REVISITED | Peterson/Dunhill "Nightcap" 

The first Pipe tobacco I smoked was actually nightcap. It was s special experience, that brought me into diving deeper into the pipe hobby, and ultimately finding ytpc. I also found that the tin I had bought was actually 4 years old. My first memory of it was the smell of tar and kerosene, bringing me back to my childhood when my grandfather would smear tar on his wooden boat in the summer. So yes, this tobacco has a special place in my heart. I'm so happy it will still be around.

Dunhill Nightcap was actually my first English blend when I first started smoking a pipe. I was 22. Before I smoked Nightcap an older guy at a tobacconist I still frequent asked me to smoke a bowl of straight latakia before trying an English. I was only about 6 months into pipe smoking so I really didn't know any better but I did it and I actually really enjoyed it. Ever since then for the last 15 years I always keep aromatics and full bodied English blends on hand and Nightcap is one that is always in my tobacco rotation.

Nightcap has always been a great go-to for me. I tend to favour Old Dublin or Presbyterian, but I completely get the idea of reaching for my cap now and again. Wonderful stuff.

I'm currently working my way through the English blends, Ashton Artisans blend, Squadron Leader, Red Rapparee, 965 etc...but Nightcap is in a class of its own, not an everyday smoke but an occasional indulgent treat. Wonderful stuff.

Nightcap was my very first nonaromatic, and I went immediately full blown into English blends. Now I like it once in a while a whole lot, but I like other tobacco better for daily smoking...Elizabeathan being one!!

Just tried this blend for the first time ever right now. So good. Thank you for the video.

Thank you for your review of Nightcap! I have been smoking for years and have just finished my first bowl of Nightcap. It was definitely the BEST pipe smoking experience I have EVER had! Nearly an hour of pure pleasure!!

Thanks Bradley, I enjoyed your original video so much all those years ago, I hoped we could look into the face of madness once again. LOL

I’m smoking some Nightcap right now watching this. As a long time cigar smoker but newbie to pipe smoking, I’d say Nightcap is relative in strength to a medium full cigar, but nothing overpowered. I think most people that start out smoking pipes first might think this is very strong because they often start off with Aromatics then move to English blends. It’s definitely strong, but I agree nothing extreme. What I really like about pipe smoking compared to cigars is there’s much more variety in flavors between Aromatics, English, Virginias, etc. And that’s coming from the huge variety of flavors cigars already have. Kind of regret not getting into pipe smoking sooner, I would have loved to try the McClelland and Middle Earth blends.

Tried Nightcap for the first time today, I’m rather new to pipe smoking, but I really enjoyed this blend. I do like English blends, and I found Nightcap to be very pleasant and smoky, not nearly as strong in flavor as I was thinking it would be. Just the right amount of flavor, and stayed lit very well. Quite similar to Kramers father Dempsey to me? Just a tad smokier, and a bit spicier. Thank you Bradley for another great review!

I bought some Latakia and Perique for adding to blends that needs a little "personal tweaking", and it's served me well to adjust to my taste.

As a cigar smoker , Nightcap was my introduction to pipe tobacco. I love it and I'm glad to know it's back. ( Nightcap is nice in the AM too ! ) Since it went away , I've been trying more aromatic blends. So my overall knowledge of pipe Tobacco has increased for the better. Latakia , BTW , is strong in flavor , but relatively low in nicotine due to the process in which it's made.

Nightcap & Early Morning Pipe arrived yesterday with the snowstorm. Lit a bowl of NC when I got home. Wow! Very nice indeed!

I got a tin of this earlier today after watching this and man I gotta say I think I’m in love.

Thanks for review...will get some with renewed confidence in new version

Great review Bradley. Thanks a lot. Have a great week.

This channel has been an awesome guide for starting on pipes! Thank you! Someone gave me a pipe a couple of years ago along with some tobacco, but I was never able to fully get into it on my own and I haven't smoked for a while. I'm excited to get into it!

Nicely done saying "A lot of Latakia"

hey Bradley..... the way you feel about elizabethan mixture, I feel the same about nightcap! a tin of this lasts me about 2 weeks..... the Peterson/ dunhill deluxe navy rolls are fantastic too....

I’ve spent the last three rain days watching all your revisited series lol! As someone who’s been married three times. Starting over can be very exciting after some time. “It doesn’t mean a thing, I know”

Nightcap is excellent after a meal, but that's not a requirement. I've had it during the day without any problem. I had a bowl in the morning with no breakfast a while back and it was lovely. Pairs well with some Indonesian coffee.

