Dan Tobacco Bill Bailey's Balkan Blend
(3.11)
This full strength blend consists of the best Virginia grades with various Oriental tobaccos, 10% dark fired Kentucky leaf and over 40% latakia with a pinch of perique.
Details
| Brand | Dan Tobacco |
| Blended By | Dan Tobacco |
| Manufactured By | Dan Tobacco |
| Blend Type | Balkan |
| Contents | Kentucky, Latakia, Oriental/Turkish, Perique, Virginia |
| Flavoring | |
| Cut | Ribbon |
| Packaging | 50 grams tin, 100 grams tin, 250 grams bulk |
| Country | Germany |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Tolerable to Strong
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Full
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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3.11 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 11 - 20 of 32 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 25, 2019 | Medium | None Detected | Medium to Full | Tolerable |
This is my absolute favorite "English"...Even though it's a "Balkan"...When I need a nice, dark, heavy, smokey pipe that won't overwhelm me, this is it! I love the smokey Latakia that is so prevalent through every puff. Obviously, the dark-fired Kentucky supports that smokiness but is not heavy with the nicotine. It lights easily, though at 9 months I find it a bit drier. It still smokes beautifully with almost no relights. A nice blue gray smoke and a bit of Perique spice comes through about midway through the bowl. I find the Orientals a wonderful compliment to the strong Latakia.The aftertaste is flavorful but not bitter or distasteful. II really love how flavor forward, but not overwhelming, this tobacco tastes. Without a doubt, It is my go to when I want a good solid smoke.
Pipe Used:
Peterson Sherlock Holmes
PurchasedFrom:
tobaccopipes.com
Age When Smoked:
9 months
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2019 | Medium | None Detected | Medium to Full | Unnoticeable |
BBBB – I have smoked this on and off over the years and is another one that I really love and wonder why I do not smoke it more often. I bought this in bulk at a Tobacco Store and jarred it. I really could not get much of a tin note so to speak but every time I fire this one up, I love it. I have reviewed a number of pipe tobaccos and am running out of descriptors but just to say this is a nice full Latakia blend or Balkan however you want to call it. Since Balkan is in the name then Balkan it is. Nice smooth somewhat sweet smoky Latakia taste with nice billows of smoke. I don’t know if this makes sense but when I smoke this, I just want to sink my teeth in it, it is that good. This would be one of my top 10 if I had a top 10.
Pipe Used:
Preben Holm Fancy Straight Grain
Age When Smoked:
New
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2018 | Medium | None Detected | Medium to Full | Pleasant to Tolerable |
A very good tobacco from Dan tin note is Latakia dominant cut is coarse ribbon cut with dark and reddish color. Fills bowl easily latakia plays center stage role with smokey and incense like orientals and Kentucky bodied it and that pinch of perique really pinches occasionally when you retrohale. Highly recommended English forward blend.
Pipe Used:
Good Briar pipe
PurchasedFrom:
Germany
Age When Smoked:
6 months
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 05, 2017 | Medium to Strong | None Detected | Medium to Full | Tolerable to Strong |
Perique, Kentucky, Latakia, Turkish, Virginia combo sounds like tobacco soup, tastes like tobacco delight. Unexpectedly sweet and savory, though you still get hit by various spices now and then, it is full of surprises throughout the bowl. Adventurous and one of my long time favorites. Sadly I don't have access to this particular tobacco and majority of DTM offerings anymore.
Pipe Used:
Various
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 11, 2017 | Medium to Strong | None Detected | Very Full | Tolerable to Strong |
Those who like me incline English and Balkan blends, will find this savory, fragrant, pleasant and remarkably easy to smoke. It is rich and complex, harmoniously weaving together the distinctive flavors of Latakia, Orientals and Virginia, each enhancing the characteristics of the others, as a proper blend should.
The obvious need to sip slowly applies to every pipe-bowl, and this tobacco is no exception. Nic is mild to medium. A hint of moisture and white to gray ash sign off a very satisfying smoke.
I would propose it would work well to break-in a new pipe, and wholeheartedly recommend it to both the consummate expert and the novice.
The obvious need to sip slowly applies to every pipe-bowl, and this tobacco is no exception. Nic is mild to medium. A hint of moisture and white to gray ash sign off a very satisfying smoke.
I would propose it would work well to break-in a new pipe, and wholeheartedly recommend it to both the consummate expert and the novice.
Pipe Used:
Peterson Craftsman Febr. 2016 (n.106) Sandblast
PurchasedFrom:
Smokingpipes.com
Age When Smoked:
10 yr old tin
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 2014 | Medium to Strong | None Detected | Medium to Full | Tolerable |
A bit of a muddled combination at first, that delivers a medium to full body and strength. Floral notes move in and out as you work through the bowl, with a hint of Ennerdale-type bergamot now and again. Very complex, even when sipped. Goes surprisingly well with Bigelow Constant Comment Green Tea. Fullness and complexity intensify upon retrohale. A woody, resinous flavor pokes it head out at mid-bowl. Intriguing combinations of flavors, including a chocolate note at times. Amazing what can be delivered from a plant leaf! Burns clean and easy. Enjoyable when moderately packed in a small-bowled Willmer Lightweight. 4* uniqueness.
Pipe Used:
Willmer Lightweight 35+ years old.
PurchasedFrom:
Smokes on Burdick, Kalamazoo, MI
Age When Smoked:
Undated tin recently purchased.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jun 02, 2018 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Full | Very Strong |
I find this a superb tobacco. Creamy and flavoursome. Room note is pretty strong and not for the faint hearted. No matter it is the taste that matters.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Oct 23, 2016 | Medium to Strong | None Detected | Full | Tolerable |
Excellent Orientals and Latakia, predominant as it should be in a balkan mixture. There is also Kentucky which to me is always a little bit risky - for example I don't like it in G. L. Pease Key Largo - but in this case it add more body, intensity and strentgh. 4,5/5 in my personal rating system.
PurchasedFrom:
Noli, Milano (Italy)
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Dec 20, 2012 | Medium | Very Mild | Medium | Tolerable |
Very similar to Vintage Syrian, even better. 🙂 One of the best blends I ve ever smoked.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jul 17, 2011 | Medium to Strong | None Detected | Very Full | Pleasant to Tolerable |
This is a great tobacco! It has a Latakia note right from the start, with a burnt coffe flavor, The Perique is in in the background but you know it's there. A nice full blend that I'll be ordering more of when I'm finished here. Some might find it a bit heavy but I think it's just right. Get yourself some and enjoy, it's a one of the better Balkan's I've smoked. It does seem to burn fast(not hot) so smoke it in a large pipe to really enjoy before it ends in a powdery gray ash.
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