Meerschaum and Peterson

Age When Smoked: New pouch

Purchased From: Pipes and cigars

Similar Blends: Troost regular.

2 people found this review helpful.

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	Unab8dLy4m (6)	2019-07-08		Medium	Extremely Mild	Medium to Full	Pleasant

Upon opening the pouch, I smelled faint bread, and even fainter banana. The tobacco was packed tightly together and I had to crumble it apart with my fingers. Not sure if it is a broken flake or just seemed that way because it was so tightly packed in the pouch. I allowed the tobacco to dry for an hour. Packed a Dr. Grabow Grand Duke. Charring light and tamp. Waited for bowl to cool. Relit the tobacco. Lots of spice in my mouth, but subdued in the retro hale. Similar to a cigar I had in the past that I was told would be similar to graham craker...nope...just black pepper. That was until about halfway down. I started to get a peppry note in my throat and in the retrohale; however, this tobacco really shines towards the bottom of the bowl. The pepper is there, but it is more like a ginger tingle than black pepper and wonderful creaminess sets in. There's almost an extremely faint fruit flavor, but not one in particular stands out. All-in-all a bowl of Sail Regular takes you on a journey that starts off like riding in a covered wagon and ends up turning into a 70s Corvette (if you get it...good. If not, 70s Vettes aren't great rides...but who cares). No bite. Burns to a nice white/grey ash. Little dottle.

Pipe Used: Dr. Grabow Grand Duke

Age When Smoked: Fresh from the pouch

Purchased From: pipesandcigars.com

2 people found this review helpful.

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	rattdogg99 (53)	2019-05-14		Medium	None Detected	Medium	Tolerable

Another stroll down memory lane for me. It's been 20+ years since I last smoked Sail yellow and amazingly it taste pretty much as I remember. Straight forward tobacco flavor with the burley up front. The supporting tobaccos blend well to make this what I consider a mellow smoke. I've been smoking this pretty hard today and found if pushed it can heat up a bit but not to the point of biting. I'm very pleased with sail yellow. It's a no frills type smoke that I find I am enjoying more often these days. Pairs wonderfully with a cold beer. I feel like I've found a long lost friend.

Pipe Used: Chacom volcano

Age When Smoked: Fresh

Purchased From: Smokingpipes.com

2 people found this review helpful.

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	BigSwede (93)	2018-04-23		Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

I smoked this in college in the 70's when the Royal Theodorus Niemeyer Co. blended it. Hadn't had any until the last few months when I ordered some. This is a nice tobacco and seems very similar to my recollection of the original. Better smoked a little on the dry side. I get my best experience with a large bowl freehand briar. A nice burley forward taste with a hint of unsweetened chocolate (likely the burley). The other leaf is supportive, a hint of sweet VA with the others way in the back. Smokes cool for me and usually down to a fairly dry dottle. This is my bedtime smoke but I could see this being an "all day" blend. Strong 3 stars.

Pipe Used: generic briar

Age When Smoked: Fresh

2 people found this review helpful.

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	Jacinto Cupboard (209)	2014-04-23		Medium	Very Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

This is another example it seems, based on the older positive reviews, of a tobacco that has not made the transition from one manufacturer to another without a drop in quality.

This is a mix of mid to light brown ribbon. The pouch note is of a very attractive casing. This casing is very subtle and complex to my nose. If it came as an aftershave I would wear it.

The tobaccos however are very poor quality, as should be expected from the budget price. The orientals are sour and without aroma. The virginias are harsh and the burleys have no body at all. Something in this tobacco wants to attack my tongue at the sub atomic level. The chemical tongue bite is off the charts.

I have been mixing this stuff to get rid of it. I hate to bin tobacco but there is a good chance that is where it will end up.

2 people found this review helpful.

