Pipe Tobacco

This is a simple list of the pipe tobaccos I have smoked in recent years, along with my overall rating for each.  Such ratings are inevitably very personal and shouldn't be viewed as recommendations. I won't be reviewing the tobaccos as such - the Tobacco Reviews site covers that so well that I feel my efforts would be superfluous. I generally favour Virginia flakes, with or without 'extras' and I also enjoy various twists, plugs and English mixtures. Aromatic mixtures I tend to avoid though some are tasty enough.

Manufacturer	Brand	Type	Style	Strength	Flavouring	Rating
A & C Peterson	MT150 Mark Twain	Burley-Cavendish-Virginia	Broken Flake	Mild-Medium	Medium	***
Ashton (K&K)	Artisan's Blend	Va-Or-Lat-Per	Ribbon Cut	Medium-Strong	Very Mild	***
Ashton (K&K)	Consummate Gentleman	Va-Bur-Lat	Ribbon Cut	Mild-Medium	Very Mild	*****
B & H (Gallaher/JTI)	Mellow Virginia	Virginia-Burley	Ready Rubbed	Mild	Mild	*
Dunhill (STG)	Early Morning Pipe	Va-Or-Lat	Ribbon Cut	Mild-Medium	Very Mild	*****
Dunhill (STG)	(Light) Flake	Virginia	Flake	Mild-Medium	None	*****
Dunhill (STG)	London Mixture	Va-Lat-Tur	Ribbon Cut	Medium	Very Mild	****
Dunhill (STG)	My Mixture 965	Cav-Lat-Or	Ribbon Cut	Medium-Strong	Very Mild	*****
Dunhill (STG)	Standard Mixture	Va-Lat-Or	Ribbon Cut	Medium	None	****
G. L. Pease	Union Square	Virginia	Broken Flake	Medium	None	****
G. L. Pease	Jack Knife Plug	Va-Kentucky	Plug	Medium-Strong	None	*****
Gallaher (JTI)	Condor Blended	Virginia-Burley	Broken Flake	Mild-Medium	Mild	**
Gallaher (JTI)	Condor Original Long Cut	Virginia-Burley	Flake	Strong	Strong	*
Gawith Hoggarth	Balkan Mixture	Virginia-Latakia-Oriental	Ribbon Cut	Medium	Very Mild	***
Gawith Hoggarth	Best Brown #2	Virginia-Burley	Flake	Medium	Mild	****
Gawith Hoggarth	Black Bogie	Virginia	Rope	Very Strong	None	*****
Gawith Hoggarth	Black Irish Twist	Virginia	Rope	Strong	None	*****
Gawith Hoggarth	Bob's Chocolate Flake (aka Golden Flake)	Virginia-Burley-Latakia	Flake	Medium	Mild-Medium	***
Gawith Hoggarth	Bright CR Flake	Virginia	Flake	Mild-Medium	None	****
Gawith Hoggarth	Broken Flake No 7	Virginia-Burley	Broken Flake	Medium	Mild	****
Gawith Hoggarth	Brown Bogie	Virginia	Rope	Very Strong	None	****
Gawith Hoggarth	Brown Bogie Rum (aka Sweet Rum Twist)	Virginia	Rope	Very Strong	Mild	****
Gawith Hoggarth	Brown Flake	Virginia-Burley	Flake	Medium	None	****
Gawith Hoggarth	Brown Irish Twist	Virginia	Rope	Very Strong	None	****
Gawith Hoggarth	Coniston Cut Plug Unscented	Virginia-Burley	Cut Plug	Strong	Mild-Medium	****
Gawith Hoggarth	Curly Cut Deluxe Sliced	Virginia	Cut Rope	Medium	None	***
Gawith Hoggarth	Curly Cut Sliced	Virginia	Cut Rope	Medium-Strong	None	***
Gawith Hoggarth	Dark Birds Eye	Virginia	Shag	Strong	Very Mild	***
Gawith Hoggarth	Dark Flake Unscented	Virginia-Burley	Broken Flake	Very Strong	None	**
Gawith Hoggarth	Dark Kentucky	Virginia-Burley	Shag	Strong	Very Mild	****
Gawith Hoggarth	Dark Plug Unscented	Virginia-Burley	Plug	Very Strong	None	**
Gawith Hoggarth	Ennerdale Flake	Virginia-Burley	Flake	Medium	Medium-Strong	***
Gawith Hoggarth	Four Squires Flake	Virginia-Burley	Flake	Medium	Mild-Medium	***
Gawith Hoggarth	Louisiana Flake	Virginia-Perique	Flake	Medium	Very Mild	****
Gawith Hoggarth	Revor Plug	Virginia	Plug	Strong	Very Mild	*****
Gawith Hoggarth	Rich Dark Honeydew	Burley	Ready Rubbed	Medium	Mild	***
