McClelland Frog Morton on the Town

(3.32)
A rather mellow smoke, McClelland's Frog Morton on the Town draws deep rich flavor from its base of golden and red Virginias and a pleasant smoky, earthy undertone from the latakia. A subtle flavoring from Basma (a Greek Oriental tobacco) gives the blend a unique, almost vanilla like flavor.
Notes: The name Frog Morton comes to us from the works of JRR Tolkien. Frogmorton: A village in the Eastfarthing of the Shire. It stood on the East Road, between the Three-farthing Stone (fourteen miles to the west) and the Brandywine Bridge (twenty-two miles to the east). Immediately to the north of the village, the stream known as the Water broke into two, creating a wide watery region - this feature seems to have given Frog Morton its name, which means "frog marsh".

Details

Brand McClelland
Series Craftsbury Series
Blended By McClelland Tobacco Company
Manufactured By McClelland Tobacco Company
Blend Type English
Contents Latakia, Oriental/Turkish, Virginia
Flavoring
Cut Ribbon
Packaging 50 grams tin, 100 grams 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 to Tolerable
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming

Average Rating

3.32 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Feb 02, 2014 Mild Very Mild Mild Pleasant
Frog Morton on the Town was the first English style blend I loved when I first starting smoking a pipe back in 2011. The tobacco smells sweet, nutty and smoky in the tin. Generally it is too wet for me to smoke out of the tin so I dry it for a while before smoking. At first light its mild and I get a little nutty aftertaste from the Oriental tobacco. Frog on the Town is mildly smoky and very smooth. I find that it stays mild in strength throughout the smoke. The size of the bowl doesn’t matter as I like it in everything I have tried. I love the smell in the room when I am done smoking it. I have tried a lot of other blends, but this is my go to English smoke. I am looking forward to trying the other Frog blends.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Oct 27, 2013 Mild to Medium Mild Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
Most of the sweetness comes from the light "vinegar" and vanilla toppings, as well as the grassy, citrus, and slightly dark fruity sweet Virginia. The Cyprian Latakia is smokey, earthy and woody sweet, and benefits from the addition of the dry, buttery, lightly woody, floral, herbal, earthy Basma, which is just a little less than a supporting player. The toppings fairly sublimate the tobaccos. The strength is in the center of mild to medium, while the taste barely reaches the medium mark. The nic-hit is a step past the mild threshold. Won't bite or get harsh. Smokes cool and clean at a moderate pace after a little drying time with a mostly consistent flavor that translates to the short lived, pleasant after taste. Leaves some moisture in the bowl, and requires some relights. Has a decent room note. Can be an all day English aromatic smoke.

-JimInks
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Apr 18, 2004 Mild to Medium Mild Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
Frog Morton on the Town is McClelland?s second addition to the Frog Morton pipe tobacco series. Although sharing similarities with the original Frog Morton blend, Frog Morton on the Town is distinctively different and is a welcome addition to McClelland?s Craftsbury Collection.

The aroma of Frog Morton on the Town is smoky yet quite sweet. This blend is certainly liter than the original Frog Morton and along with the added sweetness follows a somewhat peppery dimension in the background. The aroma of Frog Morton on the Town almost seems to be a sweetened version of the British Woods blend. This tobacco blend is a mixture of Matured Virginia, Cypian Latakia, Basma (mixture of various Grecian tobaccos), and other Turkish tobaccos. Half of this blend consists of black colors while most of the rest is brown with small amounts of added orange/yellow.

Frog Morton on the Town is dominated by a short velvety ribbon cut but is interspersed with small dark splinters of the matured Virginia flake. This pipe tobacco blend smokes well without any rubbing. Frog Morton on the Town packs well and arrives with a close to proper moisture content.

Frog Morton on the Town takes to the flame with no real hesitancy. For the most part, the burn is even and complete but does need the rare relight from time to time to finish the bowl. Although being quite similar in respects to the contents of the English type blends, Frog Morton on the Town?s room note is quite enjoyable and pleasingly fragrant.

The flavor of Frog Morton on the Town can be described as wonderfully creamy with the slightest amount of spice. This blend shares the similarity of having a woodsy, smoky/sweet taste with the original Frog Morton, but it is less rich and perhaps more complex. The Latakia, although present in a considerable amount, still allows for the sweet Virginia and sour Oriental tobaccos to create an interesting interplay. A slight topping adds to the sweetness of this tobacco blend. Frog Morton on the Town is very smooth, harmonious, gentle, and has little or no bite even when smoked with rapid draws. A thick white smoke follows each puff of this blend.

Frog Morton on the Town is well rounded, smooth and creamy, and has a slight degree of spice, which creates an interesting complexity. Frog Morton on the Town seems to share the beneficial characteristics of the original Frog Morton such as being a remarkably cool smoke but is a unique smoke in it own right. With all characteristics considered, this is a subtly sweet Latakia blend with an added touch of spice.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Apr 21, 2002 Medium Extremely Mild Mild to Medium Tolerable
This subdued and sweetened version of Frog Morton is tolerable, and in fact, downright likeable!

You must sample a tin of this at least once. It has a sweetness brought on by the cavendish and Basma. It also contains enough latakia to be earthy in flavor and delivers a nice rich, blue smoke. Because of the casing in the blend, though subtle, there is enough to prevent this blend from staying lit easily. If you don't mind the use of a few extra matches, believe me, the effort is worth it.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jan 07, 2005 Medium Very Mild Medium to Full Very Pleasant
The reviews on this one are less enthusiastic, most of the contributors here seeming to favor Across the Pond or the original Frog Morton. I don?t understand why, because this one truly impressed me. My pipe-smoking buddy brought some by the other day and as soon as the match grazed the tobacco, it was love at first puff. This is by far the grandest offering of the Frog Morton line and easily one of the best tobaccos I?ve ever tried. Though I love Across the Pond, this is in a class by itself. This is the sort of complexity I was looking for in Nightcap, and since Dunhill represents my standard when it comes to English mixtures, On the Town gives them a run for their money and then some.

