Carter Hall

[Bassman65]

Tried Carter Hall for the first time today. Been cellared for about 9 months in a mason jar since I bought it.

Not bad. It’s an easy smoke. It stays lit incredibly well and produces quite a bit of smoke. Also has that old timey pipe smell. I did get an odd waft of chocolate, and occasionally a chemically tinge. Not sure what that taste is.

I’ll definitely finish the tub, but I honestly prefer Smoker’s Pride Black Cavendish for a cheap OTC blend. Probably due to my love of aromatics.

 

[FLDRD]

I did get an odd waft of chocolate, and occasionally a chemically tinge. Not sure what that taste is.

Possibly the propylene glycol (PG). Some can taste it more than others.
It's my "base" blend, as in, the "lowest" I'll go. I like it overall and it got me on the path that led to smokeable leaf. But sometimes I taste it's chemical.

 

[Sig]

Letting Carter Hall, Prince Albert and Half&Half sit in a jar for awhile can lessen the chemical taste in my opinion.
I USED to smoke all three as well as Middletons Cherry by the pound. Sinse the HUGE price increase here in NYS, I no longer smoke any of them.

 

[Bassman65]

Letting Carter Hall, Prince Albert and Half&Half sit in a jar for awhile can lessen the chemical taste in my opinion.
I USED to smoke all three as well as Middletons Cherry by the pound. Sinse the HUGE price increase here in NYS, I no longer smoke any of them.

What are you smoking instead?

 

[MikeO_CLT]

CH in a cob is one of my favorite smokes. If I am traveling, I try to keep it simple & just take some CH & a cob. I've never missed the briars or any other blends if I have some CH & cob while away from home.

 

[bullet08]

Still have a pouch left over from US made CH. The thing about these codger blends is they will out live roaches.

 

[kcghost]

CH is generally an enjoyable blend for elderly amongst us. I don't enjoy it myself.

 

[ThermionicScott]

I’m just trying Carter Hall now. Five bowls in, and I’m liking it better than Prince Albert and Half&Half. The casing/topping isn’t too strong and it’s got just enough Virginia for me.

 

[Bassman65]

I’m just trying Carter Hall now. Five bowls in, and I’m liking it better than Prince Albert and Half&Half. The casing/topping isn’t too strong and it’s got just enough Virginia for me.

Another bowl on a chilly fall day. Paris nicely with the fire. The more I smoke it, the more I can appreciate it

 

[Grangerous]

I thought I’d never dislike Carter Hall. It hasn’t changed. I have. It’s strange to revisit blends once loved and not experience them the same.

 

[didimauw]

I thought I’d never dislike Carter Hall. It hasn’t changed. I have. It’s strange to revisit blends once loved and not experience them the same.

Oh it's not you that's changed my friend

 

[wolflarsen]

I miss the pouches. Only offering it in 14oz tubs is lame.

 

[ThermionicScott]

I miss the pouches. Only offering it in 14oz tubs is lame.

I probably would have tried it a lot sooner if the pouches were still available.

 

[sittingbear]

Try Chatham Manor (aka Estate Blend). It's Hearth and Home's Carter Hall match, and I think it's better quality.

 

[Sig]

What are you smoking instead?

Pretty much everything else.
The only reason I really ever smoked those blends was because of the ridiculously low price.....a decade+ ago.

 

[rmcnabb]

Chiming in to say that I'm infatuated with Carter Hall. I have brushed up against this several times in my life in ways that have very nostalgic associations. Our bus driver, Mack, smoked CH - in that storied epoch when bus drivers could smoke a pipe while driving kids to school. He was a character and we all loved him, and on "teacher's day" all the kids would get him a pouch of CH, in that time when kids could buy pipe tobacco at the store. He must have had pounds of it. Also my piano teacher smoked it constantly - he was another character. A real genius, he had books on his shelves that were signed by J.S. Bach as well as his son CPE Bach. And he smoked CH while barking at me not to look at my hands. And there were others.

So I bought a tin and I really love this stuff. Nutty, sweet, easy to pack and light. The subtle topping is actually a welcome addition. I keep getting new aromas on the retrohale. Great with coffee, great with a beer. And it's cheap. And you get a cool tub that is useful for a million things. "A useful pot", as Pooh would say.

So I'm happy I can enjoy an all day smoke that I don't have to light with a butane blow torch and can load with one hand.

Now that I'm an official codger, do I get a hat or something? Is there a secret handshake?