What Blend do You Hate?
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I don’t doubt the quality, but 1792 Flake produced the most viscerally negative reaction I’ve had to a blend.
I smoked only half and half for years, before discovering Prince Albert. It used to come in fold top pouch, and was boxed like Prince Albert still is. I bought some a few years ago in a gas station, but it’s now in a sealed roll up pouch, like Borkum Riff. The cut was more of a nice ribbon than I remember it being. It burned my tongue so bad I couldn’t smoke comfortably for days. I’m not sure when it changed exactly, but a few years ago anyway.
SG Full Virginia Flake.
I opened my 6 year old jar of FVF recently, still can't figure out why anyone likes it.
St. James Flake on the other hand is amazing, so it seems I'm more a fan of Perique than Virginia, or at least Bright Virginia. There are a variety of aged VA blends I do enjoy, it may be bright VA specifically does not agree with me, it just seems harsh and reminds me of burning hair.
I opened my 6 year old jar of FVF recently, still can't figure out why anyone likes it.
St. James Flake on the other hand is amazing, so it seems I'm more a fan of Perique than Virginia, or at least Bright Virginia. There are a variety of aged VA blends I do enjoy, it may be bright VA specifically does not agree with me, it just seems harsh and reminds me of burning hair.
Careful. After the Oscar's, comedians are now horrified they cam be slapped for telling bad jokes.
Anyone telling bad jokes should be socked on the jaw.
Dunhill EMP is a bad joke .
Dunhill EMP is a bad joke .
The only one thus far to turn my stomach was 4Noggins Weybridge.
There have been plenty of tobaccos I've disliked, but Weybridge was the only one I've hated.
I'd strongly dislike any cigar leaf blend, as well.
I recently dumped out my first bowl of Crooner, half way through, and re-homed the rest of the ounce to somebody here. Strongly disliked it.
The batch of 515 RC I got may have been over-sauced with vinegar...it had way, way, way more vinegar going on than McC 5100 ever did. I'm ok with hint of vinegar, but this was insane and I strongly disliked it.
Dunhill 965 struck me as the most one-dimensional piece of leather I'd ever smoked, even back when I was a full-bore English guy. I was all about latakia blends, back then, but 965 tasted like licking a strop of leather, with absolutely nothing else going on. Wound up very turned off by it.
Finally, I'd just mention whatever the common denominator is in run-of-the-mill, store-branded aromatics in bulk jars on B&M counters. They all smell like playdough to me, now. Kind of hate it.
There have been plenty of tobaccos I've disliked, but Weybridge was the only one I've hated.
I'd strongly dislike any cigar leaf blend, as well.
I recently dumped out my first bowl of Crooner, half way through, and re-homed the rest of the ounce to somebody here. Strongly disliked it.
The batch of 515 RC I got may have been over-sauced with vinegar...it had way, way, way more vinegar going on than McC 5100 ever did. I'm ok with hint of vinegar, but this was insane and I strongly disliked it.
Dunhill 965 struck me as the most one-dimensional piece of leather I'd ever smoked, even back when I was a full-bore English guy. I was all about latakia blends, back then, but 965 tasted like licking a strop of leather, with absolutely nothing else going on. Wound up very turned off by it.
Finally, I'd just mention whatever the common denominator is in run-of-the-mill, store-branded aromatics in bulk jars on B&M counters. They all smell like playdough to me, now. Kind of hate it.
Crooner was very nasty years back, too much deer tongue. I heard they finally adjusted the dosage but I have no interest in trying it.