Just an update, last weekend I picked up a tin of Easy Street from McClelland's Premium Aromatic line. It's a good blend. A nice dark Black Cavendish leaf with an English Walnut casing. This is the first McClelland offering that I've noticed that vinegar smell in the tin, but no worries as in the smoke all is tasted or noted in the room is the English Walnut casing. Just like the others in the line it does come a bit moist in the tin. After a bit of dry time it packs well and burns nice and evenly to a fine white ash. I'd give it about four stars. Might pick up a tin of this every late fall or early winter, because the nutty flavor just brings the holiday seasons to mind for me.
Let me toss in another vote for Boswell aromatics, IMO they are the finest on the market. My favorites are No-Bite Delite, Raspberry Cream, Christmas Cookie, and PA Dutch Treat. Their Chocolate aromatic is good, too.
Let me toss in my own C&D blend. A great aromatic containing a small amount of Latakia. Women love the aroma while you get a well rounded true tobacco taste of six great tobaccos. Go here for reviews... This is my own C&D Blend created with the assistance of the late Craig Tarler at C&D and it is recommended with numerous reviews, here:
I am desperate to try Blue Note but 4noggins is sold out of nearly all Dan tobaccos.
Placing a small order now anyway of Macbaren Old Dark Fired and going to get the McClelland Holiday Spirit which sounds delicious from the tin description.
Would love to try Boswells as well but it is a hassle to make an international phonecall and arrange shipment.
Might I recommend Dan's Sweet Vanilla Honeydew? I had my first bowl of it tonight and it was a very cool, smooth, and dry smoke that honestly tasted as though I was eating vanilla sugar cookies. It is a very fine cut dry tobacco that doesn't produce an excess of gunk and stays lit very well. I would consider myself a novice still and I only had to do one relight after the main light. Just a little tamping and this blend will burn cool and consistently all the way down to a fine white ash.
+1 Lanes BCA 5 stars
Moontrance is really nice, great flavor (fruit, a little coconut and whisky) +4.5
I have a few boswells; pipers pleasure, berry cobbler, cherry smash, boswells best - all outstanding 5
4noggins Killington and Lord Methleys
H&H Caramel Apple Pie
Boswell's Chocolate Cream and berry cobbler are both good
BH- Evening stroll isn't bad very mild but great smoker.
And I have a Rum one I got out of a trade don't know the brand but ill find out