Drucquer & Sons: Red Lion 100g Pipe Tobacco

Name: Red Lion 100g
Brand: Drucquer & Sons
SKU: 003-756-0009
Price: 26.78 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.67 (9 reviews)

Product Number: 003-756-0009

Founded in 1841, Drucquer & Sons was a famed London tobacco shop that relocated to Berkeley, California, in 1928. The shop was more than just a tobacconist though; it was a community. It was where some of the greatest tobacco-blenders in recent memory — like Charl Ehwa of McClelland and Gregory Pease of G.L. Pease — first plunged their hands into flagrant tobacco. The historic shop may be gone, but its rich history and brand of pipe tobaccos continues, reformulated from their original recipes by Gregory Pease (and made by Cornell & Diehl) for the modern smoker.

Red Lion is a mellow- to medium-bodied blend based around Bright and Red Virginias, Cypriot Latakia, a bit of toasted Black Cavendish, and just a touch of Burley and Perique. It offers an extremely smooth and balanced smoking experience that is soft on the palate, with a natural caramel-like sweetness and a comfortable, smoky complexity that is both familiar and new. A wonderful all-day English blend, this pipe tobacco was named after the lion's head that appeared on the original Drucquer family crest, and which now graces Drucquer & Sons' tobacco tins.

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Components: Virginia, Latakia, Perique, Burley, Black Cavendish
Family: English
Cut: Ribbon

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4.6

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Delicious English

June 01, 2023

By: Emery J.

Product: Drucquer & Sons Red Lion 100g

Another hit out of the park on this blend. Smooth with a hint of Smokey sweetness. The Balance of tobacco’s is spot on and makes for a delectable smoke. Drucquer and Son’s come back under GL Pease and C&D is fantastic.

Even-Bodied & Slightly Sweet

August 16, 2023

By: UncleDave

Product: Drucquer & Sons Red Lion 100g

This is a smooth, even-bodied, slightly sweet and tasty English with a restrained measure of Latakia. The Latakia is enough to notice in the taste and the aroma, but not enough to intrude. The Virginias are in the lead with pretty much everything else in support. I believe that the Black Cavendish is the source of the little bit of extra sweetness and I'm relatively certain that it acts as a binder for the other components in the blend. Aside from the Virginias I don't find that any other tobacco really stands out. It's a pleasant blend that leans a little toward the mellow side of medium in all respects. It's worthy of your attention....Read More

awesome!

February 12, 2023

By: JassonWB

Product: Drucquer & Sons Red Lion 100g

Tin note of tart plums, sugared Rasins and mildly smoky. Tobacco is a Ribbon cut of orangish tan, brown, dark brown with a little black mixed in. Moisture content is great. Burns moderately with few relights. The strength is medium and nic is mild to medium. No flavoring detected. Taste is medium and very consistent, with notes of tangy sweet fruit, wood, spice, bread, rich earth, floral, savory, leather, dry hay, plums, brown sugar, orange peel/zest, mild vinegary fermented sour, a Rasin and sweet grass background note, and a peppery retro. Virginia is leading with Cavendish and Perique supporting. Latakia and Burley are supporting from the stands. Room note is pleasant to tolerable, and aftertaste is great....Read More

great blend

December 08, 2022

By: Robert M.

Product: Drucquer & Sons Red Lion 100g

The title should be Red Lion Tamer as this blend does just that, tames the Virginia. Loads of flavor without the burn and tingle. I love the sweet virginia profile in all blends but so many leave a tingle too strong to overlook. This blend will be in my rotation from now on. Recommend to all Enthusiasts and newcomers wanting to enjoy the sweet things on offer....Read More

Eh... decent English

June 02, 2022

By: The Salty Briar

Product: Drucquer & Sons Red Lion 200g

It's just average. Not bad, not great.

Absolutely Spot-On!!

July 24, 2022

By: Dave Chandler

Product: Drucquer & Sons Red Lion 100g

A thousand thank you's to the masterful G.L. Pease for keeping these wonderful (and exceptionally tasty!) heritage blends alive! Wonderful natural tobacco flavor and performs exceptionally well in the briar. Don't miss your chance to experience tobacciana history at its very finest!! I was delighted to find that the Latakia didn't dominate the blend or obscure the complexity of the other components - everything is perfectly in balance and all of their beauty is allowed to shine through. Simply sublime....Read More

Another Homerun

March 15, 2022

By: Blake R.

Product: Drucquer & Sons Red Lion 200g

I've tried four of these Drucquer & Sons. Red Lion is awesome, as are the others. If you like to have robust snorkeling without any spicy nose burn, then this one is pretty tame. I like to robustly snorkel tobacco, but some are too spicy, so I have to sip it. Not Red Lion. The room note is pleasant too. Taste is deeelicious!...Read More

October 21, 2021

By: BriarThorn

Product: Drucquer & Sons Red Lion 200g

Excellent smoke!

May 18, 2020

By: James H.

Product: Drucquer & Sons Red Lion 100g

This is a wonderful blend, beautifully balanced yet nuanced. I started cycling through the Drucquer & Sons blends with Blairgowrie, which now having had more experience with the line, I'm going to re-visit. Second try was with Inns of Court, which I found to be an excellent all day smoke. First pipe of the the day is now Inns of Court followed by Red Lion, with it's wonderful aroma and smooth flavor profile. I just jarred a tin of Trafalgar, and am looking forward to where that takes me. Each of the blends thus far has done exactly what Mr. Pease referred to in an article I found elsewhere - once the tin is cracked, allowing the air and microbes to do their work, subtle changes continue to occur right up to the last pipeful. The mixtures tried have all smoked better for me after a little airing - I'll put an ample amount out to dry, and once the pipe is loaded, the rest goes back in the jar to "get happy" with the remaining mixture. So far, this line is outstanding!...Read More

Quite The Surprise

October 20, 2019

By: Alexander M.

Product: Drucquer & Sons Red Lion 100g

I like to refer to this blend as "athletic" because it achieves a somewhat Oriental taste component without actually having that component. This is a Virginia-forward, creamy blend that burns perhaps a bit fast. The Latakia keeps the sweetness in check and the burn in check as well. What I get is a sweet and smokey, and floral, and even somewhat herbal experience from this blend. It is fascinating to see how the Virginia and Latakia play off one another....Read More