Villiger Cocktail Hour
(2.27)
A disc cut blend of dark fired and sun cured tobaccos to relax with over the setting sun. A unique hand stripped, spun cut tobacco blend consisting of flue cured Virginia from the USA and Brazil, blended with air cured tobacco from Malawi. A flue cured wrapper leaf from Brazil completes the blend.
Notes: Cocktail Hour has notes of pineapple and chocolate.
Details
| Brand | Villiger |
| Series | 1888 |
| Blended By | Peter Stokkebye |
| Manufactured By | Villiger |
| Blend Type | Aromatic |
| Contents | Black Cavendish, Burley, Virginia |
| Flavoring | Cocoa / Chocolate, Pineapple |
| Cut | Mixture |
| Packaging | 50 grams tin |
| Country | Denmark |
| Production | No longer in production |
Profile
Strength
Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Extremely Mild
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Tolerable
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Mild to Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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2.27 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 2018 | Mild to Medium | Medium to Strong | Mild to Medium | Tolerable to Strong |
Villager - Cocktail Hour (1888).
Hmm, this is one of the aromatics I was talking to my pal Dan (DK) about. One where an opinion can be quickly formed; nasty.
The appearance resembles one of the Mac Baren Roll Cakes, it looks void of any black Cavendish, has good moisture, and smells of pineapple, not chocolate.
A bowl lights easily, burns ok, but I really don't like the taste. As expected, the tobacco flavour's a VaBur one, the smoke's defunct of any black Cav'. The tobaccos aren't the issue, it's the damn topping that is. I get NO chocolate, all I get is bitter, sharp, acidic, unpleasant, pineapple. It doesn't work for me. Take this review as you wish, it's based on about four bowls since last night, but I'm unwilling to smoke any more!
Nicotine: mild to medium. Room-note: not nice.
Cocktail Hour? Had a few bowls, then insulted my bin with it. Not recommended:
One star.
Hmm, this is one of the aromatics I was talking to my pal Dan (DK) about. One where an opinion can be quickly formed; nasty.
The appearance resembles one of the Mac Baren Roll Cakes, it looks void of any black Cavendish, has good moisture, and smells of pineapple, not chocolate.
A bowl lights easily, burns ok, but I really don't like the taste. As expected, the tobacco flavour's a VaBur one, the smoke's defunct of any black Cav'. The tobaccos aren't the issue, it's the damn topping that is. I get NO chocolate, all I get is bitter, sharp, acidic, unpleasant, pineapple. It doesn't work for me. Take this review as you wish, it's based on about four bowls since last night, but I'm unwilling to smoke any more!
Nicotine: mild to medium. Room-note: not nice.
Cocktail Hour? Had a few bowls, then insulted my bin with it. Not recommended:
One star.
Pipe Used:
Altinok Lee Van Cleef: Friday pipe
PurchasedFrom:
eBay: 757habano
Age When Smoked:
Four months
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Mar 09, 2013 | Medium | Mild | Very Mild | Tolerable |
I fell victim to the name "cocktail hour" with visions of a gentleman smoking a pipe in a darkened semi-formal late 1950's lounge.
When I opened the can I did not snese any notes of pineapple or chocolate. In fact it kind of smelled like an old leaf chewing tobacco I had in the army. Needless to say, my dreams of being an antiquated playboy from the golden era of class quickly began to diminish and turn into the horrors of working in a cheap colonge filled bar of a 1970's bowling alley.
The tobacco did burn well for me, but as others had mentioned it can give a small touch of bite. It has an off flavor I couldn't quite place. It was almost a ghost stale vanilla flavor, but like I mentioned I couldn't quite place it. There is a hint of sweetness, but if you're not looking for it you could miss it. You have to puff very very lightly to get any acceptable flavor.
After trying three bowls in different pipes, and with varying degrees of puff rates...I feel this tobacco is slightly substandard which is really a shame. Maybe the next step up from drugstore blends at best.
Perhaps it would taste better in a filtered pipe.
When I opened the can I did not snese any notes of pineapple or chocolate. In fact it kind of smelled like an old leaf chewing tobacco I had in the army. Needless to say, my dreams of being an antiquated playboy from the golden era of class quickly began to diminish and turn into the horrors of working in a cheap colonge filled bar of a 1970's bowling alley.
The tobacco did burn well for me, but as others had mentioned it can give a small touch of bite. It has an off flavor I couldn't quite place. It was almost a ghost stale vanilla flavor, but like I mentioned I couldn't quite place it. There is a hint of sweetness, but if you're not looking for it you could miss it. You have to puff very very lightly to get any acceptable flavor.
After trying three bowls in different pipes, and with varying degrees of puff rates...I feel this tobacco is slightly substandard which is really a shame. Maybe the next step up from drugstore blends at best.
Perhaps it would taste better in a filtered pipe.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2013 | Mild to Medium | Very Mild | Mild to Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Early Day, Mid-Day and After Dinner -- three great winners in the pipe tobacco world. Where did Cocktail Hour come from? Poor quality tobacco (or curing process), no scent or flavor (not that I want any but, hey, it's not as advertised), hot, dry and sharp. Used it as a blender with a few other mutts and have a serviceable self-created OTC-type jar sitting around. Sorry -- I never disrespect a tobacco because it's just not my cup of tea. Here, this simply isn't tea at all. Just poor quality tobacco.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2012 | Very Mild | Extremely Mild | Very Mild | Tolerable |
I had high hopes for this blend after experiencing After Dinner (which is one of my favorites). I just did not get much out of this. Extremely mild taste (even for a Virginia which in my opinion is too mild). My wife typically enjoys the aroma of other English blends but did state that this was the worst YTD. Villiger struck out on this one for me.
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