Pipe Tobacco Review: Dunhill "Royal Yacht" 

Dr Bradley's patent treatment for an unsettled bowel: Dr Pepper + The Royal Yacht = The Royal Trot + The Royal Squat Ahh, I'm feeling much better now! THANKS Dr Bradley!

Got it as part of a Peterson taster set. It was my first experience of pipe tobacco (yesterday). I have to say, after waking up today to a morning bowl, it's very enjoyable, and the flavour profile is to my (beginner) taste. The nic buzz is spot on for me.

Just finished a bowl of RY. I love as much as all the other Dunhill blends. Thanks for the reviews Brad!!

Excellent review Bradley. Congrats. I liked it so much. Thanks a lot man.

That earthy composty scent can be great in some tobaccos . I have discovered through a friend who acquired a blend of that was a 50-50 mix of Spanish Galleon and early-morning pipe. When mixed together it has that same scent. When smoked you have this aroma of being in the woods during the fall with a camp fire going. The bland itself was originally given to my friend by someone add just for him in Springfield Missouri. He told my friend to try it out and give it a synopsis. My friend let me try some and we decided it should be called autumn campfire.

addison davis - Obviously you shouldn't take my word for it, but if you're not inhaling, I feel like the risks are minimal. I'm sure it could up your chances for developing oral cancer, but it also greatly lowers stress levels and helps with relaxation.

I have to say good friend Bradley you are the man when it comes to pipe tobacco reviews. my brother bought this R.Y today and I tried it and you are on point on all of it.

Love that Castello Sea Rock (Pot KKKK?) of yours! As always, thanks for a great review

Great review...as always! Thanks Bradley

I really enjoyed this blend. Yes, I agree it is strong.

I consider you a friend. You introduced me to a world of smoke. I always bought the "drug store" brands. I made my own pipe in high school, and bought some Middleton cherry (I don't think they sell that anymore?). Love your reviews, Keep snappin' the paper!!!

Out of the tin I wasn't that impressed so I let it sit 9 months. I came back to it and was blown away how smooth and flavorful it was. I can see this being smoked on a Yacht with whisky or something similar. Good outdoor smoke

Hi Bradley, I really like this blend. The plum note you described was not apparent to me. The tobacco was primo, the cut and moisture level are top notch and the strong flavor is very satisfying. The nicotine level is at the high end of the spectrum and should be respected if you are to enjoy the experience. As they say “to each his own”, but I am surprised that you were less than enamored with this dunhill offering. I like it. It is good!

50/50 mix of this and Elizabethan: 🧨💥🤯. - I always have all of these three ready: Royal, Elizabethan and their 50/50 blend. Tonight I smoked the 50/50 after dinner. Very satisfying, strong and the flavors are amazing. No relights, white ash, down the hatch. Cheers!

This was an excellent review, as usual.

I have a tin of this arriving in the morning. Love the strength and smoothness of it. Sweet but not too much and not too heavy on the casing. Definitely purchase 3 times a year. Good honest review

Great and honest review Bradley. For me Royal Yacht is one of the best tobacco blends I ever tried. When I smoked my first bowls I hated it.( I also don't like noticeably cased tobacco very much) Now I fully enjoy it! It grew magically on me. And its not for the nicotine itself I believe. There are many high nicotine pipe tobacco blends that i don't like(Irish Flake is one of them). For me its the blending with everything in it.

Finally was able to crack into your beloved Elizabethan mixture and I thought *that* was strong with the nicotine...I can't imagine what this would be like!

Thank you for identifying everything I did not like about this blend. Also, I too enjoyed Solani Aged Burley. It is one of my favorites. It seems we have some similar tastes in tobaccos I look forward to watching reviews of blends I have yet to try. Subscribed.

I had one tin of Royal Yacht about six years ago. Our local tobacconist had it on hand. I haven't seen this mixture ever again since then. I remember it being a little harsh. It had a good flavor that I liked. I believe it is cased with rum. But no one disliked the room note.

I really like this blend. I smoked it when it was Dunhill and now Peterson. I do like a wide verity and this one is in my rotation. It does have a slight plum nuisance slight is the key. Nic level is a little higher but certainly not overwhelming at all. I would recommend it. I think it’s worth trying a can. I got mine from smoking pipes.

Sitting here enjoying my first bowl of RY. Really enjoying it.

Hi there. I picked up a tin of Royal Yacht today. By the time I opened the tin, I took a nice whiff, and it does smell like plum. Smoked it in my Capri pipe. Pretty nice taste and room note. Plus, it gives me a slight buzz of relaxation like Nightcap does. Perfect for times when I need a little relaxation after a hard day's work.

