lakeland....i had a friend from england send me a bunch of tobacco and many of the pouches were of condor and such..hated them all with that soap taste..cherry blends are off my list now..all taste too sweet and burn too hot..even after trying to cut them with non aromatis burley blends..
C&D's Captain Bob's Blend. I like aros, but do not like this grape aromatic at all. I found it cloying and the reminded me of those cheap flavored cigars that some people enjoy. Not a fan.
I finally smoked some Captain Black Regular this weekend and as @crapgame described I think it had a soapy taste to it. I'm curious if that is the tobacco or the pipe... it's only the second time I've smoked that pipe in about 8 years.
I tried Captain Black Regular and it's not my thing, I agree that it has a soapy taste. I'm interested in trying their grape blend for not other reason than its something different.
@drac2485 Im not sure why really. I love burley blends, but HB really did not sit well with me at all. One of the few blends I couldn't even manage a half bowl of. It was a small sample of HB I received, so maybe the sample I had was off.
@thewanderingdude As soon as I posted I went and looked at the reviews on it and it seems to be a love it or hate it blend. Seems that a lot think it has a very high Nic kick. Hmmm... I'm now wondering if I have some cellared. Natural blends that people seem to hate I seem to like.
Stanwell Vanilla, I found it to smoke incredibly sour. It is the only blend that stands out. My first tin of tobacco and it was years before I was brave enough to try another.
Half n Half. I hate it. It ghosts pipes horribly and I think it tastes like a cross between cough syrup and those chemical drinks we had as kids that came in grenades. I bought an estate that was ghosted with it and even after a thorough cleaning, I will only smoke overpowering blends in it.
If you like Half n Half, that is cool. *I* hate it.
The worst tobacco I ever tasted was P&C's Best of the Rest. It is made up from remnants that they have of brands of bulk they ship. Sometimes good, sometimes not. I lost.
The cherry blends my dad smoked smelled great when I was little, (Middleton Cherry and Paladin Black Cherry) but when I tried smoking them, it almost turned me off of pipe smoking.Dark Red and Cult BRM has changed a that - What an improvment.
5brothers I bought some just to try it because a local store always seemed to have some in stock. I think it was always in stock because no one else was foolish enough to waste their money on it.
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If you like Half n Half, that is cool. *I* hate it.