Josiah Brown's No.10 Mix Pipe Tobacco Reviews

A very smooth smoking English blend with latakia, but not a big quantity of it. This is medium-flavoured, leaning toward light, but doesn't have the sharpness of many lightweight blends. The predominant flavour is a velvety Virginia with a slightly creamy and grassy taste that reminds me somewhat of Rattray's Old Gowrie. Perique is present in good measure to give the mixture some life, but does not torch the tongue, due to the mild base.

The overall impression is one of unity and moderation without the slightest compromise in its savoury, not sweet, flavour. For a medium-strength, perique-spiked mixture, this reddish-brown, flecked with black tobacco is quite impressive in the way it incorporates smoothness and subtlety of flavour. It reminds me quite a bit of Sullivan's Gentleman's Mixture.