Even though they don’t list it, I’m fairly certain there’s a fire-cured Burley or Dark Kentucky lurking in that fine shag somewhere. It gives me that same little catch in the back of my throat that DFK does. I’ve only ever had fire-cured leaf do that to me. You can taste it intermittently too, something similar to a cheroot/toscano cigar. It’s in the background, but it’s there. It and the Perique are the nic deliverers in that one I believe.
Not still in production, but Hearth and Home had one called Freight Train that I used to love. Russ told me that some of the components were getting hard to find.
I don't know if it's considered similar, but I actually switched to Bayou Nights for a strong spicy blend. I ended up smoking it far more often than Picayune, but it scratched the same itch (for me). It's got the same ingredients, but with the addition of some latakia (not too much).
I like Bayou Night as well, but they don’t taste anything alike to me.
I agree the taste isn't the same. For me it was more of a switch from one strong n spicy blend to another.
