John Middleton, Inc Kentucky Club Mixture Aromatic

I like some blends that have a delicate flavor but they must taste like something other than hot air. Don't bother trying this blend.

This bit my tounge very badly and I tossed out the pouch after a few pipes and have not looked back. I would not recommend.

Smoking a bowl of this old classic took me back to the days when men who smoked such a blend were real men and women who smoked such a blend were real men too! The Virginia and Burley, combined with Perique made for a, well, manly smoke.

Call the ambulance before you light that pipe, because your tounge is going to need urgent care after you puff a few times. This is one of the most terrible tobaccos I've ever put in a pipe.

This stuff is horrible. (Since there is not a category in the ratings choices for "disgusting" I chose "medium" for strength, flavoring, and taste.)

After reading the more positive reviews here, I picked up a pouch for $4.95 at a local tobacco shop - way overpriced in my opinion. Yes, the packaging has that nostalgic look that creates an expectation of tasting something unchanged, traditional. The first disappoinment occurred upon opening the plaid printed foil pouch: an icky semisweet scent, and a muddy dark appearing tobacco. I hesitated to even put it in the pipe for fear it would foul the pipe - but I reasoned that often, the flavor when a tobacco is smoked is very different from the way it smells in the tin or pouch, so I decided to give it an honest try.

It loaded easily, and packed okay. Upon lighting, I knew there might be trouble. It did not just bite, it burned my entire mouth - reminiscent of a cup of hot chocolate, tea or coffee that is way too hot. The roof of my mouth definitely burned. (God forbid anyone inhaling this stuff - their lungs would be seared.) I am not a "heavy puffer." Even short, airfilled "sips" of this trash tobacco do not help. Within a few puffs of lighting, the bowl started gurgling, and after about a quarter of the bowl, it became impossible to puff without drawing a stream of fowl brown liquid through the mouthpiece. The bowl actually became too hot to comfortably touch. I put it down to cool, and emptied out the garbage.

The next morning, I still had a foul chemically taste in my mouth, and the roof of my mouth felt like the next day after swallowing a scalding cup of tea or coffee. Definitely not recommended.

Update: I just bought another pouch at my local supermarket. This pouch is excellent. Flavor much better than previous packages. Not harsh, cool burning. Did the quality improve? Or did I just get a good pack? I won't upgrade a star unless subsequent packages are as good as this one.

Original review: I just finished a pouch of KC mixture, not having purchased this since my high school days. I can't really remember what it was like back then, but I felt cool, smoking what I thought was an expensive mixture.

I find the mixture today a nice smoke, readily available in my area However, there's nothing outstanding or notable about this tobacco. This is just an honest, decent, inexpensive pipe tobacco. Taste is mild, cannot say that it is an aromatic. Probably why I somewhat like it. Tongue bite stays at a minimum.

All in all, a decent change of pace smoke. I will buy it on occasion.

I picked up a fresh pouch, as the tobacco was nice and moist. The aroma from the super-cool retro plaid pouch was very nice indeed- chocolate, and maybe a hint of cinnamon. I loaded a bowl in a well seasoned Dr. G in the Pot shape. First light, Wow, this stuff actually "stung" my mouth rather than "bit" as a Virginia would. I smoked very slowly, but the pain was too much. I smoke many Virginia blends and slices, but the "stinging" sensation is both curious and unbearable to me. At least I didn't plunge in and buy the big 14 oz tub to try it. Darn, I love the retro plaid pouch so much I was sure I would like this. I was home alone in the garage while smoking this so I have no idea what the room note is like. The package assured me that the ladies love it though! Try it if you choose, but proceed with caution. Darn

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This blend smoked very hot...delivering mucho tongue bite and very little enjoyment. Not recommended.

I guess this belongs to those aromas one associated with pipe smoking, well, 40 years ago? A nice room note, fruity and chocolaty, the type of smell one would expect from grandpa sitting in his chair, in front of a fire in a log cabin, with either a Basset or a Blood Hound at his feet, and a cup of hot coffee or cocoa in a side table.

I agree with the reviewer that purports this as basically a Burley blend. That it is, and in good measure. It's not that this is a bad blend. I guess that in more parochial settings blends like this one, or Prince Albert, Country Doctor or Vermont Maple, suffice. However, once you've been stung by Latakias, Turkish, straight matured Virginias or Virginia and Perique mixtures, well, Kentucky Club or Kentucky Club Aromatic just don't hit the spot.

Still, a nice baccy, in the same sense that Neil Sedaka is, well, Ok.