After reading the review of G. L. Pease Sextant tobacco and use of rum in it, which was a great review by the way, and reading some other tobacco blending threads lately, I decided to play a little bit with what I had laying around. The idea of mixing a latakia blend with an aro blend was poking around in my mind. I had a few tobaccos I had been ignoring because they just didn't interest me after smoking a few bowls of them. Not bad blends, just not as interesting to me as others I have that were somewhat similar in flavor. After going through a few, I decided to try mixing some of Russ's Dec. blend, Yule Log, with some PS Highland Whisky as they seemed the most compatible. I could never detect very much whisky in the PS blend, but it was a pleasant inoffensive smoke. I felt that Yule Log was a good English blend with a fair amount of latakia in it, but according to Russ, it's an aro blend, so this mix seemed a decent risk. Went 50/50 with each, just enough for a couple of bowls. I was pleasantly surprised with the results. After just one bowl, I decided that I liked this mix. It gives a little sweetness with a little latakia in the background. I'll have to try a few more bowls before I decide I like it enough to go ahead and mix most of what I have together.
I don't know if many of you like playing with tobaccos like this, but just risking such a small amount sometimes you come up with something pretty good!
I don't know if many of you like playing with tobaccos like this, but just risking such a small amount sometimes you come up with something pretty good!
