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lostandfound

lostandfound

Part of the Furniture Now
Sep 30, 2011
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This is probably the closest thing to a review I'll ever write, and it's in regards to OGS.
I got this tin a couple weeks back, along with a spare and decided to crack one tonight.

First of all, the tin odor was potent to say the least, which made me excited. :lol: It was dry enough to smoke now, and this added to my anticipation of finding a new favorite.
The charring light induced the familiar un-aged Virginia green-ness, but it seemed to be less sharp than others I've smoked. The high notes eventually began to decrescendo, and a smooth, sweet, creamy smoke ensued.
Then, just as I thought this tobacco was going *pop*, you know, open itself up and reveal the depths of its flavor... that sweet spot... Plllpppfff. The whole thing went flat. Horribly flat. I mean, I've experienced an ashy taste before, but this was just about as close to nothingness as you can get without entering a black hole.
Getting closer to the bottom of the bowl now, I can sense something lurking in the shadows... But what it is remains to be seen. Or tasted, rather.

 
lostandfound

lostandfound

Part of the Furniture Now
Sep 30, 2011
924
44
I definitely will. It wasn't necessarily bad, but it was just such a definite and exact event, that I felt compelled to share. It was almost as if time and space ceased to exist, right before I was pulled head first back to Earth by the sudden disappearance of all flavor. Like a rubber band. Or the climax and resolution in a piece of music. Tension and release.

 
hfearly

hfearly

Part of the Furniture Now
Oct 11, 2012
822
2
Canada
I got this tin a couple weeks back, along with a spare and decided to crack one tonight.
Click to expand...
Most probably, there's your "mistake" right there... OGS really does need some time alone, I recommend transfer to a roomy mason jar and letting it "air out" for a year. Fresh OGS can be really disappointing, while matured/age OGS is very delicious almost every time.

 
rigmedic1

rigmedic1

Lifer
May 29, 2011
3,896
75
Some might consider this sacrilege, but I get more flavor from Virginia tobaccos using a 9mm filter pipe. I don't use filter pipes for any other type of tobacco, and I don't like Virginia's in an unfiltered pipe, because I get the "ashy" taste you describe. But I have come to enjoy Virginia blends in a Peterson 9mm filter pipe, using Big Ben filters. I tried Vauen filters, but it wasn't as good.

 
cortezattic

cortezattic

Lifer
Nov 19, 2009
15,147
7,638
Chicago, IL
When that happens to me -- and it's never happened with OGS -- I stop smoking the bowl and let it rest for half an hour or so.

I think it has something to do with how excess moisture washes-out the flavor. Apparently Lawrence also thinks it's a heat issue.

It could be related to the relative humidity in your locale. 2¢ deposited. :puffy:
BTW, I'm really delighted to read posts like this, where the experiences discussed bespeak "critical" smoking, or actually

thinking about the flavor. I think you're becoming an epicurean, lostandfound. :lol:

 
pitchfork

pitchfork

Lifer
May 25, 2012
4,030
606
Interesting. I've had that happen with VA flakes before, especially ones with bright VAs. I think it has something to do with smoking too fast and hot (it happens much less often for me now than when I first started smoking VAs).
I don't think your experience is unusual, though.

 
tarak

tarak

Lifer
Jun 23, 2013
1,528
15
South Dakota
I wouldn't describe OGS as dynamic, or complex, or even a powerhouse of a one dimensional flavor, but I've found it to be a decent, enjoyable smoke, even in it weather. That's fresh too. In fact, I thought it was decent enough that I've got 100 gr. open in a mason jar and two more tins just aging.
This was rubbed out (I know i know), and put in a large Dublin shape.

 
taerin

taerin

Lifer
May 22, 2012
1,851
1
I always age my OGS 3 months before trying, I find it can be a little harsh right out of the tin. I find the flavor to be one of the best straight VA's that I enjoy and also one of the cheapest. The only downside is it seems to bite a little more, like LBF does than FVF or MVF but I still love it.

 
lostandfound

lostandfound

Part of the Furniture Now
Sep 30, 2011
924
44
I really thought it was pretty good, and the dissipation of flavor added an intriguing element.

 
undecagon

undecagon

Part of the Furniture Now
Oct 7, 2011
592
3
Chicago, IL
I'll look at the abreviation page here shorty, but without knowing, My first thought was that you're smoking a blend called " Only Good Sh!t"
:nana:

 
cigrmaster

cigrmaster

Lifer
May 26, 2012
20,249
57,280
66
Sarasota Florida
To my tastes fresh OGS has a hay like flavor that is very off putting to me. I have never tasted the alleged Perique in this blend and the last tin of it I did enjoy was last summer when I cracked a tin dated 1997. It had turned jet black and it was pretty tasty although, not as tasty as any of my other aged flakes. I find this blend to be kind of boring, nothing bad mind you but nothing great either. Long term age definitely makes it a lot better.

 
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