Sherlock Holmes

[unclearthur]

I am getting together an order for P&C and looking to try some new tobaccos. any recommendations on the following?

1 Peterson Sherlock Holmes

2 SHPC Great hiatus

3 SHPC VR

Yep I am a Holmes fanatic! Great stuff!

 

[sapo59]

I don't know I've been tempted to try the holmes blend myself.

 

[pstlpkr]

Hey Arthur, Sapo,

How about giving us a good description of the Sherlock Holmes tobacco.

I've never tried it.
Might be something to put in my Gourd Calabash...

 

[unclearthur]

Me either but I am ordering it with my next P&C order because I just HAVE to find out what it is like! I will report on it for sure.

 

[pstlpkr]

Great!

 

[surfmac211]

The Peterson was the only one that I have tried and I thought it was very good. Not my favorite but a solid smoke.

 

[admin]

I have the Peterson Sherlock Holmes and have smoked it three times.
It is somewhat a "standard Peterson tobacco". Tin aroma smells great - apricots and raisins, but it doesn't come through to the taste.
It is not totally bland, there is some taste, but it is very mild. Smoke it slow to avoid tongue-bite.
If you like Danish-style tobaccos, you will like this one.

 

[unclearthur]

Hmmmmmmmmmmm? Still may be worth a try. I think i will grab the SHPC blends first. Besides I need another tin of Peterson's Perfect Plug!

 

[ernest]

I would like to try that one.

 

[juni]

Sherlock Holmes was one of the first tobaccos I tried and it didn't taste like much of anything at all. I wonder what it would taste like if I tried it now, with a little bit more experience.

 

[pstlpkr]

Juni, I personally like Peterson's Sherlock Holmes mix very much.
To me it's a mild to medium English blend, with a mildly grassy pouch note and touch of a pepper taste. The War Department only threw one shoe at me for smoking it in the house.

So the room note, for an English blend, isn't too bad.
I'd give it 4-3/4 stars out of 5.

 

[lordnoble]

I recently got a tin of McClelland's 221b Series Arcadia. It was a decent smoke with what seemed to me to be Perique, although I can find no tobacco content that supports this. It had the "McClelland ketchup" aroma that many people comment on when the tin is first opened. It wasn't the best blend, but I'll dip into it from time to time. I am, however, looking forward to the last in the same series, Honeydew. The descriptions I've read sounds like something I'd like, and I LOVE Sherlock Holmes stories/ movie including some of the not-quite-canon versions.
-Jason

 

[mlaug]

If its smoked slow its very, very, good. If its smoked a little hot, the pepper taste really comes though to me.
I enjoy it and probably smoke it a couple of times a week.
It certainly isn't a main tobacco in my selections, but after awhile I get a craving for its unique taste.

 

[juni]

I have to re-get a tin some time, but before that there are so many other ones to try out. I wonder how that Squadron Leader I got when I started out would taste now. It has been jar'd up for a almost a year. Last time it tasted like smoking burnt hair. :D

 

[pipetrucker]

I also find the Sherlock Holmes to be a bit peppery. I like it and always keep a tin on hand although I don't smoke it as often as other blends.
Personally, I like the Old Dublin the best of the Peterson tobaccos.

 

[zanthal]

Old thread, new post.
I just put in an order for SHPC Great Hiatus (and 7 Seas Black, actually) since as you'll see at Tobacco Reviews, it comes highly recommended.
Just for the sake of discussion, I'll re-ask unclearthur's original question ... Have you tried it, do you like it?

 

[rigmedic1]

I see where PipesandCigars has put together a couple of Sherlock Holmes tobacco groupings. I would not call them samplers due to the amounts involved, but there is a full spread of tobaccos, and one set with a cherrywood, a briar, and a clay.

 

[juni]

I got some more Sherlock Holmes a few months ago and now it is one of my favorites. It has to be dried a bit before smoking but I really like the taste.

 

[lordofthepiperings]

Peterson's Sherlock Holmes blend is pretty good. I have about three tins of it in a mason jar. Pretty light Virginia blend with a bit of Burley thrown in to cool it down a bit. The blend does have a bit of a fruity smell in the tin which lightly carries over into the smoke. It's a Virginia based blend, so sip on it gently otherwise the tongue will surely be bitten.

 

[jchaplick]

I have a tin with maybe 5 small bowls taken out of it, and im not the biggest fan, I am contemplating putting it up for trade, pm me if your interested