Hearth & Home Beverwyck
(2.76)
An interesting, old-time blend, named after the original Dutch name for the city of Albany, NY (our home). Three different cube cuts (a Burley, a Virginia and a hybrid) are blended together with smoky Latakia, and spicy-sweet Perique. One of our regulars compares it to some of the original NYC Wilke mixtures. If you like Barking Dog, Revelation, Walnut or Country Doctor, give this a try.
Details
| Brand | Hearth & Home |
| Series | Signature Series |
| Blended By | Russ Ouellette |
| Manufactured By | Pipes & Cigars |
| Blend Type | American |
| Contents | Burley, Latakia, Perique, Virginia |
| Flavoring | |
| Cut | Mixture |
| Packaging | 1.5oz Tin, 8oz Tin, Bulk |
| Country | United States |
| Production | No longer in production |
Profile
Strength
Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant to Tolerable
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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2.76 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 21 - 25 of 25 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 14, 2006 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Medium | Pleasant |
The Dutch predecessor appellation to New York's capitol, Albany, yet no Dutch Reformed tobacco this! I've never been to Albany, but even if it amounts to the dullest of places, it's been made infinitely brighter by the largesse of this incredible blend. The pebble cut makes for easy packing, and like Russ Ouellette's wonderful Count Pulaski and Old Tartan, this is a truly old style, full flavored masterpiece. Just the right admixture of burley, va, latakia and perique, this ought to be tinned and made available to more smokers throughout the country to enjoy. Soon to be in my regular rotation and definitely unique in the PipesandCigars tobacco triumverate.
Five of five stars.
Five of five stars.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 22, 2006 | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Pleasant |
When I opened the pouch I kind got goosebumps and decided to pack this blend in my hand made churchwarden. To begin I notice the leaves had lots of color from yellows to dark browns. The smell is maybe a light english or who knows I just go with the gut on this. At first puff I notice latakia and the perque play its notes of smoke in the back ground while the hybrid in my opinion gave a brassy taste that might have enhanced the latakia. The virginia and burley gave a silky nutty smoke toward the mid bowl then it finished off nutty before I had to dump the ash. What an experience.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Aug 25, 2005 | Medium | None Detected | Medium | Tolerable |
I don't see the comparison to the House of Windsor tobaccos. Maybe as they used to be, I never smoked the previous incarnations. This is a really tasty medium English blend. I have trouble distinguishing the other tobaccos once Latikia is added to a mix. So to me this is a slightly sweet, a little smokey, and full-bodied tobac. Not a great deal different from other nice English blends but the price is right and the tobaccos are first-rate! Very satisfying as well. Well worth a try unless you dislike Latakia.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Aug 10, 2005 | Medium | None Detected | Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Wow! I just smoked some more of this in my Paja and it is something else! The hybrid has a distinct tea flavor; it really tastes like tea, not just smelling like it or acting like a casing. I did not taste the Latakia nearly as much as the Va's and the hybrid (... well you can ask Russ what it is, but it sure is wonderful).
Perhaps I am just amazed at the unique flavor, but I really get a mild to sweet flavor more than a regular English flavor regardless of what is in there. The Latakia seems to just gives it some body, which it does very well with the Perique in the nose and adding some lovely fruit to the body as well.
Beverwyck lights and burns like a dream, requiring only light tamping. The smoke flows from the first puffs to the dry smooth completely tobaccoless ending all in one great smoke.... so I shall not be giving a middle and ending. That is not to say it is a one-note smoke, that is to say it takes you on a journey and you go with it. The flavors evolve, they do not transition, so it would be impossible to say, "here is the middle of the bowl".
Beverwyck is one great smoke for a meer or cob, but I can tell you that my briar loved it. Complex, medium, flavorful, & unique but easy on the palate all at the same time? a real masterpiece.
This will become a regular smoke for me. 9 out-of 10. Namaste?
Perhaps I am just amazed at the unique flavor, but I really get a mild to sweet flavor more than a regular English flavor regardless of what is in there. The Latakia seems to just gives it some body, which it does very well with the Perique in the nose and adding some lovely fruit to the body as well.
Beverwyck lights and burns like a dream, requiring only light tamping. The smoke flows from the first puffs to the dry smooth completely tobaccoless ending all in one great smoke.... so I shall not be giving a middle and ending. That is not to say it is a one-note smoke, that is to say it takes you on a journey and you go with it. The flavors evolve, they do not transition, so it would be impossible to say, "here is the middle of the bowl".
Beverwyck is one great smoke for a meer or cob, but I can tell you that my briar loved it. Complex, medium, flavorful, & unique but easy on the palate all at the same time? a real masterpiece.
This will become a regular smoke for me. 9 out-of 10. Namaste?
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jul 11, 2005 | Medium | None Detected | Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Gorgeous cube cut's of burley, Virginia and a Hybrid intermix with dark latakia and perique into a visual representation of golden tans, medium to dark browns and blacks. Very asthetically pleasing, easy to pack and light, this blend burns clean and even to a fine medium gray ash.
At first match, the creamy sweet nuttiness of the Va and Burley wafts upwards. After just a few more sips, the latakia and perique comes through adding a thick smooth smokiness and soft spicey flavor that quickly developes into a well balanced combination of flavors and unique body.
By middle bowl the flavors deepen, none of the varitiels dominating, instead, the complexity tantilizes the pallate with thick smokey sweet creamy nuttiness rounded off with a soft spicey edge.
The final third deepens in body, smoothness and flavors with smoke so thick you can cut it with a knife. When the last sip is consumed, the aftertaste lingers in a most pleasent way and your already thinking about smoking another bowl...maybe two, or three...
At first match, the creamy sweet nuttiness of the Va and Burley wafts upwards. After just a few more sips, the latakia and perique comes through adding a thick smooth smokiness and soft spicey flavor that quickly developes into a well balanced combination of flavors and unique body.
By middle bowl the flavors deepen, none of the varitiels dominating, instead, the complexity tantilizes the pallate with thick smokey sweet creamy nuttiness rounded off with a soft spicey edge.
The final third deepens in body, smoothness and flavors with smoke so thick you can cut it with a knife. When the last sip is consumed, the aftertaste lingers in a most pleasent way and your already thinking about smoking another bowl...maybe two, or three...
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