McClelland No. 5110 Dark English Full
(3.01)
Rich with latakia, spiced with the finest Oriental leaf and mellowed with stoved Virginia, this is then aged into a deeply satisfying, harmonious blend of the world's most exotic tobaccos. This is a very full mixture, sure to satisfy the lover of traditional English blends.
Details
| Brand | McClelland |
| Blended By | McClelland Tobacco Company |
| Manufactured By | McClelland Tobacco Company |
| Blend Type | English |
| Contents | Latakia, Oriental/Turkish, Virginia |
| Flavoring | |
| Cut | Ribbon |
| Packaging | Bulk |
| Country | United States |
| Production | No longer in production |
Profile
Strength
Mild to Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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3.01 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Oct 04, 2012 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Medium to Full | Tolerable |
Feeling Latakia-deprived, I recently went to a local brick-and-mortar tobacco shop in search of a Latakia blend. My Mixture 965, it seemed at the time, was cut a little too coarse to fit in the cobs I favor these days, so 5110 Dark English: Full it was.
The prolific Pipestud, in reviewing this blend, described the Latakia as "coarse." I know not if that was a reference to its physical properties or smoking qualities, but it is an accurate description of the former. My bag contained at least one stem that was a full inch long. It's also sickeningly moist straight out of the bag, and after almost four days' worth of drying time (both by pressing in layers of paper towels and air-drying), it still has more moisture content than I care for. It may well require some time in the oven to cook off any remaining excess moisture.
Sure, there are some pieces of Virginia and Oriental in this stuff. I'm pretty sure there are, anyway. When smoked, it's a very one-dimensional blend; all I taste is Latakia. It's also one of the hottest Latakia blends I've smoked, if not the hottest, and I have to puff like the Cannonball Express to keep it lit. Smokers who like a tobacco with a high nicotine content will want to look elsewhere; I found myself drawing the smoke deep into my lungs in attempt to extract any nicotine from it at all. The room note is just a guess, but my neighbors don't complain about the smell...one day, I hope to find a blend whose room note will elicit neighborly complaints.
If you have to have some Latakia about two or three hours (or longer) ago, and this is the only blend available on very short notice, give it a whirl. It might also be good to add in small amounts to liven up another blend. Otherwise, there are better Latakia blends out there.
Update, 6 October 2012: My sample is quite dry now. However, unless it's attributable to smoking outside in the wind, I have no explanation for its increased reluctance to stay lit. I also discovered an additional three large stems, which I consider absolutely unacceptable. This blend is still okay if you need to immediately quell a craving for Latakia, and it's the only such blend available, but think twice about it even then. Otherwise, I can no longer in good conscience recommend it. I've downgraded my rating to one star, and though I'll finish it, I won't be buying any more.
The prolific Pipestud, in reviewing this blend, described the Latakia as "coarse." I know not if that was a reference to its physical properties or smoking qualities, but it is an accurate description of the former. My bag contained at least one stem that was a full inch long. It's also sickeningly moist straight out of the bag, and after almost four days' worth of drying time (both by pressing in layers of paper towels and air-drying), it still has more moisture content than I care for. It may well require some time in the oven to cook off any remaining excess moisture.
Sure, there are some pieces of Virginia and Oriental in this stuff. I'm pretty sure there are, anyway. When smoked, it's a very one-dimensional blend; all I taste is Latakia. It's also one of the hottest Latakia blends I've smoked, if not the hottest, and I have to puff like the Cannonball Express to keep it lit. Smokers who like a tobacco with a high nicotine content will want to look elsewhere; I found myself drawing the smoke deep into my lungs in attempt to extract any nicotine from it at all. The room note is just a guess, but my neighbors don't complain about the smell...one day, I hope to find a blend whose room note will elicit neighborly complaints.
If you have to have some Latakia about two or three hours (or longer) ago, and this is the only blend available on very short notice, give it a whirl. It might also be good to add in small amounts to liven up another blend. Otherwise, there are better Latakia blends out there.
Update, 6 October 2012: My sample is quite dry now. However, unless it's attributable to smoking outside in the wind, I have no explanation for its increased reluctance to stay lit. I also discovered an additional three large stems, which I consider absolutely unacceptable. This blend is still okay if you need to immediately quell a craving for Latakia, and it's the only such blend available, but think twice about it even then. Otherwise, I can no longer in good conscience recommend it. I've downgraded my rating to one star, and though I'll finish it, I won't be buying any more.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 07, 2016 | Very Mild | Extremely Mild | Medium to Full | Strong |
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.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 17, 2011 | Extremely Mild | Extremely Mild | Extremely Mild (Flat) | Unnoticeable |
Resembles FMOT, but it is milder and much faceless. A big disappointment and pure disaster!
