McClelland No. 5110 Dark English Full

This is a fantastic english and I prefer it over the Frog Morton blends. It's more satisfying and full. As others have stated, it blends well with others if you are into that but it is absolutely excellent on it's own. Very sad that this one is no longer available.

Ordered 1 Oz to try this one... Full probably refers to the aroma, more than to the body...and for me it's just perfect! Smokes cool, a true delight for the palate! It's a shame it won't be available anymore due to McClelland closing down... 🙁

No. 5110 Dark English Full is the fourth of about a dozen samples I picked up of McClelland’s, so far excellent bulk blends. This one is definitely dark and the jar note is strait up campfire.

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I have smoked many other English blends and this is what I would call a standard English, just what you would expect an English to be. Medium flavor and strength with the Latakia taking the lead role, the smoking mechanics are perfect, nice white ash and it burns effortlessly to the bottom of the bowl. That being said, I am very impressed with McClelland bulk blends, I will be ordering more of the 5110 Dark English Full, it is an excellent smoke and a couple of pounds in my cellar will suit me just fine. Highly Recommended, 4 stars

You just can not find a more satisfactory blend than this beauty. If you love Latakia, tasty English, spicy orientals this is a blend for you! The opening note is sweet, sour, and smoky. It simply makes my mouth water. Light up is easy blend burns very cool and slow. This is a smoke in a large bowl you can enjoy for well over an hour. The taste is wonderful with a smoky, sweet, sour flavor that continues throughout the wonderful smoke. Near the end of the bowl you get a nice spicy flavor as the orientals kick in. Man oh man this is a fantastic blend. The room note is a sour smoky aroma that unfortunately not please non smokers but other pipe smokers should enjoy. This is a five star blend that will always be in my rotation.

This is okay. It's nothing special. I won't be buying it again. I bought two ounces to try it, and have gone through about an ounce.

The Latakia is always in the foreground. Always, it seems. I once tasted the Orientals, and then it went away and has yet to return during a smoke. It had me excited for a moment. To get the full flavor, you have to keep a slow and soft cadence, but it's still Latakia dominant. I didn't pick out any of the Virginia at any point.

The tobacco was fairly moist in the beginning. I'd let it sit for a month in a mason jar. It was most flavorful when I opened it and it was still moist, but it was so moist it simply wouldn't stay lit. I continued to smoke bowls pulling from the jar, that being the only time it would be allowed to dry. The dryer it got, the more tasteless it got. The moisture level is nice where it is right now, burning evenly and slowly, and is nice and cool, but at the sacrifice of the flavor profile, which was already pretty one-dimensional and was all it really had going for it.

It's not a terrible smoke, but it's far from being thoroughly enjoyable.

One of the worst English mixtures I ever smoked. Two negative things above all: 1) too much Latakia in the mixture (overdone percentages); 2) too little nicotine (very low content of nicotine). This mixture is not full-bodied and has no strength. Maybe it is ideal for light mixtures’ lovers and for latakia lovers, but in my opinion this blend is ordinary. Smoking it you can only detect a full latakia taste and nothing else. For this reason in my personal system rating (from 1 to 10) my score is 3 and only a star.

Wow. I absolutely love this blend. A blend doesn't have to be full of nicotine, loaded with latakia, or be so complex you struggle to write a review. No sir.

Tin aroma is of the trademarked McClelland fermented Virginia, and smoky Latakia.

Chunky cut tobacco comprised of mostly pitch black leaf, with specs here and there of lighter Oriental leaf. This blend is perfectly balanced, has loads of stoved Virginia sweetness, and superb latakia richness. The Orientals are toned down, but are noticeable. Notes of earth, leather, smoky peat and moderate sweetness throughout the bowl. Packing this blend is easy, moisture content on point. lighting is easy and remains, relights are fairly uncommon. Burns down to a fine dark ash and remains dry.

Must say, I have never tasted anything like this in all my reviews - and I love this blend!

I love Latakia /Oriental and if that is combined with a roasted / chocolaty / cocoa taste, then its a winner for me. Not as if I want those flavours always, but every time I had a bowl of this, it was just the right taste at the right time!

Dark, full flavoured with definite chocolaty / mocha flavours combined with Latakia. And in the background, the oriental flavours reminds you that this is indeed an English blend.

This blend will be on my favourite list!

To me, this is clearly an aromatic ( vanilla ) highly stoved Virginia/Cavendish. Yes, the tobacco is almost completely dark, but not from Latakia. Why McClelland calls this a "Full English" , I have no idea ? I find my taste is 180 degrees from many of the experienced previous reviewers ( who I have great respect for and usually value their opinions ). I get NO oriental/Turkish incense or flavor, I can't understand why anyone would say the flavoring was rated "none detected", or that this was a Latakia forward blend. I'm trying to get past the vanilla over Latakia flavor that I find bitter and distracting.

Reminds me some of 4N's, "Bald Headed Teacher" or H&H's "Fusilier's Ration". Well respected blends ( that I also don't care for). This blend is just not for me and NOT a Full English ! I personally struggle to give this 2 stars

DID YHEY SEND THE WRONG BLEND ???