Sir Walter Raleigh

[a town piper]

Man what is up with Sir Walter. I bought a pouch today I was really looking forward to that first bowl. fired it up and tastes like metal. I mean it was horrible first bowl was a corn cob i even tried a briar same foul taste. What gives

 

[Grimlineman]

I’d like to know as well.
I picked some up at a small grocery store and there is no telling how many years it’ had been sitting on the shelf but as much as I wanted to like it because it packed like a dream it tasted awful.
I chalked it up to too long of a shelf life. I want to try it again but I have read they might be having control issues?

 

[a town piper]

I’d like to know as well.
I picked some up at a small grocery store and there is no telling how many years it’ had been sitting on the shelf but as much as I wanted to like it because it packed like a dream it tasted awful.
I chalked it up to too long of a shelf life. I want to try it again but I have read they might be having control issues?

I was almost wondering if it has been tampered with at the factory...

 

[FurCoat]

It really breaks my heart to hear so many folks here having bad experiences with SWR since they moved production from Georgia.
I wonder how Granger and SWRA are holding up.

 

[kcghost]

I was almost wondering if it has been tampered with at the factory...

Do ya think??

 

[a town piper]

It really breaks my heart to hear so many folks here having bad experiences with SWR since they moved production from Georgia.
I wonder how Granger and SWRA are holding up.

The aromatic tastes and smokes like a dream..

 

[fireground_piper]

I was almost wondering if it has been tampered with at the factory...

What’s the manufacture facility on the packaging? That would be more telling.

 

[SmokingInTheWind]

It’s a known issue since the production moved from the USA to Denmark. I had to chuck a 7 oz can that smelled like a cup of vinegar had been poured on it. Lots of reports of vinegar smell with the new Denmark produced SWR. I had a pouch of the USA made in the past and liked it. It’s too bad they screwed it up.

Danish Sir Walter Raleigh :: Pipe Tobacco Discussion

27FEB2024 I really enjoy SWR regular, every day smoke for me mixed with Perique. I'm still working on my last tubs of USA made. My question is has anyone noticed the very strong vinegar smell in the Danish made SWR? I have a friend a few months back purchased several Danish 7 ounce tins with a...

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[WirelessSmoke]

That's too bad, I was told that it was one of the better old pouch tobaccos to smoke the last time I was at Watch City Cigar. Glad I didn't pick it up at that point, but I did add it to my list to try in the near future.

 

[towhee89]

SWR was one of the first pipe Tobacco's I tried. The smoke shop had a batch of pouches made in 2021 I tried last spring. Today I picked up a pouch from the same batch and a pouch of Drum. The SWR while dried some has a harsh vinegar to the taste, and it gets more intense halfway thru the bowl and torwards the end. Not sure what is going on. Been reading a lot of complaints about it online. I will try to air it out even more but I doubt it'll go away.

I may double check my other empties to see if it's the exact same date code but I'm pretty sure it is because vause no one buys it.

Pretty sure food lion has the older usa tubs, I really should get one, I know they have the old captain black 14oz tubs, they just update prices but keep old stock which is sorta wrong imo. I'll have to check again and see

 

[a town piper]

SWR was one of the first pipe Tobacco's I tried. The smoke shop had a batch of pouches made in 2021 I tried last spring. Today I picked up a pouch from the same batch and a pouch of Drum. The SWR while dried some has a harsh vinegar to the taste, and it gets more intense halfway thru the bowl and torwards the end. Not sure what is going on. Been reading a lot of complaints about it online. I will try to air it out even more but I doubt it'll go away.

I may double check my other empties to see if it's the exact same date code but I'm pretty sure it is because vause no one buys it.

Pretty sure food lion has the older usa tubs, I really should get one, I know they have the old captain black 14oz tubs, they just update prices but keep old stock which is sorta wrong imo. I'll have to check again and see

Good luck I let it air out for over a week the harsh vinegar flavor is still there. I ended up mixing it with a pouch of super value vanilla I had lurking around. It made it tolerable. I wont be buying more SWR...

 

[towhee89]

Good luck I let it air out for over a week the harsh vinegar flavor is still there. I ended up mixing it with a pouch of super value vanilla I had lurking around. It made it tolerable. I wont be buying more SWR...

Me neither. I just got a pouch because it was the first thing I smoked. Oh well

 

[First Sealord]

Sad to hear about this. I bought 8 or 9 tubs of Lane Ready Rubbed, Velvet and SWR in 2016 and 2017. I like all three of them and have to say SWR is my favorite.

 

[towhee89]

I looked at my date Codes on my old pouches and indeed they are the same. I could have sworn the 2 I had didn't have the vinegar thing. Its either happening over time or only in certain bags, I'm not really sure.

I'm not sure if swra was affected but now I don't wanna take a chance.

 

[a town piper]

I looked at my date Codes on my old pouches and indeed they are the same. I could have sworn the 2 I had didn't have the vinegar thing. Its either happening over time or only in certain bags, I'm not really sure.

I'm not sure if swra was affected but now I don't wanna take a chance.

The pouch I just bought recently. dont know about date code. SWRA still smokes good and tastes good..