We have a tasting going on over on the Peterson's sub forum on Smokers Forums. One tobacco a month. I still have 12 varieties to go through.
Irish Flake. Tin nose. Anise? Raisins? Maybe. A fresh small like Spring on a meadow.m The taste. Mild and rather one dimensional but not in a bad way. Not for the novice, the nicotine is definatly there, almost on a par with the brown ropes. I'm keeping some of this around. I can see it occaisionally taking the place of my after dinner black ropes.
Special Reserve 2010. SUPRISE! This is NOT your typical aromatic. Open the tin and a Milky Way candy bar slaps you in the face. Caramel and nougat. There is high grade tobacco in there too. Stuff a new cob and set it alight. Dessert! Vanilla ice cream with caramel sauce. Good stuff with a room note that may allow me back into the rest of the house with a lit pipe. No tongue bite at all although it will develope a bitterness if pushed. It comes in a 100 gram tin only.
University Flake. Now here is a tobacco that I can live with. I've twelve tins of this stuff. Fresh mown hay and berries. Not strawberries but currents. Again, kind of one dimensional but good high grade tobacco with a medium flavor. The room note is pure tobacco due, in my opinion, to the burley. Again, not for the novice.
So far, I've liked everything I've tried.