HU Tobacco Dockworker

Dockworker smells appetizing like hay and grass with creamy tobacco sweetness out of the tin. The moisture is ready for smoking; the small flakes feel spongy and almost fall apart when I take them out. I´d love to have this one as a crumble cake.

Full, pleasing tobacco taste, not complex but nicely balanced with high quality components contributing to the mix. I find it tangy-sweet with additional notes of hay, grass and earth. Its strength is a bit over medium to me, but the nicotine only kicks in after about half the bowl. Dockworker feels so buttery smooth on the tongue that I have to consciously limit my cadence. Funny to experience how fragrant pipe tobacco can be without any toppings.

I highly recommend this creation to anyone who likes tobacco hands down. Maybe I should add that this doesn’t feel like a German blend but more like a C&D to me.

The Dockworker is a medium bodied virginia flake mixed with orient and malawi burley. A very nice combination with a spicy and lovely taste. The virginia tobaccos are sweet enough to give this flake in combination with the orient and the burley tobaccos a creamy taste without any tounge bite. Burley is often a bit harsh and cigarish but not in this blend. The Dockworker is totally uncomplicated and burns very well. Very nice for every time of the day and of course also the night. A very well made and wonderful flake

Dockworker - a new flake blended by Hu-Tobacco. Orient and Malawi Burley is the message of this wonderfully flake. This combination is very unusual and personally I never smoked before. But let me say, it`s a great combination. Different virginia tobaccos form the base of the dockworker, mixed with 12% orient leaf and 20 % chocolaty burley grades from Malawi. I can not describe the result exactly. I taste chocolaty notes, ethereally and spicy notes but also a hint vanille. But do not misunderstand, this flavors are not chemical. This notes of taste are the result of the wonderfully tobacco combination. No tongue bite, no bitter notes and no boredom. A great characterfully tobacco. Highly recommended

HU Tobacco Dockworker- Expertly blended mix of Virginias with Malawi burley and Oriental tobaccos . The Virginias are always there in the background with hay ,grassy citrus tang . The Burley and Turkish take turns on the lead flavor . I bought this because of the Malawi Burley included in the blend and I am not disappointed. Nutty cocoa with a bit of savory tartness . The Turkish- Orientals are spicy and buttery with a vegetal , herbal sweet tang and nutty . Great summer smoke . I agree with another reviewer here that Malawi Burley may be the best tobacco out there . This is one to cellar for sure . My only complaint would be the tobaccos were very dry from both tins I bought . It wasn’t crispy or anything as I was able to rehydrate. Love this blend and It gets all 4 stars !

I tried this tobacco as a lighter and easier flake than the Flanagan Flake from the same series which is one of my favorites but especially in summer I find it too strong. Already the tin note proofed me that I was wrong. It is very fruity, some grass and light chocolate. But in taste I found some of the qualities of Flanagan, but with other tobaccos in focus. The orientals are more notable with a sour, spicy, dry, woody and even buttery taste. The Virginias are sweet, citrusy, grassy and earthy. The Burly shows up with some distinct nuts and chocolate. All tobaccos are as always in HU Tobacco of the highest quality. But there is some fruity aroma in this blend. Something that I cannot ascribe to any tobacco, maybe it’s some casing. The fruity aroma reminds me of dried forest berries. Maybe it is red currant. This fruity aroma makes it more special, so it isn’t just a lighter and easier Flanagan – it’s something new, which really surprised me in a positive way.

Tin note is very tangy with a fruity aroma which reminds me of pineapple or even blood orange. Nowhere near being an aromatic though, the aroma either is natural or very congruent to the tobacco. I’m sure I’ve encountered this aroma before, was it in G.L. Pease’s Temple Bar, I can’t really remember. The flakes are thin and break very easily not need to rub out. The moisture is just about right to smoke straight out of the tin but there’s room to dry further if one wishes to.

Easy to light, the smoke is a little sharp, not particularly bity though. The taste is quite citrucy especially in the beggining, with orientals adding perfume. Dockworker is a quite juicy tobacco, if that makes sense, it has a lot of flavour. Taste quickly moves from fruity to tangier and woodsier Burley flavours with fair complexity and a nice interplay between the bitterness of the Burley and the sweet flavours from the Virginias and the Orientals.

Strength is medium or a little past it. It’s better sipped as it might get hot. Does not really need many relights and smokes to the end. Overall Dockworker is a really nice tobacco, not very smooth as I said but that is should not be considered necessarily as a minus – goes well with strong beer (IPA).

I'm smoking this tobacco for a few years on a regular base now. Luckily nothing has changed about it, except the size of the tin. There's not really anything to add to the other four-star reviews. This blend is unique, the taste is full, nutty and chocolaty (one could say that theres added flavour, but I doubt it) and it burns quite well after a litte time to dry out. Never had any tongue bite. I prefer to smoke this tobacco mostly in spring and autumn and i cant really say why. The taste doesn't really fit to hot temperatures imo but even better to a cloudy and humid day when I'm walking the dog in the fields.

This one is wonderful. First half of the bowl is dominated by the spiciness (from orientals?). And then it comes! That irresistible sweetness of chocolate complemented with moderate spiciness. Something like chilly chocolate. But better!

This is my first experience with HU tobacco, and I must say it has been a pleasant one. What we have here is a rather maneuverable flake that can be easily broken down, actually if you rub it between the palm of your hands just like you would a stick to light a fire it breaks down so nicely that you cannot even say it was a flake to start with. A tad moist out of the tin, but just he way I like it. The overall taste is citrus in nature, more sower than acidic, with a tad of hay and a tad less of earthy hints. It burns well, slow, no gurgle, no bite, and a nic hit somewhat above mild. I don't believe it's too complex in nature, although I do find it very pleasant. The slow pace of burning may give you a long lasting smoke, so depending on how much time you have on hand I do recommend some bowl size pondering. Even a shallow bowl gives one a good hour of this fine balanced smoke.