Going Back to Blends You Didn't Like

[cosmicfolklore]

Not all Lakelands are created equal. I can handle some of them, but just not the granny soap ones; Rose Geranium to be specific.

 

[mso489]

The Lakeland aromatics have never sounded appealing to me, and they cause notorious ghosts. Some love the stuff. Soapy floral sounds cloying to me. If I pay attention to the non-tobacco flavoring, that's a blend I don't want to smoke. A little whiskey, rum, or fruit flavor that stays in the background and brings up the tobacco, yes, but not anything that takes center stage.

 

[seacaptain]

When I started smoking a pipe a few years ago, I tried dozens of blends. I found a handfull I really like (primarily straight VA's) and never looked back.

 

[samuelgawith01]

I find that a new tin of Dunhill Ye Old Signe smokes quite bitter,no matter what size pipe I am using,or what I have been eating for dinner,or how slow I puff.SO........

I gave it the old reliable vacuum storage food bag treatment,rather dump it in the wife’s compost pile.This vacuum technique has worked great for me over the years.

I think that after five plus years it should smooth out and neutralize a bit.

 

[mso489]

It pays to give a blend a second chance, unless you have some kind of allergic or other overt reaction. When you discover a jarred blend at the back of your cellar after several years, it is usually a whole new experience.