Dan Tobacco The Malthouse

Quality offering from Dan tobacco.

The fine earthy tones of this one are apparent from opening the pouch. So earthy and woody, in fact, you'd expect to find some latakia as part of the ingredients, which of course, there isn't.

The tobaco itself is a dry, very dry, composition of mud-coloured brown, rather coarse strands. Not terribly appealing.

But this matters little, because the smoke more than makes up for that descriptive defiency. It's a cool, relaxing experience giving you those same earthy tones found at the pouch opening, which mellow out into fine malty overtones just topped off with a little alcohol, but not enough to drown the mixture like some. All this for under ten euros.

There's no nasty surprises, like tongue bite, waiting for you and can be safely smoked in briars. The only valid criticism I can see is that it comes very dry and needs to be hydrated for a few days and therefore needs a few relights.

Excellent value, at an excellent price and easily recommended. ds with

The tin note is sweet and fruity. Actually, it smells a bit like overripe and fermented fruits. There is a bit smokiness in the tin, which gave me the impression that there is a hint of Latakia in this blend. But after lighting up, this impression was blown away. There is a smoky taste, but it’s not the taste of Latakia or any dark fired tobacco. This faint smokiness is actually added by the whisky. Even if this is not the case, I love the impression that the flavoring left. The tobacco tastes very sweet and fruity. Sometimes it’s dark dried fruits and sometimes it’s overripe fruits, which have an alcoholic taste as well. This taste can change over to whisky aroma. Unfortunately, not a good single malt. It reminds me of Johnnie Walker Red Label. The natural flavors of the Virginia are as well notable. They add notes of earth and hay.

After cellaring the blend for more than a year, the overripe, fermented fruits got more distinct in taste and smell, while the smokiness fainted a bit. I like this tobaccos more when it is fresh. I think this is a quite good example of a whisky flavored tobacco, because there was definitely whisky added and there is still the natural tobacco flavor.

Good. Just a good lightly flavored tobacco. Seemed too dry at first when i opened the pouch (unlike the sticky MacBite 7 Seas), but packed quite easily and needed absolutely no relights, burning to white ash in the end. Burns quite hot! Having tried Malthouse and MB 7 Seas Original out of dedicated mini corncobs, i expected this tobacco to burn faster than 7S, which lasted around 20 minutes in my minicob. But this tobacco provided me with 30 minutes of pleasure in such a tiny bowl!! A good and affordable tobacco.

Update 10 Aug 2011. I need to downgrade 1 star, as this is mainly a mixture with golden VAs. I filled in a pipe last night, the tobacco was on the dry side and it just went to my nose and head and my tongue bite like crazy after a few minutes. This tobacco needs to be smokes ASAP after opening.

This is an excellent lightly topped tobacco!

Mostly medium brown VAs, long cut partially rubbed VA, the tin aroma is very refined, slightly sweet, very similar to peterson irish Whiskey.

The humidity level was ideal so I could fill in a pipeful almost immediately.

It is very good and I think there might be a bit of burleys in there- but the VAs are dominant. The topping is there, never ovwewhelming, always adding a nice touch.

i will buy again. This was a beautiful surprise.

This is one of my tobaccos I used to smoke years ago. Because of that friends bring it as a present when they visit me, because of it´s reasonable price. This is a good chance to get some bowls full of good memories. It is still easy to use, a good va of excellent quality. This is one reason why I recommend this tobacco on the one hand- On the other hand - I like the smell out of the tin and in the bowl. What I dislike- it is hard to get the flavour out of your pipes, it is okay for some though not for me. So I have at least two pipes reserved for TMH. I would recommend it to starters because it is a favourite to all nonsmokers, women like the perfect aroma sweet and not obtrousive, lads ask for the name and some of them remeber times they used to smoke the pipe as well.So it is easy to get them used to your new hobby.

This is one of the first tobaccos I ever put in a pipe almost 11 years ago. It is a medium VA with a hint of malted scotch. It has a very nice room note and holds it taste to the end. I for one can faintly taste the scotch topping and the VA is delicious. I also agree there may be a hint of burley. I have enjoyed this for a very long time but those who are new to Malthouse beware of the bite. If smoked to fast or hot it will get your tongue. Once you learn its characteristics as with any tobacco, its wonderful! I give it 3 stars only because its not one you can take right of the tin and be your favorite. Be patient and you will be rewarded.

This blend is a different variety than I am used to. I have never tried an aromatic without Cavendish. The tobacco seems to rather be a nice balanced VA that is at the end of blending then aged in whiskey. Being a fan of all types of whiskey I thought it only my duty to try this blend. The results are a nice flavor a bit sweet on the top, and mellowing and getting a bit sour (like Jack Daniels) as the bowl progresses. The blend has an interesting room note, I like it my wife is still on the fence. I am not sure if this tobacco is cased, but ti seems to burn cleanly and does not leave any objectionables in the heel of my pipe. I did try to add some latakia to the blend but decided that it was better to leave well enough alone. This tobacco will please a large group of smokers, and is recommended by me as one interesting style of aromatic that is sure to throw a curve ball in the daily rotation.

Tin aged for 6 months, aired well before smoking. Had a little trouble rubbing this out correctly for loading, but was well worth the effort. I don't smoke aromatics but I always try them hoping to find one that tastes good and also pleases the crowd. I believe this one fits the description quite adequately. I could swear there is a slight pinch of Latakia in there too, but I guess that this is just a personal perception of the rendering of flavors. In any case, apart from VA smokers like me, it could be a blend worth trying by English smokers too. I think they could find a nice change of pace there.