Best "Royal Yacht" Experience

[cosmicfolklore]

It makes perfect sense to me. Brains = partially digested nuts = half-assed crazy

 

[mackeson]

All the amusing Royal Yacht references I've seen around here have really motivated me to try it. The description sounds good to me, but the forum comments seem like this baccy is a bit polarizing. Maybe I'll pick some up sometime this summer.

 

[phil67]

Most people think of cows, horses, or goats. Squirrels? Well, maybe a capybara if it was a good conversationalist.

I've only met one so far that was, but it spoke very broken English so I politely excused myself.

All the amusing Royal Yacht references I've seen around here have really motivated me to try it. The description sounds good to me, but the forum comments seem like this baccy is a bit polarizing. Maybe I'll pick some up sometime this summer.

By all means give it a try. I smoke it occasionally and enjoy it, but don't expect to venture beyond time and space like deathmetal. :wink:

 

[deathmetal]

Maybe I'll pick some up sometime this summer.

Some of the best tobaccos are the most polarizing...

 

[cosmicfolklore]

RY is a good blend. If you like University Flake, Wallace Flake, GH&co Dark Flake unscented, true Irish style plugs, very strong blends, or just excited about trying a strong Virginia, you may like it. But, if the only Virginias you like are goldens or flakes, it will be nothing like what you expect. It's not as strong as some blends. It's a moderately strong blend. The topping might go undetected by some. It's very mild, maybe some plum in it. But regardless, it's worth a try. I like it ovcasionally. When I do have a tin open, I smoke it a lot. But, once finished, there are other blends that I like just as good, if not better.

My deduction, give it a try. 50 50 chance that you might like it, or hate it. But, you'll never know till you try it.

 

[deathmetal]

But, if the only Virginias you like are goldens or flakes, it will be nothing like what you expect.

That's a good point. Royal Yacht is not a sweet Virginia, but a rich Virginia. It tastes closer to a Burley than say, Orlik Golden Sliced. And yet, it is a powerful Virginia worth reckoning with, a lot like Brown Twist Sliced or Straight Grain Flake.

 

[perdurabo]

Best RY experience, the day I first opened a tin of the stuff. It was the second tin of tobacco that I'd tried. Escudo being the first.(love the stuff got three tins aging) Anyway, I smoked a bowl on the front porch, my wife drives up and says, "Damn, what are you smoking?" I said, " Baby, it's this strong shit called Royal Yacht." It passed the smell test, she said it smelled of chocolate. I haven't cracked another tin of the stuff since then. That was over two years ago, she was bitching the other day about Big NBurley, maybe it's time to sail the Yacht again for awhile.
**The wife is a doll about my smoking, she thinks it's sexy. Let's just say we both quit smoking cigarettes, and tobacco smoke wasn't some thing she was looking forward to. Thank You Dunhill.
***This is in no way an advertisement for Dunhill or Royal Yacht. This is the real life story of a Pipe Smoker. Read with caution, and at your own risk.

 

[skraps]

It tastes closer to a Burley than say, Orlik Golden Sliced.

Yep, I have always said it's a VA that smokes like a Burley. Love the stuff.

 

[deathmetal]

@perdurabo

maybe it's time to sail the Yacht again for awhile

It usually is. In fact, the only time when Royal Yacht is not appropriate is when you are filling up the gas tank on your car. Then, it is dangerous to smoke, so let your wife borrow the car and she will do it.
@skrapsoftobacco

I have always said it's a VA that smokes like a Burley.

And the inverse, Semois, is a Burley which smokes like a Virginia... sort of. Both delicious.

 

[mig19]

It's actually beginning to grow on me.

 

[krizzose]

I haven't tried Royal Yacht yet. Does it pair well with yacht rock?

 

[deathmetal]

@mig19
Welcome to the path to infinite wisdom. Soon you will be a MiG-21, or perhaps MiG-29.
@krizzose
Yacht rock? Is that like The Police?

 

[krizzose]

Yacht Rock

 

[iamn8]

This one time... at band camp... there was this one girl... she had this one pipe... that this one guy gave her... and she had this one tobacco... that she bought from this one guy...

 

[mso489]

...so there I was on the banks of the Thames right in the middle of London, and Her Majesty Queen Liz Two calls from her snappy yacht, hey there, you matey on shore, come on aboard; I bet you're a Yank. What do you know about thoroughbreds or Corgis? And I says to her, why Your Majesty, this is my best royal yacht experience!

 

[pipesofsteele]

Sounds like I really need to try Royal Yacht

 

[davidintexas]

Only tried it twice. The first time was...ok..take it or leave it. Had it again over the weekend. Was a decidedly better experience than the first time. Enough so I bought three more tins. After getting to the last third of the bowl I could feel the nicotine starting to grab at my throat. I kept expecting the nic-hics to start, but I persevered and kept going. They never did appear. It just leveled out till I finished. Course, I didn't do it on an empty stomach. I made sure I ate a little bit before and had some coffee to go with it. It is a work in progress.

 

[slownumbers39]

I will be opening and trying Royal Yacht for the first time in the next day or two. Not sure if I am excited or scared, lol.