So, Haddo's Delight..

[bullet08]

I had to find out where the tin note was coming from. So I asked the blend owner, Greg. I didn't use the four letter word. Asked him politely where is that "pungent, earthy, horse manure or organic fertilizer" aroma coming from. Per him, it's due to burley and a lot of perique that's giving that note. It does have rum based topping, but that's not contributing too much to the tin note.

Knowing where the tin note is coming from, I actually feel better. I won't sniff it all day, but I might get used to it.

 

[lawdawg]

I love GLP Westminster and quiet nights. His English blends are excellent. Have not been overly impressed with union square so far, but it’s good enough and I’ll gladly finish my tin and reserve judgment until then.

Honestly I love the barnyard smell you’re describing. How do like Haddos over all?

 

[bullet08]

I love GLP Westminster and quiet nights. His English blends are excellent. Have not been overly impressed with union square so far, but it’s good enough and I’ll gladly finish my tin and reserve judgment until then.

Honestly I love the barnyard smell you’re describing. How do like Haddos over all?

I enjoy Haddo's Delight quite a bit. But only into few bowl at the moment to really say much about it. Tin note is definitely distinct for me. It's developing dark fruit note in the jar. Will see how it is by the end of the jar.

 

[Chasing Embers]

I enjoy Haddo's Delight quite a bit. But only into few bowl at the moment to really say much about it. Tin note is definitely distinct for me. It's developing dark fruit note in the jar. Will see how it is by the end of the jar.

After a few years, my jars smell like caramel apples. Heavenly.?

 

[sablebrush52]

Haddo's is one of my favorite blends to smoke, especially after it's had a decade or more to mellow. Rum, huh? I never thought that the booze was rum.

 

[krizzose]

Haddo's Delight is a blend I think I would really like. Therefore I'm afraid to try it and find out I was right, and then feel the need to buy a bunch to cellar

 

[brandaves]

Haddo's Delight is a blend I think I would really like. Therefore I'm afraid to try it and find out I was right, and then feel the need to buy a bunch to cellar

Somebody said it! I have two tins in my cellar already but have yet to smoke any of this blend...there are a lot of blends I need to try and would love to stock but just don't NEED anymore! That is until I smoke them

 

[haparnold]

I love Haddo's as well. Honestly, a lot of GLP's earlier work is somewhat overlooked. For the record, I was pretty sure the topping was a plum brandy-type thing, not rum.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Did you ask him on Instagram? I think I saw that post.

Haddos Haddos Haddos, I am cuckoo for Haddos. But, I never smelled manure. Just zippy, zingy, spicy mmm mmm goodness. I can't crack open a tin without just smoking it down to the bottom of the tin.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Haddo was a pseudonym for Allister Crowley. It is meant to simulate his favorite tobacco blend. When an alcohol is added to tobacco, it changes the dynamics of the aroma of both. Like Bothy Flake has scotch in it, but it comes across as more of a fruity smell, and Bagpipers Dream has Cognac, but it smells more like a men's cologne.

Think about how mint mixed with garlic in meatballs has it's own distinctive aroma that seems to have nothing to do with either mint or garlic.

 

[kola]

A super blend, it's about as "aro" as I like ad it's and top-notch stuff. I just got me a few more 16 oz tins last week.I seem to get a hint of a butterscotch-boozy flavor out of it. And I don't really detect the typical perique flavors. It's a winner of a blend - could be a easy every day smoke for me.

 

[kcghost]

Haddo's can be a delightful smoke.

 

[kola]

Smoke it slow too. Huff and puff on it and its nasty-ass.

 

[bullet08]

Did you ask him on Instagram? I think I saw that post.

Haddos Haddos Haddos, I am cuckoo for Haddos. But, I never smelled manure. Just zippy, zingy, spicy mmm mmm goodness. I can't crack open a tin without just smoking it down to the bottom of the tin.

Yupe. On Instagram.

 

[mso489]

I really enjoyed a tin of HD, but haven't ordered another. I have encountered several blends that have a strong horse stall odor, and assume it is organic matter decomposing, hopefully nothing from a digestive tract. I smoke slowly in terms of using up tins, so I have many good blends on hand, so not reordering is just routine. I might reorder if I needed a blend. I tend to order what is new for me that sounds intriguing, or what is on sale.

 

[unadoptedlamp]

I can't imagine anyone not liking Haddo's.

When GL Pease blends eventually go under, those tins are going to be worth a small fortune. I'd wager they will be worth more than anything else in the GL Pease line.

Hopefully that's a few lifetimes from now so others can continue to enjoy it.

Incredible stuff.

 

[lawdawg]

I can't imagine anyone not liking Haddo's.

When GL Pease blends eventually go under, those tins are going to be worth a small fortune. I'd wager they will be worth more than anything else in the GL Pease line.

Hopefully that's a few lifetimes from now so others can continue to enjoy it.

Incredible stuff.

Agreed that GLP blends are present-day "heyday" blends that people will keep talking about once they're gone. Even though it's no longer en vogue to like latakia, I love English blends, and am stocking Westminster and Quiet Nights, which are quite possibly my favorite latakia blends, along with Russ Oulette's White Knight (which I'm stocking as well and which is also another likely blend to be coveted and reminisced upon once off market).

 

[pantsBoots]

I can't imagine anyone not liking Haddo's.

When GL Pease blends eventually go under, those tins are going to be worth a small fortune. I'd wager they will be worth more than anything else in the GL Pease line.

Hopefully that's a few lifetimes from now so others can continue to enjoy it.

Incredible stuff.

Dang it. Just ordered a bunch of Pease, but skipped over this. This thread has me thinking I deprived myself by not grabbing a measly 2 oz to see what's what.

Incidentally, what makes Pease likely to go off market? Just the general slow-death of pipe tobacco blenders? Or something specific to GL pease it/himself?