House of Windsor Briggs

(2.36)
"When a feller needs a friend."

Details

Brand House of Windsor
Blended By House of Windsor
Manufactured By House of Windsor
Blend Type American
Contents Burley, Virginia
Flavoring
Cut Curly Cut
Packaging 1.5 ounce pouch, 2 ounce tin, 10 ounce tin
Country United States
Production No longer in production

Profile

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

Average Rating

2.36 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Dec 01, 2003 Mild to Medium Extremely Mild Very Mild Tolerable
I have to agree with the previous reviews in that Briggs has a very mild taste overall. The first third of the bowl is pretty bland and the light flavor begins to come out as you smoke down the bowl. I would characterize the flavor one does get as a definite burley flavor.....and Briggs reminds me very much of Edgeworth Ready Rubbed, although to me, Briggs smokes much cooler. Edgeworth will scorch ones tongue if not smoked slowly. I'm normally a guy that likes a heavier flavor.....but I do like this tobacco. This is a blend you could have going all the time without it getting "too much". I normally only smoke my pipes at home anymore and sometimes I like to have my pipe going all the time if I'm in the garage or outside doing some work. Briggs is a blend you can do that with.

I must also comment on the surprising high quality of the HOW blends. I purchased a sampler package of all 10 blends in the small cans and I'm working my way through them. They definitely are head and shoulders above what I consider to be typical "drugstore" blends. These blends were gone from the drugstores by the time I took up pipes and I'm glad they're back and fairly well recieved........
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Sep 28, 2003 Very Mild Mild Extremely Mild (Flat) Tolerable
I can't say anything bad about this blend. But by the same marginal token, it is hard to say anything good about it, as well. I did not like this as much as I thought as I would. I found some similar elements such as room aroma and taste to be similar to Country Doctor, but still somewhat removed. I would still prefer Country Doctor over this blend any day. The big problenm is that until very recently most House of Winsdor brands were unavailable in my part of the country. Then one day about a month ago, the tobacco shop down the street from me started carrying most of their blends in pouch form. After reading about these blends in P&T, I bought one of each. Now, I'm mentioning this because 35 years ago, many of theseso called drug store blends were available almost anywhere (department stores, grocers, drug stores, etc.) Over the years many of these blends dissappeared off many store shelves. So it's been a long while since I've smoked many of these. My big dissappointment is that Briggs, like many others that have been re-introduced recently, just don't have the same taste or smoking qualities like their counterparts from 35 years ago use to have. In short, today's Briggs, just isn't the same from the way I remembered it from the 1960's.
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