I just received an oz. In the mail, though I have yet to try it. I will say that is visually unremarkable but we’ll see How it tastes. I understand this to be a polarizing blend
Throw out Disgusting Tobacco?
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It certainly is. Don't know if I've ever read a middle-of-the-road opinion about it.
I like it mostly because of the name and tin art, but also because when I first started pipe smoking I kept watching Bradley from Stuffandthings reviewing it and I got obsessed with it. When I first got my hands on it, it was certainly tasty, but I won't lie, it does taste similar to cigarettes. I don't know why that would be a bad thing, tho.
After exploring a bunch of pipe tobaccos, I'd say cigarette taste is not something I'm looking for in a pipe tobacco. If I craved that flavor, I could just bum a dart from one of my ciggie smoking friends. I have noticed that some straight Virginias do leave a cigarette smell behind, but haven't noticed much of the cig flavor.
Huh. Have you tried speeding up the aging on VAs this way?
I'm thinking in particular of the night & day difference between 10 year OGS and fresh... could this be accelerated?
Was going to PM you about that Exotic Passion but you'll need to contact me if you're serious ...Post it here on the forum as a trade or a give away. Someone might want it or maybe not. I have some Rattray's Exotic Passion I'm trying to give away and I'll pay the postage...so far no takers.
I once threw some Captain Black in my fire pit to get rid of it. It was so moist that it put the fire out.
I'm very serious, sorry though someone beat you to it. It's already on it's way or I would of divided it between the two of you.
It's all good.
It's not within my genre that I'm actively seeking but I think that some aromatics might come back into my focus at the right time. I've loads of tins to open and try.
Cheers
This reminds me of how now there are whiskey producers who submerge their liquor in the ocean thus drastically reducing aging time needed (in the barrel in this case). I have heard the results are well received despite my inner-traditionalist not wanting to cheat Grandfather Time. I hope this is true though because I missed out on the recent aged Capstan drop. But that doesn’t matter if I can just throw some of my regular Capstan tins into SBC’s trunk.
Don't keep it just for thrift. However, I usually suggest that blends you don't like should be jarred up and tried in about a year, more or less, since your taste for a blend can completely change, because the blend improves decisively with time, or more likely, because in the interim, in the back of your mind, you've figured it out and know how to enjoy it. It sounds unlikely, but it has happened to me more than several times. But if you are impelled to throw it out, that's okay. No guilt. Sometimes it's just a good outlet to give a bad blend the heave-ho.
I'm one to readily toss something I'm pretty sure I'm not going to like even if I set it aside or cellar it a while. It's not often, and I don't need it cluttering my cellar of things I know I do like. Especially since I'm slowly transitioning from a wide cellar to a deep cellar (simplifying). That' just me though.
