Peterson Nightcap
(3.46)
A rich blend of Virginia, Oriental, and Latakia tobaccos, intended to be smoked late in the day. It's a smoky, delightfully satisfying mixture, with a hint of Perique added to enhance the bouquet.
Notes: Formerly known as Dunhill Nightcap, STG has changed the brand name from "Dunhill" to "Peterson".
Details
| Brand | Peterson |
| Blended By | Dunhill |
| Manufactured By | Scandinavian Tobacco Group |
| Blend Type | English |
| Contents | Latakia, Oriental/Turkish, Perique, Virginia |
| Flavoring | |
| Cut | Ribbon |
| Packaging | 50 grams tin |
| Country | Denmark |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Strong
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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3.46 / 4
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Reviews
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| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 02, 2007 | Very Strong | None Detected | Extra Full | Tolerable |
The Nightcap was one of the first truly English blends I smoked back in my neophyte piping days. Since that was about 30 years ago, and I can barely remember what I ate for breakfast this morning, let alone what a tobacco blend tasted like so long ago, I really have no basis of comparison. Anyway, as a college student hooked on heavily cased aromatics, I was probably too young to have appreciated it. Based on the stunning reviews I?ve read here, some of them dithyrambic, and given the fact that I am a fan of Dunhill, I?m sad to say that I?m a bit disappointed with what is supposed to be their pinnacle offering. I?m also not convinced that this is a bedtime smoke, as the nicotine can render you hyper. It is more suited as an after dinner pipe, especially after a broiled steak. Thumbs up for the tin art, though.
To be sure, Nightcap is a rich and immense tobacco. It?s a deep, dark full Latakia mixture that perks up the nose and awakens the palate. It smells nice in the tin, though I prefer Aperitif?s tin nose. After my long pipe smoking hiatus, I started out with a few other Dunhills to prepare my taste buds for this main course, enjoying 965, Durbar, Aperitif and Light Flake along the way. I just purchased a tin of London Mixture I?m eager to open, and based on those reviews, I?m looking forward to a fuller experience than Nightcap.
Not that this stuff is bad, it?s just not all that it?s cracked up to be. Coupled with the fact that there is so much good product out there, Nightcap leaves me rather disappointed. Since I love latakia and orientals, this one is rather flat. It gets better after the tin has dried out for a few days, but it is still on the monochromatic side. It?s also extremely tar heavy. It works best in a small meerschaum but never seems to take off in any of my briars, including my Dunhill. Perhaps like cigars, wines and other treats, the recipe has changed, or there might be variances from batch to batch. I may try it again, but for complexity and overall character, Durbar is by far the better blend. Frog Morton on the Town also leaves Nightcap in the dust.
Alas, I don?t find Nightcap very contemplative, nor do I hear the otherworldly sounds of Gregorian chant. However, like plainchant, it is most definitely monophonic.
Two and half of five stars
2007 Update
A friend found a tin from England before production was shipped over to the EU. Again, not bad, but nothing to write home about. A very overrated blend, that distinguishedgentleman notes, was probably great a half century ago when Prince Albert, Half and Half and Tinder Box aromatics were your only tobacco choices. Do yourself a favor and get the excellent C & D Yale Mixture for a more adequate representation of a near perfect English. Also, stay away from this if you're averse to high nicotine contents. 'Bracer' might be more apropos than 'Nightcap'. Not a bedtime mixture. Again, not impressed, and believe that most of the glowing reviews posted here represent herd mentality thinking.
Two of five stars
To be sure, Nightcap is a rich and immense tobacco. It?s a deep, dark full Latakia mixture that perks up the nose and awakens the palate. It smells nice in the tin, though I prefer Aperitif?s tin nose. After my long pipe smoking hiatus, I started out with a few other Dunhills to prepare my taste buds for this main course, enjoying 965, Durbar, Aperitif and Light Flake along the way. I just purchased a tin of London Mixture I?m eager to open, and based on those reviews, I?m looking forward to a fuller experience than Nightcap.