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	JaWiBr (563)	2023-02-14		Medium	Mild	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

Package note of mild honey and tangy dark fruit. Tobacco is a reddish dark brown and brown Broken Flake. Moisture content is good. Larger flakes may need to be rubbed out. Burns slow with few relights. The strength is medium and nic is mild to medium. Flavoring is mild, with a honey note that quickly fades to the background for most of the bowl. Taste is medium and consistent, with notes of stewed sweet fruit, very woody, citrus, spicy cigar, herbal sour vegetation/hay, bready, spices, acidic, savory, nutty, orange peel/zesty, dry earth, floral, a tangy dark ripe fruit background note, and a moderately peppery retro. Dutch Cavendish (made with Virginias and Burley) is the lead with Brazilian Leaf, Oriental/Turkish and Flavoring supporting. Room note is pleasant to tolerable, and aftertaste is great.

Pipe Used: Peterson Bard Rusticated 221 Fishtail

Age When Smoked: 4 years

1 person found this review helpful.

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	donk93953 (29)	2020-05-15		Mild	Extremely Mild	Mild	Pleasant

Smoked this a lot in my college days. It’s been decades since I lit up a bowl. The appearance is the same but the pouch aroma is much more subtle than I remember. The taste is also more subdued... not as sweet. I was torn between recommending and somewhat recommending. It’s an easy all day smoke, but you won’t find the same words as you do with the Rattray and Dunhill blends sneaking into these reviews. It’s worth a try...give it a spin with a morning cup or after your morning meal. I’ll grab it on occasion.

Pipe Used: Dunhill military group 4

Age When Smoked: Fresh

Purchased From: Pipes and Cigars

1 person found this review helpful.

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	Lager (53)	2020-01-18		Mild	Very Mild	Mild	Pleasant

Sail Yellow -STG version. I smoked alot of this when Royal Theodorus Niemeyer produced it. I smoked this, the natural and the green and I bought it by the tin which was a good size and came nicely sealed with a tie wrap. Then just like Amphora it was gone here in the states. Some time later, Orlick took over and it just wasn't the same. This is pretty close to the original version, a light,spicy burley virginia mix with some oriental sprinkled in somewhere.If you like Dutch blends and the Cavendish processed type tobacco's this could be for you. Comes moist in the pouch so some drying time is needed. If it's to dry it will torch you. I'll be generous and give it three stars for the effort.

Pipe Used: Pete's, Savs, Stanwells

Age When Smoked: New to 2 months

Purchased From: Pipes and cigars

Similar Blends: Amphora Regular.

1 person found this review helpful.

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	Theosprey247 (73)	2017-02-04		Mild	None Detected	Mild to Medium	Tolerable

Sail Yellow or Regular is a pretty ok smoke. The broken flakes either need to be rubbed out or allowed to dry. Doesn't really do much for me.

1 person found this review helpful.

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	Jevverrett (107)	2016-12-24		Mild to Medium	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

Bought this after I read up on it here. I had seen it in a shop, and was curious.

Smells sweet in the pouch. Well rubbed flake that's ready to go straight away. It has a sweetness to it on the light and takes a bit to get going. Could be from a mild mystery topping. It smokes well and needs a few relights along the way. Good Virginia taste to it, but subdued with nuts and sweet bread. Light on the citrus for me and more toward the grass. The orientals are present and give a odd complexity that gives you something to think about here and there.

It is very good as it is. And to be completely honest, it delivers a lot more than you would expect from a pouch of tobacco costing less than ten bucks. It reminds me of macbaren mixture without the bite. Not as nuanced though. A good deal simpler in fact. Easily an all day smoke that will satisfy more seasoned smokers.

Pipe Used: Peterson lovat

Age When Smoked: Fresh pouch

Purchased From: B&m

Similar Blends: Macbaren mixture Scottish.

1 person found this review helpful.

