Thanks!

Kevin, you are the Bob Ross of the pipe world. You are a calming influence for me and I appreciate that. Keep on keeping on

My mixture 965 and Nightcap are the backbone of my pipe smoking routine. Actually if these two tobaccos were the only two I could have for life, I would be happy ;)

I recently asked if you could review Nightcap and and sure enough I got the notification. Thank you so much. This is my favorite KZfaq channel for a reason.

Nightcap and Early Morning Pipe are the two blende that really helped me fall in love with pipe smoking and two i reach for most often. Prior to watching your review i have just enjoyed a bowl of Nightcap in my ambiently lit pipe lounge/study with a fantasy novel, a cup of tea and a dram of whisky, perfect way to unwind before bed! Goodnight, God bless brother.

As a newbie pipe smoker, I appreciate how descriptive you are. You're the only one I've found who describes the tobacco flavors in such detail.

Wonderful to not see people hating on tobacco in the comments. Pipe tobacco is so much better for you than cigarettes. (Still bad for you) but comparatively, much better. Source? I've smoked for 28 years. Most of those years were cigarettes. Pipe is much easier to put down. Remember kids, cigarette companies want you to be an addict. Pipe tobacco companies want to make a pleasant product.

The transition from the thumbnail to the first shot is pure cinema 😂

I just bought this before i saw your video for it and im very happy with my choice after hearing your review on it it sounds like exactly what i wanted

Great video for such a fabulous blend. Nightcap along with Early Morning pipe were my first english blends. It is one of my favorite smokes still.

To me Nightcap isn't strong - it is, however, very _cozy_ and calls for a warm blanket, a cup of tea, and a good book. Or a nice puzzle video-game. And yes, Englishes go real well in the colder months - although it doesn't stop me from enjoying them all year round. :D

Nightcap is definitely one of my favorites. Always a treat.

Recently started smoking pipes and just found your channel. Such relaxing videos. Your explanations are so accurate and to bring in memories to the blends is amazing.

That's a gorgeous pipe. Nice, elegant take on a poker. Since the nic hit builds up in the bottom part of the bowl, choosing a shorter bowl would be advantageous, or simply give yourself a short fill on a taller one. Chimney style bowls provide a longer smoke in general, but also tars, moisture and things like nicotine build up even more toward the bottom.

I'm a relatively new pipe smoker, having started only 3 years ago. My first pipe, which i still use, was a Chacom montbrilliant 155. And my first 3 blends, recommended to me by my father in-law, was Maltese Falcon, Capstan Blue and Nightcap. I remember when I first tried Nightcap, because it knocked me on my butt so hard it scared me away from Latakia for the first year. But now i find myself unable to part with it in my weekly rotation. Tastes change. It's a damn good blend.

This a very nice blend good for after dinner and wash it down with a plum brandy and sit in my office reading a book and listen to the BBC

Love your style bringing in the story telling and how your mind wanders with the blend setting the stage. Great video!

You did such a great job of describing how you go about smelling the tobacco before smoking it. It has helped me when I went back to old tobaccos I’ve smoked to do a better job of smelling them; slowing down, thinking, etc. you, Alan Harrelson, and of course Muttnchop have helped me so much. You are truly appreciated.

Another great video, Kevin, thanks. I started smoking between when Dunhill stopped production and Peterson / STG picked back up, so I read all those fond reminiscences about the iconic, and temporarily unavailable, Dunhill blends. I have a four-year-old tin of Nightcap that I'll have to open next. Or maybe Ten Russians. Love the poker. I have the best luck with Peterson system pipes, but I would like to get one that I can set down.

Beautiful pipe. I’ll have to order some nightcap. I have been using G.L. Pease Quiet nights.

your videos are always an ASMR. your voice and the calming nature around you❤

So nice to see you again - been a rough week, you made me smile for a bit

Thanks Kevin, keep up the good work. Enjoy your youtube videos.

I dont normally enjoy "sit down and smoke with me" while I narrate life and its aspects videos and interact with the listener. However, I have come to enjoy your videos as you balance your review "objective" information with your subjective commentary. Thank you for your content. Easy listen. Happy Smokes

Coming from cigars, this was suggested to me when switching to pipes. It was the first one I tried. I loved it and it got me more into pipe blends than cigars.

