Wilke Pipe Tobacco Wilke No. 13
(2.89)
A legendary Wilke mixture of Tennessee burley, Latakia, perique, Virginia and Royal Scot mixture. Smooth smoking and a beautiful aroma. No wonder it's nickname is Wilke's Magic 13! A great choice for a light to medium English.
Details
| Brand | Wilke Pipe Tobacco |
| Blended By | John Brandt |
| Manufactured By | John Brandt |
| Blend Type | English |
| Contents | Burley, Latakia, Perique, Virginia |
| Flavoring | Other / Misc |
| Cut | Ready Rubbed |
| Packaging | Bulk |
| Country | United States |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
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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2.89 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2003 | Medium | Mild | Medium | Pleasant |
It was old Herr Jäger, former aide-de-camp to prince Cajetan de Bourbon-Parma, Austro-Hungarian anecdotist extraordinaire, passionate dog-lover, habitué of the Austin Book Shop at Kew Gardens, NYC, that first introduced me to this tobacco, so many, many years ago. Seeing me smoke some anodyne popular blend out of a paper pouch, he suggested I try his: Wilke No 13.
I was still a teen and I had never encountered Latakia before. I had no idea that a pipe tobacco could taste so...magically good! I was suddenly transported to the Manègeplatz at Schloss Schönbrunn, a young guardsman smoking his pipe next to his Carinthian charger, waiting for the Old Kaiser to go out for the Corpus Christi procession. Felix Austria!
Latakia is the tobacco of day-dreams.
Looking like Fred Astaire going to his First Communion, I hot-tailed it to Wilke's Smoke Shop, a small, dapper tobaccy temple in Madison Ave near 47 Street??RIP!??and encountered, for the first time, BULK tobaccos measured out on old brass scales, Wilsonian-era vitrines laden with imported briars, and the most unforgettably delicious smell I have ever smelt: tobacco, oak floor, carnauba wax...
Wilke No 13 is an old American-type English blend, with a bit of Burley to buffer it and a smidgeon of scented cavendish to frou-frou out the Syro-Macedonian stench. It is remarkably pleasant, though slightly generic to my jaded palate, after all these years. I can't taste the Périque at all.
New York and Boston gentry smoked blends like these in the 20's, and the high-quality tobaccos used in these compositions are a far cry from the general-store Lumpen that most men smoked back then. Before the avalanche of tinned blends reached us from Northern Europe, this was a good smoke. I thoroughly enjoyed the trip in nostalgia, and I certaily wish Wilke's was still there in Mad Ave, en lieu of the Yuppitorium that has taken its place. You might prefer to spend your money in Lake-District foofaraw. But for me, nothing can take away the memories.
I was still a teen and I had never encountered Latakia before. I had no idea that a pipe tobacco could taste so...magically good! I was suddenly transported to the Manègeplatz at Schloss Schönbrunn, a young guardsman smoking his pipe next to his Carinthian charger, waiting for the Old Kaiser to go out for the Corpus Christi procession. Felix Austria!
Latakia is the tobacco of day-dreams.
Looking like Fred Astaire going to his First Communion, I hot-tailed it to Wilke's Smoke Shop, a small, dapper tobaccy temple in Madison Ave near 47 Street??RIP!??and encountered, for the first time, BULK tobaccos measured out on old brass scales, Wilsonian-era vitrines laden with imported briars, and the most unforgettably delicious smell I have ever smelt: tobacco, oak floor, carnauba wax...
Wilke No 13 is an old American-type English blend, with a bit of Burley to buffer it and a smidgeon of scented cavendish to frou-frou out the Syro-Macedonian stench. It is remarkably pleasant, though slightly generic to my jaded palate, after all these years. I can't taste the Périque at all.
New York and Boston gentry smoked blends like these in the 20's, and the high-quality tobaccos used in these compositions are a far cry from the general-store Lumpen that most men smoked back then. Before the avalanche of tinned blends reached us from Northern Europe, this was a good smoke. I thoroughly enjoyed the trip in nostalgia, and I certaily wish Wilke's was still there in Mad Ave, en lieu of the Yuppitorium that has taken its place. You might prefer to spend your money in Lake-District foofaraw. But for me, nothing can take away the memories.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2014 | Medium | Extremely Mild | Medium | Tolerable |
The very smokey, woodsy, earthy, musty sweet Cyprian Latakia takes a small lead. The Virginia is grassy with lightly tart and tangy citrus, acting as a base for the other components like the nutty, earthy, woody, toasty, lightly molasses sweet Tennessee burley. The perique is a lightly spicy, raisiny, plumy addition. The cavendish provides a few sweet honey notes. The Royal Scot topping is mildly sweet. Hints of vanilla and caramel push this cool smoking American English blend toward the category without going over the line into aro-English territory. The toppings lightly tone down the tobaccos. The strength and taste levels are medium. The nic-hit is a couple of steps past the mild mark. Won't bite or get harsh, and has few rough edges. Slow burning, needs a little dry time, but the flavors are mostly consistent throughout the smoke. Burns cool and clean. Leaves little moisture in the bowl, and requires a tad more than an average number of relights. Has a lightly lingering pleasant after taste, and stronger room note. Not quite an all day smoke. Two and a half stars.
-JimInks
-JimInks
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 24, 2009 | Mild to Medium | Mild | Mild | Pleasant |
This is a blend that was gifted to me in a bulk sample. After smoking several bowls in corn cobs and high grade pipes, here is my review:
Strength: Mild nicotine strength if any. The blend is mild to medium as a tobacco.
Flavoring: The flavoring is very good. It needed for me, to be dried out for a bit before smoking as it comes a bit too moist.
Room Note: The room note is to be tolerable. My wife asks me to smoke this outside as it is a little harsh for her. ( she likes Frog Morton as a room note ) This one isn't a social tobacco.
Taste: The taste is quite good, if you can calm the moisture down. Not a " write home to your mom " taste but decent.
Recommendation: I would recommend this blend to all fans of plain Frog Morton and Spilman Mixture.
I plan on keeping this in my occasional rotation...once the gifted sample is gone, I will likely not buy it as I can find tobaccos that I enjoy more to spend my money on.
Strength: Mild nicotine strength if any. The blend is mild to medium as a tobacco.
Flavoring: The flavoring is very good. It needed for me, to be dried out for a bit before smoking as it comes a bit too moist.
Room Note: The room note is to be tolerable. My wife asks me to smoke this outside as it is a little harsh for her. ( she likes Frog Morton as a room note ) This one isn't a social tobacco.
Taste: The taste is quite good, if you can calm the moisture down. Not a " write home to your mom " taste but decent.
Recommendation: I would recommend this blend to all fans of plain Frog Morton and Spilman Mixture.
I plan on keeping this in my occasional rotation...once the gifted sample is gone, I will likely not buy it as I can find tobaccos that I enjoy more to spend my money on.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 07, 2005 | Mild | Very Mild | Mild to Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
This wasn't as good as the other P&W I've tried. It has an aromatic agent I couldn't identify. It gave some good sensation from the beginning to about half of the bowl, then it lost all the flavour and became dull.
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