The Fruit Basket

PipeProfessor

I have a sweet tooth, and major one...What's your most flavorful fruit blend? I'm on a Pina Colada as well as a peach cobbler kick this summer, but what does everyone else like?

thebadgerpiper

I'll enjoy Boswell's Bear Blend, which is a cherry blend with latakia in it. One of these days I want to try C&D's Autumn Evening, which I believe is an apple blend.

judandhispipe

I'm not much of an aro smoker at all,and I definitely do not like the super sweet aros. I prefer the natural sweetness of a good Virginia blend to heavy added flavors.

drac2485

My favorite aro right now is Russ's Monthly Blend- Summer Splash.  It's sweet and burns nicely down to a clean ash.  The flavor I get from smoking it reminds me of gummy bears with almost no tobacco flavor.  It's not normal in my rotation but it's one heck of a fruit basket.  Otherwise my go to is Founding Fathers by C&D.  I have some I have had for a while so the pomegranate topping is not as noticeable but it's still there so it sweetens up the smoke just a bit.  It's my go to aro.

PipeProfessor

Oh no @drac2485....did you say gummy bears?! Those are my favorite, I will have to place an order for it tomorrow!

drac2485

@pipeprofessor Yeah it is absolutely evil and unfortunately due to the FDA regs it will be gone in a month.

PipeProfessor

@drac2485 I guess I gotta order some now...new pipesandcigars.com window open!

PipeProfessor

@DRAC2485 I have 4 oz coming my way...I may need to order 40 if I love it!

ghostsofpompeii

Believe it or not, it's currently Captain Black Grape. Sounded like a bad idea, butif you like sweet aromatics its not bad at all. Imagine smoking Captain Black Regular Blend with a grape jolly rancher in your mouth - or better still drinking a NEHI Grape Soda as you smoke. 

motie2

@thebadgerpiper   Ads for C& D's Autumn Evening suggest a real melange: "Citrus, Maple, Rum, Sugar, Vanilla, and Whisky."

thebadgerpiper

@motie2 That is correct, I was mistaken when I made my original post.

Woodsman

I like McClelland's Raspberries in Cream.

ghostsofpompeii

It's taken several smokes but I'm finally getting into the Panama Jack Key Lime. Seems like once I opened the tin a few days later the key lime tin note became more pronounced and the flavor really started coming through - especially during the retro-hale.

Philip

I'm just the opposite of Mr. Ghost and The Professor, I stay well away from sweets, even just the taste. Saying that, so many blends have that citrus quality which I imagine the Key Lime has, or at least sounds like to me. That note you get with a lot of the VaPers is very nice. 

 I thought the Fruit Basket was west of the Bread Basket.