Aromatic with no flavor and almost no room note

[pepesdad1]

All good advice...Brigadier Black Alamo is a pretty good aro...however the Bull Run I've heard is not so hot. So it probably is the tobacco you are using...jar it for another time.

 

[brudertuck]

Well, here my update. I tried the Bull Run again, this time concentrating on the right technique, smoking slow, breathing correctly, even learning to retrohale. But it still was not enjoyable, but I didn't give up. I tried a bowl of Lane 1Q and that was a wonderful experience, so Bull Run was just not the tobacco for me, live and learn. Thank you all again for all the great advise, and by the way, mephistopheles, thank you for the link to the video, I watched many of these and they are great for beginners.

 

[mso489]

This may sound like over-obvious advice, but starting out, buy any tobacco in the smallest quantities you can, one or two ounces. Even if you like something, keep quantities down until you know more. I'd try something two or three times before I ordered four or eight ounces. That way, you won't end up with a lot of tobacco you don't much like, but more important, you'll try more different blends. That's the secret to knowing what you like, not just finding something you like.

 

[jkrug]

I ordered the aromatic sample pack from 4noggins. It includes 5 one ounce samples of their popular aromatics. I must say that all are quite enjoyable and a couple of them are now new favourites that will be ordered in bulk.
Also, Smokingpipes has a list of the top 11 aromatics. Most of these can be ordered in the bulk tobacco section in 1 ounce quantities. If I remember correctly only 4 of them didn't come in bulk and I had to order a tin. Still waiting on that order to arrive.
Good luck and have fun. ::