Carter Hall by Middleton

[Briar Lee]

On the way home from visiting my farm I stopped in a cheap booze and smoke shop and they had Carter Hall for $3.39 a pouch. I bought both pouches they had out on the shelves.

Carter Hall might be the last tobacco sold in the traditional foil pouch inside of a box.

There are at least four different tobaccos in this blend, plus a fruity tasting essence that’s always reminded me of Juicy Fruit chewing gum.

It’s not changed any, in the fifty years I’ve smoked it. Just a good, mellow, easy burning, mostly burley blend that is tasty and fruity all the way down to the bottom. No wonder codgers like me love it.

The value and worth of codger burleys is they taste good, and they satisfy, for not much money. Each one has, their own distinct flavorings.

If this was all I had to smoke, I’d be fine and dandy. The do gooders have forced Middleton to place big warnings :

This product contains nicotine. Nicotine is an addictive chemical.

I’d be disappointed if it didn’t.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Carter Hall might be the last tobacco sold in the traditional foil pouch inside of a box.

Check the manufacturer label. It's made in the Dominican Republic now and the pouches were discontinued last year or the year before.

 

[bullet08]

Still have one pouch left of US made Carter Hall. Probably smoke it in spring.

 

[captpat]

CH is my favorite codger blend, I have a plastic tub of it left.

 

[condorlover1]

I never could get into this one. I purchase a pouch from the cigar stand in Grand Central Station in 1995 when I first arrived in this country. I tried some more recently when I purchased some for the son of a friend of mine who wanted to try pipe smoking. Probably the worst thing I ever did since he became a fanatic who was forever 'borrowing' plugs of tobacco from me since C.H didn't do it for him anymore! Hey ho.

 

[Kobold]

Lucky finding those pouches. I can’t find any around my way anymore.

 

[mikestanley]

Carter Hall is one of those tobaccos that I appreciate someone else smoking it in my presence. A fellow I play golf with occasionally smokes it. I enjoy when he does.

Mike S.

 

[ray47]

I mix some 5 Brothers in with the Carter Hall to give it more of a nicotine hit and the 5 Brothers doesn't alter the flavor all that much. I do the same thing with Prince Albert.

 

[didimauw]

I'm sure it smokes great in those lee pipes! Sounds like a great combination!

 

[burleybreath]

Probably the best of the OTCs, though I like them all in different ways. I still have an unopened tub dated 2013. If it's anything like a five-year-old tub I had, it will be pure pipesmokerly ecstasy. I know burley isn't known for aging, but something sure as hell happened in that can. Best Smoke Ever.

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

CH is my daily go to. I keep at least 5 tubs in my cellar at all times.

 

[NomadOrb]

Maybe the best at building carbon cake in a pipe. All of the OTC's are great at breaking in new pipes, but for some reason, I usually use Carter Hall.

 

[The Amish Tyrant]

Carter Hall might be the last tobacco sold in the traditional foil pouch inside of a box.

I believe the last time I bought Prince Albert, it came in a foil pouch inside a box. The tobacco was bought at a liquor and vape shop that has a small selection of pipe tobacco (Captain Black, Half and Half). It's also where I got an older tub of SWR this fall.

 

[mso489]

Granger gave up their foil pouches a few years ago. I think the tubs may have gone away too in the 14 oz. format. Now they are mostly the 7 or 8 oz. formats.

The so-called OTC or codger blends sure have their attributes. The cuts burn better and longer than many premium blends, and though the blends change with sources of tobacco and season, they work for consistency and continuity.

I like SWR original and aromatic, and Granger. Prince Albert has a little too much cocoa flavoring which upstages the mild tobacco, and Carter Hall is a bit mild, but both are enjoyable. Half-and-Half I find a little harsh for such a dependable format of burley and Virginia; I like it better when I do my own mix of those.

There's a reason these good old blends have been around for a hundred-and-some years.

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

I quite a much liked this tobacco when I had it

 

[Alex.Jr]

Still have some pouches around. PA too. But I'm keeping them sealed and smoking from the tub only.

 

[Grangerous]

I have an unopened US manufactured tub along with older pouches I was able to round up locally.

I appreciate this blend and I used to really enjoy it, but I don’t reach for it often.

I am curious to try a sampling of the Dominican version.

 

[Briar Lee]

I’ve tried a 14 ounce tub of Dominican Republic made Carter Hall, and it’s the same as the pouches.

Carter Hall: It tastes as good as it looks!

 

[burleybreath]

Oh my gawd! Just saw those warning labels. Tobacco has nicotine in it!? I never knew, and no one ever told me. That's it--I'm done with smoking!

https://imgur.com/VAkDU5H

 

[mso489]

Carter Hall used to be available in every grocery store and drug store in the U.S., like Tide detergent and Cheerios cereal. I wouldn't know where to buy it now in my fair sized city. The Smoker's Shop that used to sell it and one or two other blends, closed years ago, and my local independent pipe shop mostly sells premium blends.