Watch City Cigar Old North Church

(3.50)
An old venerable blend preferred by Bostonians for years is here recreated from a jar of the original purchased in the early 90's. Many different grades of rough, pebble and Crumb Cut Burley are cased with molasses and extracts of plum and blended with just enough latakia to cool the blend and give just a hint of smokiness. This is an all day comfort smoke and a true old time codger Burley!

Details

Brand Watch City Cigar
Blended By Ernie Q
Manufactured By Watch City Cigar Co.
Blend Type Burley Based
Contents Burley, Latakia
Flavoring Anisette, Molasses, Plum
Cut Cube
Packaging Bulk
Country United States
Production Currently available

Profile

Strength
Mild to Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Mild
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Mild to Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming

Average Rating

3.50 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Dec 10, 2021 Mild to Medium Mild Mild to Medium Pleasant
The various grades of crumb cut burleys provide plenty of earth, wood, nuts, mild sugar, and a slight sharp and spicy savoriness. A few pinches of Cyprian Latakia offers exceptionally mild smoky mustiness, woody, earthy, floral, herbal, vegetative, sweet and slightly spicy qualities. Its effect continually underscores the experience far in the background. The rich plum casing is a little more obvious than the molasses. Very light anise is present, too. The casings mildly tone down the burleys as they help form a very synergistically consistent nutty, rather sweet, lightly smoky flavor with a little depth. The strength and nic-hit fall a step short of the center of mild to medium. The taste just edges past that center. There’s no chance of bite or harshness. It does sport a few very light rough edges. Burns cool, clean, and a tad slow with a short lived, very pleasant after taste. The room note is a touch stronger. Leaves little dampness in the bowl, and requires a couple more than an average number of relights. A comfortable all day smoke in the tradition of old school blends. Three and a half stars.

-JimInks
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jan 30, 2022 Mild Mild to Medium Medium Pleasant
Absolutely delicious old school codger style burley blend. Cool burning and mild though rich in flavor. It's the curse of my love of pipe smoking that I prefer burley but do not love heavy nicotine and here I have found deep burley goodness with a mild nic hit. Ernie Q is a master(genius) of these burley blends and this one is exceptional even among all of the other great Watch City blends.
Pipe Used: Meerschaum, Cobs and Briars
PurchasedFrom: Watch City Cigars
Age When Smoked: New
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Aug 28, 2023 Mild to Medium Extremely Mild Mild to Medium Tolerable
Bag note is a mild aroma of cocoa woody nutty burley with a hint of molasses and smokiness. Hodgepodge of pieces of tobacco which are fun. Not sticky but slightly moist.

The only mark against the blend is it is hard to light and keep lite with the large moist pieces. Dry time does help. The smoke is woody, nutty, a little hint of leather smokiness. The mouth feel and flavor is on the mild side. I would describe it as soft feeling. It’s not a sweet blend and the Latakia is just a pinch. Feels like stepping back in time smoking this one. Can be a little tingly on the mouth but burley does that for me. The nicotine is mild to medium. The flavor of this one I really like though, a soft earthy, woody, nutty Latakia blend. Burley and I have a love hate relationship and this sometimes gives me a feeling in my mouth I don’t enjoy, however I found for me that with a 9mm filter this is better. Nice job again by WCC.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Mar 07, 2023 Mild to Medium Mild Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
Old timey? Maybe in some sense (there used to be more blends of this ilk). Codgery? No. Rich and easy going, the topping is present but not cloying. Pipe tobacco. Burley, some latakia, some sweetness. This is very pleasant.
Pipe Used: all sorts
Age When Smoked: fresh
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