Gawith Hoggarth	Scotch Cake	Virginia	Flake	Mild	Very Mild	***
Gawith Hoggarth	Scotch Flake	Virginia	Flake	Mild-Medium	Very Mild	****
Imperial Tobacco	Amphora Full Aromatic (Red)	Cavendish	Ribbon Cut	Mild-Medium	Mild-Medium	**
J F Germain	Brown Flake	Virginia	Flake	Medium	Very Mild	****
J F Germain	Dark Flake	Va-Lat-Or-Tur	Flake	Medium-Strong	Mild	*****
J F Germain	King Charles Mixture	Va-Or-Lat	Ribbon Cut	Mild-Medium	None	*****
J F Germain	Medium Flake	Virginia	Flake	Mild-Medium	Very Mild	***
J F Germain	Royal Jersey Périque	Virginia-Perique	Ribbon Cut	Mild-Medium	Very Mild	***
J F Germain	Special Latakia Flake	Va-Lat-Or-Tur	Flake	Medium	None	****
John Patton	Cool Hand Fluke	Va-Per	Coarse Cut	Medium	Very Mild	*****
John Patton	Quadruple Virginia	Va	Coarse Cut	Mild-Medium	Very Mild	****
MacBaren	Dark Twist Roll Cake	Virginia-Cavendish	Curly Cut	Mild-Medium	Mild	***
MacBaren	Navy Flake	Burley-Virginia	Flake	Mild-Medium	Mild	***
MacBaren	Virginia Flake	Virginia	Flake	Mild-Medium	Mild-Medium	**
McClelland	2000 Fragrant Matured Cake	Virginia	Broken Flake	Mild-Medium	Mild	***
McClelland	2010 Classic Virginia	Virginia	Broken Flake	Mild-Medium	None	****
McClelland	5100 Red Cake	Virginia	Ready Rubbed	Mild-Medium	Very Mild	****
McClelland	5120 Fragrant Va Ribbon	Virginia	Ribbon Cut	Mild-Medium	Very Mild	****
Murray's (STG)	Bulwark Flake	Virginia	Flake	Medium-Strong	Mild	***
Murray's (STG)	Chairman's Flake (aka Mellow Flake)	Virginia	Flake	Mild-Medium	Very Mild	****
Murray's (STG)	Erinmore Balkan Mixture	Virginia-Latakia-Oriental	Ribbon Cut	Medium	Very Mild	*****
Murray's (STG)	Erinmore Flake	Burley-Virginia	Flake	Medium-Strong	Medium	****
Murray's (STG)	Erinmore Mixture	Virginia-Cavendish	Ready Rubbed	Mild-Medium	Medium	***
Murray's (STG)	Mick McQuaid Plug	Virginia	Plug	Medium-Strong	Mild-Medium	*****
Murray's (STG)	Mick McQuaid Square Cut	Virginia	Flake	Medium-Strong	Mild	****
Murray's (STG)	Punchbowle	Va-Lat	Coarse Cut	Medium-Strong	Very Mild	****
Murray's (STG)	Warrior Plug	Virginia-Burley	Plug	Medium-Strong	Very Mild	****
My Smoking Shop	Gentlemans Choice	Virginia-Burley	Ready Rubbed	Medium	Mild	**
My Smoking Shop	Old Fashioned	Virginia-Burley	Ready Rubbed	Medium	Medium	****
My Smoking Shop	Viking Virginia	Virginia	Broken Flake	Medium	Very Mild	*****
Ogden's (ITG)	St Bruno Flake	Virginia	Flake	Medium-Strong	Mild	***
Ogden's (ITG)	Walnut Flake	Virginia-Burley	Flake	Medium-Strong	Mild	**
Orlik (STG)	Bull's Eye	Va-Cavendish-Perique	Curly Cut	Medium	Very Mild	****
Orlik (STG)	Dark Kentucky Flakes	Va-Bur	Flake	Medium	Very Mild	****
Orlik (STG)	Golden Sliced	Virginia-Burley	Flake	Mild-Medium	Very Mild	****
Peterson's	Irish Flake	Burley-Virginia	Flake	Very Strong	Mild	***
Peterson's	Old Dublin	Va-Lat-Oriental-Cav	Ribbon Cut	Medium	Very Mild	****
Peterson's	Irish Oak	Bur-Cav-Va-Per	Ribbon Cut	Medium-Strong	Very Mild	****
Peterson's	Peterson's Perfect Plug	Burley-Virginia	Plug	Medium-Strong	Very Mild	*****
Peterson's	Sherlock Homes	Virginia-Burley-Oriental	Ribbon Cut	Mild	Mild-Medium	***
Peterson's	University Flake	Burley-Virginia	Flake	Strong	Mild-Medium	**
Peter Stokkebye	Irish Slices	Virginia-Burley	Flake	Medium-Strong	Mild	**
Player's	Medium Navy Cut	Virginia	Flake	Medium	Mild-Medium	****
Rattray's (K&K)	3 Noggins	Cav-Va-Lat-Or	Ribbon Cut	Medium	Very Mild	****