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	Coda (33)	2015-10-08		Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

This is Sails medium flavor option. It has a definite tobacco flavor. The Virginias are most prominent. There is a bit of sweetness, and a flavor that reminds me of autumn...maybe burning leaves, but in a good way. It is a very outdoorsy blend. It can bite a bit, and could be rubbed out a little, but it is pretty good for an OTC. The flavoring added is not as pronounced as it is with Sail Green. This is not an aromatic. This is a good, reliable blend that wont break the bank...

1 person found this review helpful.

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	Arkie (129)	2015-03-23		Mild	None Detected	Very Mild	Pleasant

This is very similar to Sail Ivory Label. It is very mild and has a subtle natural taste - just a bit more flavor than Skandinovik. I couldn't detect any topping or casing. It can bite if smoked carelessly but it smokes fairly cool & dry. It would make a good mixture to smoke all day.

Similar Blends: Sail Ivory, Skandinovik.

1 person found this review helpful.

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	Young Piper (304)	2015-03-20		Very Mild	Extremely Mild	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Pleasant to Tolerable

I really like the Green Sail and thought that perhaps less topping would let the Virginias and Burley shine through but honestly I like the Green Sail because of the Anise / chocolate flavor and aroma. Yellow was a tad bland and burned hot due to me Freight Train Chugging trying to get more flavor.

1 person found this review helpful.

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	PhillyB (70)	2015-03-12		Very Mild	None Detected	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

I found myself liking this blend a lot more than I had anticipated. It has a basic sweet tobacco taste, with a little spice from the Orientals. The ribbons are cut VERY long, and I do find bits of flakes in the pouch occasionally. The only obvious downside to this blend is perhaps the ribbons are a little too long, making packing a little difficult.

A no-bite and pleasant smoke all around.

Pipe Used: Missouri Meerschaum Legend

Age When Smoked: fresh

Purchased From: pipesandcigars.com

1 person found this review helpful.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2013-07-21		Mild	Mild	Very Mild	Pleasant

This smelled nice in the pouch and that's about it. Way too light for my tastes. Smoked dry and had a good volume of smoke, but there wasn't much substance behind it. Time for this ship to sail into the abyss of vapid tobaccos.

Smoke in peace.

1 person found this review helpful.

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	ColonelStJames (14)	2013-02-13		Mild	Mild	Mild	Tolerable

Just got a free sample of this, and was really looking forward to seeing if it was as good as I remembered from back in the seventies. It wasn't. Nothing to write home about here. I won't be buying any, and I'm not sure that I'll even smoke another pipe of it.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2011-07-12		Mild to Medium	Mild	Mild to Medium	Tolerable

This tobacco seems to get better as you approach the bottom of the bowl, but all in all, there's not much in here to focus on.

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	Dubinthedam (133)	2010-12-24		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Medium	Pleasant

This was such a nice surprise, much less scented than I was expecting. Easily available, it will be a regular burley va in my cellar.

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	Xeneize (275)	2010-01-13		Mild	Very Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

Hard to taste the Orientals in this Burley mixture, but it is indeed well balanced with sweet Virginias. This is half-way in quality between Sail Natural and Sail Green, lacking the horrid tongue bite of the former and the mellow and sweet taste of the latter.

Not the best, but not a bad drugstore tobacco at all.

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	doc'spipe (242)	2009-10-21		Mild to Medium	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

An old patient of mine smoked nothing but Sail Regular. I made house calls to him on a regular basis as he was an invalid. His den always smelled of this wonderful blend. The anise was very noticeable in the room note (and always in the pouch) and added to the "old world" pipey smell. This fellow always gave me a pouch whenever I came to visit him. I thoroughly enjoyed Sail Regular each and every time I smoked it. It had a tendency to smoke hot, but once tamed, was always pleasurable. I haven't smoked it in a while and am told that Orlik is the new producer of this. It is sad to read the many reviews of the newer concoction that are so negative. I will have to revisit this and conclude for myself. As for the original Sail Regular - 3 solid stars for a good, honest, and basic pipe tobacco.

