Royal Yacht

[beastinview]

Just my $0.02--
As to whether it's an aromatic, that's more a matter of how one defines the term "aromatic" than it is a question of what's in the Royal Yacht blend. I tend to think of aromatics as blends where the topping is more tangible than the tobacco itself. If that is the definition of aromatic, then, no--I wouldn't define Royal Yacht as aromatic.
On the other hand, if we define "aromatic" as any blend with a topping, then, yes--Royal Yacht certainly has a tangible topping. (Note: that definition turns quite a few blends into aromatics!) It's subtle, and doesn't dominate those strong African virginias.
I'm a fan. Plum may certainly be an accurate descriptor of the topping, but I've always thought it was a little closer to a tawny port. Anyone with me on that?

 

[deathmetal]

Edgeworth was also Stalins favorite tobacco, not Royal Yacht.

I am gratified to read this. Stalin is one of the scariest figures in history. Like Ghenghis Khan and Napoleon, he believed only in his own power. Some call this "nihilism," but I see it simply as an all-consuming egoism, like solipsism. Interesting how the most destructive people tend to embrace the most welcoming ideas, like "all people are equal." Stalin was a big believer in equality... including equal places in mass graves.

I've always thought it was a little closer to a tawny port.

Not being a huge alcohol consumer, and with little experience with the varieties, I must defer to your opinion. I will have to seek out a tawny port to see if it reminds me of the 'Yacht.

 

[wizhunter]

I am not a long time pipe smoker but have been smoking RY for the past week and to be honest i like it enough to order another 50g tin.My first experience of pipe tobacco was Condor blended and to me RY is in a different league.I am also thinking of getting some Hal o the wind which is like RY i have heard.
Wiz

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Edgeworth was also Stalins favorite tobacco, not Royal Yacht.

On here over the years, people have said that Stalin smoked crushed cigarette butts in his pipes, and all sorts of things. I tend to believe that no pipe smokers just smokes one tobacco for all of eternity. And, so what? Smoking the same thing as a dictator doesn't turn you into a dictator. maybe. Ha ha.

Gerald Ford also smoked Edgeworth. Was Edgeworth even available in Russia? I wonder why did he not smoke a Russian blend? Just because we don't have Russian blends available in the US (or USSR) now, doesn't mean there never were any. Italy and Spain have their own tobaccos that we cannot access. And, back then, many US tobaccos were made locally, just as some like Cotton Boll Twist still are.

 

[deathmetal]

Smoking the same thing as a dictator doesn't turn you into a dictator.

It's a good point. Remember, Hitler hated tobacco and blamed it for much of the downfall of the West. But, he had a lower score than Stalin, Mao, or Genghis Khan, so what did that piker know?

 

[mayfair70]

It's spelled "Royal Yacht", but it's pronounced "Throat Warbler Mangrove". :puffpipe: