Your video has just popped up onto my feed, as I’m sitting here smoking my very first Condor plug :) I’m thoroughly enjoying it, and find it very different to the ready rubbed. Strong dry taste, slow burning, and leaves the pallet with a rich aftertaste. Have a large bowl filled, a Peterson System 307, and find it ideal. Thanks for the video, and the company, while I enjoy my first Condor Plug. Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪 P.S. It’s expensive due to Irish tax, we get rinsed over here with tax on any type of tobacco
The Revor is, was, and always will be one of the finest tobaccos of all time. I would say this is a damn fine one indeed, but a completely different animal. Thanks so much for watching
The Condor Plug is not as rear as you may think. It is readily availiable in most shops selling tobaccos such as newsagents and supermarkets here in the Rep of Eire it costs €16.50 for a 25g plug. The Gallagher made plugs were availiable in 50g plugs, during the 1980s they were costing around £ 4.75 Irish punts.Three to Four of these plugs were smoked by my Father weekly Condor plug was the only tobacco smoked by him. My Father would purchase the plugs on a Friday evening carve it up on a chopping board with a fish filleting knive and in to a dark brown zipped leather tobacco pouch if it would go anyway dry during the week he would put a piece of apple in to the pouch to dampen the tobacco and to add a little sweetness to it.I myself smoke the plugs you have there,the reason it's so expensive here is VAT and levies applied by our legislators politicians and do gooders. A plug of this is smoked by me weekly along with Condor Ready Rubbed,Mick McQuaid Ready Rubbed,and B&H Special Virginia.
That is interesting to know, thank you! I do remember buying it from my local tobacconist in Nenagh when I lived there, and from a place in Limerick, but I never even thought to ask in a supermarket! The Mick McQuaid was always a favourite plug but they stopped producing that some years ago. I was surprised to see the RR version in JJ Fox. What are your thoughts on the difference between the plug and the ready rubbed Condor? Thanks for stopping buy and watching
@@TheAmbulatoryAnarchist The Condor Plug is stronger in flavour and nicotine. The Condor RR we are getting now seemingly is put together in Poland, this RR seems to be harsher in terms of flavour compared to the creaminess of the Condor RR that we got some time ago but it is still a brilliant smoke. Mick McQuaid RR is not as availiable as the Condor Plug or RR, it can still be got with a little searching. You won't find the McQuaid in Plug I reckon its discontinued. Yachtsman plug is still availiable in 2 newsagents I know one being Kellehers on North Main Street in Cork City and Birminghams here in Fermoy Co Cork it comes as a 50g plug costing €33.50 a plug. JJ Fox has Mail order for the above mentioned tobaccos but its costs €8.00 for postage Dublin to Co Cork or €10.00 by Courier. So here's the Maths, 1 x 50g plug of Yachtsman plug mail order from JJ Fox's sent Dublin to Cork would cost you €43.50. The Mighty Condor is one of those tobacco blends that will put you on your back as green as a Condor tobacco pouch if you dont respect it , it is best enjoyed sipped from a small bowled bent pipe such as a Peterson System Standard 314, this at least is how it was smoked by my Father his friends and neighbours long ago, it is how I still prefer to smoke it .The Peterson System Standard 314 is probally the most common pipe I saw people use back in the 1980s and 90s next up was a straight Falcon with an apple bowl.All the above mentioned are of course my opinion yours may differ. ( IMO & YMMV ).
Your video took me back almost 50years when I first took up the pipe……my old grandfather had smoked condor bar, so I gravitated to that after a few weeks of dreadful aromatics….i smoked it for years and it was available almost everywhere . Occasionally I would buy Condor XXX which came in strap form but tasted more like a black twist. Both a great smoke. Over the years I bought Condor (long cut) sliced, then couldn’t get that anywhere, moved onto the ready rubbed version which in recent years has had too much of a vanilla flavour. Currently on Erinmore flake, also a great smoke, entirely different from the Condor bar. Many thanks for the video. We are a dying breed!
We both have the same issue with this. I am from Romania EU There is no Condor here in EU although it’s made in Poland. It took me two years to get two pouches. We have none of the Condor blends . Another thing we don’t have here is Gawith Hoggarth. We have some Samuel Gawith in Germany but no GH. Same company yet…. Lakelands are my favorite tobaccos ! It’s much easier to get plutonium than Condor or GH. I don’t get it either 🤷♂️ My god I almost cried 😂 yes it’s similar to Coniston. I always said Condor has dark fired or regular burley in it.👏👏
The price probably comes down to the taxes of the country in which it's sold. I'm in Canada and my local B&M store has a tin of Cringle Flake 2022 for $76. After provincial tax here in Ontario, it totals out to $90 CAD. I believe a pack of cigarettes is now north of $20. Needless to say I don't participate in this disgusting gouging, preferring to run the import gauntlet and order from the US. Really enjoy your videos.
