Peterson Irish Cask
(2.92)
A rich blend of cavendish, Zimbabwean, orange Virginia, Thailand burley & black perique, matured in oak sherry barrels.
New Tin Description (Irish Cask): A blend of Virginia leaves from Eastern Carolina, Malawi and Brazil is mixed with a dark brown Cavendish tobacco.
Notes: Previously know as Irish Oak.
Details
| Brand | Peterson |
| Blended By | Peterson |
| Manufactured By | Scandinavian Tobacco Group |
| Blend Type | Aromatic |
| Contents | Cavendish, Virginia |
| Flavoring | Sherry |
| Cut | Ribbon |
| Packaging | 50 grams tin, bulk |
| Country | Denmark |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Medium to Strong
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Tolerable
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium to Full
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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2.92 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 1 - 10 of 24 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Nov 01, 2014 | Medium | None Detected | Medium to Full | Tolerable |
I'm a relatively new pipe smoker, so please bear that in mind. When I smoke my pipe I'm looking for a period of relaxation and contentment - a enjoyable experience. This pipe tobacco doesn't give me that. For newer smokers not aware of different pipe tobaccos, please be warned that this Irish Oak contains a lot of Perique tobacco which has a peppery, spicy flavor. Smoking Irish Oak is rather like trying to smoke a pepper pot - a fair amount of hot, spicy, fiery and peppery smoke mingled with other flavors. I don't particularly like it - to me, it's like going through a slow drawn out torture - so much spice that my tongue becomes hot (not tongue bite - spice bite) and there's an astringency that can be felt in inner cheeks.
I feel the name of this tobacco is misleading. It should be called Petersons Hot Spicy Peppery Tobacco - Irish Oaks doesn't describe it and nowhere on the tin is there any warning of its peppery flavor. I mean, why is it called Irish Oaks at all? Okay, apparently it's aged in oak casks or something, but the more important aspect is the peppery overtone to the taste.
I'm aware that there are many pipe smokers who love this peppery Perique tobacco, and for them this might be a 'go to' smoke. But for me it's only a one star rating for being overly spicy and peppery, which for my taste amounts to an unpleasant experience.
I feel the name of this tobacco is misleading. It should be called Petersons Hot Spicy Peppery Tobacco - Irish Oaks doesn't describe it and nowhere on the tin is there any warning of its peppery flavor. I mean, why is it called Irish Oaks at all? Okay, apparently it's aged in oak casks or something, but the more important aspect is the peppery overtone to the taste.
I'm aware that there are many pipe smokers who love this peppery Perique tobacco, and for them this might be a 'go to' smoke. But for me it's only a one star rating for being overly spicy and peppery, which for my taste amounts to an unpleasant experience.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 02, 2014 | Very Strong | None Detected | Mild | Unnoticeable |
I really thought I would like this. I really did.
It presented beautifully, delightful tin note, perfect moisture, packed and lit easily........and then every drop of moisture that had been on my palate disappeared almost instantly. I'm serious, I almost couldn't speak.
The smoke is dry, harsh and severe, with little to no flavor worth speaking of. It was literally like smoking a bowl of tasteless hay, and what's worse the Nic hit is so harsh that you end of feeling on Weird Street from it almost instantly.
It had very few redeeming qualities. The aroma was bland, monotone and quite boring, the aftertaste was almost cheap and like cigarettes, and the affects on my palate were indescribably bad. I pitched it mid-bowl, and fired up another bowl to replace it.
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It presented beautifully, delightful tin note, perfect moisture, packed and lit easily........and then every drop of moisture that had been on my palate disappeared almost instantly. I'm serious, I almost couldn't speak.
The smoke is dry, harsh and severe, with little to no flavor worth speaking of. It was literally like smoking a bowl of tasteless hay, and what's worse the Nic hit is so harsh that you end of feeling on Weird Street from it almost instantly.
It had very few redeeming qualities. The aroma was bland, monotone and quite boring, the aftertaste was almost cheap and like cigarettes, and the affects on my palate were indescribably bad. I pitched it mid-bowl, and fired up another bowl to replace it.
Get a sample first!!
Pipe Used:
Dunhill billiard
PurchasedFrom:
Cigars International
Age When Smoked:
1 year
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Apr 12, 2020 | Medium | Mild | Medium | Tolerable to Strong |
I first picked this blend up several years ago. I cracked the tin did not care for it at all. Overall, I found it to be too harsh. I transferred the contents into a jar to be revisited on a later date. The later date has come and my opinion has not changed all that much. The leaf has melded together a bit better. However, any hints of clarity are fleeting. There is the occasional dark fruit note and the more prevalent peppery spice from the perique. Despite these characteristics I still find this blend to be harsh and not very enjoyable.
