What Are You Smoking? May 2013
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Time for some nice Anniversary Kake in the ol' Grabow Starfire. Can't wait! This one was an early-on favorite in the running for "My Preferred VAPer", but I haven't smoked any in a couple of months due to *ahem*... "The Search". So.. Enough with idle chitchat, time to walk the dog and burn a bowlful of a neglected favorite. :
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This may not be the place to post this, but since I brought up my comparing Escudo and Dunhill Deluxe Navy Rolls here, I hope nobody minds my analysis, which I'll also post in the Escudo thread.
The difference between the two is not much. It used to be, but not now. They look exactly the same. Today's Navy Rolls have a little more lighter Virginia in the rolls than they used to. Today's NR is a little less sweeter, slightly more muddy in taste, and a little less full. And just a little less perique now. Those the distinguishing factors between new NR and the Murray's version. Today's Escudo is a little different than it was 12 years ago, and is closer to NR than before. I notice the same slightly drier, less sweet taste in both versions, but the new Escudo is a little more muddy, more like the NR. The old Escudo had more of a grassy, hay-like taste than the old NR. The new Escudo has less of that flavor; only a touch of it is there now. So, they are not exactly the same tobacco because the NR doesn't have that very light grass and hay note that today's Escudo does, which gives it slightly less of a full taste. I'd say the difference is very small, not quite the same, but you'd hate to hang on the difference. There's something minor in the NR that isn't in Escudo that I can't put my finger on. Upshot: Escudo and Dunhill Navy Rolls are about 95% the same.
The difference between the two is not much. It used to be, but not now. They look exactly the same. Today's Navy Rolls have a little more lighter Virginia in the rolls than they used to. Today's NR is a little less sweeter, slightly more muddy in taste, and a little less full. And just a little less perique now. Those the distinguishing factors between new NR and the Murray's version. Today's Escudo is a little different than it was 12 years ago, and is closer to NR than before. I notice the same slightly drier, less sweet taste in both versions, but the new Escudo is a little more muddy, more like the NR. The old Escudo had more of a grassy, hay-like taste than the old NR. The new Escudo has less of that flavor; only a touch of it is there now. So, they are not exactly the same tobacco because the NR doesn't have that very light grass and hay note that today's Escudo does, which gives it slightly less of a full taste. I'd say the difference is very small, not quite the same, but you'd hate to hang on the difference. There's something minor in the NR that isn't in Escudo that I can't put my finger on. Upshot: Escudo and Dunhill Navy Rolls are about 95% the same.
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