Now, THIS is tobacco!!.. (Old Holborn)

Member Name: Previous Drum Smoker (transferred to Old Holborn)

Product:	Old Holborn
Date:	29/07/09 (393 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Not owned by Imperial Tobacco. Excellent nicotine delivery, Very rich flavour. Elephant.

Disadvantages: You can buy a 25grammer in Greece for less than a 12.5grammer in the UK.

Excellent and very accurate review, Zombietheo. I am a newbie to the old 'Holborn, having being more or less forced to find a new tobacco after Imperial Tobacco destroyed Drum (read my review here - http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/tobacco/drum/1288202/). A friend recommended trying out Old Holborn, as it's very rich in flavour and has a more than satisfying nicotine delivery. So, I went and bought a pouch of Old Holborn and was pleasantly surprised!! The first roll up out of it actually felt like my first real smoke in months, and I got a nicotine hit so strong off it I started sweating! Really nice flavour to it with an almost Vanilla-ish character to it, I find..

I also smoke it in liquorice Rizlas with Swan extra slim filter tips - burns really well and has no foul aftertaste (i.e. Drum). The tobacco itself is very consistent as opposed to finding bits of stalk and the occasional half a tree in your pouch which has to be thrown away (i.e. Drum). The highlight of Old Holborn for me is definitely the nicotine hit. I don't feel like I'm smoking as much.. I'm putting less tobacco in roll-ups, but still getting the nicotine hit I'm after. That elephant's a bit of alright, too.

A friend of mine recently returned from a holiday in Spain, with 20 x 50g pouches of Old Holborn, so my supply is extremely healthy at the moment.. and the BEST part is, unlike ANY other imported tobacco (i.e. cheap 50g pouches of Drum and Golden Virginia) - foreign Old Holborn actually TASTES THE SAME!! I was very surprised - there are some brands of RYO tobacco that taste different depending on the shop you're buying from in the UK - and here, I've got a pouch of Holborn from Spain that tastes practically identical to the stuff I buy from my local shop.

Another point - many many RYO tobaccos lose potency when you get to the bits at the bottom of the pouch.. yet I've noticed with Old Holborn that this is not the case. Granted, you're still open to spillage (which can get annoying when you roll so close to your laptop) - but the bits still maintain taste and nicotine delivery.

Summary: If you've been swayed by popluar belief & think Old Holborn is dirty old man's gak-find out4yourself