Erinmore Mixture Pipe Tobacco Reviews

The first thing I notice about this blend is that its pouch aroma, and then its flavour, don't seem nearly as concentrated as I recall in Erinmore Flake. This is the ready-rubbed version, mainly yellowish medium-cut with frequent flecks of darker-coloured tobacco, likely black cavendish.

 

As much as enjoy the intensity of the taste in Erinmore Flake, I find the lighter flavour of this version equally appealing and certainly more refreshing. The expected flavour is there - something that resembles a unified blend of pineapple and liquorice - but the taste of the sweet Virginia tobacco comes through quite well too, more so than in the flake version if I remember correctly.

 

The body of the smoke is medium, perhaps even a little on the light side of medium. Still, it's not a weak smoke by any means, I find it quite satisfying and relaxing, but neither is it full like Condor or Saint Bruno. One of its better qualities is that the flavour is quite consistent from the beginning to the end of a smoke, without significant degradation of taste, the way many non-flavoured tobaccos smoke.

 

Only as you get quite close to the end of a smoke does its flavour wane, and you then become quite conscious that you are indeed smoking Virginia. Because it is predominately a light and not-fully matured Virginia blend, it may have a tendency to bite your tongue a bit if you smoke it too fast (I wouldn't recommend it for outdoor smoking, the flake version would likely be a better alternative) or too frequently, depending ultimately on the sensitivity of your tongue. For me, this blend rides that line of being neither a smooth nor biting tobacco.

 

Make no mistake about it, Erinmore IS an aromatic tobacco, but its distinctive qualities (it's a high-quality Virginia blend, not just an aromatic) seems to make it acceptable to some smokers of English blends and unacceptable to some who usually smoke aromatics. Some have rightfully pointed out that this blend, like many distinctive tobaccos, imparts a strong flavour to the pipe in which it is smoked and have suggested that a pipe should be dedicated to Erinmore only.

 

I have found that Condor's even stronger flavour will cover up Erinmore's in no time at all. Erinmore Mixture burns dry to the bottom of the pipe and leaves me with a small, dry dottle. I found its room aroma to be pleasant: fairly mild and slightly sweet; I can't imagine anyone ever complaining about it.