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
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2.29 / 4
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Reviews
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| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| 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.
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.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 07, 2017 | Mild | Mild | Mild | Pleasant |
Just received my P&C package today, which included SuperValue Mellow, Wessex Brigade Original and this match version of Holiday. Five or six years ago, when I lived out West, I would purchase Holiday Excursion, thinking it was an old codger still in production. Only recently did I discover HE was a remake of the Holiday brand no longer in production. What P&C has done here is create a remake from the remake. Now to clear up the confusion over tin design. If by chance you have an old can of the H lying around it should show a side profile of a cruise ship with sailboats in front of it, the word Holiday at the top and the slogan Aromatic in the Pouch-Aromatic in the Pipe at the bottom. That's the original. Answering a fellow reviewer's question on who was the first to produce Holiday, that would be Larus &Brothers. Lane bought the recipe and thus a replica was born. Their tin should read Holiday Excursion-Aromatic Crowd Pleaser. Of course for legal reasons once a brand has been put to rest it cannot be re-used. Although a variation of its name and slogan can duplicate it. That being said, it's on to my review. This is a dead ringer of HE. Because I have not tried the original I cannot assess which is better. But from what I remember, this is as close as you will probably get. And it's a damn good one. Think pineapple-apple like sweetness (but not overly so) with a faint hint of spice and slight smokiness. Mild on the tongue. Burns cool but should be taken a slow pace. Glad to have found this one again which is only available in bulk. Four stars.
Pipe Used:
Corncob
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