Opening A Tin? Show Us!

[beef]

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I can smell this by looking at it. I hope you enjoyed it because I hated it. The only tin I ever tossed.

 

[OverMountain]

I liken perique to cilantro. I love cilantro because to me, it's full of flavor and herbal complexity as though it's basil's bad ass older brother. My wife, however, is one of those in the unfortunate group for whom cilantro tastes metallic rather than herbal. She hates it and because tastes are subjectively perception-based, our respective taste discrepancy is unlikely to change. She won't go for dishes where cilantro assumes the starring role, but if I can hide it in a mosaic of flavors, she loves it.

Myself, I've made a point of repeatedly trying perique and attempting to acquire a taste for it, but it's not a natural preference. Perhaps that's because I detect a different aroma and taste from it than do others. Plum Pudding and Mad Fiddler Flake proved that I could love perique-as-condiment, but I'm still baby-stepping my way from there. I love aged Escudo, but I've yet to find myself as a contended wanderer in VaPer-land.

I had another theory too, and I read fortunate enough to be around Greg Pease when I spouted it. Namely, it could be the fermentation. I Ferment my own vinegars, ciders, sauerkrauts, and I even make Kombucha at home. As such, I believe that my regular ingestion of raw fermented products affects my tastes of all fermented products. As a fermented foodie, Mr. Pease agreed that what you eat impacts your tobacco preference to an extreme degree, though he didn't share my taste-based reticence of perique.

Hope that tobacco likes Bojangles chicken and biscuits…cause that’s what it’s getting!

 

[fireground_piper]

Cracked this tonight to give it a day to decant. The original release was one of my favorite aromatics…….this one is significantly different at first blush. I hope the smoking experience is not as different as the cut/smell are from the original.

 

[shanez]

 

[Jbrewer2002]

 

[simong]

 

[PaulRVA]

Capt. Earles Ten Russians.
Per SPC description-
Ten Russians is a true delight for lovers of Latakia, and it's inspired by the true story of Captain Earle's rescue of ten Russians marooned in a sampan in the Sea of Japan. Rich and full-bodied, Ten Russians is a pressed crumble cake of Latakia, Orientals, and Virginias, delivering a perfectly balanced blend for the true aficionado of full English mixtures.
Per my first smoke- Full bodied. Medium nicotine hit, wonderful tin note reminiscent of the Original Frog Morton with a kick.
If rubbed out and a few weeks drying time I’d think it would be substantially better.

 

[hoipolloiglasgow]

Capt. Earles Ten Russians.
Per SPC description-
Ten Russians is a true delight for lovers of Latakia, and it's inspired by the true story of Captain Earle's rescue of ten Russians marooned in a sampan in the Sea of Japan. Rich and full-bodied, Ten Russians is a pressed crumble cake of Latakia, Orientals, and Virginias, delivering a perfectly balanced blend for the true aficionado of full English mixtures.
Per my first smoke- Full bodied. Medium nicotine hit, wonderful tin note reminiscent of the Original Frog Morton with a kick.
If rubbed out and a few weeks drying time I’d think it would be substantially better.
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I think I'm about to place an order for some. Never had it before, but it sounds like it's right up my alley. Also, has a lot of praise around here.

 

[PaulRVA]

I think I'm about to place an order for some. Never had it before, but it sounds like it's right up my alley. Also, has a lot of praise around here.

I like it As the nic is a little more to my preference levels being upper medium.

 

[ak2000]

I usually don't smoke out of a freshly opened tin, but this just looked and smelled so good!

 

[Ash Cooper]

Opened a 10 year old Captain Earle’s Honor Blend

 

[onepyrotec]

Popped another Ravenwood tin today. This time it was ELEVENTH DAY of CHRISTMAS

 

[Jbrewer2002]

I usually don't smoke out of a freshly opened tin, but this just looked and smelled so good!

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I have some open from the later release but I do have a tin of this release. I can’t eat to try it. I love the one I have open.

 

[ThermionicScott]

Popped another Ravenwood tin today. This time it was ELEVENTH DAY of CHRISTMAS

A tin for every day of Christmas would keep one busy!

 

[Servant King]

A tin for every day of Christmas would keep one busy!

Not to mention making the sales department of the Ball jar company very happy.

 

[Kobold]

Cracked a tin of 2016 Christmas Cheer this evening.

 

[Wet Dottle]

Wessex Burley Slice from 2005.







The aroma is very smooth, not as sharp as that of a similar VA, but deeper, if you know what I mean. There are tannins, but in much lesser degree, and I think that's why the sharpness is reduced. No sparkling crystals, either. This style of European pressed burley ages wonderfully well, in many ways better than VAs, at least in my opinion. The aroma carries very well to the smoking experience, which becomes very nutty. Which is a good thing.

 

[simong]

Smoking down my small stash of aged orientals.
London Mixture from 2011 (Orlik production I think).

Germain’s Special Latakia Flake from 2015.

Whilst relishing the above, not neglecting the saint.

 

[renfield]

It's that time of year. Cracked open a tin of 2013 Christmas Cheer. That tin note acts on the deepest corners of my brain. I'll give it a day to breathe before I dig into it.

The lining of the tin seemed distressed, but was not compromised. I've never seen the bubbling of the lining to this extent before.

 

[Auxsender]

2023 Cringle Flake.
This is by far my favorite iteration.
No bite for me at all.
Sweet and sour for days and perfect moisture.
Well done, Sutliff!