Not that this stuff is bad, it?s just not all that it?s cracked up to be. Coupled with the fact that there is so much good product out there, Nightcap leaves me rather disappointed. Since I love latakia and orientals, this one is rather flat. It gets better after the tin has dried out for a few days, but it is still on the monochromatic side. It?s also extremely tar heavy. It works best in a small meerschaum but never seems to take off in any of my briars, including my Dunhill. Perhaps like cigars, wines and other treats, the recipe has changed, or there might be variances from batch to batch. I may try it again, but for complexity and overall character, Durbar is by far the better blend. Frog Morton on the Town also leaves Nightcap in the dust.
Alas, I don?t find Nightcap very contemplative, nor do I hear the otherworldly sounds of Gregorian chant. However, like plainchant, it is most definitely monophonic.
Two and half of five stars
2007 Update
A friend found a tin from England before production was shipped over to the EU. Again, not bad, but nothing to write home about. A very overrated blend, that distinguishedgentleman notes, was probably great a half century ago when Prince Albert, Half and Half and Tinder Box aromatics were your only tobacco choices. Do yourself a favor and get the excellent C & D Yale Mixture for a more adequate representation of a near perfect English. Also, stay away from this if you're averse to high nicotine contents. 'Bracer' might be more apropos than 'Nightcap'. Not a bedtime mixture. Again, not impressed, and believe that most of the glowing reviews posted here represent herd mentality thinking.
Two of five stars
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 06, 2009 | Strong | None Detected | Very Full | Very Pleasant |
This can only be described as a heavy latakia blend in the traditional English/Scottish sense. To use a football analogy, this is the Left Offensive Tackle of tobaccos... hefty, brutish and pummeling, without a whit of elegance or delicacy. It seems to say "Nobody comes in my house but through me!"
That alone does not make for a bad tobacco blend, and this one is not bad. But the point of it seems to be to take the strongest tobaccos, mix 'em up, and let 'em battle it out while treble-ing the headbanging explosion for the smoker. This is about as subtle and refined as a sledgehammer to the skull. I hasten to add that such a tobacco should and does have its followers. I just prefer a little more depth and a little less "over the top" flavor. Note that I smoked an aged tin from the Murray era (which perhaps means I shouldn't review it!) and I'm not at all inclined to try the Orlik version since the aged blend should by rights be smoother. Smooth? Yep, just like rollerskates on gravel!
But mercy sakes, does this stuff smell like heaven, both in the tin and in the room! I'm going to give it to a friend with the promise that he smoke it in my presence. As long as he doesn't insist I partake in it with him.
That alone does not make for a bad tobacco blend, and this one is not bad. But the point of it seems to be to take the strongest tobaccos, mix 'em up, and let 'em battle it out while treble-ing the headbanging explosion for the smoker. This is about as subtle and refined as a sledgehammer to the skull. I hasten to add that such a tobacco should and does have its followers. I just prefer a little more depth and a little less "over the top" flavor. Note that I smoked an aged tin from the Murray era (which perhaps means I shouldn't review it!) and I'm not at all inclined to try the Orlik version since the aged blend should by rights be smoother. Smooth? Yep, just like rollerskates on gravel!
But mercy sakes, does this stuff smell like heaven, both in the tin and in the room! I'm going to give it to a friend with the promise that he smoke it in my presence. As long as he doesn't insist I partake in it with him.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 18, 2007 | Medium | None Detected | Medium | Pleasant |
I had smoked this years and years ago when it was still made by Dunhill and it was one of the better pipe tobaccos available in America. Unfortunately the current rendition is slightly above adequate. However, for its price (it is not as expensive as Dorisco or any of the GLP blends), it is a decent smoke. The beginning of the bowl is quite full and actually quite tasty; for me it tastes slightly of sweet oatmeal with some other sweetened nut type flavors. As the bowl progresses, the sweetness disappears and it becomes a bit insipid, however, what resurrects this tobacco for me is the nicotine ramp-up. It also becomes a bit more creamy and full. By the last quarter of the bowl the nicotine is in high gear and the itty bit of perique is more noticiable. For me it is a relaxing blend and most definitely fills the bill as far as a nightcap, the last smoke of the day before turning in. I will continue to keep a tin or two of Nightcap in my drawer - I just won't keep several dozen.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 25, 2004 | Strong | None Detected | Medium to Full | Strong |
In a word: stunning.
