Sir Walter Raleigh Pipe Tobacco in Review

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Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG)

Sir Walter Raleigh Pipe Tobacco in Review

CATEGORY: Burley based
BLEND: Burley
FLAVORING: Anisette, Sugar

BLENDER: STG
MANUFACTURER: STG

CUT: Coarse cut
PIPE: Old German Clay no. 3
INTENSITY: Medium

NOTES:

Marzipan | Dark pepper-spice | Nuttiness

The anisette topping gets divided upon itself and falls into sharp almond oil extract pieces. Piercing marzipan. Imbalance. At the tilt's other-end is a separate nuttiness with non-distinct beef stock pepper-spice, darkly. A charred woodiness is nice but also in & out & in & out. In & Out--a bit of fast food grease coats the smoke-hole. Spill some cola in there, too. Dirty glass, barkeep.

I will say the complexity is at high-levels for an OTC--but too, that's where the try-hard teeters the profile toward/into unenjoyable. Nuance-wise, there's a lack of meat on its rigid bones. Zero fatty depths. Fails at delivering the smokeable comfort food vibe which I reach for codger blends to sate. Really, it's quite a demanding smoke with a lacking ROI.

Smokes nigh aggressively fast but almost curiously is impossible to make bite. Weirdly, when you try to over-smoke you actually get rewarded with a new thin-syrupy, not totes natural, sweetness. Aroma-wise, nothing hangs around long enough to fully engage the senses... for that matter, ditto on the finish. Although at times there is cloying molasses there.

Suggested musical pairing:

(in & out)

"She goes in and out and in

And out and in and out and in and out
She's playing all night
And the music's all right
Mama's got a squeezebox
Daddy never sleeps at night"

- Pete Townshend

TASTE: B-
AROMA: B
BURN: B+

FINAL GRADE: B-
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59

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