Tobaccos Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) - Clan Aromatic (Original)

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	DrDyson (148)	2009-09-19		Mild	Medium to Strong	Mild to Medium	Strong

Clan was a kind of gimmick tobacco back in the 1960s, mainly because of its odd and distinctive room note. In those days, no one had ever come across anything like it, and (along with Holland House) it enjoyed considerable popularity for a while, if only as an oddity. My then girlfriend loved it, and virtually insisted that I smoke it. In a certain sense it was (I think, looking back) a young man's tobacco: you smoked it if you wanted to smoke a pipe but wanted also to distance yourself from the St Bruno-smoking old codgers.

Clan still has its devotees, even in a world so full of exotic tastes and smells. It's cheap and cheerful, at any rate (once upon a time it was relatively pricey). It certainly isn't 'cool and slow burning', though. Even smoked slowly it's very hot and quickly gone, and it will certainly barbecue the beginner's tongue. You either like the room note or you don't (it isn't as pronounced these days as it used to be). I don't, and I find Clan far too hot to be enjoyable. It would be interesting to know what the '14 different tobaccos' are. The name and packet design seem intended to suggest that Clan has a Scottish character of some kind. I wonder why?

Worth a try, I guess, like everything else; but not recommended: too dry, too hot, too odd and bland in flavour. It's a tobacco that, to my mind, is all negatives and no positives, and I can't imagine why anybody likes it; I'd rather bite off one of my own fingers than smoke it again. To my taste, at least, Clan is horrible stuff.

Why, I wonder, do supermarket brands like this, mediocre or worse, become and stay popular enough to BE supermarket brands, available everywhere, whereas first-rate tobaccos are so hard to come by outside specialist tobacconists, and so often cease production? A deep question of economics, this.

Purchased From: Available more or less anywhere

Similar Blends: Similar to Holland House; but HH is far superior..

27 people found this review helpful.

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	Causeway (8)	2013-06-14		Very Mild	Very Mild	Mild	Tolerable

The horrors of Clan are well-documented on this site. To repeat what is often said: it has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. It is a tobacco dreamed up by a cigarette smoker who is making a bad guess at the pipe-smoking experience. If you're reading, it's not even close, my friend.

It is often said that over-the-counter brands rely heavily on casings for effect and flavour. In Clan the casing is napalm, and the flavour is fire. It will burn your pipe, your fingers, your tongue; and it will probably toast the roof of your mouth if you're foolish enough to persist in smoking it.

Smoked in a pipe it is not really possible to differentiate between the different types of tobacco blended to make Clan; mainly because the pipe quickly becomes a fire tunnel. By rolling Clan in a cigarette it becomes possible to taste a variety of flavours. However, they do not mix well together - there's no subtlety or art in the blending; and the tobacco does not have a defining moment. Another major problem is that Clan appears to have no discernible nicotine hit, so as both pipe and cigarette tobacco it fails... it fails in every way.

It is mild enough because it tastes of nothing; its room note appears non-existent. I smoked it in three pipes - a 1980s Dunhill Bruyere, a 19th century Mahogany Meerschaum, and a no-name pipe. The Meerschaum gave me the best experience because I was able to sip. It didn't improve much, but at least I was aware I was smoking something other than the napalm casing.

Clan is still sold in supermarkets in the UK - it is almost always dried out because it has been sitting on the shelf for so long. I felt I wasn't giving the tobacco a fair chance without attempting to re-hydrate it; unfortunately any attempt to re-hydrate it results in it tasting even worse. I'm sure there is a way of reviving this tobacco by adding something innocuous - a slice of orange peel, or a potato peeling. Unfortunately I don't have the money to throw away on experimenting.

I've seen this tobacco referred to as cheap. In the UK, because of taxes, there is no such thing as a cheap tobacco - a bad pouch of Clan will cost you as much as a beautiful pouch of St Bruno. In such a situation you would think Clan would have been withdrawn a long time ago; yet it persists; staring sullenly at me across the tobacco counter, and every so often I answer its gaze by buying it, thinking I might be rewarded for my audacity. But every time it disappoints.

Not at all recommended. Not at all. Still, I feel reluctant to be so honest - if only because I fear Clan will be withdrawn from supermarkets and we'll find out afterwards, too late, that if only we'd crumbled some essence of cobweb into the pouch it would have become a world-class smoke. But I doubt it.

I doubt Clan very much.

19 people found this review helpful.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2013-01-04		Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

Hello All, I am new to pipe smoking - 28 years old. Being smoking lightly for 6 months now. First of all I love the smell of CLAN due to my father smoking it for over 40 years. That's all he ever smokes. From the moment you open the well dressed packing, you are to enjoy a lovely aromatic mild smell. The very fact it has 14 different tobaccos I find rather exciting. Im no experienced pipe smoker but I find clan easy to pack my pipe. Just 3 pinches , gently pressed and im ready to light. The tobacco seems light and comes apart easily. The smell in the packet is lovely but the real joy comes when you smoke it. I find clan lights easily (only requiring one light after the first "false light"). I can often smoke a whole bowl without relighting - about 15-20 minutes. Clan is also good for relighting a bowl over a period of 2-3 times in a day for example. The biggest issue I find is clan burns very quickly and hot compared to other tobaccos I have tried (only 2-3 others ). My advise is to enjoy slowly otherwise you will get a sharp tongue bite. When I smoke clan I get lovely childhood memories of summers days, cold winters, all with the smell of clan reminding me of those occasions. All in all, I think CLAN is a lovely , mild aromatic smoke, to be enjoyed by both new and old pipe smokers. I hope this review was helpful! One trick my dad taught me the other week (first time we smoked together!) was when your pipe is getting dim, put two fingers over the bowl briefly and puff a few times. This act like when you put a fold of paper over a fire place - the air is dragged through and ignites the tobacco - a perfectly lit pipe again!

18 people found this review helpful.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2007-09-03		Medium to Strong	Medium to Strong	Very Full	Pleasant

Okay folks, here I am again updating my opinion of Clan and not only giving it 4 stars but also letting you all know why this underrated beauty is now my holy grain of all smokes.

Reason 1: Clans flavor is unlike any other pipe tobacco out there, it is utterly unique. Unlike Condor / St Bruno and most other English blends it misses out on the soapy overtones and instead tastes a lot like burnt toast with a herbal undertone...

Reason 2: However it is what Clan does to the pipe that overshadows the taste. Smoke Clan in any pipe and it immediately becomes a CLAN pipe. This stuff literally clings to the pipe and flavors it. Here is a true story. My grandfather (g.r.h.s) passed away over 10 years ago and I inherited his old pipe. Nothing grand, just an old Alco system pipe. I had not seen him smoke that pipe for at least 10 years prior to his death and yes, even after 20 years the pipe smelt of Clan. Not many tobaccos are that individual. Clan however is one of them. If you become a Clan smoker so do your pipes and after many bowls the taste just gets stronger and stronger. But how about the burn...

Reason 3: Some time ago now I gave up pipe smoking, yes prior to finding Clan I became utterly fed up with badly burning tobaccos, tobaccos that were wet and nasty, tobaccos that were expensive and useless. Clan however saved the day because imo it burns with the greatest ease of any tobacco in the world. It is never to wet when purchased and if you have any trouble at all just let it stand in the air for a few hours. It nearly always smokes away to a fine dust and is neither hot or fast burning. With Clan in the pipe you can smoke those pipes that you though were poor smokers, the stuff is made for the pipe.But again...

Reason 4: Smoking Clan is rebellious because most people try it once and give up, they never allow time to understand the tobaccos complexities. Those of us that smoke Clan are in a way the monority and thats a good poition to be in. Who wants to be just another St Bruno nut when he can be a Clan compadre!

Reason 5:The roots of Scandinavian Tobacco Group stretch to more than 200 years ago, when the three Danish tobacco dynasties, Chr. Augustinus Fabrikker, Copenhagen (founded 1750), C.W. Obel, Aalborg (1787) and R. Færchs Fabrikker, Holstebro (1869), launched their first products.

Say no more. Clan goes back donkeys years. I love it and I hope you will. If you dont then you can always send me your unwated tins and I will put them to good use ;)

Thanks for reading.

16 people found this review helpful.

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	Dogglebird (1)	2016-01-24		Mild to Medium	Medium	Mild	Very Pleasant

I am neither young nor a beginner as a pipe smoker, but I have become accustomed to Clan. This is not a great classic for the connoisseur and it's not a tobacco I would want to smoke every day, but it does have a couple of big plusses for me. The first is that my missus loves the smell rather than complains about it(I'm banned from some of the stronger ones like Navy Rolls). The second is that it's gentle on the palate - you can light up at any time and enjoy a quick pipe while having a cup of tea, or while doing something else. I mostly smoke Dunhill Standard Mixture or Squadron leader, and this is a nice change - now and again.

Pipe Used: GBD - briar with Meerschaum lining

Age When Smoked: 58

Purchased From: Online

Similar Blends: Holland House.

12 people found this review helpful.

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	JimInks (3022)	2017-10-26		Mild	Medium	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

According to description, there are fourteen different tobaccos present in this blend. What I notice most is the nutty, earthy, toasty, woody burley. There’s several Virginias in the mix, and I get some earth, wood, bread, vegatation, and grass along with some tart citrus and a little tangy dark fruit as strong supporting players. The Kentucky is spicy, woody, earthy, and nutty in a condimental role. I believe a few strands of spicy, woody, earthy, floral, herbal, dryly sour dark fired Kentucky are here, too, as I detect the aspects I generally associate with it. The spicy, woody, earthy, herbal, vegatative, buttery sweet and sour, floral, smoky Orientals have a noticeable presence in a secondary role. The spicy, raisiny, plumy perique underscores the experience. The unsweetened black cavendish adds a light sugariness. The Maryland is unnoticeable. I sense a touch of smoky, woody, earthy, musty sweet Cyprian Latakia as well. The toppings are hard to define, but I get a little caramel, some fruit, and something floral. An alcohol based topping seems to be whiskey. The strength is mild, while the taste almost reaches the center of mild to medium. The nic-hit is very mild. Fast puffing may grant you some bite, and even a sipping pace will cause some tongue tingle. A thin cut ribbon manufacture than burns a little fast with a very consistent sweet, mildly creamy, spicy, floral taste. Leaves little moisture in the bowl, and requires an average number of relights. Has a pleasant, lightly lingering after taste, and room note. An all day smoke. Three stars for the flavor, one for the strong bite potential, so I settled on two stars.

-JimInks

11 people found this review helpful.

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	Eulenburg (193)	2002-08-11		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild	Pleasant

While the Dutch introduced tobacco cultivation to Java and Sumatra, what they grew there was essentially Virginia leaf, because only succulent, large-leafed tobacco can be grown in such a humid climate. The small-leafed tobacco from the Caucasus needs a more arid, more high-mountain kind of environment. It would rot under the Monsoon rain.

We call small-leafed tobacco "Oriental" because it comes from the Near East?not the Far East. The British call it "Turkish", because many of the lands where "Oriental/Turkish" tobaccos are grown were once part of the Turkish ["Ottoman"] Empire, even though the principal grower of these tobaccos nowadays tends to be Greece, which conquered its independence from the Ottoman sultans as long ago as the 1820s.

Clan is a typical Dutch-style Cavendish-processed blend: a wide variety of Virginia tobaccos pressed, steamed to open its pores, topped with a mild sweetening agent. It may then be blended with cased burley, to make it less biting, and because burley is much more receptive to flavouring sauces than Virginia. If any "Turkish" condimental tobacco is added, this is done with the object of avoiding a treacly feeling. A few leaves of Latakia or fire-cured Kentucky burley may be added to provide some body?not much, because mildness is the ideal in Dutch blending.

I swear I cannot tell the difference between CLAN and FLYING DUTCHMAN. There may not be any. In this category of classic aromatics, I prefer SAIL Yellow and AMPHORA Red. But there is a certain air de famille to all these Holland House Cavendish confections. They are beloved of mild-mannered patresfamilias all over Northern Europe.

(Because Americans tend to start their smoking careers with cheap, supermarket-sold, savagely-cased burley blends, they thereafter cast a prejudiced eye on all aromatic blends, once they feel they have "progressed" into "natural" blends. No such prejudice exists in Continental Europe, where quality aromatics are thought of as luxurious.)

Finally, one word of warning to believers in "aged" tobacco: beware of old aromatic tobacco. It does not age well at all. The casing agents go stale, and taste awful. Any "mediciny" taste in a Dutch blend probably means that the casing agents are beginning to go.

Like a stale lady's perfume, it is best avoided.

10 people found this review helpful.

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	Pipestud (1829)	2002-08-07		Mild to Medium	Very Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

Seeing tantric's listing of this blend in the New Reviews section reminded me that I have never reviewed this blend although I smoked a pouch about a year ago. I scrambled for my diary to get out my notes (I have been keeping a personal tobacco review diary for about 25 years). Anyway, tantric's review pretty much sums up my feelings about this blend, except that I see no comparison at all between Clan and St. Bruno Flake.

Clan is indeed a finely shag cut tobacco. And boy, is it dry in the pouch -- indeed very similar to Flying Dutchman. It packs and burns well, and is a spicy son of a gun! I may be wrong, but I even detected a smidgen of latakia flavor in the smoke.

It can get steamy, so, have an ample supply of pipe cleaners. It can also be puffed up into the hot zone if not handled with care. All in all, an okay smoke, but I shall not ever smoke the stuff again.

10 people found this review helpful.

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	Granny Smith (29)	2014-11-09		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild	Very Pleasant

This tobacco is not as bad as people make out, though it's certainly not my fravourite blend. But it is available in most UK shops - my OTC tobacco of choice is Condor followed by St. Bruno though I will pick up clan from time to time. It is distinctive for its aroma which leaves an enjoyable room note and when smoked carefully it releaes a lot of flavour - whiskey being one of the flavours I detect. Though Clan can bite of smoked too quickly which is perhaps why it gets so many negative reviews. I couldn't smoke this full time as I tend to enjoy more earthy tobaccos like the excellent Old Dark Fired or Virginnia Flake but I'll certainly puff on Clan from time to time. As an aromatic I think it's quite good and doesn't deserve all the negative reviews. As a young inexperienced pipe smoker this was my brand of choice but these days, having explored the range of better tobaccos out there, I tend to indulge in Clan very rarely. It's still far from shit though and offers a reasonable fix of Vitamin N. Also the current version is very very nice

It's not 2018 and I don't know if the current Clan has been changed but I have to upgrade it...it is currently excellent and I'm smoking it more than any other blend. I think it may be my second favourite blend next to Condor, pushing St Bruno into third place.

Pipe Used: Falcon limited edition white tip

Age When Smoked: three months old

Purchased From: Tesco

Similar Blends: Holland House Aromatic.

8 people found this review helpful.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2013-06-26		Mild to Medium	Medium	Medium	Pleasant

Okay, I'm gonna get caned for this but I kinda like this stuff. Every now and again it's nice to smoke an aromatic. I usually don't but what the heck. I get fruity kind of soft boozy flavours from this and a kinda coconutty finish. Plenty of smoke and smokes all the way down, very little dottle. I don't get any tongue burn even if I lean on it a little, if you really puff it'll probably bite but most stuff does. All in all, something I like now and again.

8 people found this review helpful.

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	Lord Clam (5)	2013-05-02		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

It may be unfashionable to like mild, light, wife friendly blends but I am really enjoying Clan. It smells like sherry or whisky in the pouch, more accurately like sherry casked whisky.

It is very dry, and smokes like a furnace, but has wonderful floral notes with a hint of alcohol and spice. Steady nicotine hit and a pleasant room note. It is a nice accompaniment to food, booze or coffe/tea because it doesn't drown everything else out like stronger tobaccos.

A nice, all - round everyday smoke with enough to please the expert or the novice. A pleasant surprise and well worth the money!

7 people found this review helpful.

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	ilDominante (11)	2004-02-01		Medium	Medium to Strong	Full	Very Pleasant

I think there is a big misconception about both Clan and Flying Dutchman. Both blends, in their pure and fresh state are very pleasant, especially if you prefer aromatic tobaccos. The problem is that recently bad batches of both pipeweeds ended up on the shelves of European tobacconists (these blends don't make it overseas in the US for conventions of some sort). Bad batches meaning that the tobaccos are dry like hay, and thus when smoked not only lose their fragrances and complexities, but often burn one's tongue. I just bought a pack of each in Venice, and rediscovered the old Clan and Flying Dutchman which I used to smoke about 10 years ago. The tobacco was moist as it is supposed to be and lent itself for a very pleasant smoke. Indeed one can enjoy the oriental notes that Niemeyer cites in the description of both weeds. The Cavendish is very evident. Those bad batches must have been mishandled or let dry on the shelves, for finally I have been able to taste again the true form of these tobaccos which are indeed very pleasant even to the discerning smoker.

7 people found this review helpful.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2010-05-05		Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

First: I love EM, but..today, after years (I think more than 10) I bought again this tobacco. Clan. Most because it was my granfather and father tobacco, and also because I tried years before and I like the smell it leaves on pipes (of course pipes dedicated to aromatics).

I tried to smoke it very quietly, in relax and without strange worries. Kinda like "who cares about keeping lit, if it becomes too hot I'll let it go and cold down and then I'll re-lit"

wow! What a fresh and cool smoke! Not a single drop of wet, it smokes really dry, really nice aroma and good force.

Of course, be careful in filling the bowl and how do you smoke. If you are a hot smoker, bad taste is waiting for you.

In the end, very nice bowl, more than other famous aromatics and with a mildness grater than other "suggested" mixture, english or not.

Good.

For sure I'll smoke it again. It's a tobacco that wrote pipe history.

6 people found this review helpful.

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	Tantric (321)	2002-08-08		Mild to Medium	Medium	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

Another traditional, readily available, easy to smoke mixture, with a very characteristic Dutch note despite the heavy but agreeable casing. Basically medium brown tobaccos, very fine cut in long thin ribbons (which if scissor-cut could actually be smoked in a cigarette), Clan is perhaps one of the most popular pipe tobaccos in Europe. You can find it almost anywhere, including airports and news stands. If not used to the Dutch processing techniques?which are similar to the French caporal taste (this one, believe it or not, does have some Oriental leaf varieties, probably from the Indonesian regions that were once Dutch colonies)?it may at first taste a little bit harsh. Because of the fine cut it may also produce a severe case of tongue bite. But once you get used to it, and master the skill of puffing slowly, it is a good alternative when stranded in unfamiliar places with no proper tobacconist nearby. It is not a goopy tobacco?in fact it is rather dry?and you have to take care not to overfill the bowl. It burns dry, and the sweetness of the casing, though present throughout the smoke, is not strong enough to obliterate the tobacco flavour underneath. Think of it as an aromatic version of the Flying Dutchman. All in all, not a bad smoke, along the lines of Gold Block and the Amphora range, but with a slightly sharper edge to it. The aroma, by the way, is one of the most appreciated qualities of this blend, and even non smokers seem to be enthusiastic about it.

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NB: I read the esteemed Pipestud's comment regarding the St. Bruno/Clan comparison. I am sure he must be right. I have only tired St. Bruno ready rubbed. It seems the flake version (just like in Erinmore) is less sweet and stronger.

6 people found this review helpful.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2020-09-20		Mild	Medium to Strong	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

The pouch note is delicious. Absolutely delicious. Packs really well. Can be found anywhere. This is the conclusion of anything positive I'm afraid . The tongue bite from this is literally incredible.your entire mouth needs to be made from asbestos to even contemplate smoking this. The pipe needs to be held with oven gloves. It's ridiculous.

Pipe Used: Reject briar Italian

Age When Smoked: New

Purchased From: Tesco

Similar Blends: The rag soaked in petrol on bonfire night.

5 people found this review helpful.

