Man, these negative reviews are piquing my interest more than the positive ones
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Don't do it to yourself, trust me..................Man, these negative reviews are piquing my interest more than the positive ones
I get the chocolate note and that full burley flavour but Lordy its gots some rough edges and age doesn't assist in any way.
I'm about two pension cheques away from placing another order, so until then I'll follow your suggestion
I sometimes (ie most of the time lol) like crass and barbaric. For instance, I like the composers Wagner and Bartok . . . . they are both in my top ten favourites! So are Ravel, Debussy and Webern, who are at the opposite ends of the spectrum. I suspect I'm psychotic.
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There are much better burley blends to spend your dollars on IMO and Haunted Bookshop will leave you with a broken Baton and the woodwind section sounding like its being played by a mules rear end.I'm about two pension cheques away from placing another order, so until then I'll follow your suggestion
I sometimes (ie most of the time lol) like crass and barbaric. For instance, I like the composers Wagner and Bartok . . . . they are both in my top ten favourites! So are Ravel, Debussy and Webern, who are at the opposite ends of the spectrum. I suspect I'm psychotic.
Well, Haunted Bookshop is about six months down my list, so I'll probably never get there. Thanks for the heads up.
That would be Germain’s recreation of 759.
I honestly think our tastes might change through the early part of our lives but, by out autumn years they are pretty much set. However, that’s not to say we can’t try adapting something to fit our tastes. when I first tried Peterson’s De Luxe Navy Rolls I was completely underwhelmed; it reminded me too much of cigarettes. Someone suggested I leave it a few months and to try adding a vanilla pod. I did so and also added some coffee beans. The result is amazing and I now love it.
I'm trying to like this blend but every time i do, i can't.
Only really tough alpha males like Haunted Bookshop. It is a shame that not everyone can be a top tier human being, but so is the way the world is.
The only tobacco that come to mind that i am entirely repulsed by is Mixture 79.
The only tobacco that come to mind that i am entirely repulsed by is Mixture 79.
Once I found out what tobacco could actually taste like, I came to despise all fruity type of aromatics. Even some classics like Cult Blood Red Moon, Royal Yacht, and others with that apricot... Gathered them up and gave them away. I may still have more lurking on my shelves that will be passed along.
The one that mystifies me is Briar Fox. A few years back I tried 1, maybe 2 tins of it. I was certain I could/would/should like it. Out of all the bowls I tried and tried, only a couple of them were acceptable. I can't remember why I thought I was really going to enjoy it, but I may even have a few tins in the cellar with some age on them now. They may find a new home someday.
The one that mystifies me is Briar Fox. A few years back I tried 1, maybe 2 tins of it. I was certain I could/would/should like it. Out of all the bowls I tried and tried, only a couple of them were acceptable. I can't remember why I thought I was really going to enjoy it, but I may even have a few tins in the cellar with some age on them now. They may find a new home someday.
I forgot to add that plum flavored cat vomit - Erinmore Mixture. I purchased a tin and really tried to like it, I even purchase a 1 Lb bag Gawith & Hogwarts Broken No: 7 since @simong told me that by adding a flake to a bowl full sort of dialed it back to how it tasted in the early 1980s. This resulted in me loving Broken Flake No: 7 and donating the tin of Erinmore Mixture to some fellow on here. I have had Erinmore Plug and that was just amazing which is probably why it's not made anymore. The Mixture version of Erinmore is like sucking warm something or other into your mouth via your pipe with a flavor profile that I blush to describe.
G.L. Pease “The Virginia Cream,” which is tragic because it’s the only one of his blends I don’t at least like (and I adore a few of them). I’m not questioning the quality, but there’s something in there that tears my mouth up.
For me, it’s like smoking a blister agent.
For me, it’s like smoking a blister agent.
S&G Bothy Flake is a bit heavy on the Latakia side in my humble opinion
Molta Dolce. I would say Haunted B as well, but at least the latter resembles tobacco. MD has to be the most disgusting concoction I have ever come across. The residue it leaves on the inside of the bowl after 'smoking' this crap is like the slurry you see birds covered in after an oil spill. I knew the so-called purity laws we are meant to have here in the UK were a load of bollocks when this shite came on the market. It wouldn't pass sillage purity laws. If you feed it to an animal you'd be done for cruelty. The very thought of it makes me gag, truly red rotten.
I desperately wanted to find an old time codger blend that I could fall in love with. I tried Granger and could never finish a bowl. It's been around forever so alot of guys must like it. It's just not for me.
That was my experience, too. I kept thinking it must be me, since the stuff is so popular. Maybe if I slow down, maybe if I try it in a different pipe, maybe with some time my preferences will expand, maybe it just needs a bit more time in the jar. Nope, not for me.