Nat Sherman 536 According to Bruck

A buddy visited the Nat Sherman store in NYC recently, and brought me back a cigar and some pipe tobacco. The cigar had excellent flavor, but was a little lacking in the burn department - perhaps it needed to convalesce a bit in a cedar-lined box.

The pipe tobacco he chose for me was Nat Sherman 536 English Empire. Overall I'm really diggin it; here's the formal review:

Appearance - your basic coarse ribbon cut, mix of lights and darks including Cavendish.
Tin note: good - the Latakia is evident.
I used a gravity fill with light tamping. Pipe is a cheap briar with thin walls but a nice big bowl.
Initial light: could really taste the latakia and burleys, but it also had a sweet licorice note, even though it's not an aro.
Mid bowl: flavors melded pretty well, a very clean English, and the licorice abated but was still there.
Bottom of the bowl - about the same as mid bowl, getting slightly damp, required a couple relights.

Overall, I'm quite pleased with this blend. If I were in the market for tobacco, which I'm not bcs I have bales of the stuff, I'd definitely get more.

Nice. I never new Nat Sherman had pipe tobacco. I do enjoy their cigars. I will have to try it sometime.

I've had that. Tobias sent me about half a tin of it. It was a nice, sweet English. I liked it. Seems it did finish a little wet most times I smoked it. Reminded me a lot of Rattrays Red Rapparee

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Originally Posted by Tombstone

Nice. I never new Nat Sherman had pipe tobacco. I do enjoy their cigars. I will have to try it sometime.

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I just learned from my daughter's BF that Nat Sherman also makes premium cigarettes. I'll have to give them a try some time although I'm not much into cigarettes.

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Originally Posted by Bruck

I just learned from my daughter's BF that Nat Sherman also makes premium cigarettes. I'll have to give them a try some time although I'm not much into cigarettes.

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I know a few people who love the Nat Sherman cigarettes. Never tried them.

Is that not a great store? Beautiful woodwork in there, and friendly staff.
It is kind of weird not being able to go into the humidor without an attendant right by your side though. I don't know if that's a customer service thing or a loss prevention thing, or a combo of both.

But that was my favorite thing to do in NYC by far.

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Originally Posted by Cool Breeze

It is kind of weird not being able to go into the humidor without an attendant right by your side though. I don't know if that's a customer service thing or a loss prevention thing, or a combo of both.

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Although loss prevention would be the most likely reason - I imagine a few cigars would be really easy to pilfer - it would be nice to believe it was to prevent manhandling of the merchandise; especially cigars without cello. IDK about you but I'd rather not have dozens of anonymous, unwashed dick-grabbers all over something I plan to put in my mouth.

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Originally Posted by Bruck

I just learned from my daughter's BF that Nat Sherman also makes premium cigarettes.

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IMO the terms 'cigarette' and 'premium' are mutually exclusive...

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Originally Posted by Emperor Zurg

IMO the terms 'cigarette' and 'premium' are mutually exclusive...

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I picked some up at my favorite B&M, Cville Tobacco in Charlottesville, VA. Tried one. It was good for a ciggie, but like I say, I'm not much into ciggies. Brought them up north (Lake Superior) with me and the mother of Bruck and wife of Bruck enjoyed them. Left the rest up with MOB.