Nightcap Alternatives

[Fiddlepiper]

I’m sure this has been asked before but wondering if folk could suggest some alternatives to Nightcap?

I’ve found it very satisfying so fancied trying some other similar offerings.

Open to suggestions from all over but available in the UK blends would be cracking. ?

 

[evo03]

It's been a while since I've had Nightcap, but Seattle Pipe Club Plum Pudding would be a good one to try.

 

[shanez]

Ashton Artisan's Blend

 

[mingc]

Anything with a lot of latakia in it but without burley or cavendish (those two with latakia create different other genres). I think the following are available in the UK: Sam Gawith Commonwealth, Germain's Royal Jersey Original Latakia Mixture., and the aforementioned Ashton Artisan's Blend.

 

[bullet08]

GPL Odyssey.

 

[musicman]

HH Magnum Opus is an excellent, somewhat under-the-radar blend that is in the same ballpark.

 

[pantsBoots]

I'll second Ashton Artisan's Blend, especially if you can find an older tin made with Syrian Latakia. That stuff is magic.

 

[renfield]

GLP Quiet Nights. Chelsea Morning if you want something a bit lighter.

The previously mentioned Magnum Opus is better than Nightcap, IMO. Much more complex.

 

[Infantry23]

How is the match version of nightcap? Anyone tried it?

 

[Fiddlepiper]

Thanks everyone for their responses. ?

 

[RonB]

GLP Blackpoint.

 

[Merton]

L.J. Peretti's Midnight (at least for folks in the U.S.)

 

[3rdguy]

It is the king to me. With it still being made I would stock up heavy when it is on sale.

 

[LOREN]

I've had Sutliff Nightcap match. I think it's a fine blend on it's own but, personally, I would never call it a match for Dunhill Nightcap. I've haven't had the Peterson Nightcap.

 

[Road To Pines]

I've seen GLP Quiet Nights reviewed as "out-Nightcaps Nightcap."

 

[BrokenRecord]

I've had Sutliff Nightcap match. I think it's a fine blend on it's own but, personally, I would never call it a match for Dunhill Nightcap. I've haven't had the Peterson Nightcap.

Peterson’s Nightcap is the same as the previous “Dunhill” iteration. They both share the same tobacco and casing/preservatives.

When Nightcap went off the market for a few years, I found blends to fill the void, though nothing is quite the same as Nightcap. First, the Dunhill casing/preservatives that are found in all their blends is very distinct. Second, I have never found another blend that could balance the smokiness of Latakia, the sweetness of the Virginia leaf, the floral was of the Turkish leaf, with a potent kick of perique. The match blends miss the mark. Artisans Blend lacks the punch from perique and the Oriental varietals taste different. Quiet Nights is richer and earthier. Spark Plug might be the closest, but the form factor is quite different and it is a tad sweeter than Nightcap. All the blends listed here and by others are wonderfully fantastic.

 

[kcghost]

Hearth & Home has 10 to Midnight which is kind of like Nightcap.

 

[spicy_boiii]

My 2 cents - I don't know if you've had these, but from my favorite latakia containing blends, including Balkan, form best to least the order would be:

1) Quiet Nights
Tied 2) (and a close second) Ashton Artisans Blend and Eso ASTB
3) MM 965
4) Balkan Supreme
5) Margate
6) Blackhouse and Magnum Opus
....
11 or 12 or something) Nightcap

Ones I haven't spent enough time with, but may become the ones to beat: Brebbia Balkan, Drucquer Blairgowrie and Levant Mixture, and MacB's HH Vintage Syrian.