Brebbia Classic English (Mixture No. 70)
(2.40)
The classical English mixture of various spicy tobaccos such as Syrian latakia and Louisiana perique. Cross cut, fully aromatic, cool burning. High class quality tobacco for the demanding pipe smoker. A unique smooth, mellow and long lasting blend.
Notes: English Mixtures #7 and #70, and Rondo Mixture #27, are all the same blend.
Details
Profile
Strength
Mild to Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Medium
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Tolerable
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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2.40 / 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 |
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| Jun 07, 2005 | Medium | Mild to Medium | Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
It Appears that Brebbia has discovered Anise!
Appearance and Tin Aroma: This has small square cuts of VA and what appear to be Burley ribbon and Latakia in slightly longer ribbon cuts. You can definitely smell the topping! I am told that it is Anise by some of my "old time piper" friends. It seems to be the same topping used by Germain's in Margate, And so to Bed, and their Royal Jersey series.
Packing and Lighting: Due to the cut, this is easily packed and the moisture was perfect out of the tin. I did have to relight this alot the first few times I smoked it due to this cut requiring a lighter touch when loading your pipe.
Initial Flavor: anise! The leaves behind it are rather mellow.
Mid-Bowl:This is the best part of this blend, but the topping begins to give me a slight headache. The burley supports this blend quite well.
Bottom of Bowl: A slight build up of strength, the perique begins to assert itelf, although not as strongly as #60 blend. There is a bit of moisture in the heel of the pippe when you are done.
Overall: This blend really stretches the definition of what an English blend should be. I prefer to call it an American style blend, especially due to the burley and topping. While this blend is very well done with fine leaf and good complexity, it is just not my style.It reminds one much of the crossover blends ala Cornell & Dhiel. A very fine compliment. There is no tonguue bite with this blend and you could smoke it all day without a fuss, but it just has too much topping for this piper. Even though the perique in #60 is little too high for my taste, I still prefer that blend.
Appearance and Tin Aroma: This has small square cuts of VA and what appear to be Burley ribbon and Latakia in slightly longer ribbon cuts. You can definitely smell the topping! I am told that it is Anise by some of my "old time piper" friends. It seems to be the same topping used by Germain's in Margate, And so to Bed, and their Royal Jersey series.
Packing and Lighting: Due to the cut, this is easily packed and the moisture was perfect out of the tin. I did have to relight this alot the first few times I smoked it due to this cut requiring a lighter touch when loading your pipe.
Initial Flavor: anise! The leaves behind it are rather mellow.
Mid-Bowl:This is the best part of this blend, but the topping begins to give me a slight headache. The burley supports this blend quite well.
Bottom of Bowl: A slight build up of strength, the perique begins to assert itelf, although not as strongly as #60 blend. There is a bit of moisture in the heel of the pippe when you are done.
Overall: This blend really stretches the definition of what an English blend should be. I prefer to call it an American style blend, especially due to the burley and topping. While this blend is very well done with fine leaf and good complexity, it is just not my style.It reminds one much of the crossover blends ala Cornell & Dhiel. A very fine compliment. There is no tonguue bite with this blend and you could smoke it all day without a fuss, but it just has too much topping for this piper. Even though the perique in #60 is little too high for my taste, I still prefer that blend.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Dec 31, 2015 | Mild to Medium | Very Mild | Mild to Medium | Tolerable |
This blend was problematic for me and it took two tins to get one review together. The first tin, purchased on Ebay, had a "funny" looking tin bottom that had caused the vacuum seal to fail even though the lid was on mechanically tight. The tobacco inside was bone dry, had no tin aroma and no smoked aroma. I found another tin locally and popped it. Although far fresher, this tin didn't do all that much more and smoked with a somewhat weak and nebulous aroma. The strangest thing about this blend is that, every now and then, a wonderful toasted tobacco aroma would emerge; it was beautiful and fleeting. This moment only occurred if you puffed harder and longer and heated the tobaccos to a higher temperature. Dropping back to a normal pace caused it to disappear. This happened repeatedly in the upper half of the bowl, but disappeared in the second half. It feels as if Brebbia has something good here, but clouded by otherwise mediocre blending - two stars.
Pipe Used:
Von Erck 2015 NASPC pipe
PurchasedFrom:
Tinderbox West, Columbus, OH
Age When Smoked:
3-5 yr range
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jun 13, 2005 | Mild to Medium | Mild | Medium | Tolerable |
The Syrian and burley are a very pleasent combination giving it a American English like taste. However, their is some kind of topping I just can't deal with. It's just enough to remain present and take away from the blend. Preludio is a lot better to me.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Apr 06, 2005 | Mild | Medium | Mild | Tolerable to Strong |
A gentleman passed me a pouch of the above while I was attending a cigar show. I have never tried any of the Brebbia offerings before, being somewhat suspicious of tobacco released under the name of an Italian pipe maker...what I found was a German made English blend containing perique, latakia, burley and some virginia. Cut is as wild as one would expect from a tobacco made in Berlin, and there is a humectant applied here. Flavor is middle of the road, with rather more perique showing up to play than I ever would have imagined. The latakia is gagged here and the virginia/burley duo seem content to stay quiet. Likely a suitable blend for those choosing to try an "English" for the first time, but not different enough to please a veteran puffer.
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