Since this is my first post on this forum I would like to say hello to the community.
(This review will be just from the aspect of my experience, not to be formal).
When my wife and I take the day to go into town I always take advantage to stop into the local tobacco shop. I had in mind that I was going to pick up a tin of McClelland 965, but as the fates are wont to do, they seemed to have a different plan for me. So as I looked upon a disappointingly meager selection there was nothing to do but resort to making the traditional web-search just to see what had at-least a favorable review.
After breaking the seal to the tin it dawned on me very quickly that this was not going to be anything like an English or any Latakia. At first sight the cut is much more course and there were even coin-sized disks of tobacco, which in my opinion made it immediately provocative. I filled my briar up about half way and lit it up, and after the first puff... Found my brain was working overtime just trying to figure out what was going on. Certainly my first rationalization was that I might not like this at all. "I am thinking, if there was a polar opposite to an English, than this just might be it".
But here's the thing. I didn't get more than a few puffs into it before my wife said it was time to go home (which takes over an hour for us). So I pouched up the pipe and we went on our merry way. The re-light was extraordinary. It seems to only improve the further down you smoke it. Now I have to go back tell you what it was like from the beginning and why I'm writing this.
It is very grassy at first in the best possible way. It reminds me of the times when I walk through historically old buildings in the country, and the forests, streams, and meadows that often surround them. It does exactly what I want my tobacco to do, and that is to take me somewhere. But that's not all because the experience just improves as it burns down, and gets increasingly mellow and by the end it is very minty, without dottle, and best of all it burns very cool. It is very light, and easy to smoke without head-effects or tongue burn. It is important to know that there is absolutely no sweetness to this at all - it doesn't need to be. I smoke this on an empty stomach while doing yard work around the house and for breakfast.
If you are looking for something that is light but will tantalize your senses I think that that this would be a great smoke to fit into your repertoire. It is a regular in mine. I'm also writing this because I have not found very many reviews of this tobacco and I think that it defiantly deserves its due.
If anyone would like to comment on this review I would certainly appreciate to know what others are thinking.
(This review will be just from the aspect of my experience, not to be formal).
When my wife and I take the day to go into town I always take advantage to stop into the local tobacco shop. I had in mind that I was going to pick up a tin of McClelland 965, but as the fates are wont to do, they seemed to have a different plan for me. So as I looked upon a disappointingly meager selection there was nothing to do but resort to making the traditional web-search just to see what had at-least a favorable review.
After breaking the seal to the tin it dawned on me very quickly that this was not going to be anything like an English or any Latakia. At first sight the cut is much more course and there were even coin-sized disks of tobacco, which in my opinion made it immediately provocative. I filled my briar up about half way and lit it up, and after the first puff... Found my brain was working overtime just trying to figure out what was going on. Certainly my first rationalization was that I might not like this at all. "I am thinking, if there was a polar opposite to an English, than this just might be it".
But here's the thing. I didn't get more than a few puffs into it before my wife said it was time to go home (which takes over an hour for us). So I pouched up the pipe and we went on our merry way. The re-light was extraordinary. It seems to only improve the further down you smoke it. Now I have to go back tell you what it was like from the beginning and why I'm writing this.
It is very grassy at first in the best possible way. It reminds me of the times when I walk through historically old buildings in the country, and the forests, streams, and meadows that often surround them. It does exactly what I want my tobacco to do, and that is to take me somewhere. But that's not all because the experience just improves as it burns down, and gets increasingly mellow and by the end it is very minty, without dottle, and best of all it burns very cool. It is very light, and easy to smoke without head-effects or tongue burn. It is important to know that there is absolutely no sweetness to this at all - it doesn't need to be. I smoke this on an empty stomach while doing yard work around the house and for breakfast.
If you are looking for something that is light but will tantalize your senses I think that that this would be a great smoke to fit into your repertoire. It is a regular in mine. I'm also writing this because I have not found very many reviews of this tobacco and I think that it defiantly deserves its due.
If anyone would like to comment on this review I would certainly appreciate to know what others are thinking.
