October 29, 2024
Product: Prince Albert Prince Albert 14oz
When I was young living in the hinterland, there were very few choices in tobacco for pipes, RYO and cigars.
Basically you could get Half and Half, Sir Walter Raleigh, Velvet and Prince Albert and sometimes Carter Hall.
Of course there were other tobaccos available but not in those tiny little towns that made up a great deal of America in the aftermath of the second world war...even the ready rolled cigarettes were limited in choices and seemed to be mostly Camels and Lucky Strikes, simply because the little stores only carried few wares as eye couldn't afford to sit on inventory when the popular choices moved much faster.
Guess you had to be there.
Many more pipe smokers in those days and H&H and PA were very popular.
Though I occasionally smoke a bowl of H and H, PA is my choice of codger smokes.
Not complicated...some would call it single note, but cool smoking, clouds of smoke and burns to the bottom of the bowl with no relights ( unless you're new and still learning to pack...not to worry, we all had to learn how to do that).
This is my choice for chores or driving...don't have to pay much attention to my pipe, just clench and puff.
No need to dry or pack in a special way, just one finger pack straight from the pouch.
Only thing different, the cans aren't tin any more and storing nuts, bolts, nails (or marbles when I was a kid), just isn't the same...doesn't sound right.
If you've wondered what was so special about some of those old time smokes, you should try this....Read More
October 13, 2024
Product: Prince Albert Prince Albert 14oz
Not sure if its my pipe or not but I have trouble tasting the full flavor until I'm halfway thru the bowl. Fantastic with breakfast tea and coffee.
November 26, 2024
Product: Prince Albert Prince Albert 14oz
The classic American Burley blend pipe tobacco. PA is a Burley first and foremost despite rumors of Virginia and whatever other nonsense people like to guess at. It and Edgeworth were probably the first blends that introduced the Burley cases in licorice format that dominated Burley blends until today. I also hate to do it but I have to take issue with another reviewer who said that OA is the same recipe as Camel cigarettes. This is simply not true, Camel cigarettes were the first American blend cigarette and despite the Egyptian imagery they are about 65-70% Virginia, with Burley and a bit of Turkish for spice. Prince Albert has always been Burley and only Burley....Read More
November 24, 2024
Product: Prince Albert Prince Albert 14oz
Not much to say about Prince Albert that hasn't already been said. It's a real easygoing, mellow, classic American smoke. I find it does have a slight "chemical" top note that I personally don't find unpleasant. I actually kind of like it. It doesn't really present itself unless I puff away aggressively and get some clouds rolling in. Which I find I often do with PA. I just wanted to give my two-cents and submit a five star rating. If I could only smoke 5 blends the rest of my life, this would likely be one of them. Clean, cool, tasty, inexpensive inoffensive, and unpretentious.
Pro tip: pair a bowl of Prince Albert with a glass of chocolate milk....Read More
July 12, 2024
Product: Prince Albert Prince Albert 1.5oz
This is an AMAZING, classic & underrated amazing Burley. I wish the 1.5oz bags would come back in-stock soon! I want to take a pouch fly-fishing with me!
July 10, 2024
Product: Prince Albert Prince Albert 14oz
The only reason that I'm giving this tobacco three stars, considering there are so many other faithful recreations that are better, is because I will always remember being a little kid in the '80s and my grandpa used this to roll his own cigarettes. The smell and aroma just brings me back to being a kid....Read More
It's okay to be a hillbilly
June 03, 2018
Product: Prince Albert Prince Albert 14oz
I come from the foothills of Appalachia. We are the descendants of English, Irish, and Scottish settlers. It's always been fashionable to hate us.
Do you have Prince Albert in a can?
March 22, 2018
Product: Prince Albert Prince Albert 14oz
Well, then you better let him out!!
April 15, 2024
Product: Prince Albert Prince Albert 14oz
Memories brought back of my grandad sitting on the porch with a can of PA. Memories come back as i opened the can and took that 1st big smell. Great taste and easy burn in any pipe i use.
May 09, 2024
Product: Prince Albert Prince Albert 14oz
Delicious, simple Burley with a lightly sweet cocoa topping. It's a classic for a reason. The blend components are incorrect - there is no black cavendish in Prince Albert.