Tewksbury & Company Hobbit's Weed

Lets start with the good. Great name, great backstory, and the people at Tewksbury were wonderful to deal with, I would have no problem going back to them for other items. But, I guess it was all the hype - it was not as I expected. Strong cherry cough drop smell with vanilla and chocolate. I'm used to my cherry tobaccos smelling a little less... artificial. It smoked okay, surprisingly I found the flavor rather mild. It did leave an wonderful room note and I smelled pretty good from smoking it too (according to my wife) - but while I consider room note, I don't buy tobacco only for cologne so I would have to say it is good and I recommend it for a solid performance and a great name... but not out of this world, equivalent to other good cherry aromatics, inferior in the strongly artificial scent.

Hobbit’s Weed is as mild as any aromatic has ever been, and smells great when it burns. The flavor is primarily cherry and vanilla, and it will leave your pipe smelling like cherry and vanilla after a while. Best kept to dedicated aromatic pipes.

It is cut well, burns easily, and is not prone to biting. For what it is, it’s a very good blend. That said, what it is only works if you’re a fan of very mild aromatics with no attendant tobacco flavor. There’s no strength here, it will not send anyone into a nicotine dream. There’s also no complexity - it’s cherry aromatic from start to finish.

Somewhat recommended - if your all day smokes are these soft, heavily flavored aromatics Hobbit’s Weed is definitely worth a spot in the rotation. If not, it quickly loses its shine and becomes fairly boring. For me, it’s fine as an occasional crowd pleaser but no more.

Hobbit's Weed is a strongly flavored cherry and vanilla aromatic, but it's fairly well built. It's not too sticky, packs and loads well, lights and burns easily, and smells incredible.

Something about the flavoring here just disagrees with me, though. Every single bowl eventually hits me with a weird plastic taste several times during the smoke. I have no idea where this off flavor comes from or why, but it ruins what is otherwise a really pleasant cherry aro.

Seems like most people don't have this problem, though, so don't take my experience as gospel, you might miss out on a blend that many love.

I am not usually an aromatic smoker, but I do on occasion like to have a tin of something that smells of sweet fruits or vanilla. This is where this baccy comes in. Tewksbury & Company is located in the town I call home, and of course I had to go in to my local tobacco shops. I am very reluctant to buy the sweeter flavored varieties as they generally are not that nice to my palate. If it were not for the glowing reviews here I probably would never have touched the stuff. This is a pleasant experience for the most part. It is heavily flavored, and for this reason there is only one pipe I will even consider smoking this in. I enjoy it from time to time, but more because I want to smoke that one pipe than because of the enjoyment of the smoke. If it is sipped easily it won't bite. It also will burn clean. Remember though, it will make everything else you smoke in that pipe taste of cherry vanilla soda. As a bonus it does have a room note similar to fresh baked brownies.

OK Hobbits weed I did manage to try this tobacco. First of all I don't think for the shipping and cost of this blend its worth it. This tobacco is simply an aromatic that is a cherry and vanilla mixture, I just find this blend to be a couple of Lane aromatics mixed together to form this blend. Overall I was not super impressed by this blend and I feel it only gets enjoyed because of the name. The tobacco is fair but I just cant see giving this a nod. I really love aromatics but this one just well stinks. I think Boswells PA Dutch Treat is a much better aromatic then this stuff is. Overall the bag note is a cherry with hints of vanilla, The tobacco was easy to work with but was a bit moist even being two years old it is still very moist. I packed this loose and it worked out well. The tobacco does not burn to hot or anything and the taste is really a cherry taste with hints of vanilla. The room note on this aromatic was very pleasant though. I would somewhat recommend this but there is a lot of other great aromatics out there that are better then this.

Well, I'm a fairly new pipes smoker and in the process of trying different blends, I ordered some Hobbit's Blend as part of the the sampler that Tewksbury offers.

Honestly, I'm not liking it so much; the casing seems excessive and I just wasn't able to enjoy it for much more than 15 minutes or so. I liked several of the other selections in the sampler quite a bit more than this.

Tewksbury & Co are a great company and fantastic to deal with, but in the future their Bar Harbor and Nosferatu blends are getting my money; I'd be unlikely to order Hobbit's Weed again.

First of all I must say I read all of the great reviews on this tobacco and I could not wait to get my hands on some. I smoke mostly english blends. I wanted to get an aromatic that actually taste great. All of the reviews rave about the great flavor. I placed my order on the phone and the gentleman at Tewksbury and Co. was just about the nicest guy in the world. I received my order from CO to VT in just 3 days. I opened my mailbox and immediately smelled the most fantastic cherry aroma. I opened the box and stuck my nose deep into the bag of tobacco. What an amazing aroma. The smell of cherries and vanilla is fantastic. I packed my bowl and lit up. Right off the bat there was the flavor of cherries which went away rather quickly. It was replaced with the flavor of dark cocoa. Every now and then I would get the taste of cherry again but not very often. I tried a couple of different sized pipes with this tobacco and have had the same results. I just don't get the full cherry flavor. I found that smoking Hobbit's Weed while sipping a cup of coffee brought the flavor out a bit more but I'm just not getting it. The aftertaste is a little bit funky. Every now and then there is just a brief hint of cherry and then more funk. Almost a plastic like aftertaste. The room aroma just can't be beat though. I really want to love this tobacco but I can't seem to. Other than flavor this tobacco is a 4. I say just give it a shot. A lot of people love it just not me.