Is JackKnife Plug Supposed To . . . SMELL LIKE ROTTING DEATH??

[greeneyes]

Then revisit it in 6 months.

 

[danimalia]

Lol not in my experience. I just finished a tin and it smelled like a combination of tangy, fermented VAs and dark-fired. Have you experienced that smell in any other blend?

I think it's fantastic stuff. Stout as hell, but not nearly as in your face as some of the Gawith dark-fired tobaccos. For all it's strength I find it to be pretty mellow and natural in flavor.

 

[logs]

I agree. The tin note smells like old & rotten something to me. The smoke is fine, but it's tough to get past.

Glad to know it's "normal" I guess. As you said it smokes fine. I'm pretty ho-hum on strong dark-fired blends anyway but JackKnife hasn't done anything to make me improve my opinion.

 

[alaskanpiper]

Just smells like delicious smokey goodness to me.

 

[rmpeeps]

I'm not a major dark-fired fan but decided to try a tin of 2 year old JackKnife Plug. It smokes well enough, but Jesus wept . . . the tin aroma stinks in a very weird rotting fruit way that I don't understand. It's like rotting apples sitting out on Bourbon Street while a drunken hobo takes a dump nearby in an ally.

Is this essence of dumpster normal for JackKnife? Did I get a bad tin that's just about to turn to mold? (Note: I recently opened a tin of Temple Bar and found it covered in mold so now I'm nervous on GLP plugs)

I bought some of the original release and didn’t care for it.
Wow!! I’m glad I didn’t cellar a batch.

 

[SpookedPiper]

I tend to agree with your thoughts on the Kentucky, almost makes it to spicy for me. I favor perique vs Kentucky. Hope it mellows out with age, for the blends that are cellaring.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

I think it's very good tobacco. Never gave the tin note much thought. The bowl note is excellent.

 

[logs]

Have you experienced that smell in any other blend?

Nope, which is what made me worry that something ungodly had happened to my batch.
I mean fruit notes are really common in a lot of tobacco, but it's the rot smell that has me worried.

I used to live in the French Quarter. This blend took me straight back to the reek of Bourbon Street, with all the palmetto bugs, rotting food, and weird street people.

 

[verporchting]

Jar it up and leave it for a month. If it looks like a zombie humping a moldy dead rat I wouldn’t bother smelling it again but just place it gently in the nearest dumpster and walk away quickly - just in case the drunken hobo is still around.

 

[BROBS]

Gift it to a hobo?

 

[tkcolo]

Gift it to a hobo?

It's good strong tobacco. The tin note has something that disagrees with my olfactory. Honestly, Black frigate also has something funky to me. I love the smoke, but I hold my nose when packing it. Weird. I'm always smelling things other people don't, so don't mind me. Judge it for yourself.