Sherlock's Haven's Bohemian Scandal Pipe Tobacco Reviews

From Sherlock's Haven, San Francisco. This is a hearty, full-English style blend that includes burleys in addition to the more typical English recipe of Orientals + Virginias + latakia. It's a medium-cut, mostly dark mixture. Due to the liberal quantity of burley that it contains, this blend is not quite as rich in body as many English blends of a similarly dark color and full latakia content.

Some might therefore prefer to call this an "American" mixture. At the outset of a bowl of this, an intense nutty taste resulting mainly from the burleys and Orientals is dominant.

It proceeds to become a bit more stout and slightly bitter further down a bowl full. The high latakia content ensures that it be a reasonably smooth smoke, but the burley keeps it strong and perky tasting.

This is a very strong-tasting tobacco that would be best enjoyed by those who like the taste of both dark burleys and full-English blends.