Rattray's (K&K)	7 Reserve	Cav-Va-Lat-Or	Ribbon Cut	Mild-Medium	Very Mild	***
Rattray's (K&K)	Black Mallory	Cav-Va-Lat-Or	Ribbon Cut	Medium	Very Mild	****
Rattray's (K&K)	Black Virginia	Virginia	Ribbon Cut	Medium	Very Mild	**
Rattray's (K&K)	Brown Clunee	Virginia	Ready Rubbed	Mild-Medium	Very Mild	****
Rattray's (K&K)	Hal o' the Wynd	Va-Kentucky-Perique	Long Cut	Medium-Strong	None	*****
Rattray's (K&K)	Marlin Flake	Va-Cavendish-Perique	Flake	Medium-Strong	Very Mild	*****
Rattray's (K&K)	Old Gowrie	Virginia	Long Cut	Medium	None	*****
Rattray's (K&K)	Red Rapparee	Cav-Va-Lat-Or	Ribbon Cut	Medium	Very Mild	****
Robert Lewis	Tree Mixture	Virginia-Latakia	Ribbon Cut	Medium	None	*****
Robert McConnell	Oriental	Va-Or	Broken Flake	Mild-Medium	Very Mild	****
Robert McConnell	Scottish Blend	Va-Lat-Per-Tur-Cav	Broken Flake	Mild-Medium	Very Mild	***
Robert McConnell	Scottish Cake	Va-Kentucky-Perique	Broken Flake	Medium	Very Mild	****
Robert McConnell	Scottish Flake	Virginia	Flake	Mild-Medium	None	*****
Samuel Gawith	1792 Flake	Virginia	Flake	Strong	Medium	**
Samuel Gawith	Balkan Flake	Viginia-Latakia	Flake	Medium	Very Mild	***
Samuel Gawith	Best Brown Flake	Virginia	Flake	Medium	None	****
Samuel Gawith	Black XX	Virginia	Rope	Strong	None	*****
Samuel Gawith	Bracken Flake	Virginia	Flake	Strong	Mild-Medium	***
Samuel Gawith	Brown No 4 Twist	Virginia	Rope	Very Strong	None	****
Samuel Gawith	Chocolate Flake	Burley-Virginia	Flake	Medium	Mild	***
Samuel Gawith	Cannon Plug	Virginia	Plug	Medium	Medium	****
Samuel Gawith	Cob Plug	Virginia	Plug	Strong	Medium	***
Samuel Gawith	Full Virginia Flake	Virginia	Flake	Medium-Strong	None	*****
Samuel Gawith	Full Virginia Plug	Virginia	Plug	Medium-Strong	None	*****
Samuel Gawith	Golden Glow (Medium Va Flake)	Virginia	Broken Flake	Mild-Medium	Mild-Medium	***
Samuel Gawith	Kendal Cream Flake	Burley-Virginia-Latakia	Flake	Medium	Mild	**
Samuel Gawith	Kendal Plug	Virginia	Plug	Medium	None	*****
Samuel Gawith	Navy Flake	Virginia-Latakia	Flake	Medium	Mild	*****
Samuel Gawith	Sam's Flake	Virginia-Oriental	Flake	Mild-Medium	Very Mild	***
Samuel Gawith	Skiff Mixture	Virginia-Latakia-Turkish	Ribbon Cut	Mild-Medium	Very Mild	****
Samuel Gawith	Squadron Leader	Virginia-Latakia-Turkish	Ribbon Cut	Medium	Very Mild	*****
Samuel Gawith	St James Flake	Virginia-Perique	Flake	Medium	Very Mild	*****
Tranter's (STG)	Bosun Navy Cut Flake	Virginia-Burley	Flake	Medium	Very Mild	****
Tranter's (STG)	Full Virginia	Virginia	Flake	Medium	None	****
Tranter's (STG)	Mainsail Flake	Virginia-Burley	Flake	Medium-Strong	Mild	**
Tranter's (STG)	RVR Flake	Virginia	Flake	Mild-Medium	None	****
William P Solomon (Planta)	Presbyterian Mixture	Virginia-Latakia-Oriental	Coarse Cut	Medium	Very Mild	*****
W.Ø. Larsen (Orlik/STG)	Selected Blend No. 30, Dark Virginia	Virginia	Coarse Cut	Medium	Very Mild	***

 ITG = Imperial Tobacco Group

JTI = Japan Tobacco International

K&K = Kohlhase & Kopp (who make Robert McConnell tobaccos now)

STG = Scandinavian Tobacco Group

Tranter's tobaccos are only available online from Cigar Conoisseur, the mail order division of Frederick Tranter. They were apparently originally made by Murray's and now probably by Orlik/STG.

Bur = Burley

Cav = Cavendish

Lat = Latakia

Or = Oriental
Per = Perique

Tur = Turkish

Va = Virginia