Ken Byron Ventures Yoshimi's Out Shine

[kschatey]

Disclaimer: This isn't really meant to be a full review, but more of a "first impressions" post to help get the conversation about this blend started.

I received my package of KBV Yoshimi's Out Shine today. It is a Virginia Oriental blend with a casing of honeysuckle and honeydew vodka. I opened it up and it smelled fantastic with lots of citrusy Virginia, some twanginess, a splash of musk from the Oriental, and just a bit of the melon casing coming through. I transferred it to a jar and the moisture level felt perfect, so I packed up one of my Savinelli 315KS pipes and lit it up. The tobacco took to the flame really well and the flavor was great. The interplay of taste between the Virginias and Orientals worked really well. The sweet, slightly malty and juicy Virginias lead with a bit of sourness and funk from the Orientals in the background. Hints of the honeysuckle/honeydew casing popped through at times early in the experience and it was quite complementary to the tobacco flavors. It was very mild overall and was mostly fleeting, but appreciated. The sweetness level was good for me and I really enjoyed this blend overall.

 

[MattRVA]

Thanks for the review.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Yenidje and Basma was all it took to get me to buy 10 pouches. Great blend.?

 

[puff_not_snuff]

I’m waiting on my bag. USPS is so sporadic recently, no fault of KBV and the other sites.

 

[alaskanpiper]

Mine is still on the way. Good to see first impressions rolling in!

 

[puff_not_snuff]

I just had my first bowl. Interesting but not for me. Has a bit of a malty grassy vibe.

 

[Magpiety]

It is a Virginia Oriental blend with a casing of honeysuckle and honeydew vodka.

That is one hell of a sentence.

 

[Magpiety]

Thanks for the review! I need to check into this.

 

[puff_not_snuff]

If anyone wants my bag for free feel free to send me a dm.

 

[musicman]

If anyone wants my bag for free feel free to send me a dm.

Dm sent.

 

[JimInks]

I just posted my review of this blend at TR.

 

[puff_not_snuff]

I had a second bowl before sending the rest off. Was worse than the first.

 

[puff_not_snuff]

Considering that people generally don’t drink vodka for the taste, but rather a nice clean burn, I think it’s a bit misguided to use it to treat tobacco. One might argue that because it’s a favor vodka it would have a positive effect but personally I have never had a flavored vodka that I enjoyed. I found Yoshimi to have an unpleasant artifact from the casing, something akin to a grassy astringent taste.

 

[trubka2]

An outstanding blend IMO, and a perfect hot-weather smoke for me - arrived at a perfect meteorological moment! I do believe Yoshimi rather outshone KB on this one, yuk yuk. Outshine, BasMatica and Fat Old Sun are in my heavy rotation lately. Something about how they use the Orientals really hits the spot for me.

 

[mortonbriar]

I just posted my review of this blend at TR.

I cannot find any of those blends on TR, I must be searching wrong?

 

[alaskanpiper]

I cannot find any of those blends on TR, I must be searching wrong?

They are under Ken Byron Ventures. Alphabetical, so the Yoshimi's blends will be down near the bottom of the list.

 

[mortonbriar]

thanks!

 

[JimInks]

I cannot find any of those blends on TR, I must be searching wrong?

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[Chasing Embers]

Finished my first pouch yesterday.

 

[mso489]

This seems to be a small batch business. Order now or wait for "the next train."