Smoke King Steeplechase mixture
(3.33)
Made for the great outdoors.The blend is high in Orientals with steamed Virginias and a little black cavendish completing the line up. Latakia and Turkish are at the heart of this blend, but nicely balanced by the others. A cool smoke with no tongue bite could be considered an all day choice by some.
Details
Brand | Smoke King |
Blended By | Smoke King |
Manufactured By | Smoke King |
Blend Type | English |
Contents | Cavendish, Latakia, Oriental/Turkish, Virginia |
Flavoring | |
Cut | Ready Rubbed |
Packaging | 25g Tin, 25g Pouch |
Country | United Kingdom |
Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Mild to Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Very Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Reviews
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Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jul 22, 2014 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Medium | Very Pleasant |
Smoke King - Steeplechase Mixture.
The actual mixture is made of quite large cuttings of tobacco and fairly even in the selection of the varieties. The smell being given off is a fairly standard one for a blend with Latakia in it. As I found with the other Smoke King.com blend it is perfect in the fact it is not too dry or overly damp. Now, once the bowl is filled and it comes to lighting it up I have to say it is amazing in its speed of ignition, it takes the flame on the first attempt and does not dictate that you keep re-lighting it. The smoke is brilliant in both thickness and flavour. Thickness first: just right as it's neither too heavy nor borderline anorexic! Now flavour: a great compilation of all the tobaccos without ANY being too steadfast or weak in the taste. You get a delightful balance of each taste where if you try to distinguish a specific one of them you can pick it out with prodigious ease. Pleasant as normally you find a blend with Latakia in it will be mainly Lat in taste but this gives some freedom to the others to have their moment of glory! Tongue bite? Again this scores well, not any from start to end. Room note ?.... Splendid, like the taste you can identify all the tobaccos in it but also none of them are too heavy. For me the most pre-eminent area that this exceeds in is inhalation, for a few reasons: 1: slips down with ease. 2: when exhaled through the nose the flavour is sublimely amplified. 3: nicotine is spot on for me as it is about Rattray Bagpipers Dream level which did not disappoint me nor overwhelm me.
I think this is a super blend from a "not so well known" name and for this reason I only wish I could give it 5 stars instead of 4!!
The actual mixture is made of quite large cuttings of tobacco and fairly even in the selection of the varieties. The smell being given off is a fairly standard one for a blend with Latakia in it. As I found with the other Smoke King.com blend it is perfect in the fact it is not too dry or overly damp. Now, once the bowl is filled and it comes to lighting it up I have to say it is amazing in its speed of ignition, it takes the flame on the first attempt and does not dictate that you keep re-lighting it. The smoke is brilliant in both thickness and flavour. Thickness first: just right as it's neither too heavy nor borderline anorexic! Now flavour: a great compilation of all the tobaccos without ANY being too steadfast or weak in the taste. You get a delightful balance of each taste where if you try to distinguish a specific one of them you can pick it out with prodigious ease. Pleasant as normally you find a blend with Latakia in it will be mainly Lat in taste but this gives some freedom to the others to have their moment of glory! Tongue bite? Again this scores well, not any from start to end. Room note ?.... Splendid, like the taste you can identify all the tobaccos in it but also none of them are too heavy. For me the most pre-eminent area that this exceeds in is inhalation, for a few reasons: 1: slips down with ease. 2: when exhaled through the nose the flavour is sublimely amplified. 3: nicotine is spot on for me as it is about Rattray Bagpipers Dream level which did not disappoint me nor overwhelm me.
I think this is a super blend from a "not so well known" name and for this reason I only wish I could give it 5 stars instead of 4!!
Pipe Used:
Peterson
PurchasedFrom:
Smoke King
Age When Smoked:
New