Captain Earle's: Private Stock 2oz Pipe Tobacco

Product Number: 003-463-0004

Captain James Earle first took to sea at age 12, embarking on a life-long passion that saw him ascend to the rank of Master of the Charles W. Morgan, the last of the wooden whaling ships, currently docked in Mystic, Connecticut. Manufactured by Cornell & Diehl, Captain Earle's pipe tobaccos pay tribute to his legacy, each blend in the series alluding to an important time in his life.

A blend of eight select tobaccos highlighted by rich Latakia and deep Red Virginia stoved and pressed into a crumble cake, Captain Earle's Private Stock is the perfect all-day smoke for connoisseurs of rich and fascinatingly complex English blends.

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  • Components: Virginia, Latakia, Perique, Orientals
  • Family: English
  • Cut: Cake
Customer Reviews
Overall Rating:
4.9
22 reviews
Pleasant and enjoyable
February 23, 2025
Product: Captain Earle's Private Stock 8oz
Captain Earle is batting 1.000 for me so far as I try each of his blends in turn. His private stock is well selected. A fair amount of complexity in this one but I can really focus and pick out the taste of each of the components with little effort. The format of a crumble plug is convenient as well. Pleasant surprise!...Read More
Excellent Medium Bodied English
June 29, 2023
Product: Captain Earle's Private Stock 2oz
A very nice representation of a medium English blend. Well blened with a nice touch of Latakia and Perique and not over powering. Burns well and the crumble cake is easy to use.
Very good blend
February 20, 2023
Product: Captain Earle's Private Stock 2oz
Very good for what it is but missing something. I prefer the mystic blend it has what's missing
awesome!
February 10, 2023
Product: Captain Earle's Private Stock 8oz
Tin note of sour plums, tart wine, and smoky sweet. Tobacco is a marbled reddish brown and dark brown Krumble Kake. Moisture content is great. Kake breaks off and rubs out with a little effour. Burns slow with a few relights. The strength is medium and nic is mild. No flavoring detected. Taste is medium to full and consistent, with notes of floral, tangy citrus, smoky, tart stewed fruit, musty sour vegetation, woody, leather, rasin, earth, fermented vinegary, spices, orange peel/zest, bread, mildly bitter, a savory sweet background note, and a peppery retro. Latakia barely beating Oriental/Turkish for the lead, Virginia and Perique are supporting, while Cavendish is cheering from the sidelines. Room note is pleasant to tolerable, and aftertaste is great....Read More
Great Blend
January 30, 2023
Product: Captain Earle's Private Stock 2oz
Fell in love with this one immediately. Being a Pirate Kake fan I'm starting to love some of the Captain Earle's offerings more and more.
good blend
January 16, 2023
Product: Captain Earle's Private Stock 2oz
This blend is another study in how tobacco can be many things. One feature of the series has been the interplay of sweet and strong with this offering being the more pronounced of the group for how it changes. The start is intense but settles down into a growing sweetness during a bowl. Spice tugs at mellowness while a warm glow on the tongue hints you are nearing the bottom of the bowl. Recommend to all Enthusiasts and newcomers looking for sweet spice with a side of dark mellowness....Read More
Luxurious
January 10, 2023
Product: Captain Earle's Private Stock 2oz
Salt water, wood, petrol, evergreen, good easy smoke, like a sea water English blend campfire. Best smoked while thinking and focusing, not during tasks; probably one of my favorites, quite rich and luxurious.
Wow, absolutely awesome!
February 04, 2022
Product: Captain Earle's Private Stock 2oz
As a relatively new pipe smoker who has only smoked aromatics I was pretty intimidated to try this! But I am soooo glad I did! It is a wonderful smoke! It smells so Smokey, earthy, and delicious in the tin and I just keep cracking it open and smelling it haha! But wow is it a pleasant smoke! It’s so smooth, and deliciously Smokey, the aroma is addicting! I was afraid this was going to be so strong but its amazingly mellow, relaxing, and intoxicating! Just a lil nic buzz which was kinda nice, haha! Definitely one of my new favorites! Cheers!...Read More
Go back in time!
July 07, 2021
Product: Captain Earle's Private Stock 2oz
Something about this blend makes me feel like I am back in the 1600s, floating the seas and talking to my pirate. Its good stuff!
A Pipeful of Pleasure
May 16, 2021
Product: Captain Earle's Private Stock 2oz
'Private Stock' is another offering from the precocious Captain Earle of 'Ten Russians' fame. As 'Board_Stretcher' observes in his review, "'Private Stock' has a somewhat smokey jerkey taste," which I echo here. Once I got the bowl lit it took me 3 or 4 relights to keep it alive. For me, the "smokey jersey" taste became more of a barbecue flavor, with an overtone of cinnamon. It seems to me that the spiciness comes from the Orientals, which are the star of the show, backed up by the Perique, which nips the tongue with its little tap steps. The Latakia mainly makes itself known in the relights and the clouds of smoke that go with it. The Virginia is a blending agent that I am not overwhelmed by, which means that it's doing its job perfectly. All in all, it's a very pleasant smoke, one that would go well with anything from a good beer to a single malt, such as 10 year old Glenmorangie to an older Talisker. I'm not ready to smoke it all day, but I can easily see smoking it every day. A damn good pipeful!...Read More
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