Hi buddy and greetings from a snowy North Yorkshire U.K. I’m finding my way around the ytpc and have found the community amazing and so interesting as I continue my pipe my pipe journey. Nightcap isn’t one for me at the moment but in time my taste may change as I’m more into aromatics, and my daily smoke is gawith hoggarth Cherry and vanilla mixed 50/50 with Ernimore and the two together really do work producing a lovely smoke.

Happy New Year, my friend! Thanks for all you do! 😊

As always, a great smoke with you. I love grabbing a bowl of whatever you're talking about. I do love nightcap occasionally and found that I did pull out some of the nuances you described in ways I had not before. Thanks for the great videos.

I'm about to try this now. I enjoy your videos man you got me on to pipes

Very new to the pipe world, came from cigars. This has become one of my favorite blends. Enjoy more than early morning pipe. Love the channel and have learned a lot here. Thank you.

I just bought Nightcap the other day and tried it for the first time. Instantly enjoyed it and will definitely keep it at the top of my rotation. Thanks for your videos. I enjoy them very much.

Well done. Great description, especially enjoined your instruction on the first smell and training your brain to smell other things. Also liked your instruction on lighting method. 👏

Another great review! Thanks again. D

Been waiting for this one! Thanks Kevin!

Great tobacco, one of my favourites... In the 70's/80's even greater... Ah, the loss of Syrian Latakia... 😢

Thank you! That was informative. I have a small sample bag coming!

Have just ordered a tin - thanks Kevin for such a well rounded and considered review 👍

Great breakdown! Thanks Kevin.

Kevin I really enjoy your channel and the reviews that you do. I have my Peterson nightcap in my pipe and smokin right along with ya. Keep up the good work I appreciate the effort you put into your vids. Take care Wes from Cincinnati!

So far in my own pipe journey, this is my favorite blend!

Great review sir, definitely a blend that benefits from at least a couple of years of ageing. As I find with most Latakia or Oriental blends. The first time I tried Nightcap it was fresh and I was new to Pipe smoking and English blends and was way too strong for me and didn't even get half way through the bowl. Decided to put it in my draw along with other blends I had bought and didn't enjoy. How surprised I was about 3 years later after learning about ageing tobacco that it was absolutely fantastic. Now it's one of my go to evening smokes. 😊

You do an awesome job Kevin. I think your channel is the best! Keep up the good work

Oh man, so happy this one came out. Excited to watch this tonight

just purchased a tin in part thanks to your review, thanks!

You’ve convinced me to try this blend . Great description

I wonder if Esoterica’s And So To Bed is modeled after Nightcap? Love your videos. Thanks.

New pipe smoker here - your videos are excellent. Thank you so much for sharing.

Thanks!

Peterson Arklow 80s pipe + Peterson Nightcap + Jameson Irish Whiskey (neat) = Perfect evening.

J’aime beaucoup ce mélange anglais, son odeur fumée, son goût pas trop fort et plein de caractère… C’est un grand plaisir de fumer ce tabac dans une Peterson…😊

👍👍 thank you, sir! 😊

Great video. You certainly described what I feel about the blend. Not the easiest tobacco to get a hold of in Brazil, but damn... it has certainly become one of my favourites, alongside Gaslight. I'm currently on my second tin of it. I was also scared at first with trying it based on what some people said, because I am sort of a nicotine lightweight, but I'm glad I tried it. Love it. P.S. I wasn't done with the video when I typed this and lo and behold, you mentioned not one, but TWO favourites of mine: HH Old Dark Fired and Gaslight! (Which I mentioned above). I love them both, but Old Dark Fired specifically gives me more of a buzz than Nightcap. Gaslight, not so much, but more than Nightcap too.

Another excellent video Kevin, when I started my pipe journey a few years back I got Early Morning Pipe, Autumn Evening and Nightcap. Originally I thought Nightcap was strong so I gave up on that blend. But after your video I'm going to revisit that blend. Thanks Kevin

I’ll tell you what. I waited a while to try this blend. I absolutely hated it on my first try. It tasted like super bitter stale mushrooms with wicked tongue bite. HOWEVER, I saw someone online said dont smoke it fresh out of the tin. So I took his advice and did what he said which was to fluff up all the tobacco and let it breathe with the lid off for 10 minutes. Close it up. Come back in a week and do it again. Smoke it a week after that and…. It is literally my favorite tobacco. It took me a few months to finish the tin because I wanted to savor every last drop of it. Let me say, by the end of my time with that Tin, the tobacco was so mellow, full, and sweet. What a beautiful deep flavor. There is nothing harsh about it. I’ve been holding off so hard for the majority of this year for buying more because I want to try so many other tobaccos. If I keep Nightcap on hand, it’s all I’m going to reach for. Beautiful blend. Air it out, let it age a tad, find the right pipe and cadence, and it very well may be your favorite as well. I’m currently cellaring about 60 different high end tobaccos and I’ve been hard pressed to find anything quite like Nightcap. It is popular for good reason. It is such a deep and satisfying blend. They really nailed it with that perique.

