November 05, 2024
Product: Capstan Ready Rubbed Blue 1.75oz
The cost and need to age for at least 6 month to a year make this a blend I would not regularly buy. If I’m in a brick and mortar and they have a ton with age on it or it is on sale I may buy a tin. The new price makes it double the cost of many other blends. Not certain it is twice as good.
My score: 3.5
My scale:
1-2.5 - bad
3 - not worth buying
3.5 - I would give it a try
4 - it’s worth buying and re-buying on occasion
4.5-5 - it is worth buying in bulk quantities and cellaring deep...Read More
March 28, 2024
Product: Capstan Ready Rubbed Blue 1.75oz
consistent sweet taste of virginia with no rough edges, recommend for beginners.
Leaves very little moisture in the bowl
February 04, 2024
Product: Capstan Ready Rubbed Blue 1.75oz
Slight citrus, fig, and a little grass/hay and a more earthy, woody, breadiness with a nice mild to medium tangy dark fruit Virginia flavor. I like this a lot.
I see only one minus - its price!
February 03, 2024
Product: Capstan Ready Rubbed Blue 1.75oz
It’s not for nothing that this mixture appeared more than a century ago and remains on the market. Gorgeous Virginia, amazingly sweet.
Bready, grassy toasty, cool smoking and tasty from the first light to last puff. Will be buying again!
If someone is looking for a strong taste, this tobacco may not be to their liking.
I see only one minus - its price!...Read More
January 18, 2024
Product: Capstan Ready Rubbed Blue 1.75oz
Same great tobacco and maybe the only I’ve ever had that Ready rubbed just as good as the flake with the added benefit of easy packing and as always perfect moisture right out the tin
September 13, 2023
Product: Capstan Ready Rubbed Blue 1.75oz
No bite or heat if properly smoked, pleasant hay taste, clean and crisp. A lot of similar blends out there. Not getting the hype and premium price. Smoked it 3 years aged. Was underwhelmed in wide bowl, better - in MM narrow bowl, the best and actually pretty good - in an old long churchwarden. Probably that's how it is supposed to be smoked....Read More
August 10, 2023
Product: Capstan Ready Rubbed Blue 1.75oz
I smoked this fine tobacco thirty years ago before it broke my heart and disappeared. I’m quite thankful it’s back and now offered in a rubbed out version.
There’s no other Virginia quite like Capstan. This is good pure Virginia that has already been aged for you. So satisfying!
May 04, 2023
Product: Capstan Ready Rubbed Blue 1.75oz
Fermented smell when you open the tin. Straightforward and creamy smoke. Easy to smoke. Kinda feels like im smoking cigarettes tbh. Not bad so far.
February 08, 2023
Product: Capstan Ready Rubbed Blue 1.75oz
I always think, why smoke a plain old Virginia when I could have a Balkan or an English? Then I have some Capstan I picked up on sale and I think, why don’t I smoke this more often? Easy to keep lit and great flavor. It makes me happy. I don’t feel any nicotine even in the deepest bowl.
January 17, 2023
Product: Capstan Ready Rubbed Blue 1.75oz
This and Capstan Gold are pretty much the only straight VA’s that I actually like. It’s a nice simple but satisfying smoke. Great flavor!