Dan Tobacco Salty Dogs
(3.49)
In long gone times, when imposing sail ships crossed the Seven Seas, English sailors were popularly called "Salty Dogs". They always took care to have a pocket sized block of sweet Virginia tobacco with them, which they would take a slice off to then rub out and smoke in their cutty pipes. In heavy weather, they would opt to just bite off a corner to enjoy as a stimulating piece of chewing tobacco.
Selected sweet Virginias with a small pinch of perique, classically enhanced with Caribbean rum, are matured over a long time in the press. The result is a dark brown, full and pleasant pipe tobacco in traditional style offering you a comfortably cool and smooth smoking experience. Unlike ordinary flakes, it was not cut into slices, but packaged as a solid piece of real plug tobacco. Enjoy it in pipes with smaller bowls. (translated from Dan Tobacco's website)
Notes: Introduced July 2014.
Dan Tobacco's Salty Dogs is, as its name implies, a classic Navy style plug: Virginias and a pinch of perique, flavored with rum and pressed tight into hard, pocket-sized blocks that would keep long, survive indelicate handling, and could be cut into slices whenever there was a moment's rest.
Details
| Brand | Dan Tobacco |
| Blended By | Dan Tobacco |
| Manufactured By | Orlik |
| Blend Type | Virginia/Perique |
| Contents | Perique, Virginia |
| Flavoring | Rum |
| Cut | Plug |
| Packaging | 50 grams pouch |
| Country | Germany |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Very Mild
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant to Tolerable
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium to Full
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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3.49 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 31 - 32 of 32 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 28, 2023 | Medium | Very Mild | Mild to Medium | Tolerable |
This is the stuff. Sweet, dried fruit on the palate with an underlying tanginess. I wouldn\'t know there was rum there unless you told me, but it seems to add a bit of sweetness and edge to the Virginias. The perique is light and gives you just a little tingle on the retrohale but is more fruity than spicy. Compared to other VaPers, I find it softer and fuller, with the flavours more melded together. Smooth, sweet, tangy, mildly spicy. It is everything I love in a tobacco. Preparing it is also fun. It looks like a tasty brownie and sets off my salivary glands. I take a sharp knife and carve off flakes, which I either cube cut or rub out.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Mar 05, 2019 | Strong | Very Mild | Full | Pleasant to Tolerable |
The pouch aroma seems familiar but I've been out of the pipe hobby for around five years & decided to make a comeback because I missed the varied flavors of pipe tobacco blends. I barely detected the Rum aroma but noticed a slight hint of it from a whiff. It is a very moist, dark block... with the consistency similar to a chewing tobacco plug. It is very well sealed within a small plastic container within another well sealed plastic bag inside the pouch. It should last for years as packaged. I sliced about 3/16" from the end of the plug which seemed to work OK.
Initially, I tasted both varietals in the first puff along with the slight Rum infusion. I noted the Virginia, noticed very little Rum but it probably added the slight sweetness to the blend along with the natural sweetness of VA & a slight, sweet, fruity note from the lightly apportioned Perique. It is a potent blend, well processed & closer to the strong threshold with some initial bite & a slight harshness that dissipated after a few tokes. I rubbed it out, dried it to an almost crispy state & stoked a small bowl. Burns better if dried out and smokes down to a dry, gray dottle. After my first sample in a small Danmore I wanted to try something different.
Next bowlful: It has been suggested to smoke this in a smaller bowl... I guess because of its strength. I wanted to find out why. This time, I peeled off a flake from the full length of the block which facilitated the removal of a few unwanted stems & became my preferred method of preparation. The thickness of the flake was enough to fill a much deeper, regular sized bowl. I then took the scissors to it because it is difficult to rub out in its tough, moist state & doesn't break up easily. I then dried it out to the proper moisture content over the stove burner in a small, stainless steel measuring cup, stirring occasionally. At the charring light from the deep bowl, there was no bite or harshness & it presented a smoother smoke initially, plus, I was interested in the melding process as the smoke progressed. I wasn't able to accomplish this in my smaller pipe.
OK... I've just passed the halfway point & there really isn't much of a melding process happening. It smokes about the same throughout but increases in strength. It is a fairly cool, slow burning blend which requires picking, tamping & relights. Now, I understand why a smaller bowl is recommended. I'm thinking a tapered bowl might even be the better alternative. By the end of a large bowl, a newbie's head would surely be spinning & I was becoming "extremely" relaxed myself... just rocking back on the celestial plains of life, as it were & ready for a strong cup of coffee. I think I'll try this in my smaller cobs from here on out which will extend the life of my plug since a little goes a long way. I thought this was a fine tasting & satisfying plug of tobacco & would probably even make a good chaw. Great stuff!
Initially, I tasted both varietals in the first puff along with the slight Rum infusion. I noted the Virginia, noticed very little Rum but it probably added the slight sweetness to the blend along with the natural sweetness of VA & a slight, sweet, fruity note from the lightly apportioned Perique. It is a potent blend, well processed & closer to the strong threshold with some initial bite & a slight harshness that dissipated after a few tokes. I rubbed it out, dried it to an almost crispy state & stoked a small bowl. Burns better if dried out and smokes down to a dry, gray dottle. After my first sample in a small Danmore I wanted to try something different.
Next bowlful: It has been suggested to smoke this in a smaller bowl... I guess because of its strength. I wanted to find out why. This time, I peeled off a flake from the full length of the block which facilitated the removal of a few unwanted stems & became my preferred method of preparation. The thickness of the flake was enough to fill a much deeper, regular sized bowl. I then took the scissors to it because it is difficult to rub out in its tough, moist state & doesn't break up easily. I then dried it out to the proper moisture content over the stove burner in a small, stainless steel measuring cup, stirring occasionally. At the charring light from the deep bowl, there was no bite or harshness & it presented a smoother smoke initially, plus, I was interested in the melding process as the smoke progressed. I wasn't able to accomplish this in my smaller pipe.
OK... I've just passed the halfway point & there really isn't much of a melding process happening. It smokes about the same throughout but increases in strength. It is a fairly cool, slow burning blend which requires picking, tamping & relights. Now, I understand why a smaller bowl is recommended. I'm thinking a tapered bowl might even be the better alternative. By the end of a large bowl, a newbie's head would surely be spinning & I was becoming "extremely" relaxed myself... just rocking back on the celestial plains of life, as it were & ready for a strong cup of coffee. I think I'll try this in my smaller cobs from here on out which will extend the life of my plug since a little goes a long way. I thought this was a fine tasting & satisfying plug of tobacco & would probably even make a good chaw. Great stuff!
Pipe Used:
Size 2 Danmore, Large Cavicchi Dublin
PurchasedFrom:
4Noggins, Cup O Joes
Age When Smoked:
Fresh Pouch
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