UPDATE 1-8-18: Finally got around to purchasing some of the STG made Sail Regular. In a nutshell, the only similarity to what I've been familiar with over the years is the yellow pouch and cut of the tobacco! Pouch note minus the presence of Anise/licorice and replaced with a fruity smell typical of Danish Virgina fare (think Troost Regular). Unlike the original, this one doesn't bite - at all. No taste of any topping, just a mild Va/Burley taste. Does have an agreeable room note - perhaps a tiny bit on the cigarette side upon re-entering the room. Not a bad smoke, but not one that I would revisit on a regular basis. IF the original Sail Regular was still being produced, it would be a regular for me. In a blind taste test I would say this is a totally different tobacco from the original. 3 stars for the original, but only 2 stars for STG's take on what once was a terrific tobacco. If you want a Dutch cavendish, Amphora Original Blend smokes rings around Sail Regular.

Pipe Used: Ropp Billiard

Age When Smoked: Fresh from pouch for the update

Purchased From: smokingpipes.com

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2009-10-19		Very Mild	None Detected	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable

Now made by Orlik in Denmark. I find no orientals in this. Mostly coarse cut Burley. This tobacco has no aroma other than natural tobacco. Very coarse cut in long shreds. fairly moist...let it air out a bit and it packs nicely. Lights easily and with a bit of tamping at the start will keep it lit all the way down.

This is a smooth but boring smoke. No taste I can detect and the aroma is that of burning tobacco. It is hard to make it bite, though until near the end of the bowl where it gets steamy and harsh. Some gurgle at this point as well.

I love to use this tobacco for smoothing out the rough edges in my CB Royal. Mixed 50/50 with CB Royal, it makes a beautiful aroma and a pleasant smoking experience.

For the beginner I recommend this straight out of the pouch after some air time. But if you love the aroma of Lane aromatics but hate the bite, try this as a mix. Great!

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	caddad (53)	2008-03-16		Mild to Medium	Extremely Mild	Mild	Unnoticeable

I have been away from the pipe for a spell and this spring decided to take my old friend back up again. Stopped by a small tobacco shop a friend told me about and picked up a couple of cobs and a tin of Sail. It seemed to be the highest quality pipe tobacco on the shelf (I had hopped for some finer brands)and was very pleased when I opened the tin and found what looked like rubbed virgina tobacco strands. The tin mentioned Latakia however I could not decect it. Packed in my new cob I found the tobacco very easy to light and smoke and found it very enjoyable. Very much on the burley and virgina side of things, very good summer time smoke. Now that I am back on the pipe I will have to give Craig Tarler a call though.........

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2008-01-27		Mild	Very Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

Upon opening the pouch one is greeted with a partly rubbed-out tobacco exuding a sweet, hay-like aroma, slightly grassy accompanied by hints of black tea as well. Although my packet describes the contents as a 'mild cavendish' I would have thought it was more of a burley blend as there is no black cavendish to be found. I must say that if the exotic tobaccos mentioned above are present, they must be so in small doses.

I gently rubbed out the tobacco (it comes rather dry) a little more to pack the pipe (a cob) and topped the bowl with some smaller crumbs for an easy light. I used two matches but potentially could have settled with only one.

I found that the pouch aroma translated itself into the smoke, which was thin and white. Mid bowl the flavour develops more body, it is not acrid with no gurgle. A nutty undertone comes to the fore as the bowl progresses without any of the nasty bitterness/ammonia than can develop with burley tobaccos and there was no bite present.

The bowl did heat up somewhat as the tobacco burns easily and only required one relight. Near the end a bitter taste does make itself known but it is not overwhelming at all, the taste also becomes slightly ashy. The smoke is slightly monochromatic but that does not make it any less enjoyable. After finishing a pleasant aftertaste is left. I did end up with a small amount of juice in the stem after awhile, but this was nothing a pipe cleaner could not deal with. As far as roomnote goes I found it to be pleasant and inoffensive, others about should not find it too objectionable and may even enjoy the gentle, sweet smell.

