Pouch Tobaccos

[rsshreck32]

My only experience with purchasing a pouch tobacco is Five Brothers, which is excellent in my opinion. In your experience, what other pouch tobaccos have you smoked that you really enjoyed? I'm always looking to expand my pipe smoking horizons! And friends, thank you in advance for the replies!

 

[Jwebb90]

I’m really enjoying my first pouch of Amphora Original. The blend has a fantastic tobacco base that is complimented nicely by a chocolate topping. The topping is not overdone and allows the tobaccos to really shine.

 

[mortonbriar]

Sir Walter Raleigh is Raleigh good, sir.

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

SWR, Half & Half, IRC 3 Star Blue are all good.

 

[didimauw]

Another vote for Amphora. However I only liked the burley blend.

 

[Ghosted Tamper]

Five Brothers is fantastic.

Another vote for SWR. Never had the Aromatic version, but I hear it is also good, or great.

Amphora VA Blend, Burley Blend, and Kentucky Blend are good smokes for their respective prices.

One of my favorite pouch blends, and favorite blends in general, is St. Bruno Ready-Rubbed. You can catch that for much cheaper than the Flake, to boot.

I suppose it would be considered a pouch blend, and since you like Five Brothers, I would look into the Tabac de la Semois tobaccos by Vincent Manil. Quite different flavour profile, yet fulfills that same stoutness as FB.

 

[TheBarstoolsBuiltForBen]

I just had a bowl of Captain Black Royal and enjoyed it, fwiw.

 

[metalheadycigarguy]

SWR is a good blend. I usually smoke it in a cob as I enjoy it more in my cobs. I also really enjoy Sail (yellow pouch). It's a nice Virginia/Burley blend.

 

[Kobold]

I like half and half, amphora full aroma and velvet. All go great in a cob and fit nicely in the glove compartment.

 

[Peter Turbo]

Pretty much all the Amphoras, I like their Burley blend a lot.

 

[Skippy B. Coyote]

Super Value Bourbon Whiskey for me! I've tried every whiskey flavored aromatic I could get my hands on and, rather shockingly, Super Value had by far the strongest and best tasting whiskey flavor with a very pleasant Virginia/Burley mix to back it up. The pouch note absolutely bowls you over with sour mash whiskey aroma, and the tobacco itself is surprisingly dry and not wet or goopy at all. It burns down to a clean white ash and doesn't leave the bowl sticky at all like so many other inexpensive aromatics. It's fantastic stuff and beats the pants off all the premium tinned whiskey flavored aromatics!

 

[The Amish Tyrant]

Aside from Five Brothers giving you the most bang for your buck, Amphora Virginia was surprisingly good (I didn't have high hopes, but was pleased).

Half and Half is my go-to and I'm a fan of most codger blends (which tend to come in pouches).

P&C has some different pouch samplers and SPC has an Amphora sampler.

 

[Hutch Piper]

Super Value Bourbon Whiskey for me! I've tried every whiskey flavored aromatic I could get my hands on and, rather shockingly, Super Value had by far the strongest and best tasting whiskey flavor with a very pleasant Virginia/Burley mix to back it up. The pouch note absolutely bowls you over with sour mash whiskey aroma, and the tobacco itself is surprisingly dry and not wet or goopy at all. It burns down to a clean white ash and doesn't leave the bowl sticky at all like so many other inexpensive aromatics. It's fantastic stuff and beats the pants off all the premium tinned whiskey flavored aromatics!

I’m a fan of the Super Value blends. All sorts of good flavors. Good tobacco taste too.

 

[btp79]

St Bruno Ready rubbed and Salty Dog are both pretty awesome. But salty dog is a bitch to prepare. There's a joke in there somewhere but I'm too tired to dig it out right now.

 

[obc83]

Really digging Half and Half lately. Mostly jumping between that and Captain Black Original right now. I have a pouch of Platinum but it smells a little too much like TOP for me to go for it very often.

 

[Mrs. Pickles]

Another vote for the honorable Sir Walter Raleigh Aromatic. Delicious, dynamic, and just about the least fussy tobacco I've ever stuffed in a pipe.

 

[judcole]

Amphora Original, Burley, Virginia, English.
Prince Al.

 

[huntertrw]

Here's another vote for Velvet. And don't forget Carter Hall!

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

Definitely, in regard to quality of the leaf one cannot beat Amphoras, St Bruno and basic Mc Barens offerings which all come in pouches and all of them are proudly produced in Denmark by Barens company..

 

[prairiedruid]

I've always enjoyed a pouch of John Bull from time to time.