The richness of its aroma is complex, rewarding and always different from the beginning to the end of the bowl. There's always something new to discover!
Some say it is TOO strong: well, it is (if smoked for the whole day you might feel a bit "nauseated" by its richness), but in a good way. It is not too aggressive and shocking to the palate, just very very rich tasting (albeit in a subtle way, not as evident and open-faced as London Mixture or My Mixture 965).
Perfect to be smoked slowly, enjoying every puff!
ANYWAY, it isn't a tobacco that I would smoke every day. Its spiciness and "incense" taste make it rather heavy if smoked too much. London Mixture and 965 are even tastier, but their taste is less prone to leave nauseated even on repeated smokings during the same day.
I personally tend to have always a tin of Nightcap at home, but I only smoke it a couple of times a week.
UPDATE February 2004: Like 965, I feel (and someone agrees with me) that also Nightcap is slowly becoming a pale shadow of its former self. Nowadays we have a very strong, nicotinic mixture heavy on the perique. It's stuff that can cause sweat and nausea (while I could smoke the old version without big problems), but the main problem is that not only the taste did not get stronger... actually it has become weaker! Every tin that I smoked in the last months was bland in taste: still heavy on the mouth and incense-like, but lacking depth and true notes of distinction. You can't even feel the Latakia and orientals distinctly: GLPease makes much better blends in this style!
Smoke it fast after opening the tin, because it becomes even worse after a few days.
I sincerely hope to find Nightcap at its former quality in the future... but I don't have much faith left...
UPDATE 2012 The new Orlik version seems less strong than the last years of Murray production, and can now be smoked (in small bowls) without too much fear of making the room spin around you. Taste has become slightly more pleasant, less dull and cardboardy, but still no match to the version of 15 years ago (or older). It has lost complexity, refinement, and that unique exotic spiciness and fullness. Decent, but I'm not eager to buy another tin... Still too heavy and unrefined, not as fragrant as a heavy latakia mixture should be, still unsubtle: the old late '90s versions were even heavier, but also much more elegant. Of the new Orlik versions of Dunhill latakia blends, I'll stick to London Mixture and, once in a while, Standard Mixture: both not as legendary as their older incarnations, but very decent on their own.
The richness of its aroma is complex, rewarding and always different from the beginning to the end of the bowl. There's always something new to discover!
Some say it is TOO strong: well, it is (if smoked for the whole day you might feel a bit "nauseated" by its richness), but in a good way. It is not too aggressive and shocking to the palate, just very very rich tasting (albeit in a subtle way, not as evident and open-faced as London Mixture or My Mixture 965).
Perfect to be smoked slowly, enjoying every puff!
ANYWAY, it isn't a tobacco that I would smoke every day. Its spiciness and "incense" taste make it rather heavy if smoked too much. London Mixture and 965 are even tastier, but their taste is less prone to leave nauseated even on repeated smokings during the same day.
I personally tend to have always a tin of Nightcap at home, but I only smoke it a couple of times a week.
UPDATE February 2004: Like 965, I feel (and someone agrees with me) that also Nightcap is slowly becoming a pale shadow of its former self. Nowadays we have a very strong, nicotinic mixture heavy on the perique. It's stuff that can cause sweat and nausea (while I could smoke the old version without big problems), but the main problem is that not only the taste did not get stronger... actually it has become weaker! Every tin that I smoked in the last months was bland in taste: still heavy on the mouth and incense-like, but lacking depth and true notes of distinction. You can't even feel the Latakia and orientals distinctly: GLPease makes much better blends in this style!
Smoke it fast after opening the tin, because it becomes even worse after a few days.
I sincerely hope to find Nightcap at its former quality in the future... but I don't have much faith left...
