Rattray 3 Noggins

Rattray's 3 Noggins has a tin note that is sweet, earthy, smokey, woody with a little sourness and spice. Smells great! Unfortunately, the tin smell does not translate into the full smoke promised on the tin. It is mild to med. from start to finish. The flavors never really develop, the VA's seem to be the dominate component here but offer only a little grass and citrus with hints of dark fruits here and there. The blend offers some smoky campfire notes and is earthy but there are only hints of sourness, spice and floral elements. The nic just touches mild to med. The room note is tolerable at best. The finish is rather short for a Lat blend. It smoked a little damp for me and required several relights, otherwise the blend would smoke hot. This is not the full smoke as advertised. If this is fuller than 7 Reserve, then I have no reason to even sample that. Personally, taking this for what it is, a mild to med. smoke, there are way better options out there, for example, Samuel Gawith's Skiff Mixture or EMP although both lack the black cav.

Very mild blend. Tin note is very light, lightly sweet and with some notes of grass. This has taken me awhile to review. I have smoked it in every pipe type I have, cob, clay, meer and briar. Large bowl, small bowl, wide bowl and narrow. I cannot get any real flavor from this blend, which in and of itself is an impressive accomplishment. I would say the Cavendish is the lead leaf in this blend, I do not get any flavoring at all just a mineral and slightly sour flavor. There is also a slight woody flavor, similar to a toothpick kept in your mouth, Someone else mentioned Rattray's blends being hit and miss, I would agree. I love Red Raparee, Marlin Flake, Black Mallory, Hal 'O the Wynd and most of the Virginia flakes, Brown Clunee may be an exception. This one is a big miss for me. I truly get no flavor from the smoke and it just isn't worth the effort to try and find it.

It isn't horrible, just not worth the money. Buy a lighter English from almost anyone else. The tobacco seems to smoke hot and can become acrid and bite. I only smoked 1 100gram tin of this so it might have been the tin. For some reason this blend gets bitter near the end of the bowl which I usually only expect in heavy burley blends. I love other Rattray blends, just can't stand this one.

I really wanted to like this, and not just for the money a 100g tin costed me. Or that beatutiful, old school packaging. I stumbled upon this while on a quest for the perfect EM, and I'm afraid this is not going to stay with me. It's flat, anonymous, with a huge olfactive hole where the "body" should be. The tin aroma is promising, with a queer hint of fermented raisins, but ultimately it adds up to nothing. I kept coming back to 3 Noggins on different pipes and in different contexts, but the results were not encouraging: it doesn't seem to work for me. It's not that I detected flaws, foul smells or cheap tricks, the material is clearly top notch, but the smoke it delivers is feeble, weak and, well, "empty". I'm not implying that it's bad tobacco, chances are it will work for some, but don't see myself buying more of this anytime soon.

Well, another Rattray's tobacco bites the dust. Don't know what those folks in Germany are doing with the great Rattray's blends, but to me they are no longer smokeable, and the competition simply outclasses them these days, in all their offerings. Opened two aged 100 gram tins, and mostly found this stuff tasteless, with too much nicotine for a tobacco with little else in the way of redeeming qualities. Some funny chocolate flavor keeps wafting through, but not much else. Can't pick out the virginias, or much else for that matter. And it leaves an awful taste on the palate, and it ain't the pipe. I am officially done with Rattray's blends now. Tired of paying the big bucks simply to toss it in the garbage when it proves unlikeable. What was once a great house is simply an anemic shadow of its former self. Adios and good riddance. The great American houses have become the new standard bearers in the world of smoking tobacco, although Samuel Gawith is still making an impeccable product. There, my two cents worth, or one star's worth, or something. Night'all

I keep coming back to this blend, and I keep coming up short on describing it. There's a very minor vanilla note from time to time, but nothing stands out in the tobacco dept. Not an English, not an Oriental, sort of the Carter Hall of the imported tobacco world Will finish this tin, but another is not on the horizon.

3 Noggins is a strong moist tobacco that burns hot and harsh. The Virginias in this are not like the ones used in Old Gowrie, Marlin Flake or Hal O' the Wynd. I found nothing positive here and for the price, this was a total disappointement.

well this is a full Engish and a well made blend but I just dont particularly like it. Full and a bit raspy there are better selections out there in this category. Good but not in my taste.