Jay, I suspect you may be underestimating the amount of time some of these tobaccos need to "breathe". Dark Star, for example, tends to improve after about 3 weeks of sitting in a jar. Additionally, you may want to use the same pipe for the mcclellands blends as it will help to bring out the character of the stoved leaf present in both ds and bwf.
I like ds for it's curious cumin and cinnamon notes. As someone mentioned I'm not a fan of the cotton tongue feeling I sometimes experience from mcc.
The simplest way to prepare this blend is to put some on a coffee filter, pop it in the. Microwave for 10 seconds, then let it rest on a cooling rack for a few minutes. It only takes a few minutes to go from tin to pipe this way and the trade off in taste is minimal.
As to the broader question of America's Top Gun, I haven't a clue.
Re: 2035, it's simply ds minus a few years of aging. Plenty of folks prefer it as it's a bit "peppier"
I like ds for it's curious cumin and cinnamon notes. As someone mentioned I'm not a fan of the cotton tongue feeling I sometimes experience from mcc.
The simplest way to prepare this blend is to put some on a coffee filter, pop it in the. Microwave for 10 seconds, then let it rest on a cooling rack for a few minutes. It only takes a few minutes to go from tin to pipe this way and the trade off in taste is minimal.
As to the broader question of America's Top Gun, I haven't a clue.
Re: 2035, it's simply ds minus a few years of aging. Plenty of folks prefer it as it's a bit "peppier"
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