Amphora Kentucky Blend: High-end Tobacco in a Pouch?

[judcole]

I smoke a lot of Amphora Original, Burley, and Virginia. These are all fine examples of what could be all-day smokes for the right smoker.

 

[J-Evverrett]

Not sure about the EU but in the Uk many blends moved to pouches a while back. It’s the same way that many micro-breweries in the US are back to using cans. It used to be that pouch blends were for a lower-end market but that isn’t so clear anymore.

That seems to be what the Sutliff man had to say on the smokingpipes video. They were trying to move into putting more premium lines into pouches for the American market.

 

[kcghost]

I use to really like the Amphora original.

 

[SmokeRings79]

Tried the Burley and the Kentucky. Both were excellent for me. Highly recommended.

 

[Terry Lennox]

They are all high quality blends. I especially like the cut of many of them: ready rubbed with chunks of broken flake. If you like an old time pipe aroma try Full Aroma. Even the English blend is not bad--reminded me of Boswell's Light English. I love the pouches too. I wish more stuff came in pouches.

 

[didimauw]

Very high quality. And I love the pouch factor. Should dry some more out tonight. It's been a while.

I thought that the Amphora burley blend tasted familiar. Then I saw it was made by Macbaren. Then it all made sense.

 

[gastro]

You're definitely getting a little more than you pay for with these. They aren't going to knock your socks off but are genuine value. I've tried them all and the Kentucy is the one for my money. It takes me to my personal dark fired limit, whereas Old Dark Fired can easily take you over the edge

 

[danimalia]

Interesting, so are some recent additions to the line, and the full etc are the classic end? I’m kind of dumbstruck I didnt try this sooner, mostly bc of the pouch. Peterson put out some pouches awhile back, I tried the English, which was pretty good.

I think that's correct. I know the Kentucky, Virginia and Burley are all relatively recent having come around in just the past few years. The Original and Full Aroma are definitely old school. Not sure about the Black Cavendish version...

I like the Burley and Kentucky versions. Still need to try Full Aroma and Virginia. I thought the original had a really nice flavor but it burned a bit hot for me. Probably just a me problem.

They're all really good values. If you haven't had the St. Bruno RR, that's another great pouch resurrection by MacBaren, though it is usually a couple bucks more than Amphora.

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

as with all Mc Barens offerings ,the quality is impeccable, I use to smoke Amphoras and other Mc Barens standard line ,mostly their Burley forward blend all the time, great value,real tobacco and are not overly topped with sauces

 

[J-Evverrett]

I finished off the pouch a few days ago, and have to say I like it. I think I’m gonna stick with the ODF RR in bulk though. I am however going to try the Virginia and others in the near future.

 

[gastro]

just loaded up my Rich Lewis pipe to do a little studying