Today a old friend came by to see me and pay respects over my fathers passing.
He brought with him as a gift, a tin of Balkan Sobranie and a genrous sample of some of the orginal from the late 20s or early 30s. Having had the chance to smoke plenty of the old stuff it was time to do a back to back comparison of the two. I cannot compare the old to a fresh batch of the old as this has had many years of age on it and wonder how it changed it for better or worse. So for what it's worth here's my thoughts on the 2 blends.
Both blends to me were very mellow despite being billed as Medium to Full.
The taste between the 2 are close but can taste a difference. Both were very smooth and mild in taste with a great lat comback finish and no bite. Taste of both linger around for a bit maybe 15 min or less.
Room note was no different than any other Balkan or English of that type of mix i.e. wife don't like the smell much but the 3 yr old does. Over the 2 I like the old better as the new is just missing the "it" factor of the old. I will keep some of the new on hand as I like it. Even though I would have to say the new can be more compaired to a later version of Presbyterian in taste. That's just my opinion though. If you are a fan of Balkan tobacco give it a try I would give it 3 1/2 stars out of 5.
He brought with him as a gift, a tin of Balkan Sobranie and a genrous sample of some of the orginal from the late 20s or early 30s. Having had the chance to smoke plenty of the old stuff it was time to do a back to back comparison of the two. I cannot compare the old to a fresh batch of the old as this has had many years of age on it and wonder how it changed it for better or worse. So for what it's worth here's my thoughts on the 2 blends.
Both blends to me were very mellow despite being billed as Medium to Full.
The taste between the 2 are close but can taste a difference. Both were very smooth and mild in taste with a great lat comback finish and no bite. Taste of both linger around for a bit maybe 15 min or less.
Room note was no different than any other Balkan or English of that type of mix i.e. wife don't like the smell much but the 3 yr old does. Over the 2 I like the old better as the new is just missing the "it" factor of the old. I will keep some of the new on hand as I like it. Even though I would have to say the new can be more compaired to a later version of Presbyterian in taste. That's just my opinion though. If you are a fan of Balkan tobacco give it a try I would give it 3 1/2 stars out of 5.