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	thejefu (4)	2021-06-21		Medium	Medium	Mild to Medium	Tolerable

This tobacco get's a particularly negative wrap and it's a shame since it's far from a poor tobacco, it just does a great many things which are antithetical to pipe smoking which, in isolation, aren't bad.

Unpopular thing #1: It's a aromatic. It's not overpowering and it really doesn't evoke any single ingredient. You might pick up rum, vanilla, and liquorice, but I prefer not to try and explain the tobacco with respect to it's elements vs the sum of it's parts. It's a blend of tons of tobaccos and it's using a ton of flavors, but the result is somethething very pleasant. The tobacco isn't sticky, sickly nor is there any trace of the casing other than in the top note of the flavor. It's has a certain chemical taste but not a nasty or acrid, but interesting like an old medicine cupboard or apothecaries. It reminds me of Diet Coke. I have no idea why because I'm not sure it tastes like Diet Coke, it just does the same things. It's light, refreshing, has a narcotic in it, tastes a little like a medicine cabinet and burns abit.

Unpopular thing #2: Individual tobacco notes are entirely absent. But let me be clear, this blend isn't bland or tasteless, it's just impossible to isolate any individual note in the tobacco. Much like a cigarette, everything cancels everything else out into a neutral tobacco'y balance. If you dislike the earthiness and full body of pipe tobaccos such as St Bruno and others, Clan is probably the cleanest smoke I've encountered. It doesn't leave much of a scent on the smoker, the room or the pipe.

Unpopular thing #3: It burns fast. Many accuse Clan of burning 'hot'. I've not had this experience. The taste profile of the tobacco lends itself to a certain spiceyness but this is neither from the heat of the tobacco or the tobacco leaf, I believe it to be part of the airy flavor profile of the aromatics. It's extremely difficult to explain but it's heat feels more like a light menthol / chemically type of burn, minus any overpowering or menthol taste. I've gone heavy at a bowl of clan and despite feeling a party of heat in my mouth, I've not risked a single bite.

In conclusion, Clans instantly become the first thing I smoke everyday. It's antithetical to pipe smoking, it's clean and dry. It leaves no moisture in the bowl and crumbles to dust. The smoke is fresh and light despite it's volume. It is never going to give me tongue bite. It's the most reliable tobacco I've ever encountered and takes no coaxing or effort to smoke. The flavor is impossible to explain, you just have to try it.

Don't buy the negative hype. Enjoying the hobby of pipe smoking entails an excitement towards discovering and enjoying tobaccos. The criteria we tend to apply to how we rate these tobaccos are typically criteria which Clan just fails at. It is not artisinal, vintage or cool by any measure of how pipe tobaccos are marketed. It has no depth of flavor. It is not a slow burning relaxed smoke. It's an extremely enjoyable, very tasty and very refreshing tobacco.

Don't worry, you can still smoke flakes, ropes and plugs too.

Pipe Used: Falcon

Similar Blends: American Delite with the aromatics removed. Infused with a mix of Condor and St Bruno aromatics..

4 people found this review helpful.

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	Chimney1966 (5)	2008-01-16		Medium to Strong	Medium	Medium	Pleasant

First of all, have to say, this tobacco is such that, either you like it, or you hate it. This tobacco would actually deserve grading "seven and half out of ten" (3 stars, when 4 is max). BUT, when asked "additionally" two questions: 1. Is this tobacco worth of the money? (Yes, it aint expensive, its about the cheapest one available here, and easiest to get from almost all kiosks and supermarkets) 2. Does it do what it is intended to do? (Yes, it certainly satisfies the basic need, nothing really fancy, but it certainly does it job even better than some more expensive "fancy blends") As conclusion, it earned all the stars.

Now, to the detailed assessment... Like so many others, I remeber this tobacco from my early childhood, my grandfather used to smoke this blend between 1967 and 1969 (he shifted from cigarettes to be a pipesmoker in 1967 and gave up smoking entirely 1969), and naturally there were lots of fond memories related to this. Even during time I was kid, I liked Clans tobacco pouch aroma, as as it was similar to strong liquorice ("salmiak") due ammonium chloride. I also noticed already then how well its packs in the bowl (as three years old, during late 1969 I sometimes had proviledge to "load" the pipe for my grandfather, and quickly learned how easy it was to pack properly) When I bought my first pipe (Dunhill, during 1992) I used first this blend as the tobacco to form the cake into the new bowl. And Clan was the tobacco which was to set the standards of being "the basic" pipe tobacco.

Regarding the CUT: The cut of Clan is a PROPER pipe tobacco cut, and is far superior than those unfortunate Scandinavian thin shag cuts (due their "roll your own" uses) which have in Scandinavian market "spoiled" Borkums Riff and Amphora tobaccos (and which really can damage the bowl of your pipe while burning excessively hot, and when too moist, are really prone to cause tongue bite). So, if visiting Scandinavia, and need to get a re-supply of pipe tobacco, Clan is fairly safe choice.

The distinctive "chemical smell" mentioned earlier by few reviewers (poupehan, Eldrich) is, no doubt, ammonium chloride which has been sprinkled over the blend. And just like Eldrich mentioned, I have heard similar stories that opening the pouch will cause this particular tobacco to loose its strength really fast (and relatively strong becames "extra mild"). Only way to secure that this tobacco will hold its slight moist and aroma is to pack it immediately after opening the pouch into a glass jar with airtight rubber seal and wire locked lid (this particular tobacco really needs "gastight" storage) So, as cheap as this tobacco might be, it is fairly demanding regarding proper storage. Also if this has been in shop shelf for long time, it might have lost some its strength. On the other hand.., if first bowl is too strong for you, store some of the tobacco (for bowl or two) in tiny metal box (without airtight seal) for a day...

Proper spicy flavor prevents beginners from buffing too hard, so actually this is suitable belnd for beginners (and then they can find something better smokes as "pleasant discoveries"). there are 14 different and it can be noticed while in pouch and while smoke. No doubt, there is Latakia, than can be tasted as well as Virginia and Burley. No wonder, so many cigarette smokers changed to this, as "a natural continuation". I have seen that there are additional variants of Clan such as Mild and Malt Whisky but never tried neither of them (even I would like to try Clan Malt Whisky sometime). Mild is available from local tobacco shop, but the another not...

Talking about room note of this tobacco is bit under-estimated in "size scale". As I was visiting one fairly small town (with not much traffic) as I walked along the street, I suddenly noticed clear aroma of Clan, and as I looked around, fellow (whom I knew) was standing across the street (in range of about 30 yards) and smoked his pipe...(so, in scale, almost "a street note") Distinctive (almost territorial) room note of Clan is fairly individualistic nowdays. Long time ago it was quite common, but nowdays relatively rare, but although fairly distinctive, most find it pleasant (and possibly due relatively rare encounter).

And just as ROMMER mentioned in earlier review, this tobacco really enters your system... After 20 minutes you can feel it, and its effect will last about 4 hours... Old folks used to say that this stuff enchances the blood circulation for quite a while, so, during a cold and rainy November day while feet and hands feel really cold, bowlful of Clan certainly "corrects" that (at least did that to me), during hot day (or in hot climate) might make someone to sweat. This might be reason why most loyal Clan smokers were old men...

I keep collection of dirrerent brands and blends of pipe tobacco stored for diffrerent occations, and most are more fancy (and expensive) than Clan, but Clan is "the old reliable" which has earned its place amongst the tobacco stock. When I can not decide which to enjoy a bowlful, then I choose Clan... In case I use my Peterson 303 System (which does not have a filter) I load bottom of the bowl (about 1/4 layer) with W.O.Larsens Old Fashioned, and then 3/4 of Clan. Clan provides the spice and bottom layer of Old Fashioned takes care that fine ash of perfectly combusting Clan does not endup to the bit... And it is fairly perfect smoke... I have enjoyed every bowl, never had tonguebit or irritation... Actually.., one time as I was once again affected by paper dust allergy (after processing old archive files the dust from old papers made my throat sore and nose running and feel really miserable) I loaded the bowl of my pipe (in frustration and miserable feeling condition) really full of Clan and smoked it during 30 minutes time... And after that, my thoroat was no longer dry or sore, and my nose was no longer running.., so, I dare to say Clan worked like anti-histamine and stopped allergic rhinitis... Indeed smells like medicine, but works like one too... Now you know, why Clan is one of my favourites...

Update: Earlier I smoked "original Clan", but latest have been DK made (made by Orlik), and although nicotone kick has somewhat reduced (milder than earlier), I just bought 200 grams tin of this stuff, so, it can not be all that bad as many think...

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	Clamarnicale (9)	2020-04-03		Mild	Mild	Very Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable

During a trip to Italy the other year I managed to leave the tin of tobacco I had brought with me behind at a café in Rome. In dire need of more tobacco, I found a so-called tobacconist near where we were staying. Clan was the only pipe tobacco she carried. Having never heard of it before, I decided to give it a try, unwisely not going online first to look for reviews.

I'd consider this tobacco unsmokeable. The room note is tolerable enough, even pleasant, indeed that might be the only area in which this tobacco can be recommended. It smells well enough in the pouch. It doesn't taste much of anything, it burns so good you could use it as tinder, and if you aren't careful the tongue bite is out of this world.

I stuck with cigarettes and cigars for the rest of the trip.

Pipe Used: No-brand billiard, cob

Age When Smoked: Freshly store-bought

Purchased From: Roman tobacconist

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	LonePiper (3)	2019-10-11		Mild	Medium	Medium	Very Pleasant

A difficult tobacco. If you don’t like this tobacco there is a high possibility that you don’t know how to smoke it. If you learn how to smoke it, the “fire tunnel” effect will go away, giving room to an impressive, unique, whisky/peat/honey/cocoa flavor. The use of a dedicated pipe is highly recommend: a pipe that I inherited from my grandfather still smells of Clan after 20 years or so (and I’m not the only one with a similar experience)

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	StevieB (2076)	2017-07-12		Mild to Medium	Mild	Medium	Very Pleasant

Scandinavian Tobacco Group - Clan.

Ok, so I reviewed this a few years ago, was fairly brutal, and when I read it back I thought I sounded like the proverbial tobacco snob. So, I deleted my former review, opened a fresh pouch up, and thought I'd be as impartial as is humanly possible.

To begin on a good note the blend has an appealing appearance: snippets of all shades of weed, and to be fair the moisture's good. The pouch note was made a little tricky to identify by the smell of plastic/chemicals from the seal glue, but forgetting those there isn't anything particularly preeminent about the note.

The smoke isn't as bad as I remembered it to be, as an otc blend it isn't in the league of St. Bruno or Condor, they get four stars but I wouldn't rate Clan with only one star. The added flavourings are very mild, the main tastes are the tobaccos: I get a very toasty note from the Burley/Kentucky. This seems to me the stronger of the leaves, the rest make a cornucopia of flavours: I guess that's the polite way of saying it tastes a bit messy! As subjective as it is, the tongue bite deters me somewhat: it's ok for the first quarter, but does begin to give me grief after that. The burn from Clan is reasonably good, but it tends to be a touch quick.

The room-note from Clan is its best feature, and the nicotine's below medium. This isn't THAT bad, nothing spectacular, but not the worst:

Two and a half stars.

Pipe Used: Various

Age When Smoked: Various

Purchased From: Various

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	artielon (6)	2014-05-22		Mild to Medium	Medium	Medium	Pleasant

I wet a couple of pipe cleaners and seal them in the pouch for 12 hours (and whenever it gets too dry) because it´s usually too dry and biting otherwise. It improves the characteristics (coolness, burning) and overall taste considerably. I find no big difference to more expensive brands and its availability is a plus.

Pipe Used: Falcon Coolway with filter

Age When Smoked: relatively fresh

Purchased From: R-kioski, Finland

Similar Blends: Ashton Rainy Day.

3 people found this review helpful.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2013-02-20		Medium	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

This has been the first acceptable pipe tobacco i have bought since i got back to smoking pipe last month.

Since i'm new here and this is my very first review, and yes i have a rather short experience with pipe smoking. Nevertheless i shall share with everyone my experience, so you can take it in consideration if you are a starter, just like me.

I must confess that my first contact with Clan was at a local convenience store where i went looking for some tobacco to get back to pipe smoking. The owner told me Clan aromatic was one of his best selling brands - I must say it's package really got me for it's good looks.

I've been smoking Clan frequently now. At first it felt very strong and i got some tong bite, because of my lack of experience. It burns hot in my opinion, but as you smoke it regularly you start to understand how to best do it.

I've smoked it indoor and outdoor and feel quite pleased with it, making a good companion for reading.

I was hopping it would taste just like it smells, but it doesn't. Nevertheless today i can start to distinguish some of its flavors in the taste and aroma it releases.

Note: 23/02/2013 - Smoked after cleaning the pipe with some portuguese liquor called "Licor Beirão", tasted really sweet, and proved to be very tasty smoked that way.

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	Moçambicano (13)	2009-02-22		Medium	Mild	Medium	Tolerable

I began pipe smoking around 1992, when I entered college. It was a time when tobacco wasn't considered a weapon of mass destruction, smoking was still considered to be a somewhat glamourous activity, and "Big-Cigarette-Tobacco" multinational companies hadn't started to buy and debase smaller blenders of pipe mixtures.

My parents then offered me a small pipe smoker's kit, which included an affordable "Amphora Milos" dutch filter pipe, and a huge 250 gr tin of Clan tobacco, which was by that time produced by Theodorus Niemeyer (nowadays the Clan brand belongs to British-American Tobacco Company and is blended by Orlik in Denmark).

Those where the days of pipe smoking. Me and my colleagues would spend whole evenings discussing philosophy and reciting poetry ? enacting our own version of the "Dead Poets' Society". Clan, or better said that old version of it, will always be part of my nostalgic remembrance of such happy times. It seemed such an honest blend, so tasteful, so trustworthy ? even after I discovered a truly high-quality favorite, Dunhill's London Mixture.

After more than a decade without puffing any pipe at all, I stumbled upon the old Amphora pipe. Trying to exorcise the sadness of fleeting years, I polished the briar, bought a pouch of Clan, disappointed to know that London Mixture had been meanwhile discontinued. I filled the bowl full of enthusiasm and nostalgia?

And then I got a second disappointment. This is not the Clan I knew. This is not even a decent tobacco, however cheap it might be priced. Clan has become a meaningless name in a label placed upon pouches containing dry grass, chloride and god-knows-what. It scorches the tongue as if it had been cased with napalm, then paves it with second-grade asphalt. So many expectations of reviving a bliss, such an anti-climax.

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	Steerpike (149)	2007-03-16		Mild	Mild	Medium	Very Pleasant

I really enjoy this tobacco. It was always my fathers smoke of choice, so perhaps thats why I like it so much, the aroma seems comfortably familiar. Its a quite natural tasting aromatic in the Dutch tradition, very mild. The aroma is sweetenet with a subtle dose of vanilla, that does not mask the tobacco flavour, as in so many more heavily cased blends, but sweetens and adds to it. The tobacco is cut quite fine, into long even ribbons without too much stemmy bits, and is quite easy to pack evenly, due to the very even cut of the tobacco, although it helps to tease it apart a litle as you fill, rather than just stuffing it in. It lights as easily as it packs, and does not go out. This baccy does seem to vary a little from pouch to pouch in its moisture content, some can be a little damp, and so tend to gurgle, but this can be overcome by leaving it open for a while. Due to the sugars in it it is unlikely to get crispy dry though, so never really dries out in the pouch. A truly excellent aromatic.

---------------Update-------------------------------------------

Not having smoked this in a while, I got a pouch, and immediately wondered why I had been wasting my time trying so many other aromatics. If there is a perfect aromatic this is it. Admittedly there are others that are sweeter, like a vannilla explosion when you light up. But they also burn hotter, wetter and steamier, with far less taste of tobacco. They also represent an olfactory assult on anybody in the room not unlike an overdose of perfume, which is all very well if people like vanilla/cherry/whatever else but some don't. The aroma of clan is indeed unobtrusive, sweet in its own way, but the sweetness is so artfully blended in that it cannot be told apart from the smell of the tobacco as with some sweeter blends. The tobaccos used in this blend are diverse, and the casings include rum, vanilla, and liquorice, in restrained doses. I've not found that anybody dislikes its aroma, but many people have told me that it smells nice, including a number of people with an absolute aversion to tobacco smoke.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2021-05-05		Extremely Mild	Mild	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Overwhelming

Clan the go-to tobacco of many a fledgeling pipe smoker and a huge mistake by the novice is made from the off! I think it must be the name and the tartan tobacco pouch, it conjures up images of the highland games and a kind of strength, how sadly mistaken one could be!

I first tried this forty-nine years ago and counting and the resulting foulness of the smoke has never departed my cerebral cortex, nor has my tongue fully forgiven me the Clan experience, such was, is, the memorable and inherent tongue bite one gets courtesy of Clan tobacco.

However one smokes this horrible mixture, it burns quicker and hotter than an Australian bush fire, which leaves any room with an unpleasant miasma similar to the fabled London fogs of yore. How anyone can like smoking this is beyond my comprehension! One must have to be a masochist a lover of the cat of nine tails administered by some 18th Century ships Bosun! The tongue bite is akin to setting a small campfire on one's tongue. The taste is like one imagines a soiled infant's terry towel nappy soaked in urine and smoked in ones favourite briar tastes like, it is also as wet as the aforementioned and leaves your pipe gurgling like a cheerful baby in its crib.

How this tobacco has stayed in production beats me, but as stated elsewhere there must be masochists among our pipe smoking fraternity, or it's the new pipe smokers who get lured in by the name and packaging that keeps this ghastly blend going. When one thinks of the likes of all the great tobaccos such as Digger, Redbreast and the like that have bitten the dust and Clan just carries on biting tongues like a Rabid Pitbull terrier on steroids, leaves me amazed!

The smoke is unpleasant, hot, wet and has nothing going for it apart from the great name and Tartan packet. I'd personally wager that Clan is responsible for the decline in pipe smoking because when one smokes this starting out with a new pipe the taste and experience is enough to scar one for life!

My tip to anyone starting out on the pipe and who wants a cool smoking aromatic, start on any of the following three tobaccos, Condor, St Bruno, or Ennerdale Flake, that way you will not need to seek medical help for your severe tongue bite and your head will remain un-haunted from the foul taste of this ghastly mixture, also your pipe will not be permanently ghosted.

Pipe Used: Any

Age When Smoked: Forty six years ago

Purchased From: Bewleys circa 1970

Similar Blends: To Holland House, or what one imagines probably smoking a bowlful of PotPourri or an old ladies cardigan smothered in cheap perfume..

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	Barney (2)	2020-11-24		Very Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant

Due to Lockdown I was forced to purchase some OTC tobacco. With a degree of trepidation I bought a 50g pouch of Clan Original.

It’s burns extremely quickly, leaving nothing but ash in record time. My usual tobacco will last around an hour per bowl, this no longer than 20 minutes. There is no dottle with this blend. The room note is pleasant in that there is little discernible afterwards.

In addition to speed of burn, it burns hot and were I less experienced and less careful it would burn the mouth and create an overwhelming tongue bite.

The taste is rather innocuous. I did taste some flavour, cardamom and other Middle Eastern tastes, although none of the fuller flavours I love. An interesting taste, it is wholly inoffensive.

On balance, it burns too quickly, overheats the pipe, is too mild for my taste, and brings the risk of severe mouth injuries. I will not buy again although it has been useful in getting me through lockdown. That said, it is not as horrific as other reviews have stated but it deserves nothing more than 1-2 out of 5.

Pipe Used: Peterson Donegal Rocky

Age When Smoked: Fresh

Purchased From: Sainsbury’s

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	Alin-Andrei (2)	2020-07-11		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Medium	Pleasant

I recently started smoking a pipe to quit cigarettes, and this was recommended by the shop owner. I thought it was what pipe tobacco was about and I was smoking it wrong because I was getting very hot pipes (tried it in 4 different ones), tongue burn, made me drool a lot, the bowl was lasting very little time... was not enjoying the experience, but stuck to it to not smoke cigarettes. I even ruined a pipe (a cheap, imperfect one).