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Nov 07, 2004 | Mild to Medium | Extremely Mild | Medium | Tolerable |
Will offer only that "Howie"s" review a few notches above does a great job of expressing my observations as well as his. Too much bother and annoyance for too little enjoyment, and way too many much better smokes out there. To me, #5110 is "so-so" at very best so I can give it a single star for trying.
Tiger
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| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jun 09, 2003 | Medium to Strong | Medium | Medium to Full | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Being disabled I do not get out of the house much, but Saturday for some reason I was awake and asked my wife if she would drive to a couple of tobacco shops. The one I use the most asked me to try McClelland 5110 knowing I'm not a big fan Latakia and after I finished thaat bowl I'm still not. I know there are a lot of smokers who do enjoy the Latakia, but to me it was smoking ashes from an old burt log. It took me a couple of Alcohol and Salt cleanings and then useing a Pipe Sweetener to get the taste out of my pipe.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| May 16, 2003 | Mild to Medium | Medium | Mild | Tolerable |
I just cracked open a mason jar of this stuff I've had ageing since early 2000. It really hasn't changed much since I put it up. It's still very wet and has an odd aroma. To me, this seems like a good portion of latakia that has been "cavendished" to hell and back. I'm not a fan of the English-Aromatic crossovers, so this doesn't fit my style much. It burns slow and needs frequent re-lights. It also seems the tobacco quality is not up to par with the other McClelland bulk blends. For the fans of Frog Morton (of which I am not) splurge a little more and just buy tins of it. With the casings in this blend, ageing doesn't help much.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Oct 23, 2002 | Mild to Medium | Very Mild | Medium | Pleasant |
Description: The tobacco is primarily black and very dark brown, with a few ribbons of dark brown in the mix. The cut is on the large side, sort of a wild cut, with the lighter ribbons intermixed. When first received, this was extremely moist, and a small sample took the better part of three days sitting out and spread across a flat surface to get to a more typical moisture level, but was still sticky to the touch and clumped together when pinched.
Smoking this moist and as arrived, it was very sweet in a non-tobacco way. I don?t know how else to describe this other than to say that the sweetness seems to be separate from the body of the smoke itself. It smoked wet, hot and uncomfortable in the mouth. Despite a high latakia content from the description, there is little body to the smoke and was the proverbial ?hot wet air? smoke.
After leaving it to dry, a very nice smoky aroma emerged that was quite pleasant in a hickory barbeque sort of way. This lights much easier when drier, but continues to be overly hot for my palate and/or technique. The flavor itself was much more complex than when smoked wet. There were moments of flavor that poked through the wall of discomfort reminded me of Frog Morton, which I have not smoked in about a year. I was unable to complete the bowl.
I cannot get past the heat, bite and lack of body to enjoy this particular blend and condemn it to a mason jar for a sentence of not less than one year to hopefully mend its ways. In fairness, I should point out that I have a somewhat tender mouth. While I feel that I have not done justice to this tobacco in providing a review on just limited input, I am unable to bring myself to further torture my tongue to obtain further insights into this particular blend.
October 2002
Smoking this moist and as arrived, it was very sweet in a non-tobacco way. I don?t know how else to describe this other than to say that the sweetness seems to be separate from the body of the smoke itself. It smoked wet, hot and uncomfortable in the mouth. Despite a high latakia content from the description, there is little body to the smoke and was the proverbial ?hot wet air? smoke.
After leaving it to dry, a very nice smoky aroma emerged that was quite pleasant in a hickory barbeque sort of way. This lights much easier when drier, but continues to be overly hot for my palate and/or technique. The flavor itself was much more complex than when smoked wet. There were moments of flavor that poked through the wall of discomfort reminded me of Frog Morton, which I have not smoked in about a year. I was unable to complete the bowl.
I cannot get past the heat, bite and lack of body to enjoy this particular blend and condemn it to a mason jar for a sentence of not less than one year to hopefully mend its ways. In fairness, I should point out that I have a somewhat tender mouth. While I feel that I have not done justice to this tobacco in providing a review on just limited input, I am unable to bring myself to further torture my tongue to obtain further insights into this particular blend.
October 2002
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