Lane Limited Holiday Excursion

(2.29)
Notes: From Pipes&Cigars website: Holiday Excursion is a traditional American/English blend with a significant amount of cube cut burley in addition to ribbon cut, Virginia, black cavendish and a bit of latakia and perique. Gentle enough to be an all day smoke. This is an old Larus and Brother Company blend now made by Lane.

Details

Brand Lane Limited
Blended By Lane Limited
Manufactured By Lane Limited
Blend Type American
Contents Black Cavendish, Burley, Latakia, Perique, Virginia
Flavoring Other / Misc
Cut Ribbon
Packaging 8 ounce tin
Country United States
Production No longer in production

Profile

Strength
Mild to Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Mild
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming

Average Rating

2.29 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Apr 20, 2015 Mild to Medium Mild Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
The cube cut burley is nutty sweet, and is the major component. The Virginia is grassy and lightly sweet in a supporting role. The black cavendish has a very mild vanilla note, a little less so than normal, and is a minor player. The raisin and spice from the perique is very barely noticeable. The Cyprian latakia is smoky, woody sweet and once in a while, will fight for some attention with the burley. Even when it doesn’t, you still taste it. I don’t know what the topping is, but it’s sweet and a little fruity. Has a very mild nic-hit. Burns fairly cool at a moderate pace with a fairly consistent flavor. Needs few relights, and leaves very little moisture at the finish. Has a nice after taste, and can be an all day smoke.

-JimInks
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Oct 17, 2012 Mild to Medium Mild Mild to Medium Pleasant
This old OTC blend pleasantly surprised me, especially given the poor reviews. Holiday is an aromatic that still held some decent tobacco flavor and an aromatic component that is sweet but not cloying. I found Holiday to be one of the better OTC aro's for my taste. BUT, then after taking a closer look at the generous size sample I was gifted I realized that I was in fact smoking the original version of this blend prior to its current manufacture by Lane Limited. I decided to write a review anyway only because if you happen to enjoy OTC's and come upon an older tin of Holiday, it's worth a try.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jul 03, 2010 Mild to Medium Mild to Medium Mild to Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
I agree with Pipestud with one codicil; it does not take 50g of a pipe tobacco to provide a subjective review, if the tobacco is as meritless as this one. I smoked 5 bowls of it over a few months (when I was feeling brave!) and I find little to recommend it.

But first the good news! This is essentially an aromatic but it leaves no goo in the pipe. Further, as an aromatic, it is light in the room - far from an overpowering aroma. And the tin art is cool! Ok, that's it for the good news.

This is a broadcut blend rather than a cube cut - or at least, my 8 0z can was. The colors run the spectrum from blonde to black. Tin aroma was predominately burley with a hint of cocoa. This blend tries very hard to bite at first light and only very gentle puffing held it at bay. The flavor was uninvolving, as OTC's sometimes are, and just plain weird, which OTC's rarely are. The taste was reversed from the tin aroma - mostly some aromatic agent with burley in the background. It was a rather hot smoke, even as I was puffing gently. Why Sutliffe picked this blend up rather than a very popular OTC in a blue can is beyond me. Not recommended, unless you have some emotional tie to it from your past. I'm donating the rest of it but keeping the cool looking can. 🙂
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jul 22, 2012 Mild Mild Very Mild Pleasant
This reminded me of Sir Walter Raleigh just in differant package. The only thing it has going for it is my wife liked the smell (not as much as CB White). Again, when it comes to aromatics, I want to taste the flavoring, otherwise I would rather smoke a full english blend. Now I am stuck with an 8oz can of the stuff. Don't bother...if you want a aromatic that is mild in flavoring, go buy Carter Hall. At least the tobacco of Carter Hall is good. If you want an aromatic that smokes mild and taste good, buy Captain Black White.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Oct 16, 2005 Mild Medium Mild Pleasant
I was recently told by a fellow reviewer here that one cannot truly offer a subjective review of a blend until at least 50g of said weed was consumed. I beg to differ. So, one bowl was all I needed to determine that Lane's Holiday was not for me. It's a cool, dry smoking blend that is also bland as the dickens. I think I was smoking hot air.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Apr 24, 2013 Mild Mild Mild Pleasant
As I have commented on these pages in earlier reviews, I have never met a tobacco I didn't like. Holiday match is an excellent light blend, milder than Half and Half, and a little more fragrant than Prince Albert. A little bit like Stokkebye Cube Cut, one of my favourites.

There is some casing there, but I am not sure what it is. Never having tasted the original, and warned off Holiday Excursion, I can't compare this blend to its ancestor. Good codger tobacco, I would call it, and well worth the price.

It burns a little hot when drawn too fast through the pipe, but burns consistently and gives off a good steady smoke.