After 3 weeks I bought a bunch of different blends to try, and to my surprise the Clan experience wasn't the norm. Smoking a pipe actually is a great 40 - 60 minutes affair, but this tobacco in particular was the problem. I'm still experimenting and trying blends, but so far this is the worst I had. It almost sent me back to cigarettes.

I would not recommend this to a novice pipe smoker. It was an awful experience, but I didn't knew any better.

2 people found this review helpful.

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	Marco D. (17)	2020-07-02		Mild	Medium	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable

The Clan Original (or aromatic), the famous Clan, a tobacco hated by many but loved by its fans. A tobacco in which the history merges with myth. A tobacco considered difficult to smoke, painted as the nightmare of the beginners. For me, today, this isn't the real situation. The blend is complex there are many varieties of different tobaccos from all over the world. The cut is intersting becouse is a shag cut, very short and easy to pack. The umidity is right for load it just after the opening. Clan offers a smooth and fresh smoke, if we consider that is a flavoured tobacco, imprinted on the sweetness. The added flavours are difficult to analyze, there is an alcholic note and something like red fruit, but recognizing them all is a challenge. So I can say that Clan is an easy tobacco, doesn't warm up and bite the tongue also if stressed. In conclusion it isn't so impossible for beginners. I don't like flavoured tobacco, but I want to be objective: Clan is an average enjoyable tobacco and not a loved/hated tobacco.

Pipe Used: Chacom

Age When Smoked: Opened after purchase

Purchased From: Tabacconist in Italia

Similar Blends: The discontinued Flying Dutchman.

2 people found this review helpful.

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	Captain Casual (21)	2019-09-13		Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

Oh dear, i'm suprised to see Clan being reviewed so badly. It's not one of my absolute favourite blends, but i do like to sit down with a bowl of it every now and then.

Like many have said, this tobacco comes in a very fine loose cut. Fine enough that some consider it a shag cut (Like cigarette rolling tobacco). Because of this, Clan burns quite quickly, and potentially quite hot. This means that on the one hand, you have to be somewhat wary of tongue bite and flavour loss, but on the other hand, it does make Clan a good blend to pick when you want more of a quick, light smoke. Even taking it slow, a decently sized bowl of this stuff won't last as long as...... well, any other loose cut i know, let alone as long as flakes, rope cuts etc.

I never had much of a problem regarding the moisture in the tin, but to be fair, i tend to prefer my leaf a little on the dry side.

As for the flavour, i could never pin it down with this blend. Other reviewers have done a better job than i could on this one, but in short, i find the flavour to be quite pleasant and mellow, tobacco-y but with a pleasant sweetness from the topping rounding it off. I do not get any soapyness, which i've seen some people complain of.

Strength in flavour is fairly mild, and the nicotine hit is barely present at all. It's quite a light, mild smoke overall.

It does lose a bit of flavour towards the last third of the bowl, and to get the most out of the first two thirds, you'll want to ease up on the cadence.

Unsuprisingly with the cut, it takes a light very, very easily, will need few relights and burns to the finest of ashes. It CAN leave some shreds of leaf stuck to the side of your bowl though, so do be sure to clean your pipe well after a bowl of Clan.

Overall, Clan isn't the very best tobacco out there, but i do think it's a bit underrated.

Pipe Used: Various briars

Purchased From: Cigarworld.de

2 people found this review helpful.

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	thesmoggypipester (75)	2019-06-16		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

Clan original as it is now known, is probably one of the most infamous tobaccos out there, horror stories abound, it's horrific reputation reaches the acreage pipe smoker long before the pouch lands in his hands.

I have ventured yet again into the world of clan now I have a good number of piping years under my belt, this was the final do or die attempt and what do I think?

Actually pretty good, OK, brace yourself for this, I've actually really enjoyed my renewed foray into it. So from the first time I tried it I find the tobacco quality has improved a lot, it no longer looks like a bag of floor sweeping, also they have got rid of the awful pouch that you would find the likes of drum in (which I think was the biggest contributor of it being as dry as sticks).

So opening the pouch it is pretty much a densely compressed block but teasing it apart isn't an issue, the famous aroma has been toned back a tad to allow a more natural. Tobacco scent to emanate, I Deffinitely get whisky, some smokeyness, cocoa and freshly mowed grass.

Packing the long stranded ribbons is no chore, remember you want this packed a little tighter than normal but not too tight to restrict airflow. It takes the flame easily and I settled back to enjoy, for he type a cut, quite a long pleasant smoke. The moisture is spot on, it needs no drying, and it smokes quite easily, if packed too loosely it will burn too easily hence the bite.

Granted my bowl did get warm when I got a bit carried away but keeping the cadence of your draws in check will alleviate this. During the smoke I picked up on the aromas above and there is a definite presence of latakia In this.

Hardly had to relight, and I found the experience really pleasant. I am really enjoying this revisit and yeah I think I want to keep this one around to be honest.

Room note I found pleasant, it has quite a unique one at thay, other half wasn't really fussed but it shouldn't raise to many eyebrows. Strength isn't going to knock you on your butt I would say mild to almost medium.

4 stars from me.

Pipe Used: Blakemar Hungarian

Age When Smoked: New

Purchased From: My smoking shop

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	HastingsPiper (9)	2019-01-19		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

A friend of mine smoked this stuff for 40+ years and swore by it. Well I swore at it! I really don't know what to say about this blend. It's not as un pleasant as some would have you believe but it's just too expensive for what you get. The pouch note is quite delicious. That's where it ends. It tastes like pine needles and napalm! Boy this stuff burns fast and hot. It matters not how you pack it, it will burn like nothing on earth. I didn't experience too much bite when sipped.It leaves a nice smell in the room but so does air freshner for a quid! I can't say what tobacco's are being used here, I just can't detect any particular tobacco type but I suspect there is a lot of cheap Burley here topped with chemical warfare. I can't recommend this blend when for the same money, or less, you can buy some really lovely tobacco. Stick to St Bruno or Condor for OTC blends or give up smoking if you can only buy this. Shame, if it had quality tobacco's with that lovely pouch note it could be a winner.

Pipe Used: Falcon International. Duncan Poker.

Age When Smoked: Straight from packet

Purchased From: Asda

Similar Blends: Mustard gas..

2 people found this review helpful.

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	Pipe man9697 (3)	2017-09-28		Mild to Medium	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

Recently (6 months) returned to pipe smoking. My Grandad smoked this until his death last year at 95. He religiously put rum in his clan pouches. Swore by it. I tried this. It works. Clan becomes a nice cheap all day smoke. Nice vanilla tones. Mild nicotine hit. Yes it burns fast whole bowl gone in half hour but sometimes you just want a fast " wife friendly " smoke. Suitable for lunch time at work. Nothing challenging. It is what it is but it's not as bad as people are making out. It's not St Bruno but it's a serviceable basic all day smoke. I don't always want the big nicotine hit of a condor or a Royal Yacht!!

Pipe Used: Darvill briar

Age When Smoked: Fresh from pouch

Purchased From: Asda ( Walmart)

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	mustache drip (6)	2017-04-10		Medium	Medium	Medium	Very Pleasant

This one you either love or hate. Taste sweet, creamy, slightly musty and grainy from whiskey topping and a touch of floral. Tobacco taste comes through and leaves a bit of oil on the tounge. It does not bite if properly dried. Burns rather fast which is the only fault I have with this one. All in all, its defenatly an acquired taste, I happen to love. One of the better cheap aromatics And thats coming from an english smoker.

Pipe Used: savinelli bent billiard

Age When Smoked: fresh

2 people found this review helpful.

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	natibo (169)	2015-10-18		Medium	Medium	Medium	Tolerable

I tried this before reading the reviews and I was thinking to myself, I bet this is a beloved old European OTC blend. I found it had an unusual but pleasant taste and was quite satisfying.

Then I read the reviews! Boy to folks have this stuff. I must be in the minority. I am used to that as I am smarter and better looking than most people. Ha ha. I think it's a 2.5 start blend but am giving it three just to bump up its total score. Such haters.

2 people found this review helpful.

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	ruraldean (3)	2014-05-29		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

Well, I've read the reviews, which reflect entirely that one man's meat is another man's poison. I've not smoked Clan before, so this is based on about five bowls.

Yes, it can bite. It can really bite, but only if you suck on your pipe like a McDonald's milkshake. A gentle sipping releases far more than most have revealed in other reviews. There's a big vanilla hit, and the stuff does smell like Bird's Custard Powder in the bag, however, a little TLC coaxes a nice, buttery flavour, if a little thin, from the easily packed tobacco. This is a one light bowl. I don't even bother with a charring light, but slightly under fill the bowl , spark up and puff down to a wonderful fine white ash. I use an air-pocket method of packing, which definitely helps.

Overall, this doesn't scare me, it's inoffensive, and it's easy to get hold of. Somewhat recommended with a caution about over-drawing, unless pain is your friend.

Pipe Used: MM Cob

Age When Smoked: 58

Purchased From: Tesco

Similar Blends: Scotty's Butternut Burley (but with bite).

2 people found this review helpful.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2013-02-15		Strong	Medium	Medium	Pleasant

I am a fan of St. Bruno, but not of Condor. If you recognise either of these, you may find familiar flavours in this brand.

It does smoke rather hot, which is cured with frequent sipping.

Nicotine is noticable, typical of such 'over-the-counter blends here in the UK.

In light of the extreme number of tobaccos used to produce this blend, on top of the added flavourings, this tobacco produces subtle, complex flavours.

You will not taste ALL, or even most of the tobaccos listed, but you will not be dissapointed nonetheless, particularly if you smoke aromatics.

On a personal note, I will not smoke this often, but have a (cheap) pipe dedicated to it.

I usually smoke Virginia flakes, St. Bruno, Irish XX(Black Bogey), Coniston Cut Plug, and various Balkan/English blends.

2 people found this review helpful.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2012-12-27		Mild	Strong	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

Viewers will no doubt agree with my ratings up to the point of 'recommendation', where I deviate from the common opinion. Don't worry, I too find clan to smoke way too hot, to be a confused muddle of flavours and to bite like the devil's pet terrier, but I have just had a eureka moment (pipe smokers may say an 'epiphany').

Before Christmas I bought a pouch of the stuff, had all the old problems, but before leaving to visit my family I put two drops of peppermint oil in with it and left it back in the drawer. Upon returning (five days have passed) I found a completely reformed character!

The pouch smelled almost exactly like Murray mints, still lit nicely, but most importantly was an absolute JOY to smoke. Cool as you like, no bite, and the clusterfuck of flavours had transformed into beautiful complexity to be teased out a few at a time the whole way down the bowl.

This commonly available, dirt cheap blend I now hold up there with Samuel Gawith and Dunhill's aro's.

I've occasionally come across mention of peppermint used (in minute quantities) to 'cool' tobacco and reduce bite (one reviewer here went as far as to accuse SG's Squadron leader of being surreptitiously doped with the stuff on account of its mildness, as if it's a bad thing!), but the results here were astounding.

Try Clan, if you find the same problems as I did, consider the couple of drops. It may be the difference between a binned pouch and a fine smoke :)

2 people found this review helpful.

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	Wibblefishofdoom (139)	2011-12-03		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

I had this recommended to me by a special needs guy I work with who used to smoke it by the bucketload and loved the sweet flavour. I had never heard it before but decided to take my life into my hands and give it a go when I saw it in my local supermarket a couple of days later.

I was actually quite excited when I got the well packed, tartan strewn packet home, and the hints of caramel, with perhaps a subtle tint of mint, wafted up from the tobacco as I opened it up. The packing was, and has been since, very easy as has the lighting. The caramel flavour continued on into the smoke providing a pleasant, relaxing experience. Also, the general lack of tongue bite is a plus point.

I have to say, fair play to the guy I look after, he's been onto a decent tobacco. It's not a classic by any means, but for a good afternoon smoke it really hits the spot.

2 people found this review helpful.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2010-11-04		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

I've been on another forum, and many people don't like Clan, but I find it very pleasurable if you smoke it right. I smoke it with my Mr Brog no47. This pipe has great, smooth air flow through the pipe (with it's 9mm filter), and as long as you lightly sip @ the pipe, the Clan tobacco burns slowly enough to release the flavours & taste to the bottom of the bowl. Just allow the smoke slowly roll over your tongue & into the olfactory senses in the nasal cavity to appreciate the delicate but cool flavours. As Clan is a fine cut tobacco, it needs a slow flow of air to burn, otherwise if you draw on the pipe too strongly it will burn too quickly and turn to ash straight away and give that harsh, bitter back bite. You know when the smoke is over as you taste the ash.

Packet smell: aromatic heathery, herby with touch of pine forest.

Taste & flavour: similar to it's fragrance, aromatic, heathery, herby, touch of resinous pine trees with a hint of liquorice at the end. Can be a bit sickly, so smoke in moderation. Mr Brog no47 has a small bowl size, so no problem there.

Room note: Pleasurable and fragrant.

A dessert smoke as opposed to something like St Bruno, which is more meaty and savoury in nature.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2010-10-13		Medium	Medium	Medium	Pleasant

I have avoided buying supermarket tobacco for years after an unpleasant experience with Craven Ready Rubbed. Recently I found I'd run out of tobacco and was faced with Clan as my only option. When I bought it I thought that I would not like it. I must say I was pleasantly surprised. I think this stuff is good. There are so many different tobaccos in this mix it's imposible to pick one out. I don't normally like aromatics but I liked Clan. The other good thing about this stuff is that it's readily available and It's cheap. I'll be smoking Clan on a regular basis from now on.

I see that this tobacco has had a lot of negative reviews. But I like it and I have not once had tongue bite, not one bit. After reading all the bad reviews I can't be sure we're smoking the same tobacco because I think it's really good. Oh well, try it because like me you may enjoy it. But many people don't like it.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2008-07-20		Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable

well this is the worst tobacco i have ever smoked . i would prefer to smoke my shorts !

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2001-12-22		Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild	Tolerable

A friend of mine brought back this pouch of Clan tobacco from Spain as a gift for me. (It's blended in Holland, though.) The pouch describes it as "...cool and fragrant, mild in taste and slow burning ... containing no less than 14 different tobaccos from all over the world."

This is definitely a unique tobacco. The scent from the pouch was very natural (reminiscent of cigarette tobacco) but with a strong overlying medicinal smell like a sweet cough syrup. What really surprised me about this tobacco is the cut of very long, thin strands (shag?). Using this tobacco is like filling up your pipe with alfalfa: you don't trickle it in so much as stuff in tangled globs.

I was a little reluctant to fire up this blend because of the decidedly unpleasant smell. Much to my relief, however, it wasn't too bad. Although I could taste the faint sweetness that my nose had detected, it remained a fairly natural tobacco experience. Best of all, this thin stranded tobacco packs and burns surprisingly well.

In the end, however, I felt that although it's not a bad tobacco, it's not one that I would bother reaching for when there are others I enjoy far more. And there's something about the mediciny cloying character of the tobacco that unsettles me.

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	Valentino (8)	2022-11-01		Medium	Strong	Very Full	Strong

Clan Original is one of the most bullished pipe tobaccos ever. It's like the Playboy/Penthouse magazine hidden in a doubled WallStreet journal: a lot of people do it, almost anyone admits it.

Its first "flaw" is its taste: a strange flavour across Soapy/Liquour/Black Cavendish/Burley. In its way is an Alpha and Omega that can work as everyday blend and/or a breaker along the day from a more stylish and delicate tobacco.

Its second "flaw" is its logistic: easy to find and cheap. Taste for money is one of the best ever with the St.Bruno, the Park Lane 7 and the MacBaren Scottish Mixture, the holy trinity of cheap but tasty tobaccos.

Its third "flaw" is its room note. Its fragrance is THE archetype of pipe smoking, take it or leave it. If you cannot at least admit it, go for the svapo crew,

Its real pain points are basically 2 for me (and because of those I give it 3 stars and not 4, as it should be): 1) it bites and cooks your tongue if you are not super-gentle burning it from the very first puff ppreparation; 2) its flavour sticks to your pipe forever, so try to dedicate it a pipe.

After one year in the bag it looses most of its fragrance, so put it in a glass made can if you don't finish it within 2-3 months.

Its magic is in its aromatic part for sure, but I believe that also its black cavendish part is very undervalued.

Excellent as second tobacco to start with as rookie, because it still cheap and tasty. You need something else first, that teaches you how to burn your tobacco without cooking your tongue (so start with Park Lane 7 which is a Flake, probably the best flake quality for money for pipe, because flake cut is more wet and it forces you to be patient and technically prepared to enjoy your pipe experience).

Welcome to the Clan!

Pipe Used: Billiard

Age When Smoked: 1

Purchased From: Italy

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	cigarcohiba (36)	2022-08-01		Mild to Medium	Medium	Medium	Pleasant

Despite the relatively negative ratings of this tobacco, i think it is an extraordinary aromatic blend. Mild with a rich flavor. Easily lit and smoked, with consistency throughout.

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	MonsieurSemois (2)	2021-11-30		Mild to Medium	Mild	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

My first pipe tobacco. After many years of smoking a variety of cigarettes. And some cigars and cigarillos. I find it quite pleasant, has a nice caramel-ish sweetish aroma, with hints of vanilla, perhaps sherry or some other type of alcohol and more.

I like it very much and have had little to no problem smoking it though, I'm only starting out as a pipesmoker after having quit cigarettes and wishing a hand-to-mouth movement as well as enjoyment, relaxation and a healthier alternative I am not addicted to.

I smoke with a variety of pipes and a variety of filters as well as a few unfiltered, I have not tried it in an unfiltered pipe and I can't see it gaining any benefit from it. I has been called a pipe tobacco created by a cigarette smoker and perhaps that's where it holds its appeal for me.

All I know is that it is nothing like cigarettes to me and I enjoy it very much. It does seem to tend to ghost pipes, though I thoroughly do not mind it.

I'd definitely recommend it for any other new pipesmokers. Especially if you're in the same position I am where it is difficult to gain access to a great variety of tobaccos. This was what a tobacconist I trust recommended to me, and I'd recommend it to you. It's nice with a french vanilla coffee and some liqueur.

Pipe Used: 5

Age When Smoked: new

Purchased From: Local Brick & Mortar

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	Flyingdutchman (20)	2021-03-11		Mild	Very Strong	Very Mild	Extra Strong

It's THE CLAN. That is the history of pipe smoking, the smell of your granda's pipe. I remember smoking it sometimes during the 80's and 90's and I was disappointed by the difference between pouch aroma, the room note AND the tast in pipe. All the wonderful scents disappeared for the smoker, but were still detectable by others in the room. Today, it could only get worse. Easy packing, nice packaging, good lighting... and nothing else. A taste of plastic. I rated it 3 stars instead of minus 1000 just because of its history and legacy.

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	Wicklow Piper (4)	2021-03-02		Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

I know a lot of people dislike this tobacco so let me add my tuppence worth. The pouch note is very pleasing with hints of vanilla, cream and summer fruits. The cut is a shag/ribbon cut. I took out enough for a bowl and I leave it out and pull the ribbons apart even though it's not a damp tobacco it's just something I do with all my blends. I lit it and after the true light it did have some of those flavours I mentioned that I smelled. Then within ten minutes the bowl was finished and it burnt very hot. For this reason I wouldn't buy it again but would definitely if it didn't burn so fast and hot Edit on 11th May 2021. I stuck with this tobacco and wasn't letting it get the better if ne6, now I religiously have a bowl of it last thing at night and thoroughly enjoy it. Early evening I prepare a biwb, pull apart the shah and keavite it in the pipe until later on. I has as very nice creamy taste to it as long as it's sipped, it still burns quite fast but I would fill it more than in the pipe more than any other blend to the point where it's a tight draw so when I smoke it I use my pick from Czech tool to free the airway by pushing it down the front of the bowl to the draught hole. I enjoy it that much that I sometime have two bowls! (living dangerously lol) I can detect Virginia and burley under the topping which is mild but tasty as is the vitamin N. If you haven't smoked it solely because of its notierity I'd suggest you invest in a 25g pouch (€15.30 here in Ireland) I'll give it 3 1/2 star's that's just me

Pipe Used: Basket

Age When Smoked: New

Purchased From: Local newsagents

Similar Blends: Nothing I've tried yet.

