Peretti British Blend

Let me first say, Highest Recommendation! This blend is perfectly balanced. The Perique is judiciously placed, the VAs seemed to be just a little more dominant, the Turkish and Latakia are wonderful in their presence. Excellent burning qualities due to the perfect moisture content and tons of rich smoke emanated from my pipe. Very full bodied and there is some good strength behind this Brit. Excellent value from some master blenders. This is done right! PTLOG

Peretti has a magical way with Burley and a competent way with English blends. British Blend best exleplifies this. For an affordable, satisfying Latakia/Turkish tobacco, it works. For a truly exemplary specimen of the genre, it is lacking. I one wants to taste Peretti's best in this type of tobacco, I strongly recommend Royal Blend.

Not that there is anything objectionable about British Blend...there is simply nothing exemplary about it. One could do as well with ALMOST any bulk English blend. C&D's Plantation Evening or Peretti's own Prince of Wales leap to mind, as does Lane's bulk version of Crown Achievement. I think British Blend aimed at Dunhill's REAL English Blend-Medium, not the sorry stuff available today. If that is indeed the case, then the Peretti boys came pretty close.

The pouch aroma promises more than the smoke delivers...there are hints of leather and cinnamon on first whiff...but they get buried in the smoke.

As this (like most House of Peretti blends) was conceived in the long-ago, perhaps the original Latakia was Syrian instead of Cyprian. That would make a HUGE difference, though without the Syrian version to compare it with...this is only speculation.

This will suffice for ANY English smoker--but completely satisfy only a few.

Two out of four stars.

This is a smokey blend of high quality leaf and by smokey i don't mean latakia laden. The latakia used here is very sparingly and adds to the aroma and sweetness. The almost medium spicey, woody,and slightly soapy floral taste is the result of the turkish, perique and virginia tobaccos mingling and intertwining. There is a slight but noticeable topping and at first i thought it was a floral, citrus, soapy combination but once you realize that it is peppermint it kind of sticks with you and you taste it almost every puff. There is a slight sweetness to the taste but it can turn bitter without proper cadence. I rate the overall strength of taste and mouth feel as a notch below medium. The nic strength less than that but more than mild. It will not be a rebuy for me as there are much more flavorful englishes out there and some darn good ones made by L.J.P. that are more suited to my tastes. A 2 star tobacco for me but if you are looking for nearly undetectable latakia and a bit of spicey synergy between the leaves and slight peppermint topping this one may be for you.

A very nice straight forward English blend. Has all the regular tobaccos plus the Perique is just the right amount for a little added kick. Good all day smoke.

Update: Been smoking this all week as my main tobacco. And it has grown on me. Has a mild sweetness to it. The Perique doesn't bite but is just there in the background. It is now number 2 on my list of Peretti tobaccos. Omega is number one.

An excellent enjoyable blend. I am a long time cigar smoker who started smoking pipes in Decemeber '08 and am finding I enjoy English blends with latakia the most. Reminds me of the tobacco blends I remeber smelling when I was kid. I rate this second in my English blend smoking experience to Peretti's Royal.

The Brit's can keep this blend. The flavor and aroma were quite flat even with the addition of perique. This blend smoked slowly and did not produce a good volume of smoke...partly due to a higher latakia content. This came to me pretty dry but I am going to let this get closer to bone-dry and see how it smokes later. For someone who likes this blend it would be a good keeper since its not that expensive which is a plus in the current economy and anti-smoking climate....24 bucks for 8 ounces. If I end up not liking this I will keep it in a zip-lock bag and let the nice unlit aroma condition the air in my cellar (the bottom drawer in my nightstand..I love the smell of Latakia even if its in a blend I don't care for).

This is a quality English Blend tobacco. This has a little too much peppery taste for my liking. I currently smoke Penzance about 95% of the time, but Peretti's British Blend is a nice change of pace from time to time. Lights easily and stays lit. Burns right down to the bottom of the bowl, with no tongue bite whatever. The flavor is very pleasant. The Perique is prominent through the first half of the bowl, then quiets down. This is a full bodied English tobacco with Perique and Latakia which are blended perfectly. The wife does not object to the room note, which is another plus.

This is the perfect all-day smoke as far as I am concerned, if I was the type of person to choose an all-day smoke (I like to mix things up a lot, usually). The flavor reminds me almost of toast. It is mouth-watering. The tobaccos I usually smoke tend to coat your mouth and leave a thick flavor, which I enjoy qutie a bit, but some times in the morning I feel like being able to smoke a pipe and then eat breakfast and actually taste it. If after a late night your mouth is feeling a little grimy but you really want to light up, this is perfect. Wonderful in the morning with coffee.

british blend was my introduction to l.j. peretti tobaccos and the skills of their master blender, robert peretti. to say i am impressed is an understatement. this is a fabulous blend! british blend is made up entirely of latakia and perique tobaccos. the literature describing it says that the perique and latakia proportions are carefully constructed to compliment each other perfectly. sounds like advertising hype, but in this case it's true. there is a lovely lingering note of perique spiciness all the way through the bowl that compliments the latakia PERFECTLY. lighting and packing are very good, and it leaves almost no dottle. robert peretti is known as one of the finest master tobacco blenders that this country has ever produced and now i know why. four BIG stars!