I've probably tried more than 150 tobaccos, some were good, most were decent but not memorable, a few were truly awful and just a handful were great. I was searching for years for that elusive blend, the one that you can truly say, that's it; found my blend. It finally happened for me when I tried H&H 's Black House. Every single bowl still creeps up on me, I mean I am puffing away then, bang it goes out, I relight for a few puffs but to no avail, the bowl is all gone. I get no sign, it smokes that well all the way down to ash, every bowl is as good as the last, full of flavor, a decent amount of nic. and a smell that screams delicious. I cannot recommend Black House highly enough, Russ hit it out of the park, I smoke Black House 90% of the time, the rest being Rattrays Va.'s and Kentucky Club Burley. I never got to try the Sobranie Russ was emulating with BH but I cannot imagine it was any better, maybe not even quite as good.
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