Great video, Bradley. You are constantly giving me some courage to go and try Nightcap (if I can find it in Brazil). I wasn't put off by the fact that it's full flavored, as I loved all of the Latakia I have tried so far, but I am a huge nicotine lightweight. I could handle Standard Mixture just fine (love it!) which was a medium for you back in the day of your first review, so I might not get completely overwhelmed by Nightcap's nicotine.

You bring out such a great point about "strength"... and that's the question of: are we talking "flavor" or "vitamin n"? Very nice review and I enjoyed the flashback!

Just had my first bowl of nightcap last night. HOLY CRAP IT'S SO GOOD.

I'm for the reintroduction of bulk too, but I'd really like to see Elizabethan added to the list. Like Nightcap, I imagine squirreling away a half pound or so for a couple of years would be a worthwhile thing.

Dang!, still such an underrated channel; shame not more subscribers thus far!

Blends featuring Latakia always remind me of a smokey whiskey 🥃 My favourite English is Early Morning Pipe - ideal for any time of day and not too overpowering - love the complexity of it too. For Virginia I love Orlik Golden Sliced x

Now the Peterson blends are back in stock would be cool for you to review some of the ones you didn't previously. Would be interested in a review of Peterson 3P's Plug. Always enjoy watching, many thanks for the time and effort you put in.

Great review, Bradley.

Great review! Added to my to-try list.

It is 1:54 p.m. Eastern Time and I’ve just sat down for my very first bowl of Nightcap in my Peterson church warden. I must say, I’m a fan.

This blend smoked in a Savinelli Bings Favorite is the launching pad for me to continue to enjoy pipe smoking.

You have some awesome reviews

I found the Peterson's NC to have a more noticeable Perique content, which I like. Only thing I prefer a little more than Nightcap is Old Dublin; Erinmore Balkan Mixture is awesome too. If you've never found an Aromatic sweet blend you liked & wanted to have again, then I highly recommend Peterson's Deluxe Mixture (honey, walnut, vanilla) as you can actually taste and enjoy it. BTW this is still The Best Pipe Channel on RU-vid!!!

Nightcap for me really comes alive towards the end for some reason. It’s great all the way through but that last 1/4 is really something special for whatever reason

I agree with you Nightcap is good but when I'm in the mood for an English latakia blend. I'm grabbing some 965 or Frog Morton

I’m currently smoking Peterson Gold Blend and enjoying the 50g can. Haven’t tried the Night Cap because I thought it may be to strong but will give it a go.. thanks Bradley for your review. Love your channel 😎

Fairly new to pipe smoking and I have only tried aromatics so far. I thought that I would give Nightcap a go as my first English blend and in the hope that I might actually taste something. Of course I could taste nothing as usual. I wasn't expecting the smell to be so different. Very strong and powerful and definitely not to my novice's nose liking. I suppose it's like someone who is used to cheddar cheese and then tries strong blue cheese for the first time and concludes it smells like smelly socks while everyone else just devours it! The tobacco was bone dry. I bought it in the summer from a Denver tobacco shop. I think the sun might have been baking the tin. So I might drop into Peterson's pipe shop here in Dublin and see what they can recommend for a milder English blend just to compare. Maybe EMP. Great videos by the way.

I had my first Tin today. Just purchased a BriarWorks C141 Cutty to try it out. I must say it starts off mellow and the last 3rd I got a small throat tingle. Not as strong as Gas Light but it’s a good medium/strong blend to me. I did make the mistake of smoking at work and got lazy and way to relaxed lol Good Smoke Good Times 🍻

An all day smoke for me, for me a medium body smoke, but I also love cigars. I never had a nic hit from this blend. The only blend of pipe toby that gave me a nic hit has been C&D Bow Legged Bear after a light meal.

The latakia (which uses oriental as a base) and the orientals might be why users call it "strong." I find that orientals impart a relaxing effect perhaps because of the different proportion of chemicals that orientals impart versus other tobaccos. Tobacco in general does contain natural MAOIs.

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Honestly, not that Nightcap is bad, but I think Ashton’s Artisan’s Blend is actually better. More Latakia-forward, less noticeable Virginia content, a bit cleaner and clearer overall flavors, and it smells a bit better in the room, too. I prefer the Artisan’s.

God i love this blend especially with a good cold ice coffe 🧊☕

Bradley, just watched this for the first time. Never cared for Nightcap but it's certainly a venerable mixture. For what it's worth, most STG tobaccos are blended by Orlik, which is owned by STG. They even own Pipes & Cigars! One STG blend I'd love to get your take on is Peterson University Flake. I smoked it 20 years ago, and recently tried it again. Still like it. It's primarily Burley, with a noticeable fruit top note. Not in your wheelhouse, but worth a try!