Currently smoking Nightcap, while watching a thunderstorm out on my porch. I’m sure Haunted Bookshop would be a good one for storm watching as well.

I'm not really an english blend smoker but when i was at my local B&M the person I was talking to gave me a sample of balkan sobranie and it made me want to go back and try different english blends and I've really been enjoying balkan blends lately.

Hello Kevin, Thank you for a thoughtful and enjoyable review video. Be Well!

You've been one of my favorite pipe youtubers out there for a while now! I really enjoy your reviews and they have helped guide me through my pipe journey so far (which I am beyond happy with). If you don't mind, I would like to ask for your advice. I figured, if I really need advice, I might as well ask someone as experienced and seasoned as yourself. I'm stuck in a tough spot, and I have to make a choice: EMP, Nightcap or MM965. Haven't tried any of these before and (at the moment) can't really afford all three. I'm leaning Nightcap, but still unsure.

My non-alcoholic night cap is a bowl of this and a Guinness 0. Which is what I’m having right now as I watch this video!

the very FIRST tobacco I ever tried as a pipe smoker. Loved it, didn't kick my butt. The second one I tried was Early Morning Pipe, one of my top 5!

Love watching your podcast, my go to aromatic is a cherry vanilla that I top with Bird Dog Cherry bourbon.

Hello Kevin, I am smoking Nightcap as I’m watching this video. As always your reviews are spot on. Every time I get a new blend I look to see if you have done a review of it. Thank you sir and have a happy new year.

I really enjoy my Savanelli 311's. Ive had my eye on one of those Nordings though. Good to see a video again! Thanks for the review!!

Great vid. It was interesting to hear about Germans and cold air, in Norway we tend to be opposite where we let children sleep outside in the winter. Once read of a Canadian woman who said that the norms in Norway would be child abuse in Canada 😂 Just love different cultures and of course a good pipe

This blend is on my wishlist. I love a full body blend and love the smokiness as well. From your review if it, I think it’ll be in my next basket. Cheers and Happy Sipping, Z~

While scrolling instagram one of your posts popped up. I thought it was time to check your videos. Your description of Nightcap is intriguing!

One of my all time favourite blends, it’s hard to beat on a winters evening

Thanks!! I definitely am not trying to inhale for sure. Interesting on the mouth chemistry piece. Thanks again

Great review, cool pipe!

I enjoy your content. Would like to see your pipe collection on a video. Thanks for sharing the information and review of the different blends of tobacco

Good Friday Morning - love your channel and your style. I will definitely get some Night Cap into my cellar and into my rotation. Dave

It’s one of my favorites, though I haven’t got it in my rotation right now. A can in the cellar.

Hello Kevin very nice the Nording pipe.A complete review .I have smoked in the past the Murrays version and was very good i dont have smoked the new version but i think its very good. Than you my friend and goods smokes.😊😊😊😊

What a great review

Sooo Good to see you again Kevin, must have been a busy summer for you. Pipes always smoke so much better in the cool Autumn weather. Thanks for a great review haven't tried that blend but I'm one of those "Uck Latakia" smokers so I will probably pass on this one. Have a Wonderful Thanksgiving and God Bless you.

Reminds me of pumpernickel bread midway through it. It's a heavy blend, but I like it, moreso than Early Morning Pipe. I'm still a VaPer fan and tend to shy away from Latakia centric blends.

I recently acquired an AKB Meerschaum poker and it has quickly become one of my favorite pipes for its easy clenching and medium bowl size. I have my eye on some Nording Compass raw pipes this Christmas. Have yet to try Nichtcap, wonderfully descriptive review as always Kevin. Hope you and your family have a safe and happy Thanksgiving holiday together. Happy smokes my friend!🙂💨

Merry Christmas Kevin!

