Uhle's Bishop's Move

A medium to strong bodied English exposing layers of latakia, burley nuttiness and slight a liquor-like topping during the smoking session. This blend is velvety smooth and a delight to exhale through nose. Stays lit and burns to a grey ash. Nicotine is mild but flavor and body are meaty. I do not consider this to be a lat bomb. Its flavor points weave in and out all the way down the bowl without degradation. I did not detect any perique, so the percentage must not be very high. The virgina also seems to be in the distant background, or just overshadowed by the stronger flavors. A well balanced blend, it will beg you to refill your bowl. A real winner from this long established house.

This is a fantastic English blend with a soft, savory tang that is delicious from start to finish. Complex without being distracting or fussy. A real delight.

The Virginias here are soft and understated. The Syrian Latakia, lacking the more pine-woodsy scent of Cyprian, contributes to the savory-sweet richness of the blend. I can't detect a distinct Perique taste, but it must be there rounding things out with some bottom notes. The real star of the blend, however, is the "Monopoly Turkish." I have no idea what "Monopoly" means, but it must be what gives this blend its distinctly fragrant, oriental taste -- not grassy, not medicinal, not floral, as other orientals can be, just yummy and savory.

If you like English or Balkan blends, you'll love Bishop's Move.

A very nice and somewhat unique smoke. The Lat is very prominent, but doesn't dominate with it's smokey nature. The Oriental component is the star for me. Sour, woody butter is what I get from it. Very tasty. The Burley is just a hint of nutty earth in the background. The Perique gives just a touch of spice and fruit. Can't say that I taste the Virginias, but that's probably what's providing the small amount of sweetness. While rich in flavor I don't find it to be strong in body. Great for an occasional smoke.

Mild to medium in body. Can't detect any added flavoring. Medium to full in taste. Burns very well.

A beautifully balanced, highly flavorful blend that for most of the bowl smokes like a firm medium English. Bishop’s Move has a good amount of body and the flavor is a deft combination of sweet and smoky with gentle waves of spice coming through on the finish. The nuttiness of the burley and sweet woodsy quality of the Virginias come through with perfect clarity amidst the fragrant swell of latakia flavor, and the perique provides a delicate zest to the mix.

By mid-bowl the flavor strength ramps up and transitions to what I would categorize as rich, well-structured and medium-strong. The end bowl flavors are a real treat and I am impressed with the temperament of this mixture. Even at a faster, more aggressive cadence, the smoke remains cool and smooth and at no point does the it become sooty or bitter tasting.

I did not find Bishop's Move to be as strong as others have rated. The overall taste is medium to full but the flavor strength and nicotine level are quite approachable, which leads me to believe that even those who prefer a lighter English would enjoy this fine mixture as a change of pace.

Leather, spice and everything nice!!!

This is a great blend, that truely delivers all the way till the end. Upon first light, that burnt leather aroma is very upfront. And mellows out to this nice peaty, earthy spice.

Flavors stay pretty consistant through the bowl, which i liked! I didnt get any tounge bite, i did however get this gnarly burnt egg taste when i puffed too fast.

The spice is very different then your normal "spicy" pipe tobacco. This is a good, hearty, manly pepper corn type spice. Not a mellow cinnamon spice. The spice stayed with me till a little over half the bowl, then it just..........faded away.

I didnt get the N kick some talked about. Which is ok, because this seriously is an all day smoke for me since i forst got it in the mail. For some to say this isnt an all day smoke.....turn in your man card!

Room note (or, outside, in the vencinity of......note) was absolutely amazing. Seriously....smelt like a cigar shop on fire. In a good way of course.

This stuff is really good. Good enough for me to say, i think i found my favorite english blend. Time to stock up before this gets the hype and popularity sleepy hollow did.

P.S. this would go excellent with stone brewerys smoked porter.

Opening the bag I found the mixture fairly dry and spicy smelling. Upon smoking it was very good. An excellent balance of the ingredients, each making itself known (Latakia tying it together) yet in harmony with the others. The taste was full with a nice vanilla smoothness. Burned evenly all the way to the bottom and kept my interest throughout. The smoke had, confirmed by my wife, an almost incense like quality to it making the room note pretty good for an English blend and appropriate for a high churchman like me. The Bishop will be making his move to my regular rotation and I recommend he visit you soon too.

Soft and smoky, this tobacco is not your average tobacconist's house blend, but the house of Uhle has pulled it off again.

Nice, dry and immediately smokable this blend is always in my rotation when looking for a great english blend in a big pipe.

Uhle genius again.

Whoa! Deja Vu?

It's been close to 30 years since I smoked a particular house blend from a shop that has long since closed its doors. I remember a favored heavier English blend from them, a taste of which I've never discovered again - until now! Granted, tastes are somewhat hard to recall after that long, but this one tastes like that long-lost blend. I wonder if that shop bought the blend from Uhle's and renamed it? Entirely possible.

Since that time, I've found other latakia blends that I prefer to this, but this one is still very good. It's a dry smoking, robust and rich blend that is never short on flavor. It's smoky as is typical, sweet as is typical, but it has a very unique flavor nonetheless. I wish I could describe it in words that would make sense to others, but the best I can do is to describe it as "homey". It brings back wonderful, relaxing memories. I've honestly never found anything like this, aside from that early experience, even though I've smoked hundreds of latakia blends since then. Bishops Move is something unique. If you think latakia blends have no further mysteries to unlock, I highly recommend you try this one. It's a blend that I'll likely buy a half-pound of and smoke on special occasions. It'll probably be my new Christmas Eve mix! Not my favorite, but definitely worth a try to see if it could become yours.

Mr. Uhle must live in a round house because this blend has no edges to get caught on and is seamless everytime. All the flavors are discernable yet it is as if each one was detailed and finished before they went into the hopper to mingle. For my taste the virginia seems the furthest distant with the turkish and lat more flavor forward. McCranies Murdoch's Pipe is somewhat similar but has the virginia forward and not as sweet to my taste, little as it may be. Bishop's Move is remarkably smooth with just a hint of sweetness. This could be an all day smoke if you had one bowl big enough to require training wheels. For my money it is best in class.