Jim's RO Fire Storm Review.

[JimInks]

The tangy, dark fruit sweet Virginias also have a touch of earth. The Turkish adds a woody essence. The fire-cured mahogany Kentucky is also a little woody with some spice and mild nuttiness. The perique is plum and pepper with some raisin notes. The cinnamon topping is mild, and adds some dimension to the spice flavor. Though it’s more obvious in the first half of the smoke much of the time, you will feel its presence to the finish. The sweetness seems more obvious in the first half as well. I don’t think I’d say this blend gets peppery in the second half of the bowl as the description says so much as it seems to be a little less sweeter, which allows the spice to appear to be more prominent. Burns cool and well with no dull or harsh spots with pleasing consistency of flavor during and after the smoke. Won’t bite either, and you'll likely enjoy the spice tingle from beginning to end.

 

[settersbrace]

An excellent description and very similar to my sampling over the past weekend. Shanelktown kindly gifted me a generous amount from the Pax crawl selection and I found Firestorm to be a very complex and sometimes robust smoke. I did get a healthy dose of the peppery notes through the nose about mid bowl. Once so much so I think my eyes crossed! All in all an excellent, all day VaPer that satisfies and keeps me wanting more.

 

[crusher47]

Sounds great... adding some to my next order. Thanks for the review

 

[cortezattic]

Always a treat reading these reviews. A real asset to us folks. :clap:

 

[lordofthepiperings]

The Turkish adds a woody essence.

That's odd, because on the website it never mentions Turkish in the blend. Just Virignia, Perique, and Dark Fired Kentucky.
Fire Storm

 

[JimInks]

Lord: it was mentioned at TR. There's is a slight woodiness present, so I figured it came from Turkish. If I'm wrong about the Turkish, I'm still right about the slight woodiness, which could come from the dark fired Kentucky.

 

[blendtobac]

I sent TR an email about the misstatement about there being Turkish and they removed the Turkish reference in the component list, but not in the copy. For the record, Fire Storm is Virginia, Perique and a select dark-fired Kentucky. Thanks, as always, for your review Jim.
Russ

 

[JimInks]

They also had it listed as a curly cut. I fixed the descriptions. Whomever wrote it didn't pay close attention. Thanks, Russ, for the clarification and kind words about my review.

 

[shanelktown]

And the TR inconsistency strikes again.

 

[newbroom]

Pure poetry!

 

[tobyducote]

Great review...love this Vaper

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

I have not tried it yet, but I keep reading good reasons to do so. Will likely put some in my next TAD order. Thanks for the review, Jim.

 

[torque]

And the TR inconsistency strikes again.

I'm not so sure, they probably just copied the description from the sticker on the bottom of the tin. I just got a tin of this today and it states "a bit of rich Turkish" on the tin.

 

[beastkhk]

UH-OH! 8O
Peaked my interest so I had to look at the sticker as well. I don't know if I want to open this tin for the tobacco crawl now; could be a limited edition if the stickers get changed down the road.

 

[torque]

I don't know if I want to open this tin for the tobacco crawl now; could be a limited edition if the stickers get changed down the road.

LOL, I thought the exact same thing. Those packaging misprints really jack up the dollar value on a collectable.

 

[blendtobac]

Curious. I write the descriptions for the back label, and I just checked the email that had the directions I sent and there was no mention of Turkish. In any case...no Turkish.
Russ

 

[papipeguy]

Geez, Russ, with all this talk about Turkish maybe you should add it and call the blend Desert Storm.