Nightcap Revisited

dcrguns · Jan 26, 2014

I opened a tin of Nightcap in late November 13' and smoked a few bowls and was not impressed. It had a strange flavor, somewhat bitter. I closed the tin and decided to let it sit for a while. I got it out today and lit it up. What a difference. It is one of the best smokes I have ever had. I will smoke the rest of this tin and I am popping another to let it sit for a while.

hodirty · Jan 26, 2014

I had a similar experience with Nightcap. It is one of my favorite blends now, and I buy it on a regular basis. I find if you open the tin and let it sit in a jar for about a week, it completly transforms the taste. I usually smoke small bowls before bed, as it has quite a kick, or first thing in the morning. It was my first experience of Latakia, and I can still remember the first bowl I ever had. Now I am rambling, but try it after it has had some air to it. It is,IMO, much better. Best of luck!

dcrguns · Jan 26, 2014

I totally agree. It not the same after it sits a while. Other tobaccos benifit from sitting also but I have not had one change as much as nightcap.

ravkesef · Jan 26, 2014

Hmm. Maybe it's time to try Nightcap again. A few years ago (like around 1970) I was looking for a light English to smoke just before bedtime, and because of the name, I bought Nightcap. Big mistake! I enjoyed the smoke a lot, but I was on a nicotine high until 2 am.

petes03 · Jan 26, 2014

There are two Lat blends, which also contain a noticeable amount of Perique that I enjoy, Nightcap is one of them. The other is Frog Morton On The Bayou, that being said, I have to be in the mood to smoke them.

cosmicfolklore · Jan 26, 2014

Crap, now I'm going to have to try it again as well, LOL. I also enjoy Voodoo Queen, which is a lat/perique blend as well, but it's not nearly as strong in vitamin N but tangy, tangy, tangy.

antbauers · Jan 27, 2014

Love Nightcap!

allan · Jan 27, 2014

I have an opened tin/jar of Nightcap from over a year ago that I just never finished. It was strong to me at the time, but that was before I began to lean heavily on Latakia blends.
Time to revisit.

irishkevin · Jan 30, 2014

My appreciation for nightcap has diminished since I picked it up, first couple of smokes I really enjoyed it, let it age some in a jar and enjoyed the change...however I have smoked it too much as of late opposite brown bogie. It may be the extreme difference between the two, or I'm just tired of the same thing for dinner each night (so to speak).

PlanxtyPipes · Jan 30, 2014

I have some Nightcap that I bought in 2007 that is in a mason jar under my bed. I smoke it every once in a while, but I've got a lot of blends opened so I probably don't smoke it as much as I would like to. I just bought a brand new tin to pop one of these days to compare the "fresh" out of the tin flavor to the aged flavor. I'm looking forward to seeing how they compare. Personally I love it with some age on it but I've totally forgotten what it tastes like new.

shutterbugg · Jan 30, 2014

I love Nightcap, it does indeed make a nice late-evening smoke. When I open a tin I put it in a bail-top glass jar, it usually takes me a month or more to go through it, and I have never noticed the slightest change in taste from the first to the last bowl, or from that last bowl to the first bowl from the next tin, where it would be more evident I suspect.

oldsoldier · Feb 19, 2014

I had exactly the same experience dcrguns; opened a tin purchased in January 2013 and found it bitter and unpalatible.
I put it aside with a mind to blend it later with some of my other Tobaccos.
I forgot all about it until some 3 weeks later, decided to light it up once more out of curiosity, and lo and behold, it was a completely different smoking experience; cool, silky on the palate, with a lovely medium sized nicotine hit to it.
From now on for me; open the tin, let it age for a time, and continue the journey.

lucky695 · Feb 19, 2014

me too I guess... I'll have to go back and find the jar with the nightcap in it...it's in there somewhere...

jgriff · Feb 19, 2014

Fair warning. I have a jar of Nightcap that's 11 years old (yes, I forgot it in the back of the shelf). It's mellowed too much and rather boring now.

mso489 · Feb 19, 2014

An earlier post said that Nightcap being sold recently has been much milder than a year or two ago. In the past,

I found it very strong on nic, but much improved by waiting a few days or a week after opening the tin. Then it

became a nice smooth smoke, but still with a strong nic kick. I'm aging a tin I received for Christmas.
Interesting about the 11-year-old tin going bland. Maybe it's like wine, improving for a certain length of time,

then deteriorating.
Other than an over-aged tin, Nightcap seems to be one of the most consistently like blends, except for the nic

sensitive.

jgriff · Feb 19, 2014

It's probably everything. The virginias may have improved but the latakia and perique softened. The beauty of Nightcap is that it's so balanced, no single element is overwhelms the others. I think my older stuff is a victim of the balance being screwed up. I'll revisit it tonight.

oldtoby · Feb 19, 2014

Totally agree about the new issue of Nightcap benefiting with a couple weeks time after popping the tin.

Felt completely opposite about the Murray's issue. Loved it fresh out of the tin.

mrmotoyoshi · Feb 21, 2014

I did a very similar thing. I opened the tin and threw it in a mason jar, shaking it up to make it a nice loose ribbon cut. Left it for two weeks and came back to it, shook it around for a while and left it for another two weeks. It was much better than the first bowl I had right after opening it. I got the idea off of a tobacco review website.

jgriff · Feb 21, 2014

I revisted my old jar of Nightcap yesterday and my conclusion was the same. It's nice but it's not what I liked about it before. After a while, the latakia & perique soften so much that it becomes a "normal" English. What was always appealing about young Nightcap (or under a year in age) is that it blends together well and no component dominates.

andrew · Feb 21, 2014

I just finally smoked it for the first time last night, it's probably the first time I've cracked a tin of anything and it's been ready to smoke. I love it, not too strong on any points. I'd only tried the match for it PM pipe by McClellends's before, and like their am pipe match for EMP, they're not even really similar to the Dunhill's. I can't believe they even call it a match, it should just be their own McC's blend. Nightcap is amazing, maybe it's because of getting into blends lately like cool hand fluke with 40% perique the nicotine and the flavours I don't find strong at all.

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