Von Eicken Bayside Mixed Blend
(2.00)
Notes: Although marketed as a pipe tobacco, the vast majority of smokers that use this, use this as hand rolling tobacco. Made by Von Eicken and imported into the U.K by Bull Brand, a well known English maker of filter tips, rolling papers and other hand rolling accessories. Newer packs of Bayside have "new improved blend" printed in the top left hand corner of the pack.
Details
| Brand | Von Eicken |
| Blended By | johann wilhelm |
| Manufactured By | |
| Blend Type | |
| Contents | Virginia |
| Flavoring | |
| Cut | Shag |
| Packaging | 12.5 grams, 25 and 50 grams pouches, 100 grams tub |
| Country | Germany |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Very Mild
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Tolerable
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Very Mild
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Reviews
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| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 08, 2013 | Extremely Mild | None Detected | Very Mild | Tolerable |
The only real virtue that this stuff has is cheapness. It's clearly intended to be a roll-your-own tobacco and is marketed as a pipe tobacco in the UK only to avoid the extra duty payable on cigarette tobacco (the same is true of a few other tobaccos that have lately come on the market). I imagine it's made from sheet tobacco and salvage of some kind. It's all right if you're hard up and it's a choice between smoking this and not smoking at all. It's not awful, but it smokes like what it is: a cheap weed chiefly intended to make RYOs with. Have a go, if only out of curiosity/impecuniousness. For what it is, it's not bad, but certainly not a tobacco that will please the discriminating palate. If you want something to smoke all day while you work, this'll do. It doesn't need (or reward) concentration. If you need a low-end smoke, however, Route 66 is much better than this.
Update, November 2018: Since I wrote this review, Route 66 - which wasn't at all bad - has gone out of production, for reasons that have never been made quite clear.
Update, November 2018: Since I wrote this review, Route 66 - which wasn't at all bad - has gone out of production, for reasons that have never been made quite clear.
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