Bought some in a fit of absentmindedness the other day, without first reading what anyone else thought about it. Well, I've tried it in two Meers, two briars and a clay, and maybe my palate has been ruined over a half century of smoking and my nicotine tolerance has become too high for me to appreciate properly the more subtle and milder Va/Per blends, but - meh.
The aroma of the unlit broken flake is pleasant, its texture slightly on the dry side of moist, it lit easily and smoked well, with a satisfyingly full volume of smoke.
The red and brown Virginias were there, all right, and a strong citrus tang all the way through the bowl - like a dark, coarse-cut Oxford marmalade, but I'm blowed if I could detect any spice from the Perique, or any complexity of taste at all. To me it registered as a rather two-tone Virginia - and, not getting the nicotine hit I have come to expect, I guess I got impatient with it, so, as a parrot will - it bit.
I'd recommend it to anyone who likes their Virginias mild, and their Perique low. For someone who is an all-day smoker, this would be an all-day smoke. Similar to Old Gowrie. But just not for me.
The aroma of the unlit broken flake is pleasant, its texture slightly on the dry side of moist, it lit easily and smoked well, with a satisfyingly full volume of smoke.
The red and brown Virginias were there, all right, and a strong citrus tang all the way through the bowl - like a dark, coarse-cut Oxford marmalade, but I'm blowed if I could detect any spice from the Perique, or any complexity of taste at all. To me it registered as a rather two-tone Virginia - and, not getting the nicotine hit I have come to expect, I guess I got impatient with it, so, as a parrot will - it bit.
I'd recommend it to anyone who likes their Virginias mild, and their Perique low. For someone who is an all-day smoker, this would be an all-day smoke. Similar to Old Gowrie. But just not for me.