Pipe Used:
Various Briars and Meerschaum
PurchasedFrom:
smokingpipes.com
Age When Smoked:
3 years old
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 2017 | Medium | Mild | Medium | Tolerable to Strong |
The other reviews of this tobacco are accurate and this tobacco should be applauded. I tried and tried with this one but for me, I cannot enjoy burley out of a pipe no matter how hard I try much to the chagrin of those I smoke with and buy from. I think that this would be a perfect candidate for the world's fanciest cigarette and I was about to buy cigarette tubes to put it in and give to cigarette smokers. However, I was able to trade it but if I was Santa Claus well then Christmas would have come early for the few cigarette smokers I know.
PurchasedFrom:
Iwan Ries
Age When Smoked:
Fresh
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Oct 22, 2016 | Medium | Medium | Medium | Tolerable to Strong |
I tried this fresh in a beater pipe when I first received it and swore the pipe had caught fire. No damage to pipe, and figured that I just didn't like it. Several months later, I tried it again in my lovely Peterson, and again was met with the sense that something other than the tobacco was burning. It is too peppery in flavor, and not in a good way like Presbyterian. For me, it is a non distinct flavor which is nonetheless distinct in the fact that it tastes outright gross. I got it the hell out of my nice pipe and stuffed a nice flake of Mac Baren HH Latakia Flake in instead and, whew!, enjoyed that to no end. For me, it's a gross tobacco. I'm out ten bucks, and this was especially lame because the description sounded delicious. But it is bland and peppery, presenting an absolutely weird taste for something so non-descript. It's gross and freakish; Irish Oak is like a braggart with no real talent to back it up. Yuck.
Pipe Used:
Peterson 80s; beater pipe
PurchasedFrom:
4noggins
Age When Smoked:
Fresh; 10 months later
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2015 | Medium to Strong | Strong | Overwhelming | Strong |
It isn´t understandable to call this grizly stuff like VaPe.It is a kind of grinding bad components to come out like a worst result.A ordeal to the mouth,not only the tortured tongue,a pipe murdering in first degree.I have suffered this venom through many years because it arrives to me as a gift,no doubt from the harshest enemies of my pipes.
Pipe Used:
peterson system
PurchasedFrom:
gift
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 07, 2011 | Strong | Very Mild | Full | Strong |
Seeing how many other smokers give this blend such a high rating makes me wonder whether I received a bad tin. I recall the smell upon opening the tin was strong, earthy, and pleasant. But the moment I lit up, it all changed!
I won't go into many details since this blend has so many reviews. What I puffed on was a salty, cigar flavored tobacco that I found intolerable after smoking only a few bowls of it. I do wish I had kept it and let it age in a jar; but I was so overwhelmed by just how bad it was, it went straight into the trash. Hopefully my particular tin was an aberration for this blend because it rates as one of the worst tobaccos I've ever tried.
I won't go into many details since this blend has so many reviews. What I puffed on was a salty, cigar flavored tobacco that I found intolerable after smoking only a few bowls of it. I do wish I had kept it and let it age in a jar; but I was so overwhelmed by just how bad it was, it went straight into the trash. Hopefully my particular tin was an aberration for this blend because it rates as one of the worst tobaccos I've ever tried.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 01, 2006 | Medium | Extremely Mild | Full | Strong |
Peterson's Irish Oak has a unique taste when it comes to pipe tobacco. As others have noted, and I agree, it must be due to the exotic (Brazilian and African) leaf used in its blending. In the tin, the collective leaves smells like a combination of raisins and cigarette tobacco. It is a nice-looking weed and, after some drying, packs well. Unfortunately, the smoking qualities leave a lot to be desired. To begin, the Perique is too much for my sinus cavity. Rather! This stuff just stings. The weed tastes slightly young and has far too much of a cigarette-like quality to it. This might prove well as a transitional smoke for those looking to make the switch from cigarettes to pipes. There are a lot of favourable reviews of Irish Oak before me. Even with the mild New York winter that I am experiencing at present, however, I cannot join previous praise as this stuff just leaves me out in the cold.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jun 24, 2023 | Mild | None Detected | Very Mild | Tolerable |
You can smoke Irish Cask, so I suppose it deserves one star. A characterless blend of bland tobaccos. I love Perique, but I couldn’t taste any. I couldn’t taste anything except a weak, tediously monotonous blend, perhaps of floor sweepings. If I oversaw Peterson’s pipe tobacco range, I’d be ashamed. There’s little in the way of anything – flavour, nicotine or comfort. ‘Wretched’ comes close to how I feel.
Pipe Used:
Various
PurchasedFrom:
4Noggins
Age When Smoked:
From the tin
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 02, 2019 | Mild to Medium | Extremely Mild | Extremely Mild (Flat) | Tolerable |
I want to like Peterson tobaccos, but they make it so difficult. This just didn’t agree with me. Made it halfway through the tin, tossed the rest. Burns ok, if a little fast. Very little dottle. Smoke is plentiful, yet acrid. Decent nicotine hit. But it just doesn’t taste good. Can’t recommend.
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