Agree…I’m in Ontario too and order usually from SmokingPipes. Although it gets the duty and tax it still comes out cheaper. Also hate the plain brown wrapper they have here…like we’re little kids and the govt knows what is best for us. I’m close to the Niagara border crossing but find NY taxes on tobacco are getting up there too, so ordering online is more feasible….
Great review, I enjoyed that a lot! Aaah plugs, I love them. Of course there are none to be found here. Luckily I still have some McQuaid, Warrior and Revor. I was so surprised when I saw your post on Facebook on this, I immediately went to J Fox and had a look. Not only do they still have Condor Plug, but also Yachtsman plug and M McQuaid RR! I only had a quick look, but it seemed to me that the price is just the price of tobacco in Ireland. It seemed like the tinned tobaccos was around €35, I could be wrong. Did you ever got to try Velvan plug? Be well Leo, see you around! Emil
Hello my friend. I've just checked those prices and you're right, tobacco in Ireland seems to have doubled in price in the last few years! First time I saw the McQuaid RR since it was discontinued a few years ago, I guess they are producing the RR version again. I still have some of the original plug - hard as a stone now! :D I have never tried Velvan plug - seems that is also discontinued so unlikely I ever will! Really good article here on Irish plug tobacco. Well worth a read pipesmokersdens.com/threads/irish-plug-tobacco-a-pictorial-historical-survey-of-their-far-famed-renown.1214/ Stay well, my friend
Its so expensive because we have a high tax on tobacco products in Ireland. Its the only OTC pipe tobacco that anyone really smokes here, but i think it will be taken off the market in the next 5-10yrs. Its unaffordable to smoke a pipe here nowadays and the old guys who still buy it with their pensions are dying out, taking the market with them.
I have never been fortunate enough to smoke this, the density, and your description does heve me thinking of the Yachsman Navy Plug, which incidentally I did get via Ireland. You mention the aroma of the tobacco is not as strong in the plug as in the long-cut version, maybe all the goodness has been retained in the pressing, and consequently gives a more pure Condor smoke?.. as an aside, in terms of your futture reviews to include {if I may say} country clothing, I have a request, please review your jumper, it looks so practical . The Coniston Cut Plug in my very humble opinion is quite close in smoking taste and satisfaction to Conoer. catch you again soon. Steve.
Hi Steve, thanks for watching. The jumper is one I'm sure a countryman like yourself will be well familiar with: the genuine woolly pully from the Outdoor Knitwear company! 100% pure British wool and under fifty quid! I've actually just got some long cut so I'll do a side by side comparison shortly. I've just heard about the yachtsman plug, which I shall be asking my friend to get for me next time around!
@@TheAmbulatoryAnarchist Thank you for the info on the jumper..it certainly looks fit for purpose. The Yachtsman plug, if still available anywhere it will be in Ireland, I got mine about two years ago, for sure a wonderful smoke. Keep Well, Steve.
Thanks for the review. I wanna try a plug so bad. I saw a lot of bad reviews of this on the tobacco forums, the JTI made version, but it looks amazing. What flavor notes do you get from this? Gonna subscribe. I've had American chewing tobacco plugs used orally but never ones dedicated for smoking.
I haven't been getting notifications, and completely forgot you changed your channel name, I guess. Like I said on FB, after a break for a couple years (a deep dive into snus made me a bit lazy), I stopped watching YT (pipe stuff anyway). Seems like most of the channels don't interest me for one reason or another. I have some Condor RR somewhere, but never smoked it yet. That plug sounds pretty great. Either you or Tommy got me some Revor 5-6 years ago - and I have yet to find anything else quite like it. It's the pinnacle for me. I had started getting into Lakelands a bit also - some Ennerdale, but Coniston and Bosun's were really starting to get good for me. Hope all's well, Leo.
It's so damned expensive because of insane Irish anti-smoking laws and taxation. You can order it from James J. Fox. Prices adjust at least a little, for some countries. From what I can tell, it usually costs about 16,50 EUR. I'm seeing 13,41 EUR for other countries. So, if you're allowed to order online in your country, like this (which I believe is the case for the UK, anyway), this might be a solution for some.
Your video has just popped up onto my feed, as I’m sitting here smoking my very first Condor plug :) I’m thoroughly enjoying it, and find it very different to the ready rubbed. Strong dry taste, slow burning, and leaves the pallet with a rich aftertaste. Have a large bowl filled, a Peterson System 307, and find it ideal. Thanks for the video, and the company, while I enjoy my first Condor Plug. Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪
P.S. It’s expensive due to Irish tax, we get rinsed over here with tax on any type of tobacco
Two videos in a fortnight! To what do we owe this largesse?!