This was one of the first tobaccos I bought when I started smoking pipes. I didn’t find it strong with nicotine at all. After trying many other English blends I realized I really didn’t need anything else except maybe Northwoods and Shepherds pie.

Nightcap is wonderful stuff - it’s so full flavored, just like I want my English blends. It’s a little heavy on the nicotine for me, but I’m a lightweight. Something like Ten Russians blows it out of the water in that regard.

I'm enjoying a bowl of Nightcap as I watch this review. I agree 100% except that I can and often do have this everyday amd sometimes twice a day. Sip it gently and enjoy the rich flavour. Savour its rich and complex aroma. It's great all year aroumd but particularly a great cold winter day blend. Goes great with a coffee, or a hot chocolate and a campfire.or cozy fireplace.

Just tried NC for the first time. I’m in love! As a nic lighweight, I can confirm that this is not a nic bomb. To me it’s just right. It’s strong in flavour and certainly not an all dayer. I opened the tin in the office and everyone complained about the smell of burning. They didn’t find out that it was me 😎. NC is suitable for what it says it’s for: as an experience to end the day. Like dessert. Brad, NC is exactly how you describe it: intense flavourful, smooth, but not as strong as Elizabethan. The perique is so faint it provides that exquisite harshness that lerks in the background. Packs perfectly and just right out of the tin. Brad, as usual your reviews align exactly with my flavour profile. Thank you so much for referring me to this blend! 🤝

I just got my first tin of this and Elizabethan today and I’m excited to try it.

Half way through my first tin of Nightcap. Love it. Not too strong at all for me either having returned to pipe smoking just 5 months ago. I find it to be even better than Early Morning Pipe, another blend that I also enjoy. I do admit that, for me anyway, there is a difference in depth, a layering of taste whenever I use filter as opposed to non filter smoking of not just these two blends, but St.Bruno's Ready Rubbed, Condor Long Cut or I think, correct me if I'm wrong , Gawith's Best Flake which is a Virginia. Either way still good. When I say layering, I can taste almond, chocolate, grassiness of Virgina, fruitiness, breadiness and hints of alcohol. Need more time to familiarise myself with the differences say between Perique, Latakia and Orientals. Virginia's have a slight grassiness for me. Rgds

trying my first bowl as i watch this vid. amazing flavour

Pipe tobacco is expensive in Australia I have just paid 100AUD for a tin of nightcap, but , that being said its really an amazing blend and it was worth it to me and will be patient with it. I enjoy it with a gin or bourbon

The nicotine is not excessively high like Royal Yacht. The nicotine strength is similar to Black Mallory from Rattray’s but Black Mallory is more flavorful in my opinion. It’s a great English blend and a good idea to keep some on hand.

Great review.Nightcap is very famous in China.But it becomes more and more difficult to get this tobacco.😭

Hi Bradley - I think the Peterson version is less bold, than the Orlik production years ago. I don´t think they haven´t changed anything. I am pretty shure, the enlarged the part of virginias.

I always thought it was weird back then when people were saying nightcap was this crazy blend. When I eventually tried it, I loved it, but it wasn't that heavy. But if you want heavier, get some GL Pease Quiet Nights or Gaslight. Maybe it's not the heaviest, I'm not really sure, but certainly heavier than nightcap ever was.

I don’t know if you will see this but I believe on pips and cigars you can fin the Peterson deluxe navy rolls formally Dunhill deluxe rolls

6:25 had me fuckin dying 😂😂😂 You absolute MAD LAD

Had a tin for months now, having a hard time finishing it. Nice to smoke occasionally. Tends to dry out though unlike some quality tobbacos I've had before.

S-ing my first bowl of Nightcap now. Watched both your reviews. Its really great to have a guided tour through the various blends and your curation has been helpful. Oddly, my AM bowl was C&D's Byzantium, which is also Latakia forward and certainly prepared me for Nightcap in the PM. Very similar profile. Oh, and I'm also s-ing this through a Peterson Aran 6 straight billiard, like i believe you had in your older review.

Absolutely love the smell this tobacco smoke leaves on my moustche after smoking it. Smells like incense for hours after. Not sure what tobacco in the blend gives that scent, but I love it.

Nightcap is a wonderful tobacco, it's always in my rotation. The exorbitant prices on tobacco here in Sweden makes me sad, though. You said in this vid that a tin of Nightcap would be around 8.50 - 9 bucks. Here in Sweden a tin of Nightcap would set me back about 28 dollars. It's horrendous.

