Granger: Granger 12oz Pipe Tobacco

Granger and Half & Half are by far my favorite codger blends. Also, this and the old Holiday Excursion ship logo are the two best tin designs in pipe tobacco history! 👍

Flavor is good, but 2 weeks after cracking the tin its still too wet

Love the rough cut. It makes loading the pipe much easier. This is very different than the original. This one is very heavy on cocoa, moderate molasses and a little lighter on anise. There's a sweet maple sugar in there too. When pushed, the baking cocoa or unsweetened chocolate flavor really comes across and tastes like chocolate kettle corn. Not as smooth as Prince Albert, but sweeter and a bit sharp at times. Leaves a sweet pleasant aftertaste like chocolate and Beechnut chewing tobacco. Definitely for those that want a sweet, chocolatey, light, old-fashion burley that you can suck on all day. WARNING: You can tell Scandinavian Tobacco and particularly Mac Baren, had a hand in this redesign of the old... beware of the after smoke tongue-bite as the PH is off. Nicotine level is 1 out of 5....Read More

It's like Half & Half and Sir Walter Raleigh regular went on a date, fell in love, married, and had Granger nine months later. Then that Granger was raised in a loving household and became a well-rounded adult.

I’ll start out by saying that I purchased this blend on nostalgia. This is the blend my grandfather smoked and for that reason alone, I had to try it out. I’m typically not a burley smoker but this stuff is good. It smokes cool and dry, burns well, and being a ribbon cut, is easy to pack. It can burn a little hot if you get overzealous, but unless you’re really puffing it won’t bite. The flavor is mild, nutty, and very slightly sweet. For the price, you can’t beat it. I enjoy this tobacco in a Peterson Deluxe 8s....Read More

I find this a very reliable and satisfying smoke! It's what I would call a confetti cut, it packs easily and burns very well. The predominant character is that of simple untweaked burley, mild but with just enough edge. Packed light and sipped slowly, Granger burns cool to the bottom of the bowl. I'm a burley smoker and would have to say this is the nuttiest tasting of all the nutty burleys, retrohale is great, aroma is comfortably old school. Best of all there are no chemical nuances and nothing remotely close to cigar notes. An easygoing, delicious all day smoke. Like other posters said this is indeed a big surprise. Highly recommended. I bought MacB HH Burley the same time as Granger. The HH Burley ended up in the garbage can, the Granger ended up on my reorder list....Read More

I just received my can of Granger in the mail today and it was one of those “Where have you been all my life?” moments. I’ve been searching for the tobacco my grandfather smoked and this has been around forever, so I thought I’d take a chance. I was reluctant to invest in a 12 oz can just to find out it wasn’t his blend and end up with a large amount of something I hated. While this doesn’t smell like his, I have found that I am enjoying Granger more than any of the dozens of tobaccos on which I have wasted my money over the years. This will be my brand from now on. It is well balanced, tasty, and thoroughly enjoyable. I can smoke this all day long. It has a very pleasant room note as well....Read More

I'm new to smoking a pipe. This tobacco not only smells as good as I remember but it is also easy to smoke and enjoy whipe I reminisce about my Opa. This is my daily smoke.

By far the best Granger I have ever had

I am in the midst of trying and evaluating several of the OTC burley-based blends. I've recently tried Half and Half. Smoked the entire 12 ounce tin and I actually liked it. I see a lot of Half and Half bashing in the various review forums, but IMO it's really not bad. But after a week smoking Granger, it's the clear winner over Half and Half. Since we so often compare tobacco blend flavors to various foods, let me suggest this: I find Granger's overall taste to be a bit like Grapenuts cereal. Imagine smoking the "taste" of the Grapenuts in milk, ever so slightly sweetened. At least, that's how Granger's flavor comes off to me. And I like Grapenuts and I really like Granger. I am also smoking a pouch of Prince Albert right now, too. I really like both Granger and PA, but they are a little different. Aside from some flavor differences, the biggest thing I've noted is that Granger is perhaps a bit stronger than PA. It is a little " rougher around the edges" than PA, I think. But in my book, that's a good thing because I can enjoy BOTH blends depending on whether I want something with a little more punch to it, or something milder. Well, I have pouches of Carter Hall and Lane Limited Ready Rubbed waiting in the wings as my comparisons continue. In sum, though, I think Granger is a pretty good burley OTC blend. And its price is hard to beat, too!...Read More