Great blend my wife and I love it.. we just started a KZfaq channel on the YTPC.. have a Merry Christmas.

Good morning my friend. I always love to hear the happy music. I loaded up some EMP to enjoy while watching this. That is a really beautiful pipe. I like many of the Nording pipes and have several in my collection. I imagine you will also be bringing out the Thanksgiving Day soon as well. I see you managed to get some local birds in at the end as well. Have a good one and que the happy music.

Great review!

Amazing blend, I tried it last night for the first time. Idk why but I taste marshmallows cooked over a campfire.

I tried this blend years ago in the evening. I loved the cozy old timey aroma...but had to let it rest as the nicotine will def make you sleepy. Maybe that's the point.

I agree about the sour fruit flavours, and liked the evocation of the fireplace as you said it because that is how it smokes to me. I had to order a tin after tasting a few bowls of this one. As a new pipe smoker even I can see why this one is so popular, it is full-on and wonderful. Thanks for your video, I'll be keeping an eye on the blends you smoke.

I don't quite know how I made my way to this video - I don't smoke pipes, but I am enjoying your passion for it 👍

Hi Kevin. I hope you had a blessed Christmas. I was smelling the nightcap with you today. I pulled it out to smoke, however I decided to do an experiment, so I pulled out the early morning pipe tobacco. What I was doing is loading about a half a bowl of the early-morning pipe in my only meerschaum pipe, That I just got from Etsy. And then a half a bowl in my Peterson system silver spigot 303 pipe. And then lastly, I put a half of a bowl in my Savinelli 673-KS. PEOPLE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT having A PIPE THAT THEY SMOKE SUCH AND SUCH TOBACCO IN BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO TASTE THE BEST IN THAT PIPE. I DON’T HAVE THAT MANY PIPES. FOR SMOKING FOR ONLY ONE year, since I STARTED LAST JANUARY. I HAVE WHAT I THINK IT’S PRETTY GOOD COLLECTION. I HAVE FIVE PETERSON SILVER SPOTS. I GOT THE PETERSON PIPE OF THE YEAR FOR 2023 AND THEN I HAVE FIVE Savinelli’s ‘AND SOME CORN COBS AND THEN I just purchased a meerschaum pipe because PEOPLE WERE RAVING ABOUT HOW GREAT THEY SMOKED SO I WANTED TO TRY IT. SO ANYWAY, I WAS JUST TRYING TO SEE, IF I COULD TELL if ONE PIPE SMOKED BETTER THAN ALL THE REST. I THINK THE meerschaum AND THE PETERSON WERE PRETTY CLOSE TO THE SAME THE SAVINELLI WHEN I FIRST STARTED SMOKING IT, HAD THIS HORRIBLE, STRINGENT, BITTER FLAVOR COME OUT, ALMOST LIKE THERE WAS SOME SORT OF WEIRD THING INSIDE THE PIPE before I loaded it. THAT WAS DEFINITELY THE WORST EXPERIENCE. BUT AFTER SMOKING A LITTLE BIT THAT ALL WENT AWAY SO THEY’RE VERY SIMILAR TO EACH OTHER. I STILL KIND OF THINK the meerschaum SMOKEd THE BEST OVERALL. I LIKE THAT 303 THE BEST OUT OF THOSE THREE PIPES. HAVE YOU EVER TRIED SOMETHING LIKE THIS EXPERIMENT JUST TO SEE WHAT STYLE OF brand of PIPE OR SMOKE THE BEST FOR CERTAIN BLENDS? NOW. THE REAL REASON WHY I WATCHED THIS VIDEO FOR PROBABLY THE THIRD OR FOURTH TIME was because I WANTED TO CONTACT YOU BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I KNOW YOU THE BEST OUT OF EVERYBODY THAT I’VE EVER CONTACTED IN THe YTPC. I SAW SOMEBODY CLEANING A PIPE AND THEY WERE USING ALCOHOL TO CLEAN THE WHOLE PIPE OUT LIKE I ALWAYS DO AND I SAW ONE OF THE COMMONERS SAYING DON’T EVER PUT ALCOHOL OR ANY OTHER SOLVENT INTO AN ACRYLIC STEM. SO I GOOGLED THAT, AND A BUNCH OF LAB GUYS HAD RESPONSES THERE AND THEY SAID THAT IF YOU PUT ANYTHING LIKE ALCOHOL INSIDE ACRYLIC, IT WOULD START to IMMEDIATELY CAUSE IT TO BREAK DOWN AND FORM HAIRLINE CRACKS AND YOU SHOULD ONLY CLEAN IT OUT WITH WARM SOAPY WATER. SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW BECAUSE I IMMEDIATELY STOPPED DOING THE ALCOHOL IN THE STEAM. I USE IT STILL IN THE STummel PART, BUT I JUST WANTED TO WARN YOU BECAUSE MOST PIPE GUYS USE ALCOHOL IN THEIR STEMS. JUST LOOK THAT UP AND SEE WHAT YOU THINK. YOU HAVE A BLESSED WEEK. JOHN.