To conclude I think this would make a good tobacco for a hot summer day when something lighter is in order, or while in the garden/hobby room as no hard concentration is needed to smoke this. I would like to buy some more pouches, with age it should improve nicely and become a bit 'rounder' over time. Not too bad at all, 3 stars out of 5.

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	constantsmoker (65)	2006-11-03		Mild to Medium	Mild	Medium	Pleasant

I started pipe smoking when I was 17, and the so-called drug store blends were all that I could afford (beer money being a priority). Happily, theis blend seems to have survived pretty much intact over the years if my memory does not mislead me. Anyway, Sail Regular (Yellow) still comes a little too dry in the pouch, but that's easily remedied. It smokes cool (and dry), having a fairly pleasant (i.e., the wife approves) aroma. A good, no-frills blend that, while a tad pricey, makes for a pleasant, albeit unremarkable, smoke.

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	Philo Beddoe (221)	2006-03-11		Mild	Medium to Strong	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Very Pleasant

This smelled heavily of anise to me. I enjoy licorice, so I had high hopes for this dutch blend. When first lit, a cloud of licorice scented smoke filled the air, I guess all the flavor went up there and then. After about two good puffs this tasted plain and boring. I expected the flavor to last until at least halfway down the bowl. I agree with SopwithCamel, in that this is very much in the same league as Skandanavik, I would not buy this again.

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	Ducksbreath (125)	2005-05-18		Medium	Medium	Medium	Pleasant

You'd think after 30 years of (mostly on) pipesmoking I would've tried this blend, but I didn't until recently. I had a very fresh sample of this and the green pouch.

After 8 bowls I decided I can't smoke this or its green pouched variant without getting bitten. And this from a person who smokes Symphony regularly, though infrequently. And it would seem Symphony is a somewhat similar blend.

I love the anise and honey taste of Sail and also the Burley kick, but I have a feeling a burning accelerent is added. Sail invariably leaves its skid marks all over my palate, no matter how careful I am. I wish someone would tell me how to smoke this stuff because I do enjoy what flavor is there.

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	SopwithCamel (255)	2004-12-27		Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant

This was once readily available in supermarkets and drug stores in Florida, it is now long gone...

It is an elegant, and mild blend, with a chimerical flavor profile. The burley is dominant, the Virginia lends the faintest sweetness. The casing has a floral and fruity aroma in the pouch. This gently comes through in the taste while smoking. The room aroma is fruity and floral as well, with hints of what remind me of shaving soap.

As pouch blends go this is very classy, and the quality is much better than its peers by Lane or Middleton. Amphora and Skandanavik are in the same league. Could make a nice change of pace, but will not be a regular for me.

It was a bit moist, but once lit, burned cool and dry. Not bad.

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	BostonPipe (84)	2003-06-10		Mild to Medium	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

This is another one of those blends that I "inherited" from my father in my early pipe smoking days back in the late seventies.

A pleasant smoke that never seems to offend those around, and light enough to let you know it is there in an unobtrusive manner.

Nothing great here, just a blend that does not demand attention and burns cool and dry, with some taste to it. Ironically, this was usually the blend that my Dad and I smoked when we were sailing, (guess the marketing guys got us, huh?)

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	Tantric (321)	2002-10-23		Mild	Extremely Mild	Mild to Medium	Tolerable

When this blend used to be available down here I would smoke it on a regular basis, most of the time in a Peterson system 309, which really brought out the flavours on the lower registers, making it smoke clean, cool and dry. Blended by the same house that makes Clan, I always found a strong resemblance between Sail Yellow and the original D&E Amphora regular. The latter seemed slightly smoother and refined, whilst the former was tastier and livelier. I don?t think neither had Latakia, but if Sail Yellow did it was very subdued and not of the fire-cured/smoked type.

