Kramer's Pipe and Tobacco Shop New Mix

Kramer's "New" Mix...

After hearing and reading about Kramer's Father Dempsey, I pictured Kramer's as a quintessential American pipe shop, and rightfully so. When Kramer's sold the production to C&D it was exiting for an East Coast guy. I had no more excuses for not trying this piece of American history. The prices in bulk are fantastic, so like a good tobaccoreviews.com sheep, I grabbed 4oz Father Dempsey ( and of everything they offered, including New Mix) I do have to admit, as much as I love C&D's bulk pricing, getting a white box of nostalgia ain't the same as stepping into a shop in Hollywood. The tobacco's looked, well...ok. A bit twiggy, but not too bad. It took me a while to get to New Mix ( just like it is in this review), and when I did I wasn't blown off my feet. I've smoked it from time to time, but it has sat jarred up on the shelf now for about a year and a half. Over that time, I've found my tastes leaning towards orientals, and I had forgotten this one was a bit more orientals forward until reading these reviews. After a few bowls now, I have to say I really enjoy this. The flavor is lovely for medium strength smoke, bordering on but not quite full. There is what I'm detecting as a consistent Kramer topping, enough to detect in all their blends, but not so much so as to make them too similar as to be indistinguishable. Unfortunately, and maybe because of said topping, this blend can get close to biting and I find myself needing to observant. Overall, a good medium English with a nice aftertaste. A solid 3 stars from me.

We may be losing brick and mortar stores, which is sad to witness. But at least we can still smoke what some legends of the American entertainment industry apparently couldn't get enough of!