Country Squire Dark Holler 2025

[MavErik]

Thought I would go ahead and start a thread for reviews of the latest drop of DH. Patiently waiting on the Squire to ship mine out. Hoping some of you have already gotten yours by picking up in person.

Let us know your thoughts!

 

[LongIslandPiper]

Still awaiting my order. Review to follow

 

[BigR]

I'm still waiting on my order. Took a few days to ship and now the postal service is dragging their feet.

 

[pcfdave]

Got it and smoking it right now. Yummy. More aromatic than I was expecting. Reminds me of a house blend that was my favorite and discontinued because of McCellands closing called Brigadoon. Wish I could have bought more.

 

[MavErik]

Got it and smoking it right now. Yummy. More aromatic than I was expecting. Reminds me of a house blend that was my favorite and discontinued because of McCellands closing called Brigadoon. Wish I could have bought more.

I’m hoping it’s better than Figgy Pudding was. Figgy had a great “tin note” that was likely fresh topping that dissipated quickly. The blend itself had little flavor of any kind shockingly.

 

[BigR]

I’m hoping it’s better than Figgy Pudding was. Figgy had a great “tin note” that was likely fresh topping that dissipated quickly. The blend itself had little flavor of any kind shockingly.

I missed the Figgy Pudding release, but your reply makes me feel better.

 

[pcfdave]

I thought it had a great bag note. And the topping lasted me most of the bowl. Looking forward to a couple more bowls

 

[Worknman]

Haven't smoked a bowl yet but the bag note smells like dessert. Just received yesterday.

 

[Chris T]

First time I've had this, and only one bowl in, but my impression is it's a lot like Stanwell Melange. Not what I was expecting. Nice, but not much darkness and no taste of spiders.

 

[Chris T]

Does anyone else have any thoughts about this one? I had a second bowl yesterday, in a Dublin, tapered bowl, and the toppings seemed slightly less intense. Very little nicotine, just a hint of tanginess which hits every now and then but no pepperiness from any perique. The burley did seem to come out a bit at the bottom of the bowl. Most of the flavor I get, which is pleasant, is not from what I can identify as tobacco. The first blend I tried from CS was the Yazoo Witch I got this Fall, and it was fantastic, so I was excited to try the Dark Holler. I guess I should have paid more attention to the actual taste description, and probably had my own preconceptions based on the blend's previous name reference. That wasn't a sweet place- I think the burglar only found three strawberries there, though there were some butterflies- I definitely wasn't expecting this level of sweetness in the blend. I'm interested in hearing what others think-

 

[BigR]

Does anyone else have any thoughts about this one? I had a second bowl yesterday, in a Dublin, tapered bowl, and the toppings seemed slightly less intense. Very little nicotine, just a hint of tanginess which hits every now and then but no pepperiness from any perique. The burley did seem to come out a bit at the bottom of the bowl. Most of the flavor I get, which is pleasant, is not from what I can identify as tobacco. The first blend I tried from CS was the Yazoo Witch I got this Fall, and it was fantastic, so I was excited to try the Dark Holler. I guess I should have paid more attention to the actual taste description, and probably had my own preconceptions based on the blend's previous name reference. That wasn't a sweet place- I think the burglar only found three strawberries there, though there were some butterflies- I definitely wasn't expecting this level of sweetness in the blend. I'm interested in hearing what others think-

I just finished a bowl. These are my thoughts. The bag notes were chocolate,raisins,bread, and some fruit(maybe apricot)? Tobacco is dry, but sticky on the fingers. It was ribbon cut, with lots of small chopped up pieces. I actually had a large, dry, unchopped leaf in my bag, I included a picture of the unchopped leaf. The taste to me, was a woody, nutty, mild to medium taste, with a slight floral taste in there also. I did detect a slight peppery taste a few times through the bowl. This is not near as sweet as some of the other CS offerings I've had. Retrohale was woody,almost like a light cedar. Left a somewhat nutty, woodsy aftertaste in the mouth after smoking. Room note is sweet, like baking cookies. Sipped slow and puffed pretty hard and had no tongue bite. Very mild smoke. I couldn't detect much nicotine.
I also expected more from this, but it's just not really there. I'll pass on this next year.

 

[BigR]

After smoking plenty more bowls of the Dark Holler, it has really grown on me. The extra time in the jar and some that I still have in a bag, have both taken on a wonderful aroma. The aroma alone makes me want to smoke it every time that I smell it. The taste has also improved greatly after a little time in the jar. Very light sipping really brings the flavors out, and the floral taste is even stronger now with a hint of maybe citrus. I recant my previous statement about passing on this next year, and I will help with blowing up The Country Squire's website once again in hopes of purchasing more.