I am smoking some Nightcap right and is really good. I Buy Dunhill Nightcap there at a smoke shop and I really have to say I am enjoying the smooth without bite to it and it burns slow and cool.

How is your Peterson Lighter doin. Mine after a year is a pain sometimes. Not sure if it needs scrubbed out or or what.

Having never smoked anything else with perique in it, i wonder if i am picking it here correctly. Note that i eat VERY hot spicy food. Basically after a few puffs, there is a little bit o peppery burning sensation, but only in the mouth, not in the nose and i do retro-hale alot. However, asides the tiny spiciness, i dont know if there is a certain aroma i should be picking to define as perique.

I have never tasted this classic but it looks tasty and it makes a good smoke, Peterson proved to be responsible and able to continue the wonders of Dunhill, I started in the english mix with my mixture 965 and have loved latakia ever since..here in Brazil is still a bit difficult to find but I think it will soon be more accessible. Thanks.

Nightcap reminds me a lot of H&H Blackhouse. Thoughts? I think that'd be a good one to review.

Interesting..when I first started out smoking a pipe 2 yrs ago I found night cap very strong in the latakia taste and now I can't taste it so much as before. maybe I just got used to it now it just puts me to sleep..I find babys bottom stronger now

I agree: Nightcap isn't that strong in the Lady N departement. I opened one of my two remaining original Dunhill tins a couple of days ago, hadn't had it in months and 1.) enjoy it tremendously and 2.) was kind of surprised at how unchallenging I found the nicotine level. And I'm overall smoking less, abandoned cigarettes altogether (finally!), therefore am not as used to nicotine as I was before and still it's not overpowering. Provided one smokes accordingly slow and cool, I assume. But, yeah, it's not a Latakia beginner's tobacco. I started with My Mixture 965 back in the days and that was totally fine and I'm a Lat lover ever since.

Maybe a high nic series would be interesting. Hyde Park is a candidate amongst others.

Today on extreme tasting with Bradley.

What are dimensions of tobacco metal tins? I need it for labeling

If you get the chance to do that one as well

I dint know, sometimes I like this blend sometimes hate it.I think i'll skip cellar this blend.

Ahhh Frog Morton's Cellar..... Oh well.............

How about Peretti English Blends?

Nightcap is to me what Elizabethan Mixture is to you I smoke it all the time lol

Squadron leader please more

Anyone else have a ridiculously difficult time trying to open this can? LOL or am I just a noob LOL

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Have you reviewed C&D Atlas Balkan?

I have two tins of dunhill nightcap left I bought in 2017. I’ll wait another three years and sell it. I like it but it’s a little too strong for me. I’ll stick with Squadron Leader and Quiet Nights as my regulars

Great review and like your videos, but I have to say this is the worst smoke I've ever had. I recently purchased one of the few remaining Dunhill tins from my local tobacco shop. I would recommend trying a sample before purchasing if you are not familiar with latakia blends (as I am). My first impression on opening the tin was barnyard and strong leather odours. The tobacco was very moist and required relighting every few puffs. I didn't complete a full bowl, however,. I thought the taste was awful and reminiscent of burning leather. I will cellar this tin and come back to it in a few months, but overall I wish I had spent my $40 on something else. Cheers.

i'm just learning about pipe smoking but wouldn't the dr. pepper throw off your taste senses ?

What would you say is a definitive English blend that one could try to be a baseline/standard to start with and compare others to? If that makes sense.

Where do you buy this "full art" tins from? I'm so sick of having the massive smoking warnings on my tins.. really takes away from the joy of a pipe for me

So you mean its same flavor as original Dunhill Nightcap. Right?!

I think pirate kake has the most latakia

I find Captain Black rergular to be superior to taste, flavour and strenght to Nightcap...Lol... But since Nightcap was never sold in my country, and all you can find here is Captain Black, Clan and Borkum Reef, I wouldnt find out if am wrong or right...

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Irish Flake is far more powerful.

I miss Dr Pepper! I remember it last being availabe in Australia in 1994. Unfortunately it wasn’t popular here. I’m in the minority. And unlike the US where high fructose corn syrup is used, good old fashioned cane sugar was used here and therefore tasted much better than your version.

Brad can I ask you something I know you live in a flat so how comes you smoke your pipe indoors all the time without pissing off the neighbors?

Try to get a sponsorship from Febreeze

Nonbody is from bfn? Ok

Dr. Pepper ? Seems that would overwhelm the sense of taste ....

Nightcap, smells like sneakers and taste like feet. Room note sneakers and not that pleasant and strong smelling. Good review mate 🙂

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