I bought a tin of this because I like things with pictures of sailing ships, I have been smoking Virginia blends lately in an attempt to "learn" to smoke them better, and it was very inexpensive.
When I opened the tin the first thing i noticed was that it was packed full, there is more tobacco crammed into this 40 gram tin than there is in most 2oz (57gram) tins from other manufacturers. The tin note is pure Virginia, like opening a fresh pack of Canadian cigarettes, hay and raisins. It is at the perfect moisture level for smoking right out of the tin.
It packs, lights, and smokes easily, and usually doesn't require a charring light, or much in the way of relights, burns to a clean ash without chunky wet dottle, and didn't leave any goo or excessive moisture in my pipes. No additives, flavourings, or humectants that I can tell.
At the top of the bowl it is probably the most hay tasting Virginia I have smoked yet, with a little bit of a fresh herbaceous quality. After a few puffs the hay changes to dry summer grass, with hints of sweet corn. I thought it was because I was smoking it in cobs, but I smoked some in briars and an apple wood pipe and I still get a pleasant sweet corn note. Past halfway, the grass and hay changes to more of a toasted wheat with a drop of honey, with a some dark tea, a bit of earth and spice, and a hint of something savoury almost like soy sauce. Then it's done.
If you smoke it too fast it gets hot, ashy, and a little bitey, also, the pleasant flavours and aromas dissapear.
A quality bright Virginia for a low price, on a scale of one to ten I would say it's pretty good. Definitely will purchase again.????
When I opened the tin the first thing i noticed was that it was packed full, there is more tobacco crammed into this 40 gram tin than there is in most 2oz (57gram) tins from other manufacturers. The tin note is pure Virginia, like opening a fresh pack of Canadian cigarettes, hay and raisins. It is at the perfect moisture level for smoking right out of the tin.
It packs, lights, and smokes easily, and usually doesn't require a charring light, or much in the way of relights, burns to a clean ash without chunky wet dottle, and didn't leave any goo or excessive moisture in my pipes. No additives, flavourings, or humectants that I can tell.
At the top of the bowl it is probably the most hay tasting Virginia I have smoked yet, with a little bit of a fresh herbaceous quality. After a few puffs the hay changes to dry summer grass, with hints of sweet corn. I thought it was because I was smoking it in cobs, but I smoked some in briars and an apple wood pipe and I still get a pleasant sweet corn note. Past halfway, the grass and hay changes to more of a toasted wheat with a drop of honey, with a some dark tea, a bit of earth and spice, and a hint of something savoury almost like soy sauce. Then it's done.
If you smoke it too fast it gets hot, ashy, and a little bitey, also, the pleasant flavours and aromas dissapear.
A quality bright Virginia for a low price, on a scale of one to ten I would say it's pretty good. Definitely will purchase again.????