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	Anakin1981 (11)	2021-02-21		Very Mild	Extremely Mild	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Pleasant to Tolerable

One of the more common tobacco blends, at least in my country. Cheap and easy to find are things that add to its popularity.

It burns really faster than other tobacco blends and it has a dry feeling right out of the bag. I didn't enjoy my exprerience with this one, it has a very mild aroma and due to the fast burn it might make some pipes hotter than usual. Those are briefly my negative remarks. On the positive side it's one of those tobaccos that you won't usually need a relight and it's a fairly light smoking experience.

It's a cheap tobacco but since there are better ones in that price range I wouldn't recommend it but I would suggest that if you haven't smoked that classic tobacco even once to give it a go. It's not for me but it might be for you! I believe due to many reasons, like those mentioned above, it's probably the most popular tobacco that has its lovers and haters.

Pipe Used: Various

Age When Smoked: Fresh from the pouch

Purchased From: Tobacco store

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	Mikaszcz (10)	2021-01-23		Strong	None Detected	Medium to Full	Tolerable

Décevant et sans véritable saveur perceptible. Pourtant l’arôme est délicieux et un vrai plaisir olfactif. Dommage qu’il ne donne pas en bouche ce qu’il fait sentir

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	North State (72)	2020-03-21		Mild to Medium	Medium to Strong	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

Hmm, this is interesting. I didn't expect Clan to cause such a division within pipe smokers as personally I don't think it's really that spectacular either way. Clan will, however, always have a special place in my thoughts and in my pipe, as it's either the second or possibly even first pipe tobacco that I smoked, and the only one of the widely available ones I remember from my younger days to be still around.

The pouch note is very satisfying, with an undertone of dark fudge laced with whisky, old leather and dark wood; unfortunately, as this is an aromatic, it doesn't really transform into taste in equal measure, which always remains just a tad bit artificial. Consistency is that of very fine shag, almost like rolling tobacco, and one needs to smoke this a bit carefully as it burns very easy and fast - in fact, "violently" is a word that springs to mind - leaving clean white-grey ashes. For these reasons, if there was ever cause to recommend a pipe tobacco for cigarette rolling for lack of proper rolling tobacco, I would say Clan. The tongue bite is also considerable in this. That said, the taste is not at all disagreeable if smoked carefully, and the dominating fudge-like character (which I think might be the cause for the "Scottish" connection) and room note conjure up an image of taking a comfortable seat in front of a fireplace on a cold winter's evening, with a large mug of steaming cocoa and a good pipe filled with Clan.

As said, I will totally unashamedly enjoy Clan occasionally still, like a pouch a year or so, and it would actually be my second favourite supermarket brand, if Amphora Red is not available.

A 3-star that would probably be a 2 if I smoked Clan for the first time today.

Pipe Used: Mr. Pipe, Mr. Brog 32, Turkish meerschaum

Age When Smoked: Fresh from pouch

Purchased From: Tobacco shop in Turku Finland, kiosks

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	Simon.c (20)	2019-09-17		Very Mild	Mild	Mild	Very Pleasant

Clan, it burns really well, has a interesting though unidentifiable taste imo and a fantastic room note. With those points for it you would think it should be at least 2 stars.

BUT

In the UK it's £15 a pouch, that's the same as most other tobaccos. So why should I buy Clan over Bruno or Peterson for the same price. Or Amphora Full or Original which are far better tobaccos that are also almost 5 quid cheaper per pouch.

Then there's the bite, no matter what I do this stuff bites hard and burns hot and fast.

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	Griswold (21)	2019-08-23		Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

Clan has been around for as long as I have been smoking a pipe (over 3 decades) and I am sure it has quite a few fans, otherwise it would have disappeared. It is a classic Dutch Cavendish made from a multitude of different types of tobacco and the citrusy topping is applied with a light hand and never overpowers the base tobacco, which is pretty decent. Recommended to anyone who is not put off by the appeal of an old school European OTC blend.

Pipe Used: Lincoln London Briar

Age When Smoked: Fresh

Purchased From: Peter Heinrichs

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	Pipesmoker30 (4)	2018-12-22		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Medium	Pleasant

I don't usually smoke this brand, I usually smoke captain black, however I have run out of this and wanted something quickly, after reading reviews I decided to give this a shot. This is my personal approach to this brand. I would like to start off with, looks,, it looks alot like rolling tobacco, it smells pleasant, feels dryer to touch than captain black, easy to pack and to light, aswell as stay alight. It does burn hot/warm but I didn't get a tongue bite from it. I wouldn't say it's a foul pipe tobacco at all where I would say gold block is, to the point I threw it away after second bowl, this is different, it's stronger than captain black but it's a nice strong, the smell, taste, feel and look wouldn't put me off of buying this again, I would honestly say to anyone give it ago, if you don't like it at least you know, but hey you maybe pleasantly surprised like I was.

Pipe Used: Carey magic inch

Age When Smoked: 30

Purchased From: Morrisons

Similar Blends: Cannot comment..

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	Philo Beddoe (221)	2018-11-25		Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable

Clan wasn’t offensive in the least, I had prepared myself for tobacco hell, but what I tasted was a lightly sweet Virginia with an alcohol topping. The room note was very light and inoffensive as well. Maybe I got an odd pouch, but for me, Clan was a very bland tasting smoke with no downsides other than boredom.

Pipe Used: Cob

Age When Smoked: Fresh

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	DenizBeck (323)	2018-10-04		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Medium	Pleasant

I was wishing to try this tobacco for quite a while now.. not an aromatics fan at all, but somehow the whole blend with its "cozy" old-timey design appealed to me.

Opening the pouch I instantly get a somewhat artifical, yet appealing and smooth fruity note, with a somewhat cherry-ish character to it. Underneath there's a mild boozy undertone, with some corn-ish qualities, reminding me of Bourbon Whiskey! As well as a mild floral quality. Intense aroma from the pouch, I wasn't sure what to expect.

Packs, lights and burns without a flaw - definetly a comfortable smoke! Pack it, light it, enjoy it! From the tobaccos the Burleys are most obvious to me, with some very delicious toasty, nutty, molasses and earthy qualities as the main actors in the tobacco department! The Virginias add some freshness and may contribute to the smooth and silky sweetness. I also get a hint of Turkish/Orientals in the mix, with spicy-dry and ethereal-flowery qualities. The rest of the tobaccos goes unnoticed to me.

In the smoke the flavoring is quite different than in the pouch note! The boozy, Boubon-ish quality prevails for me, leaving just a mild note of fruits/fruitcake in the background. The bourbon has a boozy and somewhat corn-ish character to it, which I like a lot, as it reminds me of C&D's John Marr. All in all this could be the OTC-brother of John Marr in a way.. definetly more flavored (and with more artifical flavorings), but I feel they share a similar character. Yet John Marr is superior, no doubt!

What else to say? Somehow I love this blend for what it is! The flavorings work well with the tobaccos and vice versa. Flavoring doesn't subdue to tobaccos (very tasty) qualities too much and it has this cozy, old-timey OTC feeling to it. I'll grant it 3,5 stars - even as the aromatic sceptic that I am! Update: This does have a tendecy to bite when puffed just a little fast, so I'll down-grade to 3-stars. Best to be puffed very patiently, then you get a nice flavour out of it.

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	stressmoker (11)	2018-09-04		Very Mild	Extremely Mild	Very Mild	Unnoticeable

I don't see the point of this tobacco. There's virtually no flavour - only some faint sweetness topped bitterness - and it doesn't really smell like much of anything either, when it burns.

It's not "bad". If you buy it, it won't wake your face cringe or anything. It's just a waste of time and cash.

It's a purely uninteresting tobacco. Don't think about it ; get something else instead.

Purchased From: Au chiquitto (Pompey, France)

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	Cakici (29)	2018-07-07		Mild	Mild to Medium	Medium	Pleasant

A little correction, I purchased my pouch by 07.2018 and the name below the shield (Aromatic) has been changed to "Original"

One surprising thing about this blend is producer's claim of "14 different tobaccos from around the world" as a description on the pouch. Well, I take it as those must be the types of the same tobaccos, yet different origins around the world. Such as the varieties of latakia: Cyprus, Macedonia or Syria. Or it might be the kinds of kentucky, fired kentucky etc.

Anyways, apart from this ambiguity, I must note that the blend is unique, hard to detect the components dancing while you are having your experience. All in all, it's earthy, but not harsh, somewhat aromatic, burns evenly, smokes cool. At some point of the smoke, when retrohaling, one may notice fruity aromas, a little green apple touch, maybe.

In general, I would recommend this blend to smokers who like to smoke an ever-changing, lightly aromatized type of tobacco. Everytime I smoke, it gave me an interesting experience.

Pipe Used: Couple of Savinellis, Caminetto, Winslow

Age When Smoked: Straight from the pouch

Purchased From: local tobacconist

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	Young Piper (304)	2017-11-06		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild	Pleasant

Clan,

I was recently on Matches860's YouTube watching a video when i saw a discussion regarding a tobacco trade, i offered to get in on the deal and i have to thank Mr Couch 1,000 times over for sending me a pouch of Clan which i have wanted to try for ever. I had a feeling it might smoke a little hot when i received his email that innocently asked "did you try the Clan?" just as my Geiger counter was off the scale sitting next to the pouch. I just knew he was laughing his ass off (as i am now doing with my friends) knowing that i was just recently battling the heat of a star. Just like the firefighters at Chernobyl i too have stared into the mouth of a reactor, my poor Charatan blasted pipe, but i know now how to tame the beast using filters and once tamed she is a magnificent creature. It's really addicting! Just be careful not to mar the outside of your pipe when stuffing it with some Clan Elephant's Foot. (if you don't know what that is give it a google)

For years i had read about the rite of passage one must take and then overcome and best in the form of a raw tongue blister. Once healed, determining the topping and varietal of tobacco's and finally seeking counseling for your newest addiction that comes in a Tartan pouch. It has a thin almost shag cut that makes packing a breeze but combined with very dry tobacco acts like tinder. The aroma while aromatic is the Victorian or Dutch style that incorporates perfume , not the 70's black Cavendish that is so popular. As to the Tartan pouch i cannot for the life of me determine why the manufacturer wants us to believe it's either A, made in Scotland or B, contains Scottish leaf... Perhaps Scotland sent Clan into England originally as a Trojan horse, they could slowly take over Britain by searing one Englishman's tongue after another until no one north of York could scream "Invasion!!" and warn their brethren...

Seriously though i am exaggerating greatly but you get the point. I love the taste and aroma plus the shag cut, i am so privileged to have been given a whole pouch to sample. Its so simple and tasty once you master the art of Nuclear Alchemy. Use a Grabow filter, never let get above 600 Kelvin and use a very thin walled pipe to gauge the heat before it spins out of control. I am so proud to be a part of this thing of ours with such amazing and generous people!! And thanks again to a very generous Mr Couch...

Similar Blends: Cesium 137, Plutonium, Strontium.

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	BROBS (67)	2017-07-12		Mild to Medium	Extremely Mild	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

Upon opening the pouch I was struck with mainly the scent of the Virginia, not much of anything that I would call 'aromatic'. Maybe mildly aromatic. The flavor can get a tad spicy and bite if pushed but if smoked at a slower pace it's OK. Room note is somewhat decent but not 'tutti frutti' as someone has described in my opinion. More tobacco in the room note than many aromatics. It's an alright tobacco which was one I picked up on a whim in Paris as not much was available. Not one I would buy again unless I had to as there are many better options out there. Perhaps it would benefit from some drying as it comes fairly moist from the pouch.

Pipe Used: Missouri Meerschaum Diplomat 5th Ave

Age When Smoked: Directly from pouch

Purchased From: Street tobacco shop by Notre Dame Paris

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	StevieB (2076)	2017-04-11		Mild to Medium	Very Mild	Medium	Very Pleasant

Scandinavian Tobacco Group - Clan.

Ok, so I reviewed this a few years ago, was fairly brutal, and when I read it back I thought I sounded like the proverbial tobacco snob. So, I deleted my former review, opened a fresh pouch up, and thought I'd be as impartial as is humanly possible.

To begin on a good note the blend has an appealing appearance: snippets of all shades of weed, and to be fair the moisture's good. The pouch note was made a little tricky to identify by the smell of plastic/chemicals from the seal glue, but forgetting those there isn't anything particularly preeminent about the note.

The smoke isn't as bad as I remembered it to be, as an otc blend it isn't in the league of St. Bruno or Condor, they get four stars but I wouldn't rate Clan with only one star. The added flavourings are very mild, the main tastes are the tobaccos: I get a very toasty note from the Burley. This seems to me the stronger of the leaves, the rest make a cornucopia of flavours: I guess that's the polite way of saying it tastes a bit messy! As subjective as it is, the tongue bite deters me somewhat: it's ok for the first quarter, but does begin to give me grief after that. The burn from Clan is reasonably good, but it tends to be a touch quick.

The room-note from Clan is its best feature, and the nicotine's below medium.

This isn't THAT bad, nothing spectacular, but not the worst:

Two and a half stars.

Pipe Used: Various

Age When Smoked: New

Purchased From: My Smoking Shop

Similar Blends: Unique.

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	Greekpipesmoker (201)	2017-01-21		Mild to Medium	Very Mild	Mild to Medium	Tolerable

Well i tried 1 bowl of clan aromatic as an offer of my friend harris.the cut is no ideal it lights easy burns normally.as i smokes it the taste was confusing to neutral..i didn't get the alcohol taste as a matter of fact ut was very neutral.mid nicotine not an all day blend.i didn't get anything positive from this blend.i don't recomend it there's nothing unique of this blend i am sorry!

Age When Smoked: After 1 month

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	Ripp The Jacker (4)	2016-04-18		Mild	Mild	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Pleasant

From the name and pouch art you may be fooled into thinking this is some kind of Scottish mixture and may even conjure images in your mind of the highlands and whiskey etc - and you would be sadly hoodwinked. This blend is in fact a Dutch style aromatic and all the tartan artwork won't change that a jot.

Once you open up the pouch you are greeted by a most beguiling and enticing aroma of sweet liquor and molasses. That, unfortunately is where the good times end with this blend.

It packs easy enough and takes a flame well...a bit too well in fact, oh mate does this blend burn, even when sipping lightly the tobacco is so incendiary you find yourself at the bottom of the bowl in no time at all, this is where sipping comes in, because if you don't you'll get the worse tongue bite of your life.

The blend boasts 14 different tobaccos contained within but good luck tasting and identifying any of them, the flavour is incredibly flat, even retrohaling won't yield any substantial flavours.

At the end of the bowl you're left with a tingly tongue, a sense of disappointment and buyer's remorse...but hey, at least your room smells faintly nice!

A pleasant room note does not a good tobacco make, it's almost like a non-smoker created a blend that they would enjoy from an audience point of view. You'd be better off buying a much better blend and a cheap candle from Poundland to compensate for the room note. Seriously, give this one a miss, it's really not worth it.

Pipe Used: MM Legend, Brog Churchwarden

Age When Smoked: Fresh

Purchased From: Local Newsagent

Similar Blends: Van Rossems - Troost Aromatic Cavendish.

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	Pipe4ever (204)	2016-04-17		Mild	Medium	Medium	Pleasant

This new Orlik version of CLAN is much different and much better than the original one, it is a ribbon cut blend, (no more shag), has a good, fresh quality tobacco flavor and it is less aromatic than the old version, mild and uncomplicated all day smoke. one of the best OTC tobacco pouch.

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	the_german (309)	2016-03-25		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

Intrigued by the German importer's second attempt at landing this blend in Germany (the first one was aborted sometime last year), I bought a pouch.

Opening which, the pouch note is nice, very fruity, but I can still make out the VA beneath that. The 'baccy is mostly a ready rubbed, with some short ribbons in there. I can't make out the KY from the blend description, neither in the pouch note nor in the smoke. Stuffing is easy, and the burn is uncomplicated. Fast puffing will get your tongue burned, but that's my only complaint there.

The room note is quite nice, which is more than I can say about the flavour; it reminds me a bit of the tutti frutti chewing gum of my childhood which weaned me off chewing gum. I get a somewhat chemical aftertaste, too. Mind, it's sweet, and the VA does get through to the tastebuds. Those who enjoy fruity aromatics should probably try CFA out once, but there's not much there for the likes of myself.

Pipe Used: DB Commander, DB Mayfair

Age When Smoked: Fresh from new pouch

Purchased From: Appelhans, Lingen, Germany

Similar Blends: Plenty of other fruity aromatics.

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	Brandr ODS (15)	2015-11-18		Mild	Medium to Strong	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

I’m emotionally bounded to this tobacco, so I fear I can’t be as objective as I’d like to in reviewing it but, isn’t pipe smoking all a matter of personal enjoyment in the end? If a blend has a personal story/meaning to you, can you leave aside all the aspects and the factors not directly attributable to the blend itself and enjoy the smoking at the same time? I surely cannot.

The same summer I broke into pipe smoking I had a chat with my neighbor, an 83yo Alpino (Alpini are an Italian mountain warfare corps, literally “the alpines”), pipe smoker from a long time, a man from another époque, really.

“Where do you buy your pipe tobacco?” I asked him. This question paved the way for a long, unexpected and very pleasant conversation. He took me into his house, grabbed some old coffee metal tins from a shelf where he uses to store the tobacco, opened them up and let me sniff. He was a smoker of natural Italian blends – mainly Forte and Comune, being also an ex Toscano avid smoker – but, so he told me, after having tried different blends, he finally settled on aromatics. Well, his own aromatic blend, that is to say : half Borkum Riff Whiskey and half Clan. Actually, this not so orthodox (who cares? He damn loves to smoke it!) mixture was given to him by his personal Doctor in exchange of some homemade grappa (typical Italian strong distillate). “Now it’s been years since I’m smoking this, alternating with some straight Clan” he concluded. Eventually he gave me something like 15/20 grams of both the tobaccos in order to try.

After this long but necessary digression, let’s get into a quick overview of this Clan : not being a fan of aromatics, I smoke this blend quite seldom. I always found that the aroma of a freshly opened pouch of this blend is really unique, the flavors (both from the tobacco varieties involved and the from the topping) are nice, and in the nose I mainly get sweet, alcoholic and tangy notes, and I like it.

Overall, it’s a tobacco you can smoke all day long without paying too much attention. The flavor is constantly there, without any sign of evolution or complexity though, and the combustion is uniform. In order to lit the pipe with two matches and forget about any further relighting, I let it dry for an entire day prior smoking. Besides, I recommend not to puff to avidly : it will turn bitter and bite your tongue as a pit bull.

Talking about taste : mainly different shades of sweetness and subtle spiciness that often overcrowds. Yet, it all stays tight together, it’s the same taste at every smoke. A nice, tasty blend I’d suggest for novice pipe smokers who prefers aromatics over others.

I hope the little story foretold may suggest that pipe smoking isn’t just pipe smoking lock-stock-and barrel : it can be an ensemble of things, a “social glue”, or simply a pretext for two or more people who share this passion to get to know each other, sharing anecdotes and experiences, as it was for me.

“I used to go to Switzerland to buy both pipes and tobaccos”, was his answer to my very first question. And the same goes for me nowadays.