A little on the mild side, it takes some time before the multidimensional taste of this tobacco becomes apparent and fully evolves. If from the beginning it is smoked hastily, it will produce tongue bite and its flavours will clamp in, making it taste rather harsh and sharp. If puffed slowly, the different elements that go into Sail Yellow will gradually settle down and eventually reveal a very rich, yet delicate and natural taste, surprisingly cool for a Dutch blend. Because it is was easy to pack and relatively easy to light, I used to carry the pouch around, and smoke it outdoors or in a restaurant without major consequences. The aroma was quite fresh and amicable, and it really didn?t demand a lot of effort or concentration to smoke it. My tinned tobaccos I would leave home.

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	Noorrmm (192)	2002-02-01		Mild to Medium	Very Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

Sail yellow was one of the first tobaccos I tried that was not a heavy aromatic. It is a basic Dutch Cavendish, almost shag cut, medium in color, with moderate casing. I never found any Oriental leaf in the blend, which smokes somewhat on the bland side with minimal aromatic tendencies. Cool enough, fairly dry, but not compelling. Just anoher mosly Burley Dutch blend, good in a pinch, but never my first choice.

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	DrHoo (20)	2023-04-05		Medium	None Detected	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

This isn't a bad tobacco. Every pouch I've ordered has been ribbon rather than broken flake. I barely notice the burley or Turkish but that's probably my palate. For me, this tastes and smokes like a very decent Virginia ribbon and that's no bad thing. It's also very reasonably priced. It got a little warm when I got distracted and puffed to hard but I didn't find it as bitey as some of the other reviewers. I'd probably smoke it more often except I already have a Virginia ribbon that I like a bit more. Golden Mixture, for me, smokes a bit smoother, cooler, and with less of a nic hit. But, GM can be hard to come by. So I'll keep a couple pouches of of Sail around to satisfy my Virginia ribbon fix if I run out of GM.

Pipe Used: Various old briars

Age When Smoked: Fresh from the pouch.

Purchased From: tobaccopipes.com

Similar Blends: Golden Mixture, Briar Fox.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2013-04-19		Extremely Mild	None Detected	Very Mild	Unnoticeable

Back in the day (1970's), I'd buy a pouch of Sail once in a while. I got a free sample a few weeks ago, and really looked forward to a trip back in time. I smoked it in a vintage Kaywoodie relief grain. I noticed almost no room note and the flavor was non existent. It packed and burned nicely ,with a dry ash and no goop in the bowl, however. Very mild smoke, almost like smoking air.

I'll try it in a cob next. Cobs bring out the best in any tobacco, but I have to say, I'll probably never buy it. It's a nice gesture that the manufacturer offered a full size sample free of charge. For that, they are to be commended.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2010-07-26		Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant

Probably the mildest of the Sail varieties.

Not very cased, it tasted like pure tobacco.

Nothing distinctive.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2010-02-22		Mild to Medium	Mild	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

Reminds me of Fyling Dutchman, although much milder. It can bite if smoked too fast/hard, but otherwise its a good reliable blend.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2009-05-26		Mild	Extremely Mild	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable

Looking at the older posts for this tobacco I must conclude this is a different blend than it was at its inception. There is absolutely no anise aroma and all I smell is the natural sweetness of the Virginias and/or any mild topping applied. There was some tongue bite upon lighting this up but it settled down somewhat rather quickly. This is primarily a Virginia-Burley blend and of quite good quality for a "drug-store mixture." The volume of smoke was moderate, the aroma was very nice and the taste left my palate feeling quite clean. I wish this was a bit stronger and more full bodied but I enjoyed sailing off tonight and will probably take it out again until the pouch is gone. My next taste test will be the Sail aromatic (Green pouch).

