Dan Tobacco London Blend No. 1000

Another incredible blend from Dan Tobacco, London Blend #1000 delivers the goods. A very full English blend with enough latakia to make any wife scream. Despite the heavy load of latakia (which is more evident in the aromas, both tin and room) the other component tobaccos hold their own rather wll and #1000 is surprisingly balanced. It is definitely full, very rich and luxurious. To quote many reviewers, this tobacco is a symphony of flavors which tantalize as well as satisfy. This is also a favorite winter smoke of mine. There is nothing like sitting by a burning fireplace reading a book, or listening to some Bill Evans, with a large pipe filled with #1000; as whiffs of the powerful smoke bellow from the bowl. Life is good.

Wow! What was that?

Second time I got blown away by a tobacco! This time for how deliciously tasty this one was!

We have to jump through hoops to get pipe tobacco here in India, however, this has always been available with my regular dealer and I finally pulled the trigger after researching on each one of available baccys and narrowed down on this for its alluring “after dinner” attribute.

It arrived today, and after I duly finished dinner like a good boy, I headed to unpack this 100g vacuum sealed pack. Packed my pipe and a huff and a puff later, I can’t help but admit that the Dan thing is pretty awesome!

My palate is still not refined enough to distinguish what flavour is from what kind of tobacco, but whatever makes this baccy so fine tasting, I love it!

It certainly wasn’t as strong as Bayou Morning Flake, and as a matter of fact, it seemed quite mild to me, even Orlik gives a stronger nic hit than this one, although I was led to believe that this London no 1000 was to be on the stronger end of the spectrum. Not necessarily true.

Is Dan Tobacco an underdog of the pipe tobacco world? I barely hear much of it in the fb groups.

Well, all in all, a great smoke was had and I’m writing this from bed like a naughty boy (I could get a spanking for this), but I had to express my utter delight with this tobacco after a series of disappointing experiences with Amphora Rich and Captain Black Cherry, 7 Seas Royal, to name a few.

So good night to all you fine gents, for tonight I sleep a happy man.

Wow, this is great stuff!

Some of the enthusiastic reviews here prompted me to put this on my TAD list, even though at a sale price it was still rather pricey at $27. So, I was hoping it would deliver something special – and it did. All three of the primary ingredients are simply superb. I don’t think I’ve ever been this impressed with African Virginias, I mean the depth and richness are some of the best I’ve tasted. The Turkish leaf seems to be from an exceptional vintage, with no sharp or sour edges. Besides the usual Balkan flavors there is a kind of fresh baked bread taste here that reminds me of the mellow brown colonial bread served at King’s Arm Tavern (if you’ve ever been to Colonial Williamsburg).

Somewhere I saw a review that characterized this as a bit of hardcore thug. That was not my impression at all in any of the five different pipes I’ve tried it in (Falcon, meer, briar – all good). I’d say the blend is uncommonly smooth from start to finish, and I have not got a harsh note from it. Dare I say it has a bit of that original Balkan Sobranie magic?

Figures I’d fall for the priciest option on the market, so I won’t be stocking up heavily on this one, just a few canisters for the cellar. I’d love for this to be my daily bread but I’m afraid it will have to be reserved for special occasions.

If you like English/Balkans, you’ve got to try this one!

It is a difficult state to understand personally, the tobacco in the can is not preserved in an optimal way, sometimes it can happen wet and sometimes dry. The first times I smoked it he will not be able to find the right combination to fully understand its complexity, loading it by pressing it does not give me anything back, loading it with a rain method and adjusting only at the end by pressing it almost nothing gives me back the best of himself and has become a of my favorite blends. I recommend that you get it just as soon as you load it into your pipe. Reading the other reviews known that many compare to the Balkans Sobranie or consider the Timm 1000 as the heir to the BS, these people and reviewers are right. I was lucky enough to smoke all the versions of the original BS and also a couple of versions of the BS 759, although the taste is different, has a similarity in depth and complexity that makes it more similar to the BS 759 than to the black and white BS. I also noticed a certain similarity in taste to the McClelland Wilderness. If cured and loaded well this tobacco is personally unsurpassed. It burns well, leaves no moisture, the note in the room is pleasantly incensed. Highly recommended to everyone.

Good quality, workhorse latakia blend. Decent amount of the dark leaf to the fore, other components to the rear.

Burns well, consistent flavour (with a tiny whiff of topping or soap), and does what is says on the tin. A worthy stablemate for Quiet Nights, Engine 99, Westminster, and others.

Full in flavor but medium in strength, this blend is not completely monopolized by Latakia which, in combination with some very good Orientals, give it the taste of an intense, full-bodied blend, perfect for an evening, satisfying smoke. 4,5/5 in my personal rating system.

This blend was recommended to me by a tobacconist in Santa Monica. I was asking for his recommendation on a full-bodied English. After I described what I was looking for, he put some tins on the counter and this was one of them. I didn't open the 100g tin for over a year. It just sat on my shelf. Then one day as I was nearing the end of another English tin I popped it open and packed an old Savinelli Autograph. I was very impressed.

It has been said that this blend is nothing special. I disagree. I think this blend is very special as an English because it has complexity, strength, full-flavor, traditional English characteristics, as well as some of the most interesting notes I've had in an English. The blend is balanced nicely with the Africans and Turkish, producing almost sour, vinegar-like flavors that compliment the salty latakia. Through the nose I detected classic latakia and some kind of green olive, again, one of the more interesting blends.

If you're interested in English blends, I don't think you'll be disappointed unless you're looking for something with truly full body and taste.

Delicious. Has the flavor you'd expect from any English-style tobacco, strong and dry. This stuff was outrageously expensive, but was well worth it, as the can will easily last me several months. I noticed the can at a cigar store, so I went home and started searching reviews. Seeing that this blend included African tobacco, I had to try it. In my experience, anything with a bit of African tobacco in it is normally delicious.

Go Africa, go London. Definitely recommend this one.

I'm enjoying this mellow latakia-heavy blend which tastes as if it sourced from Syria. It canjoles, not rakes and it has an aura around the latakia taste that runs deeper than most, albeit it is still non-raping.

This is like an orientally upped pirate cake with subdued latakia.

Recommended.

Images evoked include an amputated elf using a proesthetic burnt log to run the Elves with Disabilities olympics.