Cheers Everyone, Brandr ODS

Age When Smoked: Fresh from the pouch

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	cajun (11)	2015-09-20		Very Mild	Strong	Medium	Pleasant

I live in the UK so when I first began pipe smoking I just had to try this classic. No matter what I did with it I couldn't take to it at all. The aroma was the only thing that had any appeal, and I found that as a novice I was prone to have difficulty in packing the very long strands into the pipe. A seasoned veteran pipe smoker suggested that I do as he did and mix it 50/50 with Condor ready rubbed. This had the effect of me abandoning it completely as I simply couldn't get the resulting concoction to burn properly.

I would say that, contrary to popular belief, this may be a tobacco for an experienced pipe smoker who knows how to fill and smoke a pipe properly. My early experiences of it were very negative, and I have never smoked it for over 30 years.

It obviously has a lot of appeal as it's still on sale in every other tobacco outlet in the UK. In Scotland the shops aren't allowed to put any tobacco products on display, so I now buy all my tobacco online. Pipe smoking is definitely no longer in fashion in the UK, and standing asking a young shop assistant whether they stock various pipe tobaccos, because you cannot see them on display, is sure to upset the younger element in the queue behind you waiting to buy their favourite cigarette rolling tobacco. Most of them cannot afford "real" cigarettes.

Sorry, went off the topic there. In short, I would say that everybody should try this mixture, and those who can identify 3 of the 14 tobaccos in the mixture should be offered a prize. Air freshener sprays are cheaper in the UK than this aromatic tobacco, and won't burn the bowl out of your pipe.

Pipe Used: various

Age When Smoked: straight from pretty packet

Purchased From: Various pipe shops of olde

Similar Blends: Cannot answer that one.

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	Setzer (6)	2015-09-16		Mild to Medium	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

I don't get why there are so many negative reviews, maybe because people write before thinking? (Or in this case before smoking the full pouch) I'm not an aromatic smoker so this review is a surprise also to me, but any pipe smoker can't live without trying almost once this tobacco in his life. First of all after the production passed to Orlik something is changed: the cut is no more shag, as I expected, but the usual ribbon cut for pipe tobacco. The colour goes from bright yellow to orange with some black (cavendish or the imperceptible latakia?). The pouch aroma is cavendeish-ish with some liquorous notes. The moisture is just right, not too dry, not too moist, maybe I was just lucky to get a fresh pouch. It burns well, tongue bite is not a problem if you know how to manage it. The flavor is difficult to define, I can compare it to mild virginia cigars with some hint of vanilla sometimes. The taste is somewhat sweet but not overwhelming, which is a point for me, it leaves my mouth clean and not too dry. I can't say anything about room note but other people say it is nice. I prefer it in small or medium sized bowls. Do I recommend it? Absolutely, because it is rare in Italy to find a cheap blend (8€) which is a decent all-day smoke. Unfortunately it is no more the classic Clan, I wish I could try the old Niemeyer version, maybe I would have changed idea about it, but now it's just a good aromatic that can be found anywhere.

Pipe Used: Savinelli Roma, BBB Tortoise

Age When Smoked: Fresh

Purchased From: Tabaccheria Tacconi Giovanni via Cardinale Riboldi, 8, Pavia (PV)

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	Telling it how it is. (73)	2015-08-07		Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Tolerable

I am trying to come up with a way to describe the pouch aroma, but i fail. It is of undefined sweetness, some alcoholic hint and some spiciness.

Packing and lighting are easy and pretty much the only good thing to say about it, is its excellent and fast burning properties. But as has been said so many times, it burns hot, hot, hot. That becomes better when you do recondition the always dry contents.

Taste is sweet, and spicy, with some slight alcohol note. And believe it or not, you will get plenty of tobacco taste as well.

It does not has as much of a tongue burn but it literally rips your tongue apart. Think brushing your tongue with sandpaper, that is pretty much the experience traditionally offered by Clan. Again, something that gets better if you humidify the tobacco to a proper condition. But it still will just torture you no matter what you do.

If you do not know the history of this blend then all you need to know is that it was made up to get rid of all the scraps that where produced when making other blends. That's no joke either, an ex-employee of Niemeyer confirmed that, so here is your answer to that question. And also the answer as to why its still in production.

Room note is of some heavy sweetness and its gotten better with its current incarnation. But you still either like it or not, there is no middle ground as it seems.

Do i recommend this blend? Well, that depends. I do recommend this blend because in all its inferiority it still is a true need to know tobacco. But for its plain evilness i do not recommend this tobacco to anyone. So, in the end you have to make up your mind on your own ....

Pipe Used: It went trough rotation.

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	Pipenick (28)	2014-12-16		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild	Tolerable

Well good old Clan...bought a this famous monster of tobacco on my way to work cause left my blend in the hurry on the living room table and the only thing they had at the corner store was Clan.Packed my pipe and primed it.Actually it was it wasn't so bad as I expected it.(last time smoked Clan back in 1992).The aroma is sweet,butterscotch like and some vanilla flavors too.The cut is too think so it burns like hell...so pack your pipe extra carefully and smoke it slowly another wise you'll get nasty bite into tongue and pallet.When I got home I stopped tobacco to a jar with seal and sponge on the lid to make tobacco less fry.Let it stand there for 3 days and burning quality got little better. You can try Clan...perhaps you might like it but I still love my Macbaren Plumcake as a aromatic or to some semi-aromatic.

Pipe Used: Peterson Maigret and cob

Purchased From: Local corner shop

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	gam86 (49)	2014-08-23		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild	Pleasant

I think Clan has evolved a lot since its first pouch, nevertheless is still a good product to be for what it cost. You’ve to keep an eye how you charge it and how you smoke it. Clan isn’t a beginer tobacco, in order to taste all his tobacco you have to smoke it very slow. The aroma and the taste are really good a little bit like Toffee, but it vanish over the time leaving space to the real tobacco.

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	The Pale Horsreman (3)	2014-08-03		Mild to Medium	Extremely Mild	Medium to Full	Pleasant

Ok , lots of negative reviews...But wait - do not dismiss this OTC (at least in the UK) classic! If you are looking for an all day smoke , that packs , lights and behaves (without being a one dimensional bore) then this is it. I like English blends, so appreciate the presence of Orientals / Turkish here. As for the 'aromatic' tag... A very light touch in my opinion. Clan Aromatic is not sickly sweet - far from it. Fourteen different tobaccos produce a cool ,complex (but not too challenging) smoke. Fantastic spicy (but cultured) Orientals - adding depth without dominating. Fresh from the pouch, 'quality, moisture, and cut' are right on the money...Talking of which , this is a couple of £'s cheaper than my usual 'Premium' (tinned) blends... An 'emergency' purchase to 'must have' in one fell swoop. Go on, join the Clan.

Pipe Used: Falcons

Age When Smoked: New

Purchased From: Supermarket

Similar Blends: Nothing else - its unique!.

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	ringo (15)	2014-07-24		Mild	Medium to Strong	Medium	Very Pleasant

When I first smoked this tobacco,13 years ago I rejected it being burnt. I guess due to poor technique. Recently i decided to retry, i am currently finishing my second pack. The to bacco is very dry, so it needs some treatment I put a stone that I first keep it in the water for 5 minutes and then throw it at the glassy jar i keep my tobacco. It has very thin cut and is easily packed, but burns quite fast. In terms of taste, this must be what a pirate would love to smoke:exotic buttery vanilla, with addictive rum and a hint of cinamon. It definitely contains Virginia,orientals and cigarish Maryland as it mentions, but i also track sometimes latakia (which i do not like, but here if exists it does not bother me) but i am not sure. In overall i love the taste but I would prefer better quality. But I never stop smoking it, dreaming about old ships, exotic islands deep blue oceans under the stars, unique taste...

Pipe Used: prince apple, bc dardanian

Age When Smoked: 33

Purchased From: tobacco shop

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	Steden (100)	2013-09-05		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable

Ah, the old Clan!... The OLD Clan, not the new! If I close my eyes I can see myself as a guy running after a pipe smoker, stopping him: “excuse me sir, what are you smoking? It smells so good !”... “mmh? What? Oh, yes... it's Clan !“. The fact is that it wasn't so good as the smell boded, but it was enjoyable at least. The current version it's really atrocious, one star despite the good memories.

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	o3Ho3 (28)	2013-08-29		Mild	Mild	Mild	Tolerable

This is a fair tobacco blend but... only that. Not particularly good in any direction. Price is low so... fair enough for that. But with a little more money you can certainly find a better one; and there are many...

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2012-12-16		Mild to Medium	Mild	Very Mild	Pleasant

What can I say about this? This is probably the most classic pipe tobacco in the world, when someone think about the particular smell of the pipe smoking is thinking Clan. The aromatic taste follows the dutch classic orientations as almond, hazelnut, anise and dried fruits, but added in very very very light portions, the true final result is obtained due to the particular mixture of the several types of tobacco (over 14 as you can read in the pouch), in fact I can't think of what isn't inside. The taste is very light, particularly at the mouth, a little more perisistent at the nose, like others dutch blends is a "indoor blend", that means that doesn't stuck in your curtains, but instead haunt your pipe a little, haha. Don't take me wrong, this is a very good one, and an allday tobacco that works in any occasion, even with certain homemade mix (like an Italian classic: 50% Clan / 50% Forte). Burns very fast and sometimes burn also your tongue if you're in a hurry! Some people hate the Clan for all those reason (and maybe for a lot of others) but there's another branch of pipe smokers (like me) who can't stop return to it sometimes, as well as the Clan doesn't lack of regular smokers. What attracts me is probably that far fragrancy of fresh bread, that bit of sweetness that never exceed, long story short its "equilibrium".

Type: Natural aromatic mixture ; Contents: Everything, burley and orientals in particular ; Flavoring: Dutch classic (almond and dried fruits) but very light ; Cut: Veeeery long and curly ribbons ; Humidity: It's extremly difficult to find a fresh pouch because tends to dry very fast, but still is fine except when totaly dehydratated ; Lighting: Super easy, very fast burning (pay attention at your tongue) ; Pipe recommended: Tall, medium size, straight or half bent, and like all the dutch type and burleys, awesome with the meerschaum!

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	GrowingMyOwnFood (14)	2012-12-09		Strong	Extremely Mild	Mild	Unnoticeable

This is my first review, so my opinion may be biased by my inexperience. I find this tobacco not particularly aromatic, despite the name. The smell in the pouch is smokey, relatively mild. The cut is in strips, it's very dry and lights up and keeps burning easily and not excessively hot, producing an extremely rich and satisfying smoke. It is a strong tobacco with little tongue bite.

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	the_german (309)	2012-11-29		Mild to Medium	Medium	Mild to Medium	Tolerable

I had reviewed this blend once before; that review had been based on my experience of 20 years ago. In the meantime, this blend has changed, and my own smoking preferences have changed, too; therefore I have pulled my old review, which as it was, I do not believe does justice to Clan as it is currently being offered.

So here goes the new one.

The packaging is still very much as I remember it, as is the leaf: a thin ribbon in a roll-your-own-style pouch. The pouch aroma, though is very much a different story; where, long ago, I got something stuffy and cigar-ish, now there is a definite perfume and soap note. Not necessarily in a bad way, though. The thin ribbon needs careful stuffing, or you may actually stop up your pipe; experience certainly helps me here now that I actually have it.

From the fresh pouch, I don't need a char; I get Clan lit with a single match. The taste is much more sweet than it was oh-so-long-ago; I can make out some notes of VA and Burley, but the large range of components still ends up making this blend a bit of a wild mix. The burn is OK, the taste deepens just a tad throughout the bowl, and there is some spice in there. The room note I get is the same perfume-ish scent that I notice in the pouch; certainly more acceptable than back when I first tested this brand name.

Still, this is not something I will be getting back to. It is OK, not a blend I would throw away, and yes, I know a couple of pipesters who love it. In a pinch, I would buy a pouch over several other supermarket offerings. So, I can recommend to try it; it might fit your bill.

Similar Blends: Imperial Tobacco Group, PLC - Coopvaert.

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	SmileyOrb (17)	2012-11-26		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

I recall trying this a couple of years ago. I decided to write this review today as I noticed a chap smoking his pipe with this outside a pipe shop in Victoria Street, London. The aroma is distinctive! I'm aware this blend has received mixed reviews. My recollection is a got tired of this tobacco. The taste is toffee/caramel. Its a mild to medium strength and suggest to have a dedicated bowl as the ghost of it remains in the pipe for a few days.It's a easy smoke and I recall that frequently I found the taste can get a bit, well...monotonous. Remembering its aromatic, folk say it's a pleasant aroma. However, at the time I was new to pipe smoking and now enjoy non-aromatics more. However, I'm thinking of giving it another try now my smoking tastes have matured. I recall that sometimes it tasted artificial. It's not a fine tobacco but for over the counter its not bad either. Let's put it this way...the UK over the counter / supermarket stores main pipe tobaccos are St.Bruno, Condor and Navy cut John Players and Clan. St Bruno for me is the best of this choice. However, I have ended up somewhat ambivalent regarding Clan. After smoking Petersons Luxury Blend (which is delightful), Clan is quite flat in comparison. I've been spoilt recently on fine tobaccos and as a result it's like comparing fish and chips meal to a Salmon steak meal! So, my rating remains average. It has memories though of my Dad's old boss smoking it like no tomorrow. So; I'll revisit in homage to this memory. I suggest you try for just the experience. You may be pleasantly surprised in the short term.

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	albfneto (184)	2012-05-16		Mild	Medium	Medium to Full	Very Pleasant

A Type so-called "Holland" Mixtures, composed by mixing many kinds of tobaccos, as "Amsterdamer".

The regular,normal Clan is this, called "Clan Aromatic" Is splendid.

One of my favorites, i smoke Clan since I was a Teen, a begginner. For me, the flavour and taste are remarkable, remembered for years, singular, specific and fully different.

The mixture of Tobaccos (14 different types) gives to this a unique caracther, taste anf flavour.Also is very complex, since is a mixture of many tobacco types,

Is fully different of any other tobacco, no comparison with other mixtures.

Fully aromatic, strong, burns easily and still fast and hot, but never bad!

I recommend you to smoke it gently and very slowly, since their cut is a fine ribbon and it easy overheat ansd may burn the tongue.

Clan Aromatic is Historic, ia s Classic. Very good, fully recommended. 4 Stars.

Upgrading the review:

I bought 2 new pouchs of it, recently.

Now, this tobacco is good, but normal, only decent. Is only a Ghost, a Phanton, when compared with the old recipe from Theodorus Niemeyer.

Unfortunately, no more so fantastic! Only 3 Stars.

Pipe Used: many

Age When Smoked: recently purchased

Purchased From: Tabacaria Virtual

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	henwrench (16)	2012-04-10		Mild	Mild to Medium	Medium to Full	Pleasant

Ah, the dreaded Clan!!! Well now, I've gotta be honest, I really like this stuff. I don't know why it gets such bad reviews, I was put off getting any of this for a long time but curiosity got the better of me and I got me 25g's. Opened her up and liked what I saw and smelled. Quite strange to pack, you gotta do it kind of loose. Yep, she burns quick alright, but, hey, so what? Perfect for a speedy 15 minute 'moment'. And, wow, is this one complex smoke! I was extremely pleased to be able to pick out the V's, Perique, the Cav's, the Turkish and the Burley all coming over me in luscious waves. I wouldn't reccomend this tobacco to a total newbie, 'cos of the very complexity, but if like me you thinking about it, try it, try it, try it!!! It is an Orlik after all...

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	meerkat (64)	2011-10-26		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

After watching a series of reviews of classic American blends on YouTube (by nickandhispipe) I decided to work my way through some of our classic (and readily available) British blends.

I approached Clan with excitement and trepidation, having heard so much about how bad it was. I think I wanted something amazing and awful.

I was both disappointed and pleasantly surprised.

It is a slightly woody, slightly caramel sweet tasting tobacco. Akin to some light aromatics from companies like Petersons. It burns well and doesn't bite as much as some more expensive and highly regarded tobaccos. I was stunned to find that the flavour was deep and more layered than I had expected. It is actually quite complex. There is a definite whiff of play-doh to it which I don't really care for but also don't find to be an insurmountable obstacle.

I probably wouldn't choose to smoke this again but I also wouldn't hurl at it the vitriol other have. It's actually OK.

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	Contemplative (29)	2011-07-03		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

Open the pouch and you'll get a sweet, slightly woody smell. Contents are thickly entwined thin ribbons varying in colour from light through medium to dark brown. It emerges in dense but light clumps when you pick the stuff out.

Now, I used to positively loathe Clan, partly because it smokes far too quickly, and partly because I didnt like the taste. However, 10 years after last trying it, I've bought several pouches over the last month, and find it to be much better than I remembered.

Best thing about it is the pretty full, woody aroma. I now find I can also smoke pipeful after pipeful with absolutely no bite. And it doesn't irritate my throat, nor make me feel as if my lungs are going to give out (what a plus, eh!) Worst thing about Clan is that it does burn too fast, so that you finish a bowl in no time.

Now view it as a very acceptable in-between smoke, when I don't have the opportunity to get hold of something with more quality.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2011-06-13		Mild to Medium	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

I managed to get two 50g pouches through an acquaintance in Europe.

I have smoked it in the past, during my first years. I keep the memory of a long cut shag that did not taste anything.

After all these years, I can say that Clan is not that bad, after all. Not, by far, a memorable tobacco, but I have certainly smoked a lot worse.

This mixture displays a combination of very long cut multi-coloured leaf. This is not a shag cut anymore.

The pouch aroma is sweet and slightly smoky.

Ironically, you need to be an experienced smoker, pace yourself and dedicate your total attention to Clan to be able to get any flavour out of it without ending up with major tongue bite.

The taste is of a mild, tyoical Danish CA with just a touch of smokiness. I can't say that I taste the perique, oriental or kentucky.They must be in very light condimental proportions.

Nothing grand, but I did somehow enjoy the experience. I will certainly smoke it occasionnaly and finish my two pouches.

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	who broke my clay pipe? (70)	2011-04-17		Medium	Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

One of the better over the counter blends;i have bought this a few times at the bus station when i have been out and ran out of my on person internet purchases..

Comes in a green tartan pouch design in 50g and 25g i think..

Pouch aroma: Earthy and slight caramel casing..

Appearance in pouch: Crimpled ribbons,feels dry but smokes moister.

Pipe used: Peterson rustic bent apple 303.

It smokes ok out of the packet but would benefit from a little drying out,,i used a pipe zippo to light it..

This didn't seem to bite and i don't remember any real soap factor in this,and if there was it hasen't left a memorable impression.

It being mild left no ghosting in my pipe either..

To describe the baccy it had a mono but consistant taste;considering the amount of alleged ingredients within,none of them stand out - you get a rounded average taste,,,mild i suppose,,,slightly woody,,,a light wood..

Its a dry taste perhaps like a stronger rollup tobacco,,the closest comparison would be to "samson" rollup ,but stronger.. A few people i know make roll ups with this as well..

So it is slightly cigarette-ish and has a dry taste;to describe it alegorically its like smoking card,,like the cardboard of a box that had contained toffee's,,,;imagine a box that has had some toffee's in it which is empty & you sniff the box & then lick it(like when you was a kid and wanted some more),,it tastes like that basically;toffee aromatic sweetened cardboard box..

Its alright but nothing special;it tasted ok in a briar as well(i only use clays these days),,it may taste better in a clay but i don't know..

Not bad for a drug store brand but for an extra possible £1 i can buy more interesting and enjoy it better..

A semi aromatic OK for someone trancending cigarettes - it won't put them off..It has due to its mildness the ability to be an all dayer smoke as well..

The room note is ok,its OK for a pipe smell..