Really interested in this one too. I’ve had plenty of Revor but never Condor.
The Revor is, was, and always will be one of the finest tobaccos of all time. I would say this is a damn fine one indeed, but a completely different animal. Thanks so much for watching
The Condor Plug is not as rear as you may think. It is readily availiable in most shops selling tobaccos such as newsagents and supermarkets here in the Rep of Eire it costs €16.50 for a 25g plug.
The Gallagher made plugs were availiable in 50g plugs, during the 1980s they were costing around £ 4.75 Irish punts.Three to Four of these plugs were smoked by my Father weekly Condor plug was the only tobacco smoked by him. My Father would purchase the plugs on a Friday evening carve it up on a chopping board with a fish filleting knive and in to a dark brown zipped leather tobacco pouch if it would go anyway dry during the week he would put a piece of apple in to the pouch to dampen the tobacco and to add a little sweetness to it.I myself smoke the plugs you have there,the reason it's so expensive here is VAT and levies applied by our legislators politicians and do gooders.
A plug of this is smoked by me weekly along with Condor Ready Rubbed,Mick McQuaid Ready Rubbed,and B&H Special Virginia.
That is interesting to know, thank you! I do remember buying it from my local tobacconist in Nenagh when I lived there, and from a place in Limerick, but I never even thought to ask in a supermarket! The Mick McQuaid was always a favourite plug but they stopped producing that some years ago. I was surprised to see the RR version in JJ Fox. What are your thoughts on the difference between the plug and the ready rubbed Condor? Thanks for stopping buy and watching
@@TheAmbulatoryAnarchist The Condor Plug is stronger in flavour and nicotine. The Condor RR we are getting now seemingly is put together in Poland, this RR seems to be harsher in terms of flavour compared to the creaminess of the Condor RR that we got some time ago but it is still a brilliant smoke. Mick McQuaid RR is not as availiable as the Condor Plug or RR, it can still be got with a little searching. You won't find the McQuaid in Plug I reckon its discontinued. Yachtsman plug is still availiable in 2 newsagents I know one being Kellehers on North Main Street in Cork City and Birminghams here in Fermoy Co Cork it comes as a 50g plug costing €33.50 a plug. JJ Fox has Mail order for the above mentioned tobaccos but its costs €8.00 for postage Dublin to Co Cork or €10.00 by Courier.
So here's the Maths, 1 x 50g plug of Yachtsman plug mail order from JJ Fox's sent Dublin to Cork would cost you €43.50. The Mighty Condor is one of those tobacco blends that will put you on your back as green as a Condor tobacco pouch if you dont respect it , it is best enjoyed sipped from a small bowled bent pipe such as a Peterson System Standard 314, this at least is how it was smoked by my Father his friends and neighbours long ago, it is how I still prefer to smoke it .The Peterson System Standard 314 is probally the most common pipe I saw people use back in the 1980s and 90s next up was a straight Falcon with an apple bowl.All the above mentioned are of course my opinion yours may differ. ( IMO & YMMV ).
Your video took me back almost 50years when I first took up the pipe……my old grandfather had smoked condor bar, so I gravitated to that after a few weeks of dreadful aromatics….i smoked it for years and it was available almost everywhere . Occasionally I would buy Condor XXX which came in strap form but tasted more like a black twist. Both a great smoke. Over the years I bought Condor (long cut) sliced, then couldn’t get that anywhere, moved onto the ready rubbed version which in recent years has had too much of a vanilla flavour. Currently on Erinmore flake, also a great smoke, entirely different from the Condor bar. Many thanks for the video. We are a dying breed!
Really wish we could get any of the condors. Really enjoyed the ready Rubbed I got my hands on. Happy smokes
We both have the same issue with this. I am from Romania EU There is no Condor here in EU although it’s made in Poland. It took me two years to get two pouches.
We have none of the Condor blends .
Another thing we don’t have here is Gawith Hoggarth. We have some Samuel Gawith in Germany but no GH. Same company yet….
Lakelands are my favorite tobaccos ! It’s much easier to get plutonium than Condor or GH. I don’t get it either 🤷♂️
My god I almost cried 😂 yes it’s similar to Coniston. I always said Condor has dark fired or regular burley in it.👏👏
Lovely stuff mate, delicious.
Hello!
Very nice video and tabaco,thx very nice weekend, greetings from Austria 🇦🇹 🔥💨💨💨💨👋
Straight outta MIDDLE EARTH. Thanks for keeping me company during my ramble, lad!