This is so unlike Across the Pond or anything I?ve ever tried from McClelland. It?s rich in Oriental, Basma specifically, which I had never experienced before. The Cyprian latakia takes on a more reserved tone than its Syrian sister. While I find the venerable Nightcap to be too full of tar and nicotine, On the Town is a truly more balanced, multi-dimensional blend. The tin aroma is nutty, spicy and fruity with hints of brandy, though my friend tells me there is no casing in this blend, the Orientals providing the sweet aroma. The room note and taste are wonderful. Characteristically McClelland, the cut is thick and generous, lighting easily and smoking grandly to the bottom of the bowl. Even the Don Giovanni operatic tin art with its charming old Londontown décor is the most fun of the Frog series.

This is a tobacco that can be smoked all day, and I plan on running out to my tobacconist as soon as possible to lay on a supply. This is one of my new favorites.

Five of five stars
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Feb 22, 2009 Extremely Mild Medium Very Mild Pleasant to Tolerable
This is a blend that a lot of people will be pleased with - a very light all day sort of thing.. with a mysterious and alluring flavor and aroma - almost incense like.. My personal take on it is that it is missing a solid core that i prefer in an english/oriental/or balkan.. though for what it is it is good.. I also do not care for the way it behaves in the bowl and it certainly leaves behind a lot to clean up and a substantial ghost.. it might be the casing or the basma but I find it annoying and it destroys what enjoyment i find in the subtle latakia and oriental flavor.. wheter enjoyed slowly or smoked faster you will invariably find a lot of moistness at the bottom.. I think a touch of virginia would have really made this blend shine for me.. and in fact i blended this with escudo once and got very interesting results - something close to night cap.. Anyway don't hesitate to try this pleasant tobacco you will probably not have my personal quibbles because there is a lot to like here..

edit.. this smokes great in a corn cob.. very mild pleasant smoke with a great room note.. I'm going up to 3 stars.. with no mess to worry about in the cob.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Feb 03, 2009 Mild to Medium None Detected Medium Pleasant
UPDATE:

The more I smoke this, the better it suits me. This is not a classical English/Balkan mixture but I think it's destined to become a classic oriental. The McClelland blenders are true artisans and I think this, quite frankly, is one of their most inspired creations. Updating from 3 to a hearty 4 stars. Well done, McClellands!

ORIGINAL REVIEW

Reliance on reviews is always dangerous, particularly if the writers biases are unknown in advance. Readers should note that while I think McClellands virginias are without peer in the tobacco world, I find their orientals rather ordinary. Until now, none of their oriental blends would find their way into my Top 20 of english/balkan style tobaccos.

But this one is very interesting indeed! I'm not at all familiar with Basma tobacco so I can't say if that's the kicker here but there is a particular sweetness and creaminess in this blend that, while unusual for my English tastes, is a nice change of pace. My tastes run towards Dunhill 965, SG Squadron Leader and Rattrays Red Rapparee; this tastes nothing like those. More aromatic oriental than latakia-laden, this would be a nice all day smoke... or at least until after dinner when a headier brew might be desired. McClellands has produced a very distinct and tasty blend with this one, and by far more to my taste than the other Frogmortons, all the while being so far away from my normal taste in balkan blends. Weird. In a good way. I'm going to keep this around the tobacco bar.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jul 13, 2015 Mild to Medium None Detected Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
This is a really nice smoke, but for my taste it falls just short of being perfect. The Latakia and the Basma are just right and very tasty. No complaint there. There's just not enough Virginias in this to suit me. A little more sweetness and this would be heavenly. Burn was spotty straight from the tin. Needs a little drying time.

Mild to medium in body. Medium in flavor. I'll doctor this one just a little and make it perfect.
Pipe Used: MM Country Gentleman, Diplomat Apple, Mark Twain
PurchasedFrom: smokingpipes.com
Age When Smoked: fresh
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Sep 10, 2014 Mild to Medium Mild to Medium Mild to Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
This is a perfect crossover tobacco to get current Aromatic smokers to cross into English blends. It has a mild and spicy taste to it that will appeal to new and seasoned smokers alike. Don't fear the Latakia, its barely discernible and adds to the overall complexity of the tobacco.
Pipe Used: Brebbia Lovat
Age When Smoked: 1 year
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Mar 25, 2014 Mild to Medium Mild to Medium Mild to Medium Tolerable
FMOTT is a very nice English blend andI have enjoyed smoking it. Moisture level is good, high quality leaf, and a nice flavor. I would recommended it to anyone who likes a mild to medium English blend. However, I don't think that I'll buy it again. There is a sweetness and a topping that I don't really want in an English type tobacco. The topping is restrained, but I can't seem to get past the sweetness that is in the smoke. Don't misunderstand. It's a good tobacco with many positive qualities, which is why I give it three stars. Just not my cup of tea. There are so many other English blends that I like better and I like a bit more "nic kick" in my tobaccos. Don't let me dissuade anyone, but Frog on the Town's not for me.
Pipe Used: Peterson 105X
PurchasedFrom: The Country Squire, Jackson, MS
Age When Smoked: About a year
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