If i had to purchase a british newsagent pipe tobacco and erinmore was not on the shelf i would purchase Clan..(erinmore although a semi OTC, is in a class as good as anything which is harder to aquire,,i even order it on line)

Its not a complicated smoke and doesn't say much;its a brand that one of my dads work colleagues used to smoke in a falcon pipe,,it reminds me of a workmans smoke rather than a conneseur(can never spell it)choice..

For a toffee-ish aromatic i would smoke this over petersons "sweet killarney" which was an untameable biter,although i am sure there are better toffee aromatics about(i don't really smoke aromatics anymore)..

UPDATE 17/06/2012

My first review obove was written from vague memories,but i have recently revisited this OTC as part of my small OTC odyssey.

The words "over the counter" ant the term OTC became for some reason a dirty word which was due to my pipe snobbery at the time of being spoiled by harder to aquire brands with elaborate preparation techniques.

Butterscotch pouch aroma,medium aromatic.

Having tried a fair amount of tobacco archetypes now,my palette has developed and i can detect more nuances,and also my quantity of pipes in my collection and experience of matching the best combinations of draught hole and smoke tube diameters,bowl profiles, and system pipes to different types and blends for dedicated usage pipes:I am now bumping this one up to three stars because it is such an easy to live with semi aromatic baccy(an aromatic with serious base tobaccos).

It sure has a kitchen sink of ingredients,but i now find it interesting for this factor because down the bowl i get so many hints and its a real transformer.

A semi aromatic/english/burley/virginia/oriental/latakia,a unique enigma of a medium/mild easy OTC ,everyday ,allday, smoke.

Smoked in a curved multipurpose stem falcon pipe with large 'instanbul rustic bowl(falcons being my best performing pipe since retiring my old clays because i initially wasn't getting on well with my first briar endevours(i was over using them and not rotating))i am getting a better cleaner open taste and have realised that i judged this blend too early and didn't know what i was really tasting,my comparations to cardboard was because i was used to full aromatics and not real tobacco yet.

To the uninitiated it might seem a bit cardboardish(but i could say worse of my better tobaccos when veiwing through the impression of a neophites ignorance)but to a veteran pipe smoker it may seem underwhealming compared to more robust heavyweights and sits in an awkward middle ground of judgement.

Taken for what it is, it is certainly unique enough to deserve a permanent place in my rotation and the fact that i can almost get it anywhere means its worth more in the longrun and will likely be around when other names of prestige seem to disapear.

A spicey sweetish smokey smoke,cinnamon,nutmeg,peppery,caramel,granny fruit cake nuances in an aromatic sence,probably a combination taste of all baccies combined with a light topping.

The topping or light casing remains with the tobacco and isn't a fader.

Tastes overall like a sun cured/toasted impression.

First light is a little spikey but it settles into a neutral PH balancs quickly.

Medium light nicotine but satisfying and ok for bigger bowls,i can tolerate large bowls without tiring and its as easy as sucking a butterscotch sweet and becomes an auto pilot smoke that doesn't demand attention.

Its a crinkly ribbon cut which when removed from the pouch expands like hellfire and i need two regualar kilner jars to jar it.

It contains all ingediants but none stand out too boldly to over power,its like a balanced house party of many familier guests tasted in alternating combinations that you wouldnt necessarily think of.Sweet and savoury yet composed but complex and interesting if you can penetrate the combined overal surface.

I will purchase again.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2011-04-06		Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

Not bad for a budget tobacco, this blend offers an honest-to-goodness smoke, as long as you don't expect anything fancy.

It has to be just right out of the bag: too dry, and it burns like grass. Too wet, and you will struggle to keep it lit, and it will shred your tongue. Okay, I know this is the case with all tobaccos, but it seems more critical in the case of Clan. Get it right, then Clan offers a lot as an everyday smoke: easy to pack and light, easy to smoke, even burn, straitforward, with a bit of a nicotine kick.

Solid, run-of-the-mill stuff, not too sweet, and certainly nothing to get excited about. A tobacco for the masses.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2011-02-20		Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

This was the first tobacco I tried in my teenage years and the pouch smell takes me back 20 years . I love this blend and although it is not without fault the deep earthy smell from the tobacco is wonderful . It can burn a little hot but with careful and slow puffing it gives a delicious and flavoursome spicy smoke . The room note is unique and many people comment on the woody and atmospheric aroma it leaves . It may even have an aphrodisiac effect !! . It does dry out very quickly in the pouch and I think many of the negative reviews here may be as a result of people smoking dry pouches . It is worth paying close attention to moisture levels and rehydrating if need be . It can burn quickly but forms a clean white ash . I find this a great tobacco to break new pipes in with as it coats the lining of the bowl evenly and allows quick carbon build up . Definitely worth trying and a personal nostalgic favourite of mine . Dont listen to the haters ! Long live the Clan !!

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	Philosopher (27)	2010-08-22		Medium	Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

This is my first review - hello to everyone.

I started the pipe again about a year ago, having tried initially in 1983 at the age of 18. This time round - largely thanks to sites like this one - I've worked out how to smoke propely.

Clan was the second tobacco I tried in 1983, and I remember it as having quite an earthy aroma in the packet. Having bought a packet last week I was looking forward to a Proustian moment of rememberance when I opened it. I was disappoinhted: the smell was different from what I was anticipating. Has it really changed from the old days or is it just me that has changed?

I had low expectations of the smoke because of this (and because of the many poor reviews by others), but I have to say that after 4 bowls it isn't actually that bad. Certainly I found that it had less bite than - say - Macbaren Navy Flake.

I'd be very interested to hear from others as to whether Clan 2010 is significantly different from Clan 1983.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2010-07-26		Mild	Extremely Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

Having been ferociously (and amusingly) bashed by many members of this forum Clan deserves at least a few notes in its favour. Certainly - there is no use in denying the obvious points of criticism (it burns rather hot even when smoked at very moderate speed, it likes to bite the tongue quite fiercely). It may not be a visionary work of blending. Yet its taste has some quite redeeming qualities - not being overly intense it gives you a broad panoply of subtle and well composed notes. Simply describing it as flat somewhat misses the point, I think; there is some depth and (even if somewhat restrained) abundance to this mixture that becomes more easy to discern when the stuff has lain drying for a while.

If its negative qualities are as widely known as it would seem, the Aberystwyth tobacconist that recommended Clan to me when I back in the olden days bought my first pipes may well even have wanted to deter me from pursuing my smoking whish. Nonetheless standing on Constitution hill, looking down on the Irish Sea and smoking a bowl of Clan started my passion for the pipe. And still I fancy a whiff of that stuff now and then (though my taste has taken rather different paths since then).

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	Susanna Hoffs (74)	2010-06-05		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

Very light coloured ribbon cut tobacco.

I loved the smell of this 20 years ago..............when other people smoked it.

I tried it....and....well........err. It was like smoking rancid toxic waste sediment. It absolutely lashed my tongue as if it were beating a ginger stepchild at the gates of hell..

Cheap, rank, crap... Couldn't smoke for a week after trying this due to the bite symptoms..

The money you'd spend on this would probably smoke and taste better if you shredded a few of the bank notes and put them in your pipe instead.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2010-04-18		Very Mild	Very Mild	Very Mild	Unnoticeable

I am very new to pipe smoking after giving up a 30 a day cigarette habit. I wish I had changed years ago!! At least I still have all of the tobacco variations still to come :)

This is my first review on this great website and being new to pipe smoking I cant tell the differences between all of the different types.. yet.

I wanted to work my way through the various supermarket brands to find an everyday readily available smoke. Clan is NOT it!!

I tried this late last night but after having quite a few different tobaccos yesterday I put the tongue bite down to that. Today, having been up for a good few hours I thought I would sit back with a bowl of Clan and give it a proper taste. Taste wise, it is very mild with no real flavour to speak of, I was expecting more as it is labelled as Aromatic and a very subtle sweet smell coming from the pouch.

After a couple of puffs, my tongue was 'nipped' even though I was taking it slow and trying to get a good taste of it. After a few more puffs my tongue was bitten, so much so I put my pipe down to recover. After going back to it, and if I smoked it any more slower I would be relighting it tomorrow, I continued on and I am pleased I only filled half a bowl.

The roof of my mouth feels stripped of skin, my tongue is so bitten I cant taste my coffee and it moved me to sit down and write my first review.

In short, if you can get over the very HOT tongue bite the flavour is very mild, the room note is pretty much non existant and if anybody wants to buy the remains of a 25g pouch of this stuff then drop me a line.

EDIT 16th May: So I thought I would give this another try in case I was wrong first time around and loaded it into a corn cob. The tongue bite is so overwhelming you cant taste anything for ages afterwards. THIS TOBACCO IS EVIL & NASTY!!!

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2010-02-10		Mild	None Detected	Overwhelming	Overwhelming

I have smoked clan for over twenty years, it smoked brilliant and had a smell of vanila, very nice smell, now the company is in new hands and it smokes hot, like its full of salt peter. the smell is nasty in fact fowl so do not even try it im stopping smoking it

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2010-01-17		Mild to Medium	Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

This was my first ever pipe tobacco. I had no idea how to smoke a pipe back then but I can remember that once I'd discovered flakes and whatnot they made this stuff seem really naff. I've no desire to ever return to it, not even for "old times" sake. Not even to try and give a balanced review. I know that this stuff is terrible. And yes - why is it so widely available. It's one of those really, really weird features of life on earth that this stuff is de rigeur in most cornerstores and supermarkets. I was in a shop the other day and I noticed that this was the ONLY pipe tobacco that they had and they had about 20 packs of it. The mind boggles. Stay away from it.

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	strongirish (249)	2010-01-15		Mild	Medium	Mild	Tolerable to Strong

OK, I had to try this in my quest to try every blend I can before I die and this one always escaped me. I did not expect much, as the reviews and nasty comments about it are less than flattering along the lines of Mixture 79. But, I could actually like this one if they did not put napalm in it!

I love the packaging and name of this blend. The plaid backdrop on the roll up pouch has always intrigued me. The pouch I received was from a forum buddy in England who wanted to try 5 Bros, and it was very much on the dry side. I have experimented with it the last few weeks dry up to hydrated. It's in a shag cut not as fine as 5 Bros of all brown tobaccos. Upon first light, it tasted really, pretty good, kind of like a sour apple candy with a little chocolate backdrop. Not in your face aromatic but there. But after a few puffs, look out! Fire, Fire! This one must be smoked slow, slow, slow, or your tongue will look like beef jerky. I think it's the hottest tobacco I have ever tried. But, I liked the taste and have stuck with it. The room note is kinda sour and sweet and tolerable, not great though. It does light very easy, stays lit, and burns all the way down to a gray ash and no dottle. No moisture at the bottom of the pipe. I will smoke the rest of the pack slowly, but would not buy it again because it is so hot and you can't relax with it. But it's not near as bad as it's reviews and could be quite good if it was not so hot. I'm glad I tried it. __________________

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	p4p4 (59)	2009-11-21		Medium	Medium	Medium	Pleasant

I think all people hate this blend din't hunderstand it. A very traditional dutch blend, with tropical tobacco and very natural aromas. You have to smoke it very slowly, possibly indoor. Try it with a little part of a sumatra cigar cutted: wonderful. Try it with a goos irginia flake: good ! In the winter, when you have to smoke indoor, with very little puffs: very agradable. Not for beginners, sure. Nicotine level: medium. A little smokiness (maybe a little pinch of latakia) with tropical tobaccos aroma and liquorice-anice-tonka flavours. Yes, it is good and not expensive.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2009-03-12		Extremely Mild	Mild	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Unnoticeable

The first tobacco I ever tried, so back then I didn't know that smoking wasn't meant to make your tongue feel like it had been sandpapered raw. This tobacco has a papery texture, springy and difficult to pack. Smokes very hot, however slowly you go. The smoke has little taste or aroma, so at least it won't upset your companions much. I re-visited Clan recently after a twenty year gap, and ended up chucking most of the packet. Never again!

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2009-01-14		Mild	Mild	Very Mild	Pleasant

The second pipe tobacco I ever smoked, a great place for a beginner.

(The first was Condor Original -- THAT was a mistake! That is very powerful for anybody who hasn't tried it and got the "Condor shivers". Again, very potent.)

With mild sweet caramel notes, this is best smoked slowly in a long pipe to avoid bite and burn.

Burns to a fine white ash and seems to build cake fairly well, again like a said excellent for a beginner, possibly not so much for a more "advanced", no wait thats not the word.

Urm, "experienced" -- that'll do.

Could leave the more experienced pipe smoker wanting a little more, in flavour and strength, nevertheless it's very widely available and doesn't cost the earth (well, not quite anyway!)

I believe everybody must try this for at least a half-pouch.

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	Dr.sadik (120)	2008-12-20		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Tolerable

well this is the only tobacco that really imazed me on several occasions i had been in an on and off relation with this blend, in some pouches i can really enjoy the rounded taste coming from all the included tobaccos, while other blends smoked with a very bland taste(perhaps a weak quality control?).on the bright side its a mixture of cuts bt mostly ribbon which makes it easy to pack and keep lit. the tobacco smokes dry however the aroma (room note) is not a friendly one! smokes a bit on the harsh side...not an all day smoke for me.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2008-06-06		Medium	Mild	Mild to Medium	Tolerable

Yuck! If this would have been my first pipe tobacco I would have never have started smoking a pipe. My local tobacco suplier sells loads of this stuff, so I just had to try this blend. I have never encountered a pipe tobacco as bad as this. I tried to smoke it twice, then I just gave up and threw it all away! I might just have had a bad pouch but I will certainly not buy one again... shivers...

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	Pipemanuk (76)	2008-06-03		Very Mild	Very Mild	Very Mild	Pleasant

I have to say, in an honest spirit, that there's never been anything wrong with this blend. Its been around in the UK for donkeys years and I guess is the European version of 'the drugstore blend'; light, flavoured, sweetened and mild. It smells like custard powder and thats how we used to refer to it. Clan was looked on by my contempories as a 'transition' tobacco...one for newbies to smoke till they graduated onto more solid manly pipe tobaccos, though my cousin always smoked it. It's not accurate to look at it as the euro version of the Carter Hall/Prince Albert tobaccos tho, in the sense that it wasn't a tobacco smoked by oldtimers. It was much more of a 1960's phenomenon. The oldtimers were more Players Navy Cut, Whisky Flake and heaven help us Erinmore pipe smokers. I must confess that we looked down on Clan, regarding it as so mild as to be wimpy. The only use it had was as a mix with a certain substance forbidden by law :-)...in that it was very useful being so mild it was easily inhaled and less harsh on the throat than cigarette tobacco. And the aroma of custard powder and biscuits went very well together! I remember sitting on the train coming back from Brighton one day and smelling that particular mix and us laughing about it, when a long haired brother lifted his head up from further down the carriage and put his finger to his lips, grinning from ear to ear! Happy days:-) Anyway...give me Carter Hall over Clan anyday. It's more honest tobacco. And at about $16 for 50g which is what pipe tobacco is like here my American friends; its better to give Clan a miss and buy some decent stuff.

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	Pseudo Nim (128)	2008-05-15		Very Mild	Medium	Mild	Tolerable

I bought a pouche of this about twenty years ago, acouple of bowls later and the remainder was donated to the dustbin, I cannot bring myself to try this one again, not even for tobacco reviews.com, I think I would rather gouge my own eyeballs out with red hot needles first, so shall we say "Not Recommended" and one star ?

Update 25 March 2020 My sister sent me a pouch of this as a birthday present. My sister never did like me.

Similar Blends: Damp straw and camel dung, only camel dung is better..

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	garydobbs (20)	2008-03-12		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Medium	Pleasant

I can't understand why so many people are so negative about this tobacco and I love everything about it. The aroma, the taste, even the feel of the stuff as you put it into your bowl. It's also a massive seller so it can't be as unpopular as people would have you believe. I smoke a number of brands on a regular basis and this one is always among my top five. I find the sweet, almost chocolate aroma very pleasing and usually smoke this with a nice glass of full bodied red wine - they seem to compliment each other. Ignore the negative stuff and give this one a fair try - I'm loving it.

IMO this is the king of the aromatics.

UPDATE - I have been smoking a pipe for sometime and I find my tastes have changed. I would no longer rate this tobacco as highly as I have previously, though I do still enjoy it from time to time. It seems to smoke a lot hotter than it used to. I don't know if that's me or if the blend has changed. UPDATE 30 12 2009 - These days I find that Clan is second only in my choice of readily available supermarket brands. I always go for St. Bruno if available but Clan would be my next choice - preferable to both mellow virginia and gold block.

Another year on and I think I have been unfair on Clan. It is actually a good rich tasting tobacco. I definitely dig the aroma and my partner, a non smoker, also finds the aroma in the room pleasing. I still prefer St Bruno but I think Clan is definitely my second choice in the readily available supermarket brands.

It is now 2014 and Clan has fallen in my estimations. I think the best OTC tobacco's are St Bruno and Condor, but I still dig a bowl of Clan from time to time.

Age When Smoked: fresh

Purchased From: ASDA (Walmasrt group)

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	Pipesmoking101 (63)	2007-07-23		Medium	Medium	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

This was the second pipe smoke that I ever tried, & this review is being written from memory. What I can remember with 100% certainty is that this tobacco almost caused me to give up on pipes, I remember thinking 'if this is what smoking pipes is about, I'm going back to ciggies', hot burn, tongue bite, generally unpleansant taste (which I could taste when my tongue was not on fire), a thouroughly unpleasant experience. Luckily I persevered & discovered the delights of quality Tobaccos & Pipes, & discovered the world of Pipesmoking joy. My advice to all pipesmokers regarding Clan is very simple STAY AWAY. DO NOT TOUCH THIS VILE CONCOCTION BY ANY MEANS. I cannot possibly comment on a blend from long ago as it may be quite pleasant, the current clan on sale is however, a nauseating heresy of a tobacco, & is not something I have or would ever smoke again even if I was paid to.

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	Beer (345)	2004-09-03		Mild	Medium	Mild	Pleasant

A classic tobacco, sold since decades ago and which can be found almost anywhere in Italy... but also a quite universally despised one! It's not "bad", it simply is in the same mould of Amphora Green: tasteless and insignificant. If puffed EXTREMELY slowly it has some sweetness and toastiness... and you will have to smoke slowly not to fry your tongue! I don't find anything of interest in this blend, but you can do worse: at least it's not goopy and if you like the genre it's an OK tobacco to smoke when surrounded by non-smokers, due to its chocolatey smel

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2004-08-11		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild	Very Pleasant

It´s very difficult for me to review the tobacco with which I started pipe smoking, along with Mayflower(Original) ( I do not wether they have changed the original Mayflower mixture to Flying Dutchman ). Clan is for me, a very pleasant smoke, on the dry side, with a neutral taste and a delightful room aroma ( the preferred in the family house, probably because they've got so used to it, they can tell me, without knowing, whether I am smoking Clan or not, even if I smoke another "aromatic" mixture). It is not an easy tobacco to maintain lit but bowl after bowl, one gets the use to master it. Also its a tobacco to be smoked very slowly as it tends to over heat, but despite that, it's a great tobacco.

Nowadays, I do not smoke Clan regularly but have always a packet on hand to "remember" and....just in case I do not have anything more to amoke, as I consider Clan a "safe" choice. --- Interesting result: the more I try other tobaccos, the more I enjoy Clan, even if I smoke it on occasion. And probably because of that - being smoked on occasion and not regularly - I enjoy the taste, its character and unmistakable aroma. All in all its a great "classic" and it's available everywhere in Portugal. Again, a safe choice.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2004-06-09		Medium	Very Strong	Medium	Overwhelming

First of all, I'm a relatively inexperienced pipe smoker, I've been smoking pipes for less than a year, after a long time of cigarette & cigar smoking.

Secondly, the reason I chose this particular blend for my first review is that things can only get better after this abomination.

