Its like smoking juicy fruit gum that's been soaked in geranium water.
What is the Worst Pipe Tobacco You have ever Smoked?
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Gawith's Louisiana flake for me.
I don't mind lakelands but Gawith's offering can be a little unpredictable regarding their essences. The batch that my Louisiana flake came from seemed to have been used to mop up spilled Tonquin bean essence, the whole flake tasted like burning carpet underlay.
I don't mind lakelands but Gawith's offering can be a little unpredictable regarding their essences. The batch that my Louisiana flake came from seemed to have been used to mop up spilled Tonquin bean essence, the whole flake tasted like burning carpet underlay.
The various Virginias provide a ton of tartly sour and tangy, acidic fermented citrus, some fermented tangy ripe dark fruit, wood, earth, a lot of grass and vegetation, light bread, cigar and spice notes, and are quite floral. They are bold lead components. The dry, very sour, herbal, floral, earthy, woody, mildly spicy, vegetative, Oriental is a supporting player. Figs may be the so-called “discreet” topping, but there’s so much perfume, fruit and sour floralness that more toppings are definitely in the mix. If this is discreet, I’d sure hate to see what the manufacturer thinks strong is. You can taste the underlying tobaccos, but the toppings greatly tone them down. The strength is in the center of medium to strong, while the taste level is very full. The nic-hit is medium. Won’t bite or get harsh but does sport a few rough edges. The flakes may need a little dry time. Burns cool, and a tad slow with a very sweet and sourly bitter, exceptionally floral, perfumy, mildly acidic, consistent flavor that translates to the long lingering unattractive after taste, and more pleasant room note. Leaves little moisture in the bowl, and requires some relights. Not an all day smoke. Will quickly ghost a briar and no meer is safe from that, either. Two stars because it is a polarizing blend: you either hate it or enjoy it.
-JimInks
C&D Bailey's Front Porch is the only pipe tobacco I have ever thrown away. Tasted sour in the worst kind of way.
The absence of the reach-around really does make all the difference.
Bond Street, an oldie but a baddie. Almost forced me to give up pipe smoking. I understand it was the primary ingredient in the development of mustard gas.
I had a bad time with a MacBaren's mixture blend of some kind that claimed about ten constituent tobaccos on the tin and was one of three harshest tobaccos I've smoked. I don't think it is sold any more. The regular customers quit smoking or died maybe. Worse, I kept trying to like it and mixed it with still other leaf, none of which helped.
It's one of my faves as well. Keep in mind that a number of members have defective palates or are challenged by anything that doesn't smoke like sawdust.No love for my poor Haddo's!! Its one of my favs.
Didn’t “hate” it per say but thought it must have been blended by a kindergartner… C&D’s Captain Bob’s Blend. An English blend soaked in grape Kool Aid.
Huh, my palate must be pretty unrefined. Quite a few favorites of mine others cannot stand. Oh well. No accounting for tastes, especially tastes that lace more for me.
To make up for that, I'll leave you all the OJK in all its variations. Also all the Borkum Riff and Captain Black. And anything in an Amphora pouch, there's something about Amphora that just does not do it for me. I could never get it to taste right. There was a Sutliff blend that I didn't know was cherry when I picked it up (I cannot stomach cherry flavors). And a black cavendish I found in a jar at a B&M, chemical sweet and flavored with a cubic yard of cinnamon per ounce.
But as always, YMMV.
To make up for that, I'll leave you all the OJK in all its variations. Also all the Borkum Riff and Captain Black. And anything in an Amphora pouch, there's something about Amphora that just does not do it for me. I could never get it to taste right. There was a Sutliff blend that I didn't know was cherry when I picked it up (I cannot stomach cherry flavors). And a black cavendish I found in a jar at a B&M, chemical sweet and flavored with a cubic yard of cinnamon per ounce.
But as always, YMMV.
Scotty’s Stonewall, a P&C bulk blend. It’s sold as an English, but it’s really an untopped aromatic base blend with a token amount of Latakia tossed in. The varietals clash pretty badly. Tastes exactly like vomit. ?
It is, to date, the only tobacco I’ve thrown away. Never again.
It is, to date, the only tobacco I’ve thrown away. Never again.
Haunted Bookshop. People love it, but people also love pickled eggs, so whatever.
Hilarious...... This is what makes tobacco discussions fun and tobacco reviews kind of useless for me......... a lot of these passionately hated tobaccos are some of my favorites.
Example: I've tried a lot of tobaccos based on Jiminks reviews and with all due respect....... most of his reviews may be well written, quite descriptive and flowery but I have never, ever tasted anything in a tobacco that he claims is there.
When it comes to tobacco, there is a certain joy in to-each-his-own. No one is really "right" about any good or bad tobaccos. I love that.
Example: I've tried a lot of tobaccos based on Jiminks reviews and with all due respect....... most of his reviews may be well written, quite descriptive and flowery but I have never, ever tasted anything in a tobacco that he claims is there.
When it comes to tobacco, there is a certain joy in to-each-his-own. No one is really "right" about any good or bad tobaccos. I love that.
Captain Black Cherry has been the worst for me. Smells nice and cherry-ey in the bag though.