I love these darker, earthier virginias. I usually dislike added flavorings but in this mixture this mild plum thing "fits" somehow. I bet it would be better without it, it's the strong virginias that make this really interesting in my opinion. And all that smoke starting at 8:35, my tastebuds reacted here!

Just found your channel and new sub. Had an off and on relationship with pipes/cigars and am getting back into it. Like your style of reviews. Cool the hear you're in the PNW, I'm in Western WA.

I really enjoy this blend, and it was (to my surprise) an instant hit with many of my friends. It's a bit like smoking straight African Virginias while sipping a nice ruby port--at least my palate interprets the "plum" as more a "port" taste.

The jars that I use are similar but they have a small band around them that are black and allow you to write on them with chalk which allows you to label them without tape. It’s a very classy look, in my opinion. Amazon.

Another PNW Piper! Thanks for the reviews. I prefer them lengthy. I have been trying to get into Virginias for a while now, and outside of Orlik Golden Flake I haven't been able to find one that does it for me. I just picked up a tin of Escudo the other day. I'm only a bowl into it and no joy.

Thanks for another fine review. I have a tin of the Royal Yacht yet to be opened. I hope you get around to reviewing some of the GL Pease Old London tobaccos, particularly Gaslight and Quiet Nights. The Pirate Kake from Cornell & Diehl would be a good one too.

There are 'marmite' tobaccos - love 'em or hate 'em - then there are champagne tobaccos - deceptively mild and subtle but strong and intoxicating. Royal Yacht is definitely a champagne tobacco. It is not as fruity as it used to be but certainly as strong. It is so good that I only smoke it in my vintage Charatan reserved exclusively for top quality tobaccos. Try it and take your time getting used to it - it will repay your patience.

Nice blend

I haven't experienced feeling the nicotine from it, I wish I did to be honest. The first few bowels I thought it was too bitter (like a grapefruit without the fruit flavor) I let it set a couple of months. After that, I came back to it and then it just clicked on for me. It tastes much sweeter suddenly than I remembered. Now I love it. But Elizabethan is still my favorite. Now I can't imagine being without either. Those two and Solani Burley flake are my 100% must haves.

Hey Brab, Some one finally said nicotine content. I was a heavy cigarette smoker for years and quit I still smoke a pipe and love it ,am I addicted absolutely. Most pipe smokers who never smoked cigarette say it a hobby ok I buy that for the pipes yes . You don't have to inhale your body absorbs the nicotine , so to say you have no addiction is wrong. That is why these people praise high nic tobaccos , some don't even taste good.Thanks Mike

Excellent review! I don't notice the plum taste, but there is definitely some topping added. This is not a Dunhill blend that I like; like you I think I might like it without the added topping.

I think this is the first review of yours that I’ve seen where you don’t care for the blend. I’m sure there others I just haven’t seen them. Good review though. I appreciate how honest you are. I know you don’t like toppings and you’re upfront about it. I’ve had a tin of this in my cellar for about 10 months. Waiting for the right moment to pop the tin.

Smoking some Peterson's Royal Yacht watching your old review lol

Hi Bradley, I'm a Dunhill fanboy. I just finished cellaring enough to last me. Durbar, EMP, London and Standard mixtures, MM965, BB1938, Nightcap, and Apertif. Sorry I'm not a fan of Elizabethan. I thought I'd try a tin of Royal Yacht before it disappears and received it today. Smoking it while I'm watching your review, I'm not impressed. Just not much there to excite me. Definitely no bright, yellow or red Virginia taste. Heavy ,strong and dark is my description. I feel more like I'm smoking a cigar than a pipe tobacco. More plum in the tin note than in the flavor. I didn't get any overwhelming nic hit that others describe but I don't get it from nightcap either. Great review as usual. Keep up the good work my good friend!

Ha Ha- FINALLY, you make a video that doesnt make me wanna buy another tobacco. (cause I already have a tin) Great review as always.

Great video man keep'em coming,.... Also how do you feel about the "risks" of smoking a pipe? Or really , do you personally think there are risks?

I started pipes in '79. The old guys (they were in their early 40's. I was 15) would NOT sell me Durbar BUT did sell me Royal Yacht! It was weird. It is weird. It will always be weird. For "plum" flavor, give me Amphora's Cesar Borgia. That I liked! I miss it.

A very positive negative review! Like your style!

I tried it, picked up an aged tin that dried out pretty bad. I didn’t get much flavor, but it was anything but mellow.

I just tried a tobacco similar to that taste profile, it was Erinmore Flake and like you, not a fan of it, English blends are what I crave now days, great video Bradley!

