Last year, Bob brought me a bunch of tobacco samples to the Richmond Show. He gave me A LOT of different tobaccos.
So it was a while before I got around to trying them all.
The baggie of Billy Budd sat around for perhaps 9 - 10 months.
I LOVED it and smoked it all after the first try.
I just opened a fresh tin of Billy Budd, with the production date of Sept 2010.
Whoa.
It is very good, but it is totally different than when I first tried it. It is much stronger.
I like Latakia blends and smoke several of them frequently. I had heard that Latakia mellows with age and since I like the smokiness, I usually try to finish off a fresh tin soon before it gets too mellow.
Interestingly, I think I like Billy Budd better after it mellows some.
I think it seems extra strong to me because it also has two kinds of cigar leaf along with the Latakia. I wonder of the cigar leaf mellows with age too?
The fresh Billy Budd seems about 5 times stronger than my recollection of my first time smoking it.
As I said, I like both versions, but I like the mellower version of this one.
I won't rush through this tin so much.
I also have a great new blend to recommend to cigar smokers.
So it was a while before I got around to trying them all.
The baggie of Billy Budd sat around for perhaps 9 - 10 months.
I LOVED it and smoked it all after the first try.
I just opened a fresh tin of Billy Budd, with the production date of Sept 2010.
Whoa.
It is very good, but it is totally different than when I first tried it. It is much stronger.
I like Latakia blends and smoke several of them frequently. I had heard that Latakia mellows with age and since I like the smokiness, I usually try to finish off a fresh tin soon before it gets too mellow.
Interestingly, I think I like Billy Budd better after it mellows some.
I think it seems extra strong to me because it also has two kinds of cigar leaf along with the Latakia. I wonder of the cigar leaf mellows with age too?
The fresh Billy Budd seems about 5 times stronger than my recollection of my first time smoking it.
As I said, I like both versions, but I like the mellower version of this one.
I won't rush through this tin so much.
I also have a great new blend to recommend to cigar smokers.