Lane Limited 1-Q

The best selling pipe tobacco in the U.S...

In fact this has little tobacco taste. It comes very moist, but burns surprisingly well. It comes across my palate like caramel dipped fruit. Pleasant, but not a taste I really care for.

Pack it on the loose side, puff very gently, and infrequently, and you will avoid tongue bite.

You also will keep the moisture from building up in your pipe. This is a very sweet, straightforward blend. Too sweet for me, but it does smell nice.

It is indeed an American classic. Many pipesmokers in America both started and stayed with this.

Lane Limited is slowly but surely reducing the number of blends it produces, and some day, when this one fades into glory, it will be sorely missed...

Just not by me!

I love the vanilla aroma of this tobacco (my wife likes it too), but I find the taste a bit too mild for my preference.

Personally, I think 1-Q as the number 1 selling bulk blend is overrated. I bought 2oz from smokingpipes.com, it came fairly moist, what seems to be norm with this blend, had to air dry it for a good 2-3 hours. Pouch note is very pleasant but more pronounced than the taste. I confess being disappointed with 1-Q's taste, maybe the so many positive reviews overbuilt my expectations, what I found is a tobacco that is not bland or bad, but doesn't do much in terms of flavour. The topping is a mix of custard with floral stuff, maybe rose water, hard to describe, it tastes pretty mild but is enough to cover the natural Va, burley and cavendish flavours, which in my opinion would be more interesting than the dominating flavouring. Again, there is nothing wrong with this baccy, but I actually prefer CB Original over it.

This was the first blend I ever tried, so it is appropriate as a first review.

This is a thoroughly mild blend all the way through. There will be no complaints about the aroma or the pouch smell. This is one that non-smokers will ask to sniff. No complaints there. Nicotine is there, but only just. Even as my smoking methods have gotten better, I find this leaves a horrid goop in a pipe at the end. I only smoke this in my 'daily Grabow', and typically use a filter to try and cut back some of the impact of the sweeteners.

Hindsight being 20-20, I wish I had not started on this blend, as it is overly sweet beyond the natural flavors, and leaves the pipe a syrupy mess. I came to expect this as a default in pipe tobaccos, and almost dropped the hobby until I tried some better quality blends. I have an ounce or so left, and may smoke it occasionally in the future, but only on a reminiscent whim and only on a filter. I will not make a concentrated effort to keep this around.

I would recommend other Lane blends such as Cavendish Slices, or even BCA, for a bulk Cavendish-rich but not so sweet experience.

Let me preface this review by saying that this was the first blend I had ever smoked and with nothing else to compare it to, these were my first impressions.

Being new to pipe smoking, I wasn't sure what to expect. I had read numerous reviews rating this tobacco as a great jumping off point to introduce technique and enjoy a mild blend. Mild this definitely is. It did not have a harsh taste initially and had an absolutely inviting sweet scent upon opening the bag. However, I had a terrible time keeping this lit long enough to fully enjoy it. I chalked most of my relights up to amateur mistakes and a learning curve, but this was downright frustrating. I had read that Virginias burn quickly and should be sipped slowing rather than puffing. Being that this blend is mostly Virginia tobacco I tried this method but for the life of me I could not keep the bowl going.

Additionally, after getting halfway through the bowl, I noticed that not only was I getting a hot bite, there was this lingering, acidic taste left in my mouth. This lingered for hours.

As I mentioned, I had nothing else to compare this to, but first impressions left me kind of... meh. In review the pros: extremely mild nicotine for beginners, pleasant smell while burning and in the packaging, extremely mild to non-existent flavor. Cons: Acidic, lingering aftertaste, burns hot, won't stay lit.

I hope this helps! And hopefully my next choice is much more enjoyable!

I bought a tin of this, rather than bulk, so my review is for the tinned version. Upon opening, I was greeted by a very strong vanilla and caramel aroma. Tobacco is a bit moist, and my first smoke was after drying for 45 minutes. It was a sloppy mess of goop after half a bowl. The next, and subsequent smokes have been after 1-3 days drying time. After an excercise in patience, one is greeted by a pleasant, tasty vanilla and caramel flavor with a pleasant aromatic smoking session. Not much, if any tobacco flavor comes through the casing and topping, but what flavor is retained is tasty and particularly matched to black coffee. Not something I would recommend to beginners or to anyone not wanting to or prepared to smoke a very sweet bowl of vanilla caramel with hints of alcohol, but still tasty for what it is. Even after a long dry time, it still retains a bit of moisture and goop in the Dottle. Sip, pack well, and above all, dry this out!

It's only the world's best selling pipe tobacco; and for good reason. Pleasant to puff on and pleasant for those around you. I have never met anyone that's been offended by Lane Limited 1-Q.

It's mild, you're not tasting the flavoring, just a little nuttiness and the hint of tobacco. It's mostly hot air. It doesn't bite at all and is very forgiving of however you might smoke.

The room note though? Heavenly. People love it. They get nostalgic for it, even. It's a certified banger in the smells department. You want to be a people-pleaser? This is what you smoke,

All that said, there are way better aromatics out there. I'll list those better aromatics in the "Similar To" section.

A classic and for good reason. The only aromatic I smoke on a regular basis, Lane 1-Q is sweet, burns cool and is perfect for smoking inside with its heavenly room note. Lacks the punch of my preferred English and Va/Per blends but works great as far as aros go.

Not much to say that hasn’t been said. It’s a sweet and mellow old school aromatic. Lights well and stays lit. Will bite so puff slow!