Nice review. Since Dunhill has discontinued it's pipe tobacco line I've been searching for all information I can find. My tobacco shop only has a few tins left in stock and at $40 a tin here in Ontario it's really a luxury item. I haven't heard any reviewers say they love it so maybe I'll take a pass as well. Thanks for the review

you should buy a tin and let it sit for a year and revisit it later. that's not a bad idea for some of the others you've reviewed already as well. it'll give you a new video series to do next year. it'd be interesting to compare videos and taste notes when the blends have some age on them. perhaps the plum with mellow out. I've got 2 or 3 tins of RY from around 2011/2012 i think still aging, but I enjoyed it a bit more than yourself so I tried to stock up on it. nice review!

I like to refer to the nicotine overload I sometimes get from my pipe smoking as "Blackbeard's Delight".

thank you for reviewin a thee diabeticman approved blend

Great review as always man, enjoyed every single one of your videos! Just a quick one, where did you get your jars??? I am struggling to find good airtight-ish ones for my tobacco

First and only tobacco that got me nauseated early in my piping hobby. Learned to respect it after that, lol

New sub!

Great review! Now I am sure not to even try it, seeing that I absolutely hate plum.

Your reviews are always classy buddy. Keep up the good work. Where do you usually get your pipes?

I use snus on the regular and have a VERY high nicotine tolerance. Most blends I have puffed on don't really do anything, but Royal Yacht hit me nice. SMELL and taste = incredible. This IS my favorite blend. What is a similar one ya'll like?

Do you ever revisit old blends? Would love to see if your thoughts on this have changed 6 years later? Smoking some from 2015 now and it’s really enjoyable.

I've been enjoying a bowl of Royal Yacht Mixture in my James Upshall pipe while watching various reviews of the blend. Your reviews, btw, shine way above all others I've come across so far. They are informative, well researched, nicely produced and stylized, and are much easier to listen to. But here's my question, and it has nothing to do with this particular video. Where did you get that gold plate that is featured in your videos? I want one. I can't find anything like it. I don't know where to look and I haven't heard you mention it in a video yet. If you've talked about it, please link to the video if you don't mind. tia and Happy New Year : )

Good review! Thanks for sharing... Any chance you'll review any of the Drew Estate tobaccos? Mainly meat pie stands out as something you'd like, just based on your videos I've watched.

You should try Peter Stokkebye Natural #1, if you haven't already. No toppings as far as I can taste.

Besides the Irish Flake, what are some other tobaccos with no toppings that are sweet and have no tongue bite with the same nicotine? "non aromatic" It seems all the other Virginia flakes I've had bite my tongue badly, but this blend doesn't.

Hi,Im Japanese pipe smoker.Do you remenber me? Thank you for your nice reviews. I like the royal yacht too. but this tobacco is very strong for me. I think nicotine level of this tobacco is strongest of all pipe tobacco. Im waiting next your nice review. by the way , do you know kiseru,煙管? traditional japanese tobacco. if you have the chance, try it.

Lol I was caught off guard by night cap. Was a 2 pack a day smoker and it snuck up on me.

Here's a thing: I bought a tin of R.Y. in the 70s when it was blended by a different company. It was similar in most ways to what I'm hearing about the current blend,but it looks different. I am going to buy a tin and compare.

Have you reviewed 5 brothers?

For some reason, the Royal Yacht has always struck me as a 'treat' tobacco when I want to break away from my Early Morning Pipe/Nightcap/Frog Morton routine. Plus, my wife loves the room note of it.

Also, on the nicotine side of things, and knowing you are a Latakia lover, you need to check out Pirate Kake by C&D sometime!

Beautiful pipe right there. I have only one left of this Dunhill mixture which is my favorite and have not find any other similar tobacco since Dunhill no longer producing it but Peterson doing it but the taste is not as good as it was. Now I need to find one to replace it as my favorite. Any suggestion?

I really liked my first tin and ordered another. The second tin is not very good. Ever have that happen? It's really bitter and kind of sour. Previously have not had a bad Dunhill.

Cancer: MMS, Jim Humble, Genesis II Church, chlorine dioxide. As a pipe smoker and user of the above I'll never die of cancer.

Just trying it for the first time. Your review is spot on. As always! Me and another piper friend want to start a channel. We are Irish so that will be our problem accessing some baccy blends, no access to CAO or Seattle club blends unless we pay 30USD shipping!! But I just have to try plumb pudding soon. It will happen. I know this is an old video. But keep up the good work sir !

I got a tin of the Dunnhill version of this. Anyone else notice a bit of a maduro cigar quality with it?

You are a brave man to put Royal Yuck in your prized Castello!

I’m very new to pipe smoking and “Royal Yacht” can oftentimes be much too strong for me. I once did smoke it on an empty stomach at work and literally threw up about 30 minutes after in the bathroom which put me off pipe smoking for a week.

