It’s best when describing this, to let us know what Era did you smoke from? Dunhill, Murray, Orlik/STG.
Royal Yacht, A Short-Short Review
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It’s best when describing this, to let us know what Era did you smoke from? Dunhill, Murray, Orlik/STG.
Well, I tried RY for the first time today, and......
Put me in the thumbs up camp. I like it, but then again I haven't really found a pipe tobacco I don't like yet
Put me in the thumbs up camp. I like it, but then again I haven't really found a pipe tobacco I don't like yet
I'm enjoying a bowl right now. I have been going to it more and more the last week or two. I am going to add a few more tins on my next order.Well, I tried RY for the first time today, and......
Put me in the thumbs up camp. I like it, but then again I haven't really found a pipe tobacco I don't like yet
As was suggested to me a little time in the jar served it well. I would love to see how a year or more does for it.
Glad you enjoyed it, cheers!
I'm not sure when the Murray era ended, but I had a tin of RY on hand for a time before I opened it in about 2015. Neither that tin nor the current Peterson version seemed significantly different. It has always had a rep for strong nic, but didn't hit me with that particularly.
From what I’ve read Murray closed in 2005.
Surely there must be a difference from a blend Murray worked on in the 80s, from what STG is doing now... ?
So how would y'all categorize Royal Yacht?
Like, in which notebook section would I scribble my tasting notes, what area of the tobacco shelf would it sit on, what column in the tobacco database?
It's listed as an Aromatic on Tobacco Reviews, but would you place it more as a Virginia or Virginia-Based blend (that happens to have slight topping added)?
Semi-Aromatic?
"Other"?
Like, in which notebook section would I scribble my tasting notes, what area of the tobacco shelf would it sit on, what column in the tobacco database?
It's listed as an Aromatic on Tobacco Reviews, but would you place it more as a Virginia or Virginia-Based blend (that happens to have slight topping added)?
Semi-Aromatic?
"Other"?
I’m made the mistake of letting all of the negativity keep me from trying it for 20 years!! Tried it this past summer and fell in love. Wish I had found to much sooner. A good strength for me, great taste and really mildly topped. I would say natural tobacco taste plus a bit.
I just take it as an aromatic blended with a masterful sense of simplicity. It is not jazzed up at all, and the secret sauce, plum I presume, is just right to enhance and highlight a good grade of Virginia leaf. Like a good piece of writing, it doesn't have any extratraneous parts.
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When I worked at Diebel's Pipe Shop, albeit a long time ago, I learned very quickly there are no two tasters alike. Like fingerprints, we are all different. Then there are all of the influences of type of pipe (meerschaum or briar, perhaps clay or calabash ). Basically, we can only paint with a broad brush when it comes to taste,, flavor & smell. Remember this: No one can tell you what an egg tastes is.
actually egg tastes kind of like chicken but more immature.
Thank you.
Your description brings to mind Peterson's University Flake, which I find enjoyable enough, but only when smoked sparingly: Virginia and Burley with a pleasant plum topping. Here's another tobacco that could be called a VaBur, but I tend to think of it as an Aromatic, if more suave than many Aros.
I recently received a first tin of Royal Yacht, but it will wait on the sidelines for a while until I've worked through a number of other opened blends.
"Extratraneous": clever!
Even though I dislike most aromatics and smoke mostly English and VA / Burley blends, I do enjoy Royal Yacht as a nice change every so often. Just not that often.
It was the Dunhill version that i tried.It’s best when describing this, to let us know what Era did you smoke from? Dunhill, Murray, Orlik/STG.
Royal Yacht is really smooth and has a distinct taste I enjoy.
Anyone know how the current Peterson RY compares with McConnell Paddington which is the K&K version? I have a couple of tins on the way to try but may not get to them for a while due to having so much open.
My short RY review: vomit, with a side of bile
Maybe that’s motion sickness from being on a yacht?
Could be! I know lots of people like it but the topping to me just takes like a vurp.