Well let me start by saying that I have always wanted to like MacB's blends but always found them to be vapid, or smoked way to hotly. Well this Bold Kentucky was neither hot or vapid. In fact, this stuff is bursting with natural flavor and smoked quite cooly. The biggest problem I have with this blend is that it is out of my league, the nicotine was overwhelming, I only made it halfway down the bowl before my stomach cried mercy. Wow, strong stuff, really strong stuff!! This blend did really well otherwise, a really nice volume of smoke, great earthy tobacco flavor, and it stayed lit very well...nicely behaved in all regards. This came to me as a gift and it was quite dry, but in a good way...perfect humidity actually...I would recommend this be dried out some if yours happens to come to you wet, you probably knew that though! So, for all you gentlemen who like really stout blends, this could find a happy place in your rotation. Hats off to MacB. for creating a super stout blend which was cool smoking, biteless and very enjoyable for about 15 minutes of sipping...lol.