Just got a “poker” a nording even but it’s a compass. I’ll have to smoke some of my tin of night cap in it to see if it makes a difference. Glad to see another video from you Kevin.

Kevin, glad to see youre still here, i had to search to find this vid. I checked, im still subscribed and the all notifications bell is checked. Has anyone else reported not getting notifications? I hope the new year is being good to you! I thought about your vids today, and I couldn't remember the last time i got a notification for your channel.

Well, after 9 months of it sitting in a Ball jar on my shelf tonight I finally mustered the courage to try Nightcap... and frankly I'm not sure why I waited so long lol I was already a big fan of Early Morning Pipe, which is one of my four most smoked blends, and Nightcap was very similar; just with more latakia smokiness, darker Virginias, and Orientals that are deeper and more incensy tasting rather than being bright and zingy. The nicotine content was considerably higher in Nightcap as well, but considering it was a nicotine fit from cutting back on my cigarette consumption that drove me to finally try Nightcap, I was pretty darn fine with that. I went from wanting to pull my hair out to feeling very relaxed and peaceful in about 15 minutes with Nightcap, then set the pipe down and came back later to finish it in two separate sessions. I probably would have gotten nicotine sickness if I had tried smoking the whole bowl of Nightcap in one go, but thankfully English blends (and Virginias) seem to taste just as good when set down and relit later so I didn't mind taking my time with Nightcap. All in all it was a really enjoyable smoke (or three smokes, as the case may be) and I can definitely see myself returning to Nightcap many more times in the future! Even though they're a little different in character it might be tied with Early Morning Pipe for the tastiest English blend I've ever had, and there are times when a hefty dose of vitamin N is appreciated.

Nightcap is a medium all day smoke for me now. I’ve moved on to hh bold Kentucky for something strong and full bodied. Edit: it’s true that nightcap does change flavors throughout the bowl and it’s very complex.

I do not have the pallet experience that you have. Thank you so much for describing everything that you’re tasting so that I have a description of what I’m trying to taste. I don’t seem to be able to taste anything much unless I do a retro-hale. I think I do taste a little bit of the sour note. Thanks again your friend John.

Hey Kevin, I've been following your videos for a while on my pipe journey. I'm a big fan of NightCap myself. I enjoy all English blends, I haven't found one a haven't enjoyed yet. I would love to see a review of Maltese Falcon. It's definitely a fine tobacco. Love your videos

My go to is John Bull tobacco but I just ordered this and super excited to try it!

I love your analysis, historical information and your descriptive breakdown in your videos! I've had the Match Evening blend but not Petersons Nightcap! Have you ever done any comparisons of the Match blends with the Peterson or Dunhill counterparts? Thank you for another wonderful video!

still have it from old producer, enjoy Sir +++, it seems to me it is not strong, but it is good idea to get some food before ...

Hey! Thanks Kevin!

I love this blend

I have quite a few tins of this Nightcap in storage, so I decided to break out a loose tin and smoke with you. I went with the trusty Falcon pipe and a meerschaum lined briar bowl with the dry ring. The smoke is cool and flavorful, pretty much like you said -I got the fruity notes on top of the smoky Latakia. The second half is my favorite, and I do love the stronger tobacco. I retro almost all the time, too.

Hi Kevin. I’m just now getting to smoke a bowl of Peterson nightcap in my Peterson Newgrange Silver Spigot, model 999 pipe. I hope that you have a blessed Thanksgiving. John.

This was my friend's first pipe tobacco he tried and he it knocked him back on his chair. He told me, "Damn this makes me feel relaxed." Lolol!