Bradley, have you ever tried a cigar? With your preference of just straight tobacco with nothing added, it sounds like something that might be up your alley. Obviously a cigar is a completely different beast than a pipe, but it might be an option to keep in the back pocket.

New to pipe tobacco and trying to get off cigs. This review really helped me. I’ve tried 6 different blends so far and none of them really did anything for me. Whether it’s whisky or tobacco I like strong flavors and high content (whether that is nic or alcohol) and often well beyond what my friends would consider “pleasing”. I kept smoking cigs in-between bowls because I just couldn’t get enough nic to satisfy that craving, it was just all meh. After seeing this review, knowing my bent towards stronger things, I went out and got a tin of Royal Yacht and from the first bowl I’ve just been craving more Royal Yacht. That may well be replacing one addiction with another, but at least I’m not inhaling anymore :P I’ve got Gaslight and some other higher nic blends (according to your reviews) shipping out to me here in the BFE rice fields of nowhere Japan so hopefully that will help me get to a point where I can ween myself down and enjoying other flavorful blends :) Thanks Bradley! I really enjoy your channel!

***** - There seems to be quite a few of us from the Pacific Northwest!

I love the pipe in the tumbnail. What brand/model?

Bradley what would you say your favorite blend of all time is if you could only pick one?

was that a costello pipe that you were smoking the RY in?

Hey Bradley, I had a problem with this pirate kake I just got in. Every time I smoke a bowl the pipe keeps dripping this nasty liquid down my mouth and throat and my pipe is clean. Any help would be great?

Hey Brad i was reading different articles online the other day and i don't know if it is true or not but the article i read said,Royal Yacht was Josef Stalin number one pipe tobacco.little trivia. like i said don''t know if it true or not.good video as always .thank you.

Just ordered some. Paid $5 so no biggie if don’t like. Hope I do.

Bradley,i am going to have to slightly disagree with you on this one.While your review does give a pretty accurate idea of what this tobacco is like,i think at the same time it also fails to aknowledge one fact: The blend is cased,yes and it does have topping,but..IMHO that is where the true mastery and experience of the blenders come in.The kind of topping that was chosen, its quantity, intensity, flavor, the way it blends with the types of Virginias used and the way it contributes to create the taste of RY is in my opinion nothing short of extraordinary.Casing and topping tobaccos is in itself a chapter and a part of the craft of blenders,and Dunhill certainly shows here why they are who they are in this industry.Creating a formula like this is not something many companies can manage to achieve.All that said of course,it is not for everyone,and those who do not like it are right in their own way.I absolutely love this blend,smoke it every night and would take it with me on a desert island ! If I feel like smoking something with no topping added whatsoever,there are plenty of choices out there.Regarding nicotine level,i think it is perfect! Solani Burly Aged is much stronger to my opinion.It made me sweat,and felt like I'd had enough nicotine when I smoked that.I really like your channel and watch it all the time.Cheers and all the best!!

If it’s that strong it has something more than pure virginia.

Bondman pipe tobacco in the UK (don't know if it's still made) is actually a good facsimile of RY without any added flavouring. It's a great smoke, but a bit unadorned. You get to experience just how aggressive these Virginias are, bordering on acrid at times. Personally I think the sweetner is a good idea, to take the rough edges off those high-nicotine "dry-year" Virginias. A friend, who smokes plenty of other strong tobaccos, claims it's the aroma that's special, though I'm sure the nic plays a part too. After a lukewarm start myself, I've come around to the view that RY is a very high-quality tobacco. This seems to be pretty much true of all Dunhill offerings, though it may take a bit of time to appreciate them fully. FWIW the top note on RY is way toned down from what it used to be. Also the ealier version was more of a fast-burning shag cut which accordingly packed an ever bigger punch. One assumes the market is daintier and more civilized these days.

Hahaha...you look so...young :D

I am sure this has lost its dark colour and “grand rich flavour” since I started smoking in the seventies.

Very good straight virginia with a little bit raisin... Its not strong topped tobacco at all!!

The oddball taste and vitamin N have seduced me. Others refer to it as The Royal Yuck.

As for me it's disgusting :(( It was the first tin of tobacco I couldn't smoke until the end. And I didn't feel it's strong

I wont taste any PLUM fruit in it. It's more like hay, and seaspray hitting your tastebuds.

I have a tin from 2000 that I won't be smoking. Anyone want to trade?

I am not impressed with Royal yacht. I was expecting so much more. But it's just a standard tobacco to me.

I dont understand why on earth want somebody to smoke plums,i like eat them .Im on the same page ,why somebody just try to cover the delicious natural tobacco tobacco with an artificial ,chemical nonsense

I live in a small communist country in the south pacific called Australia,they charge $60.00 online for this.

Couldn't get into this one. Too much like cigarettes.