This stuff is absolutely horrible. Theodorus Niemeyer markets Clan as an "aromatic pipe tobacco". However, this actually is bad shag tobacco soaked in toxic waste. It leaves an awful, poisonous, chemical stench that sticks everywhere, on your hands, clothes, hair and it just won't leave the room. Thankfully I smoked this in an inexpensive MM corncob, because I shudder at the thought of bringing the pipe that had this stuff in it to my lips again. Of the dozen or so blends I've tried so far, this is the only one that I've thrown out after (barely) finishing a single bowlful of it.

To be fair, I've heard that this blend reacts particularly badly to age or poor storage. I've read comments to the effect that the chemical, medicine smell comes in only once this tobacco's become very stale. I suppose that's what happened to me. Nevertheless, Clan has been the most abysmal experience in my pipe smoking career, and I simply can't bear the idea of trying it again, fresh or stale.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2004-01-28		Mild to Medium	Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

This is a Dutch pouch tobacco that is very difficult to find in the US, but fairly common in Europe. I've heard it called the European answer to Captain Black. I had sent from a friend in France. The UK pipe smoker's group recommends this for beginning pipe smokers, and while it is not a favourite of mine, I tend to agree. It has a rather "natural" taste to it, although a little sweet. I find it a little too reminiscent of cigarette tobacco for my taste. Also, as it is cut in very fine, long ribbons, it makes pipe packing difficult. One has to either stuff it into the bowl or tear apart the strands before loading the pipe. This is a bit of a nuisance.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2003-09-30		Mild to Medium	Medium	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable

I started my pipe smoking days with clan and still keep a pouche full of it as I think it gives thet new pipe that you are breaking in a good carbon layer. It also gives a plesent smell to a pipe when it needs a "proper cleaning". I ussually ream my pipe then let it soak for 24 hours in whiskey or rum then smoke 4-5 bowls of clan.

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	Sir John Moore (27)	2022-01-11		Very Mild	Very Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

This was part of a Christmas gift of a bundle of tobaccos and it seemed unfair not to review it the same as others. The blend comes as a small brick of pressed easily broken into ribbon which is on the extreme end of dry. The seal of the pouch was definitely intact though I cannot discount a fault with the packaging resulting in such a dry example though this is by far the driest tobacco I have come across. The pouch note is not unpleasant though difficult to pinpoint exactly. Definitely not lakeland but not saccharine Vape style sweetness either. The topping seems to be on the lighter side however and the smell of tobacco is dominant.

Minimal rubbing out is required and the press holds its shape even after a week in a jar. Loading is simple and its easy to a good draw. Lighting is what you would expect given the moisture content with an even disk of white ash after the charring light. The dominant flavour from start to finish is a deep nutty taste with hints of fruit and coffee with a spicy sweetness. The added flavourings come through more so on the retrohale and not offensive.

With few relights required it is easy to finish a large bowl of Clan in a steady relaxed smoke. It is easy to build up heat and tongue bite is an ever present possibility if you're not careful. Sipping a hot drink as you go keeps that in check however. As OTC blends go this isn't the worst I've tried but it is a OTC blend and not worth getting too excited over. I'm going to keep it jarred and use it to break in new pipes given its great even burning characteristics.

Pipe Used: Peterson 306, Corncob, Falcon

Age When Smoked: New

Purchased From: Gift

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	Fusty the pipe (33)	2021-10-13		Mild	Very Strong	Medium to Full	Very Strong

Smells great in both pouch and pipe - burns hotter than the face of the sun when lit.

Difficult to enjoy no matter how it’s prepared - only veterans can claim this as “cool, slow smoke”.

Olive wood pipes seem to smooth the rough edges but why bother to go to those extremes when other baccy’s are available?

When you smoke an ounce or two a week, why not get something less harsh on the mouth?

Pipe Used: Those

Age When Smoked: New pouch

Purchased From: Supermarket

Similar Blends: Mothballs smoked on a paraffin lamp.

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	Johannes (5)	2021-04-28		Mild to Medium	Medium to Strong	Medium to Full	Pleasant to Tolerable

As a pipe tobacco, very mediocre and an over perfumed super market blend. With an addition of ammonium chloride (salmiakki, popular flavouring of salty liquorice in northern Europe) which soothes your throat, and thus makes it easy to inhale. If you are only into just pipes pipes, I'd skip it, unless you have a memory of grandpa smoking it and breathing it all day in his only pipe, and you are looking for that sort of thing.

On the other hand, if you are into other herbs than tobacco mixed with tobacco in a European style of illegal cigarette, the amonium chloride and light Latakia and other subtle flavourings makes it a great mixer for that sort of thing.

Pipe Used: A few.

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	Megalo Al (38)	2021-02-14		Mild	Medium	Very Mild	Very Pleasant

Allora...un tabacco difficile da definire. Più odiato che amato è in effeti un enigma: una gangbang di tabacchi, 14 tabacchi diversi eppure ti lascia insoddisfatto. E forse è questa la sua forza. Eserciti di nonni l'hanno fumato per decadi, eserciti di nipoti si sono innamorati della sua room note (che si dice esser cambiata negli anni), eserciti di neofiti si sono ustionati la lingua chiedendosi "perchè"? Di facile combustione, facilissimo surriscaldamento...esagera con il tiraggio e perderai la sua magia. Fai scaldare la pipa e ti brucerai. Sconsigliatissimo agli inizi...può anche nauseare. Sei pronto per il Clan?

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	Jonrm (2)	2020-06-01		Medium	None Detected	Mild to Medium	Tolerable

Bought this from a local supermarket, when my online order didn't come and left me without tobacco. It's the third one they sell, beside Condor and St Bruno, both of which I've tired of over the years. First couple of puffs, I thought it was a bit of a find, it seemed to hint that it would develop an interesting flavour. Then, it just combusted into a rapid tasteless inferno, and burnt itself out, giving nothing but a bland cigarette flavour, huge tongue bite and a hot bowl. Tried to mix it with something else, given I'd paid fifteen quid for the pouch. Mixed a little with some SG Skiff. That slowed it down, but the Clan overwhelmed any other taste, and the tongue bite was still really bad. Waste of good Skiff. So, it's sitting in its packet, mainly unsmoked, and it won't get better if it gets dryer! Money down the pan, and if I'm short of tobacco in future, St Bruno, I guess. I did at one point smoke it in a Falcon, wearing flared trousers, sitting in a little 1969 sports coupe. Guess I traveled in time, but I still don't get this why this tobacco was so popular, or why it's still a supermarket staple.

Pipe Used: Falcon, Dublin Bowl

Age When Smoked: new

Purchased From: supermarket

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	pipeclubsi (17)	2020-05-20		Mild	Very Mild	Full	Pleasant

I did try Clan decades ago and didn't care much for it. I decided that after a long time, it's appropriate to give it another try. Very mild smell from the pouch, absolutely perfect humidity so I simply tore a pipe-volume piece of the mixture that was compactly pressed in the pouch, rolled it slightly and just stuffed it into the pipe. Good initial ligting, well burning, absolutely no bite, no heat, no juice. I read about napalm like quick burn, but to me it was just the opposite. Really nice burn, I'd admit it goes somewhat fast, but nothing out of ordinary. Just puff slowly and it's ok. Very nutty, full, but mild smoke with a ful aroma of claimed mixture of many sorts of tobacco. I do sense oriental notes. It does feel slightly zesty or sharp at moments, but it just proves it does have a body, perhaps with earthy leathery undertones. I usually jump from full fruity aromatics to serious latakia blends, so Clan does come out as a unique mixture, quite different from popular hype names. Good or bad is not the right way to describe it. It's a special story. I'm personally not a fan of Clan, but after many tobacco mixtures that I have tried, this one comes as a reference to help me sort out other tobacco in comparison, if you know what I mean. It's something useful to have in the collection and smoke it from time to time just to break the usual routine.

Pipe Used: Adsorba 210 bent apple

Age When Smoked: new

Purchased From: Local kiosk in Slovenia

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	Harry_Callahan (14)	2018-10-14		Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

I'm reviewing a 20 year old Clan made in Holland. I bought the 50g pouch with a pipe in the late 90s and since back then I was in cigarette smoking, I smoked the pipe like a cigarette. So, my pipe journey lasted about 2 days and 48g in the pouch. Now I'm doing a little better with the pipes and I humidified this tobacco and find not too bad. In the jar and during the smoke I only get a floral note, nothing more. Smoked at a medium pass and using a pipe cleaner for moisture the taste was floral from begining to end. I'll dedicate my first pipe to this Aromatic

Pipe Used: Lorenzo Spitfire

Age When Smoked: 20 years

Purchased From: Can't remember

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	Gaius Baltar (25)	2017-10-01		Mild	Mild to Medium	Medium	Pleasant

It's not as bad as they say. From the beginning you can appreciate the sweetness of the black cavendish and a note of chocolate from the burley. The smoke is pleasant, sometimes it has touches of incense. If it loads tight it burns at medium rate. If you smoke calmly do not bite your tongue and you will appreciate the flavors. In the end the flavors are flattened and finished in a topical burley-kentucky / virginia. It is a smoke for daily use It is recommended in the range of moderate price.

Pipe Used: Rotation

Age When Smoked: New pouch

Purchased From: Tobacco shop, Barcelona.

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	L'Italiano (231)	2017-04-15		Mild to Medium	Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

Clan Original, an original mixture so hated as loved. First of all we have to say that its notoriety is due more to the pleasant scent you can smell when smoked rather than its real taste. Ok, the room note is pleasant, the taste so and so. All in all it’s a good aromatic, with a lot of sweet nuances, but you can perceive also the tobacco taste, according to the dutch tradition. A fairly good flavored mixture. In my personal rating system (from 1 to 10) my score is 7 and two and a half stars.

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	elino27 (7)	2016-09-07		Medium	Medium	Medium to Full	Pleasant

simply a nice flavoured classic. burms easy, can bite if smoked to quickly. great taste. had is also smoked in small pipes without any problems whatsoever.

Pipe Used: dunhill lovat 1

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	MiddleEarth Piper (5)	2016-06-14		Mild	Mild	Mild	Very Pleasant

I don't understand why so many negative reviews, it's very mild and smooth tobacco with natural flavors from 14 different tobaccos.

Cool smoke, no bite, the only negative thing about this tobacco is that it's burning fast.

I really enjoy this tobacco and it's a great all day smoke.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2016-05-06		Mild	Strong	Medium	Pleasant

The most intense aromatizants are rum (first of all) and exotic fruits (just second), but there are also something else, that I can't recognise. For me, the aromatizants are too strong (recommended if you like flavored mixtures, but not so if you like natural tobaccos - however, try it, if you want).

Pipe Used: Many briars

Age When Smoked: new

Purchased From: local tabacconist

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	SamH (31)	2015-10-24		Extremely Mild	Extremely Mild	Mild	Pleasant

Well. I tried this as it was the first tobacco I saw and recognised. I was 19, a student and had only smoked Marlboro, Golden Virginia and the odd Hamlet Special Reserve (Remember them?) or Castella Panatella! (We won't be going into the other student kind of smokes although it might have improved my views on Clan....) OK, this nearly put me off pipes for life. Maybe it was me, my age, my penchant for cigarettes or something, but what I remember the most is that the pack smelled wonderful, like playdoh in the best possible way. I was really looking forward to it. On a par with Gold Block really. That said I've known people who swear by Clan and my old woodwork teacher used to smoke Gold Block all day long, so each to their own on this one.

Pipe Used: Cheap as in under £10.00 newsagent unbranded.

Age When Smoked: From packet

Purchased From: A random Newsagent in Surbiton.

Similar Blends: Hmm..

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	WillBrown (137)	2015-09-25		Medium	Mild to Medium	Medium	Tolerable

I purchased a pouch of this stuff on my recent trip to Europe. It was purchased out of necessity because though I had a couple of pipes with me, I neglected to bring any tobacco, figuring I could find some good baccy somewhere in Rome—it turned out I was wrong. The four Tabachi's I visited always seemed to stock the following: Clan, Skandinavik(s) and Amphora. I decided on Clan. I suppose I could have held out for something better, as I'm sure somewhere in Rome there's a shop that has better selection but, alas, I ran out of time (I should have held out for Milan, where in fact I did purchase some better baccy later).

I suppose, in a pinch, Clan's not all that bad, but, I really didn't enjoy the taste much, nor it's other rather displeasing characteristics, such as it being rather harsh and, despite what they claim, it burned fast and hot (not slow). Tastewise, it didn't remind me of an aromatic, more just a plain uncomplicated tobacco taste (which, considering how many different tobaccos are in this, rather surprised me. Also, the blender claims an alcohol additive—perhaps, I didn't really notice it).

Not the worst tobacco I've had, but no where near the best. A grudging 2 stars here, for me.

Keep on Piping!

Pipe Used: Roma bent

Purchased From: A Tabachi near the Colloseo

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	DrumsAndBeer (217)	2015-04-28		Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

Clan is a fairly mild tasting mixture. The pouch note smells somewhat floral, almost in a Kendal sort of way. The room note has a sweet honey-like scent, but there’s another component of the aroma, one which I can't quite put my finger on that I find to be somewhat off-putting. Sometimes I experience something similar when smoking certain blends with liquor toppings. Clan's flavor is very subtle. I get a slight hint of licorice, a floral note and a sweetness that comes and goes. There’s no bite that I can report, but often times smoking this mixture irritated the back of my throat.

In time I'll finish what I have on hand but I won't seek out more.

Pipe Used: Cob

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	FiremanMick (12)	2015-04-20		Very Mild	Extremely Mild	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Pleasant

Remembering the early 1970s this tobacco was the choice of guys transitioning from heavy cigarette smoking to the pipe.All went on to be avid inhalers of this particular brand.Utterly bland and lacking in flavour extremely mild.Eminently inhalable as it is the only way to find a nicotine buzz if you are a craver.Weird tobacco....pack the pipe tightly,charring light which very easy, couple of minutes puffing then tamp...lo and behold the full pipe bowl has reduced down to the last third!!Smokes hot too. Yes, you can tell it is a pipe tobacco,just,but very similar to a RYO type.

Pipe Used: Peterson systems,Falcons

Age When Smoked: New

Purchased From: Newsagent

Similar Blends: Even makes erinmore mixture seem ok..

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	Sentul (12)	2015-01-31		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild	Very Pleasant

The room aroma is very nice, apart from that there is nothing to write about it.

I just bought my latest pack to try to make some local strong Indonesian tobacco a bit more fragrant.

Not sure if that experiment actually worked from my wife's reaction (sigh)

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	Falcon Fan (22)	2014-10-25		Medium to Strong	Medium to Strong	Medium	Overwhelming

This was a forced purchase mid- holiday when as a newbie to piping last year I had not realized that it can be quite difficult to find pipe tobacco of any description when far from home and without the possibility of ordering through the internet. I had one smoke of this and then just put it to one side and carried on with the duty free Marlboro's. It was dry, harsh and really roasty toasty in the mouth. I usually have no problem at all with the cheap and cheerful mass produced, mass appeal products - everything has a use, a place and a time - but this may be the exception that proves the rule because in my mind, the place for this everytime would be the bin.

Pipe Used: Brigham Heritage 02 Straight Billiard

Age When Smoked: New

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	DrT999 (317)	2014-10-19		Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant

'Blandly inoffensive' might be a good term for my reaction. I didn't get scorched, it didn't taste bad -- this seems to be a very mildly cased Cavendish with a trace of burley. What little casing there was might be somewhat dark fruit related? It was light enough I really couldn't tell. That combo doesn't appeal to me; I can see where it might to others.

Pipe Used: an old Wellpipe

Age When Smoked: just purchased

Purchased From: Synjeco

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	CornCob (94)	2014-04-05		Mild	Mild	Mild	Tolerable

Truly horrid stuff, i wont even claim to taste subtle notes of dried fruit or exotic liquers as all thats there is rubbish. The room note reminds me of a farmer's brush fire, the one you smell when driving through the country. The cut and quite frankly the taste is similar to Edward G Robinson blend, as bad as EGR is Clan is still worse. I wouldnt give a pouch of Clan and a book of rollers to a prisoner serving life if he was out of darts, and if i did im not convinced he'd smoke it.

Pipe Used: Bonnie Briar sandblasted Dublin

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	zofo (2)	2013-12-26		Very Mild	Medium	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Tolerable to Strong

Don't buy this stuff! I made a terrible mistake when I purchased this while travelling around Spain. I have to say it appealed to me very much since it was rather cheap and I hadn't seen it in my country. The first bowl was pretty OK, but the later ones were just disasterous. It doesn't have any particular taste, because (as is proudly proclaimed on the covering) it is an insane mixture of everything the makers thought was tobacco! Not only it doesn't give you any pleasure as far as flavour is concerned, it's also burning and bursting like Eyjafjallajökull few years ago! I didn't finish the whole pack and I have to confess - that was for the first time! I even tried to snitch it to a friend of mine for rolling cigarettes, but even he, though I doubt he has any requirements for any tobacco, didn't want this hay.

Similar Blends: As far as I know - fortunately nothing is close!.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2012-12-01		Mild to Medium	Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

As my first experience of pipe tobacco some three months ago i feel I should mention this one for my first review. I must mention also my girlfriend so hated my stinking cigarette smoking she bought me a pipe and a pack of this for my 40th! I've not stopped thanking her though not necessarily for this tobacco in particular.

However, I think as a supermarket regular easy to buy smoke which weirdly smokes best in my least expensive pipe it has given me a good introduction to pipe smoking. I'm not going to try and wax lyrical regarding the tastes i get being just a beginner, though i find it smooth, sweet and easy smoking.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2012-11-23		Mild	Mild to Medium	Medium to Full	Tolerable to Strong

My late Grandfathers tobacco so brings back a lot of memories i would love to smell the pouch when i went round to his house and this is what got me into pipe smoking.When i got my first pouch i was not keen the room note is great but the taste was not that nice but went back to it a few months later and now it find it ok .

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	Raines (52)	2012-05-19		Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable

The smoke is very sweet but can become disgusting.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2012-03-27		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild	Pleasant

I am new to pipe smoking but I like the taste that this tobacco gives and the room note is pleasant. I live in France and the price I pay is also very good. I know other reviewers don't like it but I would give it a try you maybe happy with it.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2012-03-03		Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant

Im new to pipe smoking, and the lack of bite is a positive, the flavour is mild with a nice tarry bottom to it which would go well with a good red wine.

Pretty moist in the bag I got from a Supermarket and burns quickly and easily.

Worth a try for a newby!

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	Kilmarnock Piper (250)	2012-02-06		Medium	Very Mild	Mild to Medium	Tolerable

This isn't a real review, since I only had one bowl from a sealed yet very dried out pouch. I assume it was older, yet not classic. I reconstituted it a bit. I did conclude that I won't be buying any. There are just too many tobaccos in the blend that just seemed thrown together, it was boring (though not so spoiled that I couldn't tell what a newer pouch would basically taste like), and after sniffing the jar a few times over the months and deciding that I just didn't want to relive the experience of that one bowl, threw it out, something I rarely do. Since this was never sold in a tin, I can never really hope to try a well-aged classic sample, so I will have to take certain of the old hand's assertions on faith that this was at one time a decent smoke.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2011-12-28		Extremely Mild	Medium to Strong	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Tolerable

Bought a pouch of this after smoking a lot of it nearly 30 years ago......will not be buying it again....in one word "awful".......a very poor imitation of what was once a very good tobacco.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2011-10-24		Mild	Medium	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Tolerable

I rarely give pipe tobacco such low ratings, but Clan has made a bench mark. I bought a pouch on the whim of trying to save some money for the particular month I bought it.

This was a very important time for me, because I have always been a tin-only man.

What a big mistake I made when I chose to go against my principles.I should have stuck to my guns and my years of experience that tried so hard to speak to me.

