Peterson Hyde Park

Break seal, open tin, sniff tin... smell sweet rum/maple topping aroma mixed with tobacco... so far, so good & no plastic bag in this tin. Rub out partially broken flake mixed with regular, broad cut tobacco, dry tobacco, stoke pipe, smoke pipe. A very slight taste of rum & maple flavoring & a very light, ever so slight aromatic essence in the smoke. There are only two basic types of blends... English & aromatic. The writing on the Hyde Park lid states "A traditional English blend". This is not a heavily cased aromatic blend & has a topping which was only very lightly applied... enough to create a captivating tin aroma, tame the bitterness of the Burley, detract a little from the tobacco smell in the room while adding an extra taste dimension to help make the blend more alluring so one could savor the flavor, buy more, smoke more, cellar more, etc.

This blend doesn't bite if dried properly & the initial taste was that of a slightly bitter, nutty Burley flavor... nothing unusual. Actually the flavoring was so lightly applied, the taste is almost non-existent. I perceived very little aromatic essence in the smoke but there was no strong tobacco smell either. So, if you're preference is for aromatic blends with an alluring or appealing room note, you won't find it in this blend. The topping is just enough to detract from a strong tobacco odor only. After about a half dozen good tokes to get a good even burn, I let the pipe sit and cool. After a few more tokes I could taste a little VA & a little of the flavoring.

Most of the initial bitter flavor from the Burley subsided as the varied leaf & flavoring melded & then I heard a knock on the door. I yelled, "come in"... thought it was one of my friends. It was Lady Nicotiana who said she was from a tobacco field on the Indian continent far, far away. She strolled on over, made herself right at home & sat down on my new hat... while it was still on my head. My meaning by this is that this mixture is a pretty potent blend with some species of Indian tobacco mixed in with the Burley & Virginia. I have no idea what it might be. Whatever, makes no difference as I liked this blend really well & it will remain in my rotation along with other Peterson favorites.

The Burley is the predominant player in this mixture but is tamed down somewhat by the Virginia & a little by the flavor additive. Then, slightly more of a detectable flavor from the rum/maple sugar infusion about 1/3 down into the bowl. I favor this blend because it is not overly cased & only slightly topped with a flavoring that helped to make this strong tobacco taste & smell better & one will notice the nicotine blast early on. I don't inhale pipe tobacco whether it be strong, mild or especially if it is cased with a Propylene Glycol humectant. I tend to stay away from those blends but enjoy a good flavored tobacco... like a few Erik Stokkeybye's & especially their Family Reserve which is my favorite aromatic, St. Bruno Flake with its alluring floral/citrus flavor, Brunello Flake, University Flake with its plum flavor, etc.

This is another fine offering of Peterson blends especially if you're into more of a strong, Burley forward blend. I would purchase this one again but have many other blends cellared for sampling before I replenish this one. If you like good, fairly strong VA/Burs with a mild, slightly sweet, aromatic topping that is barely noticeable, you might be interested in giving this one a try. For me, this one turned out better than anticipated & the strength will get your head right. This probably won't be an all day smoke for everyone but one that can be smoked on a daily basis or relaxing on a day off, an after supper treat or before beddy-bye. I smoke it any time of the day or night & I'm used to strong blends & prefer them over the milder, wimpy stuff.

My first Burley/Virginia neither good nor bad.Tin smells nice . Find it quiet strong Cool burn no tongue bite I don't think I will smoke it anytime soon . I guess it's not my cup of tea !

I wanted to like this one more than I do. Its developed with Gawith Hogarth so I was expecting high quality and it IS high quality. Its just that even though its a pleasant smoke, I think there are better versions of this (half the G&H line to start with). Its just not very distinctive, IMHO. The taste is good, and reminds me of St Bruno flake, but is just a tad anonymous. The maple is vaguely there and while there is a fair amount of casing you do still taste the tobacco. Nic hit is pretty mild....somewhere just above mild I guess. Its fine. I can see why many people like it, and I like it, but there are just better tobaccos of this type out there.

Ok, finally an aromatic with some body. It is a sort of Captain Black, with added strength, quite good in taste, beautiful room note. However it is too sweat, yet. I mean, a Danish is pure sugar, this one is half way between a danish and a VaPer like Del Luxe Navy Rolls! If you need some nicotine, this hasn't got enough though. You are warned.

I must add an important note: Gawith and Hoggard use a tonquin bean flavour (I guess) which is typical in scottish blends. This one does no exception, so you may not like this particular flavour which is always present.

Stopped in at the tobacconist while on my way back from a clients place. I was looking for Nutty Cut but they were out so I settled on Hyde Park based on the tin description of Virginias, Indians, and Burleys topped with rum and maple sugars. WRONG ANSWER. This is a Lakeland blend through and through. In the tin, once you get past the plastic bag, you get a little burley and a big fistful of Lakeland soapy rose note. I believe this is excellent tobacco presented in huge pieces of very roughly broken flake, almost whole flakes really. I found the Lakeland flavor interesting and not off-putting but not really all that great either. good moisture and nicotine, burn pretty good with a couple extra matches. I'm probably not going to finish the tin of this stuff, or anything else in this style of weed.

Not bad. Pretty good actually. Grabbed it out of a "$5 Tin With Any Pipe Purchase" box on the counter. Allow me to warn you however that this is my very first review as I am new to pipe smoking. For me, considering the miniscule yet growing portfolio of tobaccos I've tried thus far, this blend has been rather enjoyable; went through then entire tin in less than a week, in fact. I won't ruin this report by delving into mindless attempts at impressing the readers with poorly delivered pipe lingo. Let me just say simply: Not too shabby at all.

Bought in Switzerland in 2013, at average price for good quality tobaccoes. It comes in an usual round tin and an unusual plastic inside, at opening is a broken flake (a bit too thin) with correct moisture, but flavour (good) is not as you expect about a declared english blend, even if corrected with rum.

Flavour: maple and rum, surely, and something else I cannot recognize... a bit sweet, yes, but quite good

Taste: not english, surely not aromatic in the danish way, but elegant (maybe a little on the flat side...); it's not enough strong, by me.

Room note: no problem, really.

Burning: easy lighting, a little bit fast, but OK.

I tryed several Peterson's tobaccoes, and it's amazing discover that all of them are very well manufactured and good enough, but none I experienced is really impressive. Somewhat recommended...

Hyde Park is a weird one, as it’s very close to a “Lakeland” style tobacco in it’s aroma, but lacks the heavy topping that usually comes with that style. Personally I love it, the base tobaccos are all excellent and the cut is gorgeous, although the plastic bag was a little off putting and I think it keeps the moisture in a little too well. Hyde Park really does benefit from being decanted into a mason jar and being left for at least month.

The smoke itself starts off very sweet, akin to it’s tin note, but the sweetness melds in with a buttery nuttiness and a slight pepper undertone.

The maple and rum sugars can be a little cloying but if sipped slowly in a pipe with a smaller bowl, which will also help with the tremendous nicotine hit this blend provides (although my favoured pipe is an MM Diplomat) it makes a really nice short, sweet smoke, especially with black coffee. My last tin lasted around four months, so it’s not an everyday smoke but when I do pull it out I always enjoy it.

30can in my storage~! The 1 n only peterson i like~!