St Bruno Ready Rubbed, Your Thoughts?

[jaytex1969]

I have before me my first ever pouch of this venerable blend.

Please share with me your thoughts, in general.

Should it go into a "Lakeland" pipe, an aromatic pipe?

What do you like/dislike about this blend?

Thanks!

 

[mingc]

I wouldn't worry about it ghosting a pipe. The toppings in it are very light compared to, say, GH and SG's offereings. But I'd try it first in a clean pipe so you get an accurate flavor of the blend. It's very smooth, I think. Topping is fruit and a mere hint of floral.

 

[FurCoat]

Very good blend and ever so light on the topping. I have a hard time picking up on it. In my opinion, ghosting is not an issue.

 

[verporchting]

I’ve read so much about it ghosting a pipe but that just hasn’t been my experience at all. Mild floral notes (nothing like the Lakelands) on a good quality VA blend.

Nothing to be scared of.

 

[Architeuthis]

Tastes like walking into a florist shop. I second mingc's suggestion to try it in a pipe that wont add anything. very pleasant

 

[kschatey]

St Bruno Ready Rubbed is my to-go blend along with a small cob pipe. I don't get any floral or other obvious topping flavors.

 

[marconi]

I just don’t like the taste of St Bruno or Condor I have tried multiple times but there is just something not right about them IMO. I do like Ennerdale and I love Erinmore Flake.

 

[leonardbill1]

I mix it half and half with Gold Block and use a dedicated aromatic pipe.

 

[Chasing Embers]

I don't get any kind of floral from St. Bruno.

 

[mingc]

I don't get any kind of floral from St. Bruno.

I smell it in the jar but only after I went looking for it after folks here kept insisting it was there. I don't taste it the smoke at all.

 

[JohnClyde]

I love it.

For years I never understood why it was considered a lakeland. No perfume or granny soap, just a rich musky smell.

It's taken going back and trying all those degrees of lakeland flake to see that, of course its a lakeland. But it's pretty subtle.

I have a couple of friends over here who have only ever cared for St Bruno and little else. No matter what I throw at them - Germains, Balkan Sobranie, McClellands - nothing trumps the Bruno.

 

[paulfg]

todays version of St Bruno has a very toned down sauce compared with years ago

 

[JohnClyde]

todays version of St Bruno has a very toned down sauce compared with years ago

So I hear. I'd have loved to have tried it.

Funny how often ancient unopened tins of Sobranie, Capstan and Erinmore turn up but I've yet to come across an unopened tin of St Bruno...which says it all really.

I also hear that Erinmore used to be way stronger...which I find hard to believe!

 

[The Clay King]

I just don’t like the taste of St Bruno or Condor I have tried multiple times but there is just something not right about them IMO. I do like Ennerdale and I love Erinmore Flake.

@marconi I like St. Bruno and Condor in my clay pipes; recently tried the Erinmore Flake and like the fact it's still sold in tins and no plastic packaging like the UK St. Bruno Flake...

 

[marconi]

I love it.

For years I never understood why it was considered a lakeland. No perfume or granny soap, just a rich musky smell.

It's taken going back and trying all those degrees of lakeland flake to see that, of course its a lakeland. But it's pretty subtle.

I have a couple of friends over here who have only ever cared for St Bruno and little else. No matter what I throw at them - Germains, Balkan Sobranie, McClellands - nothing trumps the Bruno.

I have the same experience most pipe smokers I meet on the street smoke St Bruno and nothing else.That might have something to do with the lack of High street tobacconist.The people I know get their St Bruno fix from Londis,Tesco,etc and never use online stores.

 

[The Clay King]

I have the same experience most pipe smokers I meet on the street smoke St Bruno and nothing else.That might have something to do with the lack of High street tobacconist.The people I know get their St Bruno fix from Londis,Tesco,etc and never use online stores.

@marconi I used to buy OTC pipe baccy at supermarkets or the local Co-Op stores, or the newsagent in Chesterfield that sells loose Gawith Hoggarth blends - something I highly recommend due to the lack of plastic packaging; you can take your own container and get it weighed out (minimum purchase 10g). Dad says when I went to see the Sealed Knot, re-using the empty packet didn't offset the emissions from burning the tobacco!

 

[marconi]

@marconi I used to buy OTC pipe baccy at supermarkets or the local Co-Op stores, or the newsagent in Chesterfield that sells loose Gawith Hoggarth blends - something I highly recommend due to the lack of plastic packaging; you can take your own container and get it weighed out (minimum purchase 10g). Dad says when I went to see the Sealed Knot, re-using the empty packet didn't offset the emissions from burning the tobacco!

What Gawith loose blends do they sell?

 

[JOHN72]

Another easily accessible tobacco in the neighborhood tobacco store. Not my favorite but I rate them as battle tobacco. In these difficult times for the future of the tobacco world. Its price invites you to buy (5.90) euros for 50g................

 

[Inspired Idler]

St Bruno Ready Rubbed is my to-go blend along with a small cob pipe. I don't get any floral or other obvious topping flavors.

I do the same thing! I have a MM Morgan dedicated to St Bruno RR. I can't decide on a favorite between St. Bruno RR in the cob or DDNR in the Bing's favorite.