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  1. JimInks

    Jim's Heinrichs Grand Crue Reserve No. 2 Review.

    The Virginias offer some citrus and tangy dark fruit along with a bit of earth, some grass and wood, and a minor spiciness. They also have a slight fermented sweetness and a mild floral quality to them. The strong, rich, tangy orange topping takes a little of the lead over the deep honey, and...
  2. JimInks

    *** What Are You Smoking?*** (January 2017)

    Happy New Year's!!! It's time for the best durn tobacco ever made, and this is year 2001 VaPer Three Nuns in a 2003 medium bent straight grain Two dot 2 P. Ardor Venere Extra Bucaneve with a silver ferrule signed by Dorelio Rovera and a black acrylic stem.
  3. JimInks

    Jim's Watch City 4th Nun Review.

    The blend is touted as using the original pre-World War Two Three Nuns recipe, which became available on the internet some time back. While they couldn’t quite duplicate the processing - the earlier version was a pressed small coin cut instead of a mixed ribbon as this is, and they couldn’t use...
  4. JimInks

    Jim's Ye Olde Signe Re-release Review.

    The Virginias have a bit of hay and grass along with some citrus. There’s also a little dark fruit, wood, bread and earth, though these facets tend to act as supporting flavors. The sweetness has a rich fermented quality as well as some aspects of tea. These qualities existed in the original...
  5. JimInks

    Jim's Dunhill Dark Flake Review.

    The dark Virginia is the main component and offers bread, wood, dark fruit that is very slightly tangy and sour, some earth, and a little brown sugar. There are a few light streaks of lighter Virginia that accounts for the slight tart citrus, and some vegetative grass and hay. The perique is...
  6. JimInks

    *** What Are You Smoking?*** (December 2016)

    Just finished smoking D&R Raccoon’s Accent in a smooth medium bend straight grain 2000 Winslow C silver spigot wide top Dublin with a canted plateau and black acrylic stem.
  7. JimInks

    Jim's C&D Vieux Carre Review.

    The brown Virginia provides a bit of ripe dark fruit and earth with a touch of citrus and a couple blades of grass. The lighter Virginia is citrusy with a hint of tartness and grass in a minor position. They form the base of the blend. The dry, woody, mildly floral and spicy, lightly buttery...
  8. JimInks

    Jim's C&D Sanseprolcro Review.

    The very woody, earthy, Italian dark fired florets have a multiplicity of flavors, and takes the lead. They do offer a mild floralness, a touch of smoke, a little nuttiness, and a sweet and dry savory quality to them, the latter characteristics being the main feature of the lingering after...
  9. JimInks

    *** What Are You Smoking?*** (November 2016)

    First smoke of the month is Drucquer & Sons Inns of Court in a 1975 three quarter bend black Dunhill Shell 52021 with a black vulcanite stem. Still working, but not as late as usual.
  10. JimInks

    Jim's Villiger Export Reviews.

    Here are my reviews of the five new Villiger Export series, which are sold in pouches. Villager English Export: The smokey, woody Cyprian latakia takes a mild lead over the other components. The earthy, tangy dark fruit sweet red Virginia is the base of the blend, and is crowded out just a...
  11. JimInks

    Jim's D&R Raccoon Series Reviews.

    Here's my reviews of the latest D&R blends in the Raccoon series. They had an initial limited run release in July and should be available by year's end. D&R Raccoon’s Accent: The mildly tangy Acadian bright Virginia is processed in the perique style, and is fruity sweet as a major component...
  12. JimInks

    Jim's Mississippi River Special Reserve Review.

    The red Virginia is tangy, dark fruit sweet with some earth, and a smidgeon of barbecue flavor as it forms the base of the blend. The stoved Virginias have a fermented sugary dark fruitiness and a little earth, and almost competes with the red for attention. The rare flue cured Virginia provides...
  13. JimInks

    *** What Are You Smoking?*** (October 2016)

    Starting a new month, folks! :-) I'm smoking half a bowl of Year 1975 Dunhill Ye Olde Signe in a 1938 straight black grain relief Dunhill OX Shell bulldog with a silver band repair and a black vulcanite stem. This will finish the sample.
  14. JimInks

    Jim's Drucquer & Sons Reviews.

    Drucquer & Sons Blairgowrie: The matured red Virginia provides a fermented tangy dark fruit, a touch of “barbecue”, and a lot of earth. It forms the base of the blend. The floral, spicy, dry, buttery sweet, earthy, woody Orientals are a very noticeable supporting player. The smoky, woody sweet...
  15. JimInks

    Jim's Plum Pudding Special Reserve Review.

    The smoky, woody sweet Cyprian latakia is the major component, but this is no lat-bomb. The Virginias offer earth and a little grass, fermented tangy ripe dark fruit and citrus with a light barbecue essence. The sun-cured tobaccos not present in the regular Plum Pudding add a bit more sweet...
  16. JimInks

    Jim's 221B Baker Street Review.

    This review is for the new release and not the older version, which I never had the chance to smoke. The Virginias are a little grassy with some citrus and dark fruit, along with a touch of smokey wood and earth. The nutty, molasses sweet, lightly woody, toasty burleys play an important...
  17. JimInks

    Jim's Updated Granger Review.

    I originally reviewed the Pinkerton manufacture in 2012, and have updated it to reflect my observations of the STG version. The one dimensional, no-nonsense burley is lightly sweet and woody, toasty, earthy, and fairly nutty. I would not recommend smoking it dry; moisten it lightly to help avoid...
  18. JimInks

    *** What Are You Smoking?*** (September 2016)

    Now smoking Savinelli 140˚ in an unbranded undated (1980s?) straight smooth flat bottom apple with a black vulcanite stem. Working!
  19. JimInks

    Jim's Iwan Ries Three Star Blue Review.

    Three Star Blue has been in continuous production and a top seller since the 1950s, and until now, it was only available at Iwan Ries. Sutliff, who has produced the blend for many years, is now nationally distributing it in order to reach a wider audience. I was asked to review it. As I have...
  20. JimInks

    Jim's G&H Kendall Flake Review.

    The various Virginias offer a range of deeply bold varietal aspects: a lot of earth, a small amount of grass, fermented dark fruit and a light citrus, along with a very minor spice note. The toppings do tone down the tobaccos a little, but mostly work in concert to create a homogeneous, very...
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