Smoker's Pride Natural Blend

I've tried the Mellow Blend and this, Natural Blend. This has more flavor than the Mellow Blend, but this one burns a bit hotter. Sip it gently and it ain't too bad. Don't know if I'd buy this one again. Let me get through the 12 oz. bag and we'll see. Still for the price, it'll definitely get smoked...

While this tobacco is very plain it isn't nearly as bad as one would have guessed. Add some Latakia to it and you have a pretty good smoke.

The bag I bought was much drier than I expected. Most of these bagged tobaccos are covered in something to keep them from drying out. Maybe this bag was on the shelf for a couple of years? At any rate I found it to be quite pleasant even on it's own.

Believe me when I say you could do a lot worse.

I know, I know why not recommended it is cheap to get 3.49$ However even at 3.49 I rather get the whiskey flavor. The natural burnt hot and the room note was tolerable at best. It didn't burn well in any pipe I have which is about 12 pipes. I'll be making some soon though. Lets see ontop of the burning issues it doesn't like to stay lit, it leaves quite a bit of dottle. It just wasn't an enjoyment to me. My personal notes give this a 2.1 for uninteresting.

Ok, if anyone takes pride in smoking this one your taste buds are no longer active. I bought a large bad of this stuff thinking it would be ok compared to their Vanilla blend which I quite like but this tastes like bitter fermented wood chips. Don't know if the bad was old or what but I ended up using it as kindling for a camp fire, I'm not joking. It was the worst $10 i've ever spent. It's natural in taste but seems bitter as heck to me. Sorry to disappoint but this stuff tastes and smells as cheap as it is. It must be discarded old tobacco they kept in a barn with cow manure. It smells like urine out of the bag, sorry to be so negative about it but it really ruined my day off...yuck!

For a time, some of the blends in the Smokers' Pride range were readily available in Mexico City. Regular was perhaps the best of the lot. Slightly dry and stale in flavor, it nevertheless delivered a passable tobacco smokiness (Burley). The added Cavendish (Burley again) makes it, in my opinion, richer than either SWR or PA, but it should be smoked slowly because it can bite. A very simple, undistinguished smoke, good enough to move about when nothing else is available.

Well, its tobacco, and its cheap.

More of a natural cavendish, if such a thing makes sense. It isn't bitey, doesn't have a burley type flavor, isn't really sweet, doesn't really stand out one way or the other.

I got a huge bag of this stuff about a year ago and I've used it in blends of my own devising, and have smoked it on its own now and again. Its another of those no-brainer smokes good for mindless puffing. As others have said, its good in a cob.

A classic two-star. Its not disagreeable, but its pretty mundane.

Another winner from Smoker?s Pride. Not only does it taste great, smell great and smoke great it?s cheap too! Definitely one of the better budget tobaccos out there. This tastes like straight tobacco with no flavoring or casing added. It is very mild and similar but not as good as Prince Albert or John Rolfe. It smokes cool, does not leave any goop in the pipe, does not bite at all and even has a pleasing aroma. It smells a lot like Price Albert but not as strong. If there was a down side to this tobacco it would be it?s strength. It just is a little milder than I like. I like Price Albert a little more in that respect. But none the less, this will be a staple in my rotation, as I am sure I will never tire of the straight tobacco taste of this blend. I am starting to like the Smoker?s Pride Blends as so far the only one I did not like at all is the Cherry and I might even give that another try as tastes do change.

I grabbed a pouch of this about a month ago while on a business trip out of town. I had run out of the good stuff and found this in a 7-11 type store just off the highway. I was initally too embarrassed to admit I smoked a few bowls, but since WNDE has fessed up to smokin' this tobacco, I guess I will too.

Indeed this Burley tobacco is cube cut in very similar fashion to Sir Walter. It is milder in taste and does not get quite as bitter as you travel down the bowl.

This stuff will never enter my top-10 (or, top 100), but it was interesting. Okay, I feel better now. Confession is good for the soul.

Well, good for mixing. Cheap. Good in a Cob. That's about it. Burns better than the corner store brands, but tastes less. It's a toss between the two if I'm outta the good stuff.