Loved the Orwell quote. Here's another bit he wrote:
I never use a big word when a diminutive one will suffice- quel ennui!
Three New Dunhill Blends
- Thread starter peckinpahhombre
- Start date
PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor
Site Sponsors
PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor
PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor
PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor
PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor
- Status
I never saw that thread but, yep, they are coming.
Well, I understand they made the August 8, 2016 cutoff, which means you should be able to buy them for another almost 2 years even if a decision is made not to jump through the FDA clearance hoops.
So if you love any of these blends, then just cellar a 100 or so tins within the next two years and you are done. At least that's the way I am looking at this.
Dark Flake will be last because . . . it smells so damn delcious that I think that one may well be the star. Always save the star erformance for the closing number.
I am moving on to 221b Baker Street very shortly.
This one may be better than I expected. The smell of this tobacco is very inviting.
Some blends smell good and others don't.
Sitting at the apex of foul smelling tobacco for me is semois – a tobacco that has precisely the same aroma as that of a changing room after a particularly hard fought game of hockey.
221b Baker Street is earthy and pungent, but in a good way, unlike semois.
This one may be better than I expected. The smell of this tobacco is very inviting.
Some blends smell good and others don't.
Sitting at the apex of foul smelling tobacco for me is semois – a tobacco that has precisely the same aroma as that of a changing room after a particularly hard fought game of hockey.
221b Baker Street is earthy and pungent, but in a good way, unlike semois.
When we categorize a blend as a Va or a Burly or whatever other primary genus of tobacco plant is its base, we are still only generalizing the expectation.
Not only is there a variety of Virginia tobacco with unique flavor depending upon where it was grown but each plant itself offers up the possibility of nuance and differential depending upon the part of the plant the leaf was taken.
I extrapolated this from looking at a PDF cobguy put up yesterday or so, showing a diagram of the tobacco plant and a description of their differences.
It is likely that year to year changes in growth and production will result in variety, but the plant's origin and the leaf's location on the plant must be considered.
Not only is there a variety of Virginia tobacco with unique flavor depending upon where it was grown but each plant itself offers up the possibility of nuance and differential depending upon the part of the plant the leaf was taken.
I extrapolated this from looking at a PDF cobguy put up yesterday or so, showing a diagram of the tobacco plant and a description of their differences.
It is likely that year to year changes in growth and production will result in variety, but the plant's origin and the leaf's location on the plant must be considered.
Well, as you can tell from my review, Ye Olde Sign is solid, but it did not blow me away. I have no doubt it will age well, though, which should come as no surprise. I also suspect that my review was influenced by the fact that pretty much all the Va blends I smoke have at least three or four years of age on them, so Ye Olde Signe perhaps suffers in comparison. I plan to cellar 10 or 12 tins, but I won't be going crazy. I am curious to know what others (with a more refined palate than my own) think of this blend.
Peck's satire on verbose reviews, and Jim's notion that the adjectives one can apply is fairly limited, remind me that some time ago I thought Jim used the word "earth / earthy" too much. So I did a quick search on TR and found that he only used that word in 62% of his reviews -- and that might include phrases like "not earthy". So that's a pretty good track record. I have tried to write informative reviews myself, and I found it to be easy: you just sit at the keyboard and open a vein!
Looking forward to trying these blends myself assuming they will be available in the UK. I see TR.com already has two recent reviews of Ye Olde Signe...things are looking up.
Regards,
Jay.
Regards,
Jay.
Not like software, which may or may not improve with bug fixes... But it's gospel here that most tobaccos improve with some age. But at some point, months to decades, they start to decline. I believe Greg Pease and others have written about it.
I'm simply in love with the Dark Flake and Ye Olde Signe tin art. (The other is nice too, but nothing new.) I really love the Dunhill tins in general.
They also look quite tasty, as both contain "Dark Virginia," which is I believe a sort of leaf I like a lot.
They also look quite tasty, as both contain "Dark Virginia," which is I believe a sort of leaf I like a lot.
Next up is 221b Baker Street, a blend named after the London address of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.
This blend consists of Virginia and dark-fired Kentucky leaf and comes in a shag cut. I detected no casing or topping, but I certainly did notice an abundance of the wonderful natural earth and dark chocolate aromas and flavors that I normally associate with dark fired burley.
I have to say, I really enjoyed the bowl I had of 221b. I would emphasize, however, that the Kentucky in this blend is very prominent, so those that don’t like a high-proportion dark-fired Kentucky blend should fish elsewhere. I have no doubt that there is Virginia in this blend, but the taste of that leaf was certainly far less pronounced than the burley. This is not in any way a complex blend, as the dark-fired leaf certainly does overpower any other more subtle notes, but complexity isn’t always what it is cracked up to be. Sometimes you just want a simple, yet delicious, smoke, and 221b is the tobacco-equivalent of very hearty diner comfort food.
I was also pleasantly surprised with the strength of this blend in the nicotine department. This was no Jackknife plug, but I would still give it a solid medium on the Lady N scale, and I suspect others who are more sensitive to this component would likely rate it between medium and strong.
This blend consists of Virginia and dark-fired Kentucky leaf and comes in a shag cut. I detected no casing or topping, but I certainly did notice an abundance of the wonderful natural earth and dark chocolate aromas and flavors that I normally associate with dark fired burley.
I have to say, I really enjoyed the bowl I had of 221b. I would emphasize, however, that the Kentucky in this blend is very prominent, so those that don’t like a high-proportion dark-fired Kentucky blend should fish elsewhere. I have no doubt that there is Virginia in this blend, but the taste of that leaf was certainly far less pronounced than the burley. This is not in any way a complex blend, as the dark-fired leaf certainly does overpower any other more subtle notes, but complexity isn’t always what it is cracked up to be. Sometimes you just want a simple, yet delicious, smoke, and 221b is the tobacco-equivalent of very hearty diner comfort food.
I was also pleasantly surprised with the strength of this blend in the nicotine department. This was no Jackknife plug, but I would still give it a solid medium on the Lady N scale, and I suspect others who are more sensitive to this component would likely rate it between medium and strong.
- Status