There is nice faint smell from the pouch, but the contents of the tobacco is flat and unimpressive. The room note was not very bad, but also not very good.

If you asked my opinion on the matter, I would say not to go after this brand. You'd thank me later.

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	TEO (33)	2011-10-15		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

I rate this stuff "somewhat recommended" for 2 basic reasons:

- it is known as the roughest and "pop" tobacco of all the "historic" ones on italian market... -my beloved grandpa, now gone, use to smoke tons of this when i was a kid and its room note makes me think of those times....

After all I can't really understand what kinda floreal-candylike flavour they may have used to case this but it's weird...I can't taste any perique in it but I do taste some smokey flavour maybe cause of kentucky.

Weird. weird, weird but I smoked worse ones. That peasant tavern room note, I just can't forget...

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2011-08-23		Mild	Medium to Strong	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

Any local British supermarket will sell you 25g of this stuff.

After feeding long straggely ribbons into your pipe, you'll be rewarded with a bizarrely perfumed aroma.

Anyone close to you will comment on the lovely smell, but you won't hear them as you'll be too busy trying to work out what the hell you've just put in your pipe. You could almost believe this was developed in an organic chemistry lab staffed by non-smokers who'd looked up pipe tobacco on wikipedia.

I find myself buying it on occassion just to remind myself why I don't buy it.

On every rational measure this should be a one star.

But I guess the British eccentric pipe smoking uncle character is a market segment too, and I'm giving this an extra star to reward Theodorus Niemeyer for considering them.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2011-08-12		Very Mild	Very Mild	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Pleasant

Smells wonderful in the pouch, but in the pipe is is overly hot smoking and tasteless. Looks like ryo ciggy tobacco.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2011-06-04		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

The Europe-wide availablity and apparent popularity of this one never ceases to amaze me because it is so often reviled. I wonder if this is so because so many new pipe smokers scorched their mouths on it, even if they did not instantly give up the pipe they still look back on it with horror. Despite its mild strength, I would not recommend it to beginners. So then, if you don't start with an aversion to aromatics, I suspect the degree to which it bites you largely determines your reaction.

I keep a diminishing 100g in a jar which I visit once or twice a year for nostalgic reasons. I know this is not a great tobacco, and as I approach 60 I think it unlikely I'll ever buy it again, but carefully sipped in a filter pipe it usually renders me a pleasant experience.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2011-02-01		Mild	Mild	Very Mild	Tolerable to Strong

First tobacco i tried and it nearly put me off pipes. I thought there must be something more to pipes than this so i tried some other tobaccos and boy am i glad i did!

The taste is very mild with hardly anything there at all. it smoked very hot and very quick. Closest thing to cigarette tobacco on the market, not great in a pipe. Avoid and get something decent instead.

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	Dubinthedam (133)	2010-12-24		Mild	Strong	Mild	Pleasant

Not for me, one of the first blends I ever smoked...hot, soapy and no decent taste, I blended with some sweet killarney to finish it.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2010-10-11		Medium to Strong	Mild	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Tolerable

My opinion on this tobacco is this:

Well it burs easily, you can smoke full bowl without leaving any tobacco left easily. But be warned, smoke it calmly and you will get only small and somewhat enjoyable tongue bitting, but if you'll smoke "hardly" it will bite your tongue. I actually didn't found any kind of flavoring in it, its just plain simple tobacco, you may taste it like a cigarette. It is strong by the way by nicotine level.

My personal rating would be 6 from 10 (but ONLY as non-aromatic kind of tobacco).

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2010-09-18		Medium	Medium to Strong	Medium to Full	Tolerable

This is a very good 'staple blend' in my books. It has a fairly pleasant taste, it burns nice and cool and most importantly, it's one of the most easily obtainable.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2010-09-09		Extremely Mild	None Detected	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Pleasant

Recommended for those who prefer a very mild tasting tobacco blend. The smoking qualities are excellent in that it burns easy, even, and dry. I found it to be a cool smoke.

Because I enjoy cigars I want my pipe tobacco to have flavor. This would have been a good blend for me if it had much more flavor.

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	bayro (30)	2010-09-06		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

I have to agree with a yankee! Everybody, but everybody I know friends who use the name "Clan" as a synonym for bad tobacco. I can't understand how it can be recommended to beginners as "the first tobacco", when the finely sliced, bite the tongue. I know many people who just "Clan" refused by smoking a pipe!

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2010-07-25		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

A very long and thin cut.

The pouch aroma is very similar to Sail Green.

The comparison with Sail stops here. The taste is bland because of the shag cut.

And the nicotine level is zero.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2010-06-28		Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable

Burns very hot and doesn't have very much flavour. There's a pretty high chance of getting tongue bite if you're not careful. I got a few relatively enjoyable bowls out of it, but I certainly wouldn't purchase it a second time.

New pipe smokers- I don't recommend going down this route; even if you're starting with aromatics, better things are available.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2010-05-11		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Tolerable

with all pipe smokers i know, the name "Clan" stands for any pipe tobacco that is awful and unsmokable... many potential new pipesmokers are quit of pipe smoking before they even start,because they first pipe tobacco was famous??!? Clan..:( with so many tobaccos on the market this one is really a waste of money.

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	muntajab (11)	2010-04-27		Mild to Medium	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

I changed my mind; I figured out i was trying to convince myself that Clan TN is good (because no good brand in Syria is available anymore; we pipe smokers are suffering the lack of a decent pipe tobacco here). After few bowls of clan the only good thing I could find about it is that it is dry in the bowl (but not in the mouth) and develops a cake fast. Its smell when you first open the pouch might appeal to you, but not the experience of smoking it. My advice is: you can judge the quality of tobacco from the first few bowls you smoke; the first bowl can be deceptive; like a bad tobacco might appeal to you at the first bowl, while a really good tobacco might taste bad or strange at the first two or three bowls. So, give it the chance of smoking five bowls through three days, if it did not appeal to you then it won't appeal to you later; this is my own experience; no matter how i tried to give it the last chance it won't taste better.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2010-02-26		Medium to Strong	Mild to Medium	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable

I can't decide if I like this traditional tobacco or not. I do however seem to fire up a bowl once a week or so, maybe for the same reason people go to McDonald's though they know it's gonna leave them with a flat feeling afterwards.

The tobacco's smell is downright off putting as it comes out of the pouch. Once the bowl is lit the subtle aroma does however bring some joy, though after just a few minutes it smokes very hot and tongue bite is imminent if one is not careful. This is a tobacco one must take time smoking, let it cool and light it often.

I have never gotten positive feedback on the room note after smoking this tobacco.

Having said all this, I do believe one should try it at least once. Been there, smoked that, got the tongue bite.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2010-01-11		Mild to Medium	Very Mild	Very Mild	Pleasant

Although this blend is the reason I started smoking the pipe (because my dad used to smoke it when I was a child and I have several memories from its aroma), I can say that Clan is a "flat" tobacco that gives nothing special... Has a characteristic aroma (I can say unique) but nothing more. It gives a strange taste also. I would not recommend this one to the aromatics smoker...

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	DEN-C1956 (35)	2009-12-28		Extremely Mild	None Detected	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Unnoticeable

the old pouch of 'clan'....i have bought sack loads of this pipe tobacco over the years gone past,and its always been the same.....burns hot...and tongue bite...and lots of it....even if you smoke it slowly...the tongue bit gets you every time,but...to be fair..its a nice pipe tobacco...nice aroma...nice room note...but hard going on the burning hot and tongue bite...i would say its aimed at the younger pipe smoker,now that im an older pipe smoker i very much doubt i will buy it again,i have discovered 'squadron leader'..and im more than happy with SL...the only other over the counter pipe tobacco that i will buy is 'condor'...but please do try it..the 'clan' i mean,people can give other people all the reviews they like..its up to you if you take the advice or not..worth trying...but mind that tongue bite..;-).....27-03-14 i feel i had to add to my first review...as humans we all make mistakes..and im no different..i foolishly bought another 25g pouch of clan..now the last time i bought this stuff was back in the 1980s..but i bought another pouch a couple of days ago..well..clan has changed..i will repeat that..clan has changed...but not for the better..the pouch has changed, the aroma of the tobacco has changed..its not the same aroma as from the 1980s...smells of nothing to me...upon lighting the pipe i noticed that the tongue bite is a little reduced...but my god..the tobacco is far worse than ever...its so bland..and tastes of..nothing..the room note is unnoticeable..im lucky in as much that i only bought a 25g pouch..please dear reader...spend your cash on something else..this tobacco is dreadful..far worse than i remember it from back in the 1980s..i will never ever buy this tobacco again..i dont know what came over me to buy it again..maybe i wanted to see if over time it had changed for the better..sadly its not..its worse...the sooner this is removed from sale the better.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2009-11-21		Mild	Extremely Mild	Mild	Tolerable

As a new smoker of the pipe this is only the second pouch of tobacco I have purchased. The fist was Condor original. I will be going back to Condor as soon as this is finished. I experienced very little tongue burning with the Condor if any at all. This stuff is dry and burns the end of the tongue first light.

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	The Full English (31)	2009-11-03		Mild to Medium	Very Mild	Mild	Pleasant

I was hoping to dispel my negative preconceptions regarding mass-market pipe tobaccos and their suffering from a drop in quality and flavour. Unfortunately, my experience hasn't particularly alleviated that. I found Clan to be akin to a decent ale that has suffered at the hands of commercialization.

The tobacco looks and feels a lot like Troost. Although the pouch aroma entices with some nice vanilla notes and the promise that this isn't a heavily cased product, the tobacco is a lot dryer and smokes hotter and faster. Neither is the taste and room note in the same league; Indeed, Clan smokes pretty flat and tastes rather earthy at best. In summary, it's very much like smoking a cigarette, without benefiting from any of the 'kick' associated with it.

If you like a lighter, all-day smoke, then this may tickle your fancy, but if your looking for a flavorsome aromatic, or a true tobacco taste, then it falls woefully short on both counts. I'll most likely be using this as a base to smooth out stronger tobaccos that I have - and nothing more.

Cheap it is, but your money is still better spent on something else.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2009-07-24		Medium	Mild	Very Mild	Tolerable

How can someone sell a bad tobacco like this... BAT used to produce and now dscontinued all Dunhill blends, which had some superstars like 965, Early Morning Pipe and Elyzabethan Mixture. Then they bought the right to prodiuce CLAN and have commited a huge disfavor to the world. The stuff in the pouch is so miserably ordinary that I cannot find enough words to describe it. Burns fast, hot, a cigarette like feeling to it and very bland aroma... Run from this mediocre mass conceived weed.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2009-07-24		Medium	Mild	Mild to Medium	Tolerable

I purchased it only to try it, based on a recommendation made by a tobacconist in my area, and I should say the first few times I smoked it, I couldn't understand why I had bought it. I didn't finish the pouch, as I couldn't take it... I gave it to one of my friends to smoke, but he didn't like it either.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2009-06-26		Strong	Medium	Medium	Tolerable to Strong

This tobacco used to be quite decent, with a taste of hot fudge and figs and was very sweet and well tasting and well smelling in the past. Nowadays this taste and smell is completely gone, together with it's old manufacturer Theodorus Niemeyer (nowadays the Clan brand belongs to British-American Tobacco Company and is blended by Orlik in Denmark). It burns your tongue and burns quite hot if you dare to put in in your pipe. I've now tried two bowls of this junk and I wish I hadn't bought the stuff at all. I can't recommend it at all, I'm afraid!

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2009-02-23		Medium	Medium	Medium	Tolerable

Just bought this as i wait on my Cube tabacco from my local shop. (50 miles away). I wish i had not wasted my money. i suppose each to their own. Thats all i have to say on this tabacco

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	MAXYSDAD (9)	2008-12-23		Mild	Very Mild	Very Mild	Tolerable

After a decade tried it again , ended up sucking an ice cube to treat the mouth burn , if you have no choice also an asbestos tongue , give it a whirl , thats, if you have money to burn --merry xmas good gentlemen ps.. if you,r that desperate ,ask ,I have some better stuff in the cellar - will send on --cheers

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2008-10-17		Medium	Medium	Medium	Tolerable

Very good tobacco blend for the lovers of non-aromatic tobbacos. 14 different tobaccos with a little aromatic undertones, specifically sensible tastes of tobaccos. Cut: tipically dutch. Easy to fill. One of my favourites.

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	flaminbill' (57)	2008-01-25		Medium	Medium	Medium	Tolerable

I bought a few pouches of this while in Ireland a couple of years ago and I just don't think it is as bad as some reviewers say. It does have a tendency to bit, but the flavor is not bad.

I do like the moisture level and the way it packs. It does make a good blender. I have used perique and latakia at times in different blends with good results.

They seem to peddle a lot of this in Europe.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2007-08-24		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild	Pleasant

Very nice aroma. Somehow reminiscent of Sail green, put a bit sweeter.

Very hard to find now, in Canada, and it comes in a 25 gr pouch - very handy and convenient, doesn't take much room in your pocket. It shows a Scottish tartan on the pouch.

A very long, very thin cut bakkie, about 7-8 " in length.

Fills easy and, because of the thinness of the weed, doesn't give a particular satisfaction while you're smoking it. But it's easy to smoke.

An ideal bakkie for a beginner or someone who likes a mild, lightly cased tobacco.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2007-07-29		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Medium	Pleasant

As dry as a desert and as pungent as a harem.

For the life of me I've never been able to figure out, how the manufactures have been able to ensure that every pouch they produced since the late 90's is bone dry and unsmokable. Sadly you have to go through a routine as arduous as opening an ancient port, with none of the reward, to smoke this weed.

It burns, it tastes of rough chemicals and it is always bone dry in the pouch. This was a tolerable tobacco for beginners less then ten years ago. Now, it is truly awful.

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	PipePaladin (78)	2007-05-06		Mild	Mild	Medium	Tolerable

My godfather used to smoke this almost 20 years ago and it used to smell great! Now, having trying it myself I can tell you one thing: Do buy one, do smoke it once, go and buy anything else and never return to Clan again.. Cheap smoke, cheap tobaccos.. There are much much better stuff out there waiting for your palate to discover..

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2007-02-12		Medium	Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

This tobacco was my first pipe smoke. It's readily available in the UK and 25 years ago I knew a bloke who used to smoke it and thought it smelled good. I bought it before I discovered this website - good job as it doesn't fare very well on here!

Smells great in the pouch - very spicy. Packs well and easily. Taste wise it's OK, not as nice as in the pouch but it grows on you in my opinion. Great room note. It's pretty easy to smoke but will bite if you puff hard. It's no way near as bad as others have made out in my book. I've finished the pouch I bought and will definitely get some more when I start to run down my other brands.

I broke in my first two pipes on this stuff and they taste great to me!

Recommended, but an acquired taste.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2007-02-06		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

I do not know what to do with this tobacco. Taste-wise, and Aroma-wise this is different from the majority of other tobaccos. In terms of room note, I tend to prefer it in situations where I want to avoid any discussions about smoking. Somehow, it finds a way to be discrete... The problem is that, as others also say, you have to consume it while it is still fresh and moist. So you cannot really just be carrying a pouch with you. Once you open it, you have to use it up. In terms of smoking, it lights up quite well and smokes evenly. But, unless you puff really slow, it will burn quite hot. Still, when I have to pick something from the limited selection of the nearby news stand, I will probably go for it. I prefer it to Skandinavik Aromatic.

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	Pipepundit (168)	2006-09-22		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

Clan is sweet smelling rocket fuel. The second star is because of nostalgia for the years that will not return.

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	Toe Bacco (3)	2006-06-29		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

Clan...good ideas? Maybe, the Clan bring the sunshine of bottom of morning shoe light. Clan, think happy? think sad? I think, therefore Clan is.

Clan be with you? Clan smoke you? Then you try CLan, right? I give Clan, good Clan. Good Clan be praised, bad Clan be shunned. Shunned?

Wife Rating: Wife shun Clan? Wife no like Clan dead tree like smoke esquness. Dead tree people, resembles? Yes... you must open your eyes and understand. The magic of Clan. Magic? It is a deep magic?

Clan bring tidings of dead tree people of ashlands. We talking taste. It dances on the tongue like an old man with no eyes and shoe boxes for gloves. That is uncouth, and so is Clan.

May Giebbelhouse smite thine enemies to Giebbels n Bits.

Cheers, Toe Bacco

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	Lancelot Gobbo (25)	2005-08-14		Very Mild	Medium	Mild	Pleasant

Oh dear. A bit of history: my first smokes were with some borrowed St Bruno and Condor. When I bought a real pipe (instead of the homemade job I had used till then) I bought a Peterson Lightweight and a pouch of Clan. It smells lovely in the pouch, and it smells lovely in terms of room aroma. But to the smoker it's hot and hellish, and always makes your tongue sore. Who is it that buys so much of this stuff that it can always be found on European tobacconists' shelves, no matter how far from civilisation they be? I soon moved on to Amphora Red, Holland House (RIP) and then away from aromatics. I can't recommend this except as an experiment in experiencing how bad a tobacco can be, and yet sell so widely!

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	sasha (228)	2005-07-07		Mild	Medium	Medium	Pleasant

You just have to smoke this one at least once in your life, to pay your toll as a pipesmoker! :) But then you can easily stop and smoke something else! It gives its best in the room note field, but air-purifiers are cheaper. It is tasteless and can easily burn your tongue if you don't pay enough attention.

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2005-03-10		Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant

This is not as it was. It is far less aromatic than when I started on it in my youth but has a similar taste. A new version clan malt whiskey is now available which is very good indeed.

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	poupehan (23)	2004-11-25		Mild	Medium to Strong	Medium	Strong

Ok. I started reviewing the blends I like the most. Is there a blend that I realy don?t like. Yes. Clan. These pouches are ubiquitous, so I suppose a lot of people must like this. This is one of the reasons I kept coming back to it, the blend must have some quality. Well, I haven?t been able to find why it is so popular. So this is a fine ribbon cut, a bit like shag ? over here people say ?dryed pubic hair? ;-) . Chemical smell in the pouch ? chemical room note. Ok, the taste isn?t so bad. Tobacco and liccorice, IMO. But in all those smokes, I have never found a way to get it to behave, which makes that I never had a nice relaxing smoke with this, which is the entire point for me of smoking pipes, so if it misses that point, well I can?t find it very good?

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2004-09-11		Medium	Medium to Strong	Medium	Strong

Another tabocco from my homeland that is awfull. After smoking three pipes of it, I could not drink cola any more because of the tongue-bite. I threw the halffull pouche away and will not smoke this any more.

It seems I am a true lover of only English blends. Pity that not all British are availabale here!

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2003-09-01		Medium	Medium	Mild to Medium	Unnoticeable

Never smoked a tobacco which burns so badly. Shit tobacco, don't buy it!

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	Emeritus Account (30125)	2002-08-13		Mild	Medium	Very Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable

As Captain Black is in the US so Clan is in Europe I guess, a readily available 'drugstore' brand. My pouch was given to me by the mother-in-law, which should have made me suspicious I suppose. I found it very dry straight from the pack, with a very sweet aroma.

As to the smoke I found it disappointing. I was prepared for a full on 'flavour-attack' as per previous reviews but found it bland and uninspiring to the taste. Like many aromatics Clan seems to have a reputation for creating an amiable room note, but my female 'guinea-pig' found its aroma sickly sweet and not as enjoyable as my usual latakia favourites.

I don't want to put a downer on aromatics as a whole, but I always get the feeling as a pipe smoker you are encouraged to try them for the benefit of the non-smoker. Goodness knows it's a rare aromatic which actually gives you a flavour or taste comparable to the aroma it produces for those around you. Give me an English blend anytime, something with some real taste.

Still, I?ll hang onto my pouch of Clan just in case. But I don't think I'll be going for a repeat prescription of this particular 'medicine'.

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