McClelland No. 5110 Dark English Full

Resembles FMOT, but it is milder and much faceless. A big disappointment and pure disaster!

This tobacco smells great and looks good and dark with some light ribbons in there. Taste is not offensive and if you just want to puff an write...well... this performs admirably. Nice taste, nice room note, nice smell in the jar...this tobacco has lots going for it. The problem is, when you start to move your fingers through the tobacco you feel lots of hard and spiky things. It almost feels like shards of wood are in there along with hard but spongy bits. When packing the bowl of my pipe I found myself pouring a lot into the palm of my hand then spend a few minutes picking out all the wood. Obviously the tobacco here is the leftovers from some great tobaccos. What we get from this is the stems from the leaf and the big veins mixed in. Makes sense that the makers don't tin this stuff. I won't buy any more. Once I have a bowl packed it stays lit and smells and tastes good. Lacking a bit of complexity but very nice as a background while I write. Problem is that my pipe smoking is one of my special pleasuresthat does not involve another person (along with a good smokey islay scotch) . Why should I waste my money on leftover tobacco? Tobaccos that taste like this and smell like this MUST come in nice tins and a good presentation. I don't mind picking pine needles out of my chantrelle mushrooms but leave them out of my smoking tobacco.

5110 is definatly similar to Frog On the Town, I havent had the pleasure of trying regular Frog Morton yet, But I did like FMOTT. and like this blend as well.

I find it a bit heavier in the Latakia department (a good thing in my book), and just a tadpole less sweet than the FMOTT.

I picked up a pound of this recently from MarsCigars and it arrived a bit more moist than I like, so I spread a large bowl-full on a piece of printer paper and let it dry for an hour, the results were great.

This is good stuff at a good price. Consider this Frog Morton bulk tobacco. I like it just fine the way it is, however find it even better if I add some perique to it and make it into bulk Frog Morton on the Bayou!

This is truly a great tobacco, and I don't see myself being without any any time soon.

I like this blend...nice balance among the latakia, VAs and the Orientals in here....but...I had to add a little extra Latakia and some perique to improve on the aroma and take away slightly from the VAs and the ketchup flavor.

This blend should satisfy pipers who like their Latakia a little on the heavy side accompanied by fragrant/flavorful Orientals and a sturdy Virginia base. While Blend #5110 is not a tobacco that I enjoy, I recognize its high quality and compliment McClellend on its choices of tobaccos. A fine blend suitable for the neophyte pipe smoker.

For those wishing to try English-this is a great start. Its mild, not overwhelming, and typical of the sort. Although not my favorite, It is quality.

I've only been back to the pipe a few weeks and am still looking for my regular rotation of tobaccos. I can safely say that McClelland's bulk #5110 has filled a slot. Previous to coming back to pipe smoking I steered clear of heavy Latakia blends so I have been tremendously surprised by my new-found hunger for that species of weed. Upon opening the package I was overwhelmed by the intense smoky aroma. This blend is predominantly dark in color with the Latakia and stoved Virginias, with a pleasant amount of red and gold from the (my guess) Orientals or regular Virginias mixed in. The smoke is mild, with a pleasant sweet note. My only complaint (not really) is that the flavor is very mild, hence the reason I am going to try Penzance as soon as possible. It packs, lights and stays lit very well for me, and despite my tendency to puff I have not had a bit-tongue from it yet. I have not smoked regular FM, but have a tin of FM Across the Pond, and this is a much better tobacco to my taste. As mentioned I also have not yet tried Penzance, so I may not have found true Nirvana, but right now this inexpensive bulk blend is my go-to English.

06142006 I received 2 oz of this with an order of tobacco from Smokingpipes.com. The description above stated that this is very similar to Frog Morton, and one reviewer said it resembles FMOTT. If this is what those tinned tobaccos are like, then I think McClelland has found a way to make pipesters very happy. A tobacco as good as this at bulk prices? Thank You, McClelland. I found #5110 to be a very tasty offering. I let it air about 2 hours after opening the baggie, packed it in one of my favorite pipes, and fired up. A charring light, a tamp and another match and we were off to tobacco nirvana. #5110 is a very smooth, cool burning blend. I think I even saw my pipe smile once while I was smoking this delicious blend. I would recommend #5110 to any pipe smoker.

08222006 IMHO, this gets better every time I smoke it. After searching the internet and finding prices of $27.00 and up, I found a local B&M that sells it for just over $22.00. Needless to say, this will be taking top honors in my rotation and a big space in my tobacco cellar. Great stuff.