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2009-03-05		Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant

Like the other Sail blends, you know exactly what you're smoking. A nice mild flavor with a very agreeable room note. Quite pleasant. However, it does burn hot, so smoke it slow to minimize the bite. It is not my favorite Sail blend. That is (was) Sail red, which isn't available anymore. A pity, as it was a very distinctive smoke...must have been the camel dung fires drying the tobaccos.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2009-02-20		Mild to Medium	None Detected	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

I bought a pouch of this at the discount tobacco store when I had a craving for a natural unflavoured baccy. A nice, simple, enjoyable smoke. A little hard to keep lit, but I enjoyed the simple flavour. Overall, I would say this is a nice change of pace. Recommended.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2008-08-31		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild	Pleasant

This is my favourite tobacco so far.I really like the licorice-nut flavour.At least that's how I would describe it.Not an overly strong room note but I find that it has a fairly pleasant smell. It burns pretty well and my mouth is not singed by this yellow gold either. I will give this tobacco three stars for it's taste and pipe friendly manner.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2008-06-26		Mild to Medium	Very Mild	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

I started smoking this when they stopped importing Amphora to the USA. It smokes cool,sweet, and relatively dry. Has a natural cavendish taste and aroma. Tastes mostly of burley with a hint of VA. and oriental. The oriental peeks through on occasion. I like this and Sail Green. This is sweeter and more peppery, the Green is more smooth and chocolaty. This tends to be drier out of the pouch than Sail Green is but it's still sweet and fresh! I enjoy both depending on what mood im in. The Yellow has a tendancy to bite if smoked too quickly, as all Dutch blends do. From what im hearing, the tins are being discontinued. Although a local shop by me can get the tins! All Sail blends only come in pouches now. I don't know if thats good or bad? I kind of liked the traditional packed tin, which is rarely seen these days, but I'll take what I could get! My local shop had a two for one deal on this. {Buy one regular, get one aromatic free} Well, I bought up all he had which came to 14 pouches total, and I had him order me two more 5 packs. One Yellow, one Green.

UPDATE! After two pouches of Yellow my toungue is scorched! I called my local shop and had him cancel the yellow for another 5 pack of Green.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2007-10-24		Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

This was a bit of a surprise. It is a nice anise scented tobacco that does not bite and can be smoked all day. I often found myself reaching for it over much more expensive blends. It is brownish fine strands and burns to a white ash. I like the aroma which I found pretty good in my car but upon getting to work people said I smelled like cigs so I will knock it down one star because yeah the smell seems to kling to me and I did not care for that. Well worth trying if you drive with the window down.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2007-08-24		Mild	None Detected	Mild	Pleasant

On the same theme as Sail green, but without any aroma. The sweet aroma is just the natural sweetness of the leaves.

A nice tobacco, that behaves well, but is way too mild for my liking.

However, despite being a drugstore blend, superior to the average one.

Really suited for a beginner that wants to explore the more natural bakkies.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2006-10-19		Mild to Medium	Mild	Very Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable

I used to smoke this on occasion back in the 1980s A couple days ago i found a pouch of this at one of those cigar outlets that carry a few pipe tobaccos. Since finding this site I am buying more of my old blends to see what they are like now. This one for the high price is not a great value. But this is one of those tobaccos that are bound to get mixed ratings. It seems to still smoke fairly well. One trait I cannot stand is its tendency to burn a spot in my throat that has not bothered me since I quit smoking pot. as well as my nose when i blow jets. It is probably the topping, as the tobacco seems to be of a good quality.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2003-10-07		Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant

Cavendish is to high end pipe tobacco as KFC is to chicken, yet, for some reason, this blend has never offended me. Sure, it's a tad on the bland side, but it is perhaps the least disagreeable of the readily available pouch blends I've encountered. I have been revisiting many of the "classics", and I would love to report that this is yet another distasteful packet of yuck, but I can't.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2003-08-16		Mild to Medium	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

I smoked Sail Regular for a few years in the early 70's, very enjoyable tobacco, now it has taken on a whole different taste than I rember it or should I say what I thought it should be like today

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