Brigham Enterprises Inc. English Mixture

This smells great in the pouch and burns cool. I wish that the blend had less Latakia and more Perique. It is almost there but falls short of being great.

Mildly tasty. Room note not favoured by the wife, but very much enjoyed by myself and other smoking buddies. Immediately brought back memories of sitting by a lake with a bonfire listening to crickets chirping, trying to stay awake with the 'grown ups' while I was a young lad.

One of the best if you like mild tobaccos. I've discovered more recently that I'm into full flavoured blends, so this blend doesn't go high on my shopping list, but easily could be a nice mild all day smoke. Has that distinct woodsy aroma that I've attributed to Brigham, maybe even as a representation of something considered to be 'Canadian'. Without allowing time to dry out of the pouch I got through almost the entire bowl without a re-light, and only had to do so when the wife called me upstairs to tell me she wasn't enjoying the smell of it. Ha!

This is a very tasty English, with a light perique presence in every puff. The blend is Altadis 502 medium English relabeled for Brigham. I like this very much. The latakia is in the background and the turkish and perique are the dominant players. It burns to the bottom of the bowl, but heats up the last third of the bowl. The taste is consistent throughout and very satisfying. An excellent blend in all respects.

Update: I believe this is a true 4 star blend, so I'm adding a star to my previous review.

Update: I was originally over-enthusiastic about this blend. My rating has been lowered to 3 stars.

Latakia smokey notes as usual in english blends, but not too smokey because well balanced by the hazelnut of the Burley. Also a sweet citrusy taste from the Virginia refreshes the puffs from time to time. You don't get much of that oily/resiny tang of oriental tobaccos which is a plus for me. The Perique is discreet but appreciated. It's not an aromatic mixture but some sweet casing is definitely added to it. Right out of the pouch, I could smell something that reminded me of vanilla and caramel, perhaps rum as well.

Very good blend overall if you like mild english with some flavour depth.

This was my first pipe tobacco. Coming from the world of cigars, I (initially) found this blend to be rather bland. Yet there was something about it that was enough to make me want to explore more of the world of pipes. This does contain latakia and perique, but they are used very sparingly.