Seattle Pipe Club: Plum Pudding Special Reserve 4oz Pipe Tobacco

Light, grassy and - yes - lemony leaves which burn smoothly and easily. The tobacco it contains is all Virginia and it is mildly flavored with Lemon and honey.

This is not only one of the greatest blends ever created,this is gold,this is a gem in pipe tobacco history! Thank you so much to the late Master Blender Joe Lankford!Your great legacy will always be remembered,may your soul rest in peace.

Just yet.

Ive smoke about a quarter pound of regular and special reserve plum pudding now and they share a common thread... they are absolutely delicious. I do prefer the special reserve for it's added smoothness and depth of flavor. Normally i just prefer to slice off a slab and loosely crumble it into medium to large sized chunks for a solid 1.5 hour smoke. A word of caution: only prepare what u intend to smoke for the next pipe or day at most. I made the mistake of preparing half the brownie since i was smoking so much of it and then i ended up putting it aside for a couple months. The plum flavor will dissipate during that time. Smoked fresh the plum flavor is absolutely fantastic and is a companion from first light to last puff. Rich, smokey, mesquite, spicy, smooth, and truly a melange of fine smoky and plum flavors that is intoxicating in the best way. I dont deliberate on the flavors im tasting here, i just lounge in my chair and drink it all in and relax. A little mesquite here, a lot of campfire and leather there, and some spicy perique and cavendish throughout. Make no mistake though, this is more enjoyable with the plum flavor present and accounted for. If you like a rich english smoke its hard to go wrong here. Medium in body and mild in nicotine from my experience. Even after several relights it maintains its flavor and body without getting harsh. Special reserve ages magnificently, and gets even smoother and more rich/complex in flavor. In my opinion this is the best that SPC has to offer hands down, being a true stand out blend. If I may be so bold... both this blend and the original are easily in the top 10 best blends currently in production and for my preference top 3( even over penzance). As a lover of pretty much all tobaccos, and a guy whose rotation and preferences are forever shifting and exploring new blends, PPSR always finds ito way back to the top of my rotation. If you like English tobaccos I highly recommend trying this one. It may be a little pricey but it's worth every penny.
ADDENDUM: In the time since I first smoked these blends, I've learned that I largely dislike the processing done on most* Sutliff and McClelland blends. That being said, I still thoroughly enjoy PP Special Reserve and other blends from these companies. Generally speaking I do not, however, so I figured it might be a good idea to add this info in case there are people with similar likes and dislikes. My opinion of PP Special Reserve remains unchanged for now (I'm about.to pop a fresh tin and begin the journey side by side with aged regular PP), and that is to say that it is pretty awesome stuff and extremely smooth. It might be impossible to make this one bite, once dried correctly. Seriously....Read More

Tin note is like mince pies and grapes, very complex I cant put my finger on a lot of the smells. but its deep and earthy backnote, sahrp and fruity forward with a lingering smokeyness. I thoroughly enjoyed my first pipe of it maybe a little too 'floral' for my tastes, but it's not overpoweringly so, nicely balanced out with dark fruit and smokey lakita. Doesn't burn too hot either, lakita really comes out when smoking compared to the smell in the tin. Pretty dry for plug, good to go after rubbing, definitely gonna store in a jar with 69% boveda....Read More

I must admit I was sceptical, believing this tobacco is over hyped and overpriced, so I was avoiding it for quite a while. Finally, I decided to give it a try, so I just could get it off my head. I was thinking: "Come on, can it be any better than all the excellent English blends that I know, such as Gaslight, Arango, Super Balkan, Byzantium, etc.?", and getting ready to leave a negative review after I try.
Well, I tried it. It is, actually, better. A whole new experience. I am not going to describe, since it's been all said in other reviews. Although, the price is justified, it's a unique masterpiece creation, and will be at the top of my favorites from now on.
A bit of criticism, which doesn't affect the rating: it does crumble to fine dust if you are not careful, and even then. And also, the packaging is inferior. They just threw a brick of tobacco into the tin, no papar wrap even. The tobacco of this level should be treated and packed as a jewelry piece (look how Mac Baren packs theirs!)...Read More

Wow it tastes just like regular plum pudding but at a higher price! How can you go wrong!

Typical english blend taste, tons of hype behind it just because its SPC. I really don't understand bandwagoning . And , its overpriced.

Sent for this, thinking it special, was not at all!

After comming back to smoking pipes, this is by FAR the best tobacco I've ever tasted. I'm one of those crying for Esoterica Penzanze, I tried the new Petersons Early Morning Pipe just to find out it's nothing like Dunhill used to be. I've been smoking an over 50 years old Balkan Sobraine tin I have around and many others. The list of tobaccos I've been smoking is: University Flake, Early Morning Pipe, Balcan Sobraine, HH Latakia, Escudo Navy, Royal Yatch, Hados delight, Bob's Chocolate Flake, Apricots and cream (what a mistake here), quiet nights and maybe some other I'm forgetting. Out of all od these, Plum Pudding reserve actually made me forget about looking for Penzance, it's just PERFECT for me. It's round, comfortable to load in the pipe, bite doesnt exist, the smoke is creamy and something you feel you can even chew in your mouth (the feeling Penzance used to give to me and to some extent HH latakia too), it has TONS of flavors and notes but PERFECTLY rouded and mixed in one thing, low nicotine content perfect for all day smoking and a nice sweet taste. In all my tobacco collection BY FAR the best I have....Read More