UPDATE 2012 The new Orlik version seems less strong than the last years of Murray production, and can now be smoked (in small bowls) without too much fear of making the room spin around you. Taste has become slightly more pleasant, less dull and cardboardy, but still no match to the version of 15 years ago (or older). It has lost complexity, refinement, and that unique exotic spiciness and fullness. Decent, but I'm not eager to buy another tin... Still too heavy and unrefined, not as fragrant as a heavy latakia mixture should be, still unsubtle: the old late '90s versions were even heavier, but also much more elegant. Of the new Orlik versions of Dunhill latakia blends, I'll stick to London Mixture and, once in a while, Standard Mixture: both not as legendary as their older incarnations, but very decent on their own.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jul 20, 2013 | Medium to Strong | Extremely Mild | Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Murray did this much better. I think there is a Black cav. additive to this as well as the listed ingredients. It seemed less flavorful than I remember, less nutty, woody and the perique seemed to make this a bit harsh. All in all not a terrible experience, but I won't be purchasing again.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Oct 09, 2015 | Strong | None Detected | Medium | Tolerable to Strong |
too strong for my taste. first bowl and thats it. keep inside drawer and lock it. will try it again when i'm out of favourite stock. For those who has strong taste, maybe..
keras sangat dalam tekak.. cuba satu dapur terus simpan dlam laci & kunci. biar dia duduk diam2 dalam laci, sampai aku ingat balik
keras sangat dalam tekak.. cuba satu dapur terus simpan dlam laci & kunci. biar dia duduk diam2 dalam laci, sampai aku ingat balik
Pipe Used:
Golden Gate Bent Apple
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| May 08, 2013 | Strong | Medium to Strong | Full | Strong |
NightCap is a Legend, is a classic between the Dunhill's Tobacco, but for me, is only an reazonable English Mixture.
Is also too Strong, veru large Nicotine ammount to be smoked in regular basis.
Cleary less good, when compared with other Dunhill's: Standard Medium Mixture, English Mixture, 965, EMP are all much, much better.
Also other not Dunhill's English and Balkan Mixtures are better: Presbyterian, Chipman Hill, Britt's Balkan, Penzance, Balkan Supreme, Balkan Sasieni, Three Blind Moose, Balded Headed Teacher, Squadron Leader, Davidoff English... All better.
Only 2 Stars and expensive as other Dunhill's. Save you money, purchase a better and less expensive tobacco...
Is also too Strong, veru large Nicotine ammount to be smoked in regular basis.
Cleary less good, when compared with other Dunhill's: Standard Medium Mixture, English Mixture, 965, EMP are all much, much better.
Also other not Dunhill's English and Balkan Mixtures are better: Presbyterian, Chipman Hill, Britt's Balkan, Penzance, Balkan Supreme, Balkan Sasieni, Three Blind Moose, Balded Headed Teacher, Squadron Leader, Davidoff English... All better.
Only 2 Stars and expensive as other Dunhill's. Save you money, purchase a better and less expensive tobacco...
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 29, 2023 | Extremely Strong | None Detected | Extra Full | Tolerable to Strong |
yea i know this is a strong tobacco , i tried it anyway. with the nic hit, overpowering room note, its just not for me, worth a try though. for the hardcore
Pipe Used:
sav 626
Age When Smoked:
1yr
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 11, 2023 | Medium | Extra Strong | Very Full | Strong |
you know that one friend of your's that's really into smoked whiskey? every time you go over you allready know what he's gonna pour you. This tobacco is that friend. if you are not into these strong, smoked flavored tobacco's, stay away from this one. i enjoyed a few bowls but was never able to finish the whole tin. it's just too "smoked" for me.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Aug 23, 2020 | Medium to Strong | None Detected | Full | Tolerable to Strong |
My review is based on experience I gained 20 years ago while I was in college. It should be noted that I am basing this on the Murrays era production with the higher quality painted tins sealed with a paper stamp. No sticker art back then! At the time I was trying to broaden my horizons beyond run of the mill otcs and aromatics. This one allowed me to kill two varietal birds with one stone, Latakia and Perique. I remember mainly the Latakia as the lead player, though the peppery Perique did make itself known towArds the end of each bowl. I don’t remember thinking “I wish I had bought more” when this went out of production the first time. I cannot say how this stacks up to Orlik and later iterations (though I do have an Orlik tin dated 2011 in the cellar). A good stout late day English? Yes. A classic that is to be hoarded? Not per my taste.
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