By "like Crooner" I do not mean blends that contain deer tongue. (I know C&D for one offers several, and I hope to try them all bit by bit.) What I'm really looking for here are blends that "work" the way Crooner does.
This is to say, I'm looking for blends of straight burley tobacco that have not been overly sweetened or deprived of their nicotine, and that use that "clean taut canvas" quality of strong(ish) white burley to feature an aromatic element.
In Crooner, the aromatic element is deertongue (and maybe a splash of something, but mainly deertongue), and I think it is wonderful. But I can't smoke Crooner without thinking: surely there must be other aromatics that work this way. It seems like all sorts of interesting blends could be created using a similar format.
But when I read descriptions and reviews of blends, I don't see anything like Crooner, at least int he ways I'm talking about. I'm considering several different OTC straight burley aros, but I'm afraid they will be too sweet for me and that the nicotine will be toasted out of them.
Can you think of any blends like Crooner?
Thanks!
This is to say, I'm looking for blends of straight burley tobacco that have not been overly sweetened or deprived of their nicotine, and that use that "clean taut canvas" quality of strong(ish) white burley to feature an aromatic element.
In Crooner, the aromatic element is deertongue (and maybe a splash of something, but mainly deertongue), and I think it is wonderful. But I can't smoke Crooner without thinking: surely there must be other aromatics that work this way. It seems like all sorts of interesting blends could be created using a similar format.
But when I read descriptions and reviews of blends, I don't see anything like Crooner, at least int he ways I'm talking about. I'm considering several different OTC straight burley aros, but I'm afraid they will be too sweet for me and that the nicotine will be toasted out of them.
Can you think of any blends like Crooner?
Thanks!