Rattray Bagpiper's Dream
(3.20)
A fragrant pipe tobacco blend of Black Cavendish and four ready rubbed Golden Virginia tobaccos including ribbon cut, plug, curly, and flake, lightly top dressed with cognac for an elegant smoke. Tobaccos used are 5.6% domestically grown and 94.4% foreign grown.
Details
| Brand | Rattray |
| Blended By | |
| Manufactured By | Kohlhase und Kopp |
| Blend Type | Aromatic |
| Contents | Black Cavendish, Virginia |
| Flavoring | Cognac |
| Cut | Ribbon |
| Packaging | 100 grams tin |
| Country | Germany |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Mild to Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Medium
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Very Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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3.20 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Nov 09, 2015 | Mild to Medium | Very Strong | Medium to Full | Very Pleasant |
Generally speaking I don't like aromatics and I decided that this would be my last attempt with this genre of tobaccos. On the opening the smell is extremely pleasant, you can detect berries, cognac, vanilla, and the smell of good quality Virginia. The Black Cavendish is somehow there but a little bit in the back. It smokes very smoothly, burns easily, one match is enough to light it up and you don't need to relight, that makes it a very easy to smoke baccy, even on a windy or wet day. For me the problem was the tongue bite. As mixtures that contain Cavendish in general, this tobacco gives a certain tongue bite. Of course you can reduce it by puffing slowly, but it's still present. The smell of cognac is a little bit overwhelming and the casing that gives the vanilla flavour is a little bit too strong in my opinion. In general it is a bit nauseating and harsh on my stomach. Compared to a other aros it's still a very good quality product, but I don't see how it's possible to say that it has no tongue bite at all. Also, the taste of good VA comes through, but still the flavour is too harsh and edgy. I wouldn't recommend it at all.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 05, 2009 | Medium to Strong | Strong | Full | Tolerable |
Made me sick to my stomach. Being a Piper, I had hoped this would be kind of cool to have in my Bagpipe case. Well, better not.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| May 26, 2017 | Mild | Medium to Strong | Medium to Full | Pleasant |
I know I have reviewed this before, but I thought an edit was nessesary.
First impressions after trying it for the first time in 5 years was great, but I tried a few bowl today and something has happened to it, it's been kept in the tin at room temperature, it was considerably drier than when I first opened it, so the tin is not air tight (mine was a 100g tub), and I'm quite perplexed as even though it's drier it will not stay lit!. The constant relight ruin the flavour it just turns it into a sour mess, and even though it's not bone dry, it burned quite hot and scorched my tongue.
One plus point is that it smells nice out of the tin and the room note is pleasant but I don't buy tobacco for everyone else to enjoy apart me.
Do be warned though, if you are going smoke it, try it in a cob or meerschaum to be sure you like it as it ghosts as quickly and fiercely as condor.
I guess this is very much a lesson that revisiting the past can be a crushing dissapointment.
Try it you may like it but as for me, in its current incarnation , whether it is the same and I've changed or there has been a subtle change in recipe, bagpipers dream turned into a bagpipers nightmare.
First impressions after trying it for the first time in 5 years was great, but I tried a few bowl today and something has happened to it, it's been kept in the tin at room temperature, it was considerably drier than when I first opened it, so the tin is not air tight (mine was a 100g tub), and I'm quite perplexed as even though it's drier it will not stay lit!. The constant relight ruin the flavour it just turns it into a sour mess, and even though it's not bone dry, it burned quite hot and scorched my tongue.
One plus point is that it smells nice out of the tin and the room note is pleasant but I don't buy tobacco for everyone else to enjoy apart me.
Do be warned though, if you are going smoke it, try it in a cob or meerschaum to be sure you like it as it ghosts as quickly and fiercely as condor.
I guess this is very much a lesson that revisiting the past can be a crushing dissapointment.
Try it you may like it but as for me, in its current incarnation , whether it is the same and I've changed or there has been a subtle change in recipe, bagpipers dream turned into a bagpipers nightmare.
Pipe Used:
Falcon
PurchasedFrom:
Age When Smoked:
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Apr 01, 2015 | Mild | Extra Strong | Mild to Medium | Tolerable |
I definitely would not describe this mixture as having vanilla or cognac. Nor does it taste floral or soapy. All I could taste was juniper berry which, along with the cognac, made it taste like the smell of juniper after shave lotion. I couldn't even finish the first bowl of it. Weird stuff and not recommended even for smokers who like aromatic mixtures.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Aug 17, 2016 | Mild | Strong | Extremely Mild (Flat) | Pleasant to Tolerable |
I have nothing against aromatic tobaccos. In fact, I love them. The right ones, that is. For whatever reason, Bagpiper's Dream -- which I have every reason to believe contains high-quality tobaccos -- just plain nauseates me. I can't taste the base Virginias; I can't taste much of anything, to be honest. What I do get, and get in spades, is an overpowering aroma of florals and acetone. Almost like bathroom air freshener. The cognac topping doesn't really come through for me.
I'm a big fan of Rattray's tobaccos in general, and I'm willing to give this one the benefit of the doubt and chalk up my distaste to a body-chemistry thing. This stuff just clashes with me for whatever reason. It also ghosts a pipe, which I learned the hard way.
This is one of the few tobaccos I've ever smoked where I just couldn't finish the bowl.
One star.
I'm a big fan of Rattray's tobaccos in general, and I'm willing to give this one the benefit of the doubt and chalk up my distaste to a body-chemistry thing. This stuff just clashes with me for whatever reason. It also ghosts a pipe, which I learned the hard way.
This is one of the few tobaccos I've ever smoked where I just couldn't finish the bowl.
One star.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jul 28, 2011 | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Medium | Overwhelming |
Look I'm convinced that I really don't care for Aromatics, and that is what this is. Good quality tobacco is used so If you're an Aro smoker give this a try and disregard my rating.
Update 10/28/11 I gave my tin to a bunch of "newbees" as we played cards. Since I was not smoking, I could really evaluate the aroma, cherry floral, and very cloying. I took the tin away from them !!! Down one more star
Update 10/28/11 I gave my tin to a bunch of "newbees" as we played cards. Since I was not smoking, I could really evaluate the aroma, cherry floral, and very cloying. I took the tin away from them !!! Down one more star
