Dobie's Four Square London Mixture

Every time I come across a tobacco with which I am unfamiliar, I wonder how many more are out there waiting to be discovered. So many blends have been made over the years. It seems impossible to know them all.

Adam Davidson introduced me to Dobie’s Four Square at the last West Coast Pipe Show. When I smoked this particular blend–London Mixture–I was very pleasantly surprised by how much I liked it. It falls into that old-fashioned, Virginias-based English sort of blend that has a distinctively natural flavor that is not overcome by additive toppings nor by a heavy dose of Latakia.

There are other Four Square blends. In fact, this particular blend was not the particular one that Adam remembered having previously smoked. So, he wound up giving this tin to me to finish, a task that I was happy to take on.

If you are a fan of the classic light-to-medium English blend, and you run across this particular blend, I urge you to give it a try. I found it a nice smoke, especially given that my tastes are running toward Virginias these days, although I still enjoy a nice, balanced English smoke, too.

Comments

[Dallas Hinton]

I'd LOVE to find this again - I used to smoke it as my standard in the 1960's and 70's but I haven't seen it for years. Anyone know where I can find it?

[Jimbo]

Long gone I'm afraid Dallas.

After shutting up in UK, production moved to Denmark (sound familiar?) but was discontinued there and rumoured to be replaced with the Caledonian line (not really a replacement and not successful).

The whole original line-up was good; as well as the green, I liked purple (spun cut), yellow (cut cake), blue (navy cut) as well as quite a few others.