The Latakia is far in the background, so don't expect something like Morley's Best or Junkyard Dog from this one. I prefer Holiday as an alternative, when other burley-latakia blends are just a little too heavy.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Oct 21, 2010 Mild to Medium Extremely Mild Very Mild Pleasant
I'm looking at the cannister pictured above and a few things stand out in comparison to the one I have: (1) the blend pictured on the tub above is called "Holiday Excursion Pipe Tobacco"; mine reads, "Holiday Pipe Mixture." (2) The slogan on the tub pictured above reads, "Aromatic Crowd Pleaser"; mine reads,"Aromatic in the pack/Aromatic in the pipe." (3) The cruise ship pictured on the tub above appears to be sailing right into the viewer; on my cannister, the cruise liner looks entirely different, more in profile, and has two small sail boats in the foreground. (4) My cannister clearly reads that the tobacco is made under the authority of Lane, Ltd., Tucker, Georgia.

Hey, I don't know if all that really matters but it looks as though the Holiday tobacco pictured on the cannister above is some sort of a knock-off of the Lane Ltd. blend. I've seen knock-off watches, perfumes, and ladies handbags, but I didn't think anyone would do the same with pipe tobacco!

Even though I believe I have the 'real' blend, it's nothing to write home about. Kind of a musty, very subtle English-like aroma in the cannister which does not translate at all to the room note. A slight bit of tongue bite adds to the "blah" of the whole experience. One of the old-timey 'drugstore' blends, decent, but not one of the best in my opinion.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Aug 21, 2010 Mild to Medium Mild Mild Pleasant
UPDATE: 08/19/2011 - If tobaccoreviews.com had half-star ratings I would adjust my 3 star rating UP to 3 1/2 stars! This blend is perfect for we sweet aromatic tobacco lovers who find it hard to get into the English blends, many spiked with Latakia and other exotic spicey leaf. I'd call this an English Blend Lite and an excellent "bridge" or "crossover" mixture.

ORIGINAL REVIEW: Just delighted to see some version of the iconic Holiday pipe tobacco of yore still afloat. Holiday, before the "Excursion" qualifier was added, was a supermarket and drug store staple. In the 50s and 60s it was right up there with the likes of Kentucky Club, Mixture 79, Revelation, Union Leader et. al.

My 8 oz. tin says it is manufactured by Sutliff, Richmond, VA. But at the moment I'm a little confused as to who is really on "first," i.e. the blender, manufacturer, marketer, etc. as I've seen the names of several tobac houses tossed around in various capacities in the reviews. My Holiday Excursion version is a tad less sweet than how I remember it to be, and I detect a slight trace of Latakia, both in the aroma at opening and while smoking.

The leaf appears to be a broken flake and cube cut combo, with a healthy, brown hue appearance throughout. It smokes cool, stays lit in the pipe, a sort of subdued, restrained sweetness with no after taste. As I get into this tin I will probably grow to like it more and more... For the memories and present company I give it three *** stars. Recommended. Keep the classy old Holiday cruise liner sailing!
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jul 01, 2009 Mild to Medium Mild to Medium Medium Pleasant
I too as a small lad was required to fill the pipe of an old gentlemen who roomed at a place that I waited in the afternoons after school for my parents to return from work.

As I went into the dining room there was always 3 canisters of Tobacco. One was Half and Half, another carried the familiar spirit of Prince Albert and the third I found very interesting because it bore an illustration of a Cruise Liner seemingly arriving at an exotic location. "Holiday" with it's green label seemed to be refreshing in a romantic sort of way.

I would then enjoy the smell as curls of smoke wafted up into the air and tingled my senses with aroma! This indeed was a "Holiday" from the world of reality as I pondered what it would be like to smoke that brand some day in a pipe of my own choosing.

Well, as time went by I lost the memory of the fond hours as I sat among the adults who smoked their blends, and when I came into my own in the late 1960s, the local tobacco seller drifted to brands such as Flying Dutchman and Borkum Riff, Sail and other Theodorus N. opportunities.

Then in the age of sparse tobacco, what do I see available? Holiday Excursion, not quite the same label but recognized by the island situation. I must say the blend serves an unusual smoke to this now adult palate. I found it rather average but the scent that it produces is still memory lane magic!

Would I recommend it? I believe it is reserved for the souls of the youngsters who remember the past as prelude. The memory of which still lingers in the heart.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Aug 26, 2008 Mild Mild Medium Pleasant
For those who criticize this blend for not measuring up to their "upscale" blends, I think you are missing the point. This light mild tobacco is best enjoyed with friends and family (especially those who do not smoke). It is first and foremost unoffensive. It does lack in the flavor department in comparison to BCA and others, but it does not have a lingering strong smell that also accompanies them. Something else that this blend also is lacking, the sticky stuff that trashes your pipe like other aromatics. The taste is light with burly and some vanilla, and other "holiday" spices. It really makes me feel the Christmas spirit, but not as much as Christmas Cheer, but the family hates the smell of that one. So for what it is it is not a bad smoke, it is at its best when you can not have your best, like at a family get together at a non smokers house.
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