The price probably comes down to the taxes of the country in which it's sold. I'm in Canada and my local B&M store has a tin of Cringle Flake 2022 for $76. After provincial tax here in Ontario, it totals out to $90 CAD. I believe a pack of cigarettes is now north of $20. Needless to say I don't participate in this disgusting gouging, preferring to run the import gauntlet and order from the US. Really enjoy your videos.
Agree…I’m in Ontario too and order usually from SmokingPipes. Although it gets the duty and tax it still comes out cheaper. Also hate the plain brown wrapper they have here…like we’re little kids and the govt knows what is best for us. I’m close to the Niagara border crossing but find NY taxes on tobacco are getting up there too, so ordering online is more feasible….
Great review, I enjoyed that a lot! Aaah plugs, I love them. Of course there are none to be found here. Luckily I still have some McQuaid, Warrior and Revor. I was so surprised when I saw your post on Facebook on this, I immediately went to J Fox and had a look. Not only do they still have Condor Plug, but also Yachtsman plug and M McQuaid RR! I only had a quick look, but it seemed to me that the price is just the price of tobacco in Ireland. It seemed like the tinned tobaccos was around €35, I could be wrong.
Did you ever got to try Velvan plug?
Be well Leo, see you around!
Emil
Hello my friend. I've just checked those prices and you're right, tobacco in Ireland seems to have doubled in price in the last few years! First time I saw the McQuaid RR since it was discontinued a few years ago, I guess they are producing the RR version again. I still have some of the original plug - hard as a stone now! :D I have never tried Velvan plug - seems that is also discontinued so unlikely I ever will! Really good article here on Irish plug tobacco. Well worth a read pipesmokersdens.com/threads/irish-plug-tobacco-a-pictorial-historical-survey-of-their-far-famed-renown.1214/
Stay well, my friend
Great video. I have been looking for Condor plug for a while with no luck.
Enjoyed hearing about it in your video.
Regards
Mark
Here in Ireland we pay over the top for tobacco and alcahol a 25gramme of any pipe tobacco is nearly €17
Its so expensive because we have a high tax on tobacco products in Ireland. Its the only OTC pipe tobacco that anyone really smokes here, but i think it will be taken off the market in the next 5-10yrs.
Its unaffordable to smoke a pipe here nowadays and the old guys who still buy it with their pensions are dying out, taking the market with them.
I have never been fortunate enough to smoke this, the density, and your description does heve me thinking of the Yachsman Navy Plug, which incidentally I did get via Ireland. You mention the aroma of the tobacco is not as strong in the plug as in the long-cut version, maybe all the goodness has been retained in the pressing, and consequently gives a more pure Condor smoke?.. as an aside, in terms of your futture reviews to include {if I may say} country clothing, I have a request, please review your jumper, it looks so practical . The Coniston Cut Plug in my very humble opinion is quite close in smoking taste and satisfaction to Conoer. catch you again soon. Steve.
Hi Steve, thanks for watching. The jumper is one I'm sure a countryman like yourself will be well familiar with: the genuine woolly pully from the Outdoor Knitwear company! 100% pure British wool and under fifty quid! I've actually just got some long cut so I'll do a side by side comparison shortly. I've just heard about the yachtsman plug, which I shall be asking my friend to get for me next time around!
@@TheAmbulatoryAnarchist Thank you for the info on the jumper..it certainly looks fit for purpose. The Yachtsman plug, if still available anywhere it will be in Ireland, I got mine about two years ago, for sure a wonderful smoke. Keep Well, Steve.
Thanks for the review. I wanna try a plug so bad. I saw a lot of bad reviews of this on the tobacco forums, the JTI made version, but it looks amazing. What flavor notes do you get from this? Gonna subscribe. I've had American chewing tobacco plugs used orally but never ones dedicated for smoking.
I haven't been getting notifications, and completely forgot you changed your channel name, I guess. Like I said on FB, after a break for a couple years (a deep dive into snus made me a bit lazy), I stopped watching YT (pipe stuff anyway). Seems like most of the channels don't interest me for one reason or another. I have some Condor RR somewhere, but never smoked it yet. That plug sounds pretty great. Either you or Tommy got me some Revor 5-6 years ago - and I have yet to find anything else quite like it. It's the pinnacle for me. I had started getting into Lakelands a bit also - some Ennerdale, but Coniston and Bosun's were really starting to get good for me. Hope all's well, Leo.
Any way to get in Scotland if anyone knows 😊
It's so damned expensive because of insane Irish anti-smoking laws and taxation.
You can order it from James J. Fox.
Prices adjust at least a little, for some countries. From what I can tell, it usually costs about 16,50 EUR. I'm seeing 13,41 EUR for other countries.
So, if you're allowed to order online in your country, like this (which I believe is the case for the UK, anyway), this might be a solution for some.