Me eitherI haven’t tried mine yet. Not in any rush I guess.
Me eitherI haven’t tried mine yet. Not in any rush I guess.
I haven't either. Maybe next summer. Let's try some age and see what happens.I haven’t tried mine yet. Not in any rush I guess.
That is my plan as well...I think I bought a pound of the stuff so hopefully that pays off! I love the red flake with perique so I'm sure the red flake will age well.I haven't either. Maybe next summer. Let's try some age and see what happens.
I haven't either. Maybe next summer. Let's try some age and see what happens.
That is my plan as well...I think I bought a pound of the stuff so hopefully that pays off! I love the red flake with perique so I'm sure the red flake will age well.
Rattray's disappear quick from a lot of stores. Joke it and enjoy it!I just couldn’t leave that well well enough alone. After contemplating my feeble first score and an agonizing feeling that I left too much on that table I succumbed to the relentless call to get with it and finish off what I started. There just had to be another path to success so a curtain call had to be the order of the day.
For all practical purposes that second order is now water under the bridge. All things considered, it tentatively appears my roundabout approach in finally getting what I wanted in the first place may have been my best option after all considering the order “limitations.”
Leaving a fleeting discount for products on the table coupled with not getting rare products in quantities I originally coveted and then topping that all off by paying shipping charges is a disaster of epic proportions in my scheme of operating. The jury is still out on my take until I receive confirmation of my order(s.)
In any case, doubling my pleasure was the order of yesterday and today:
- Rattray’s “Bagpiper’s Dream”
- Rattray’s “Hal O’ The Wynd”
- Rattray’s “Old Gowrie”
- Rattray’s “Marlin Flake”
- Rattray’s “Exotic Passion” (indeed, a pile MORE)
There isn’t anything I’ve come across, yet, quite like it. It is one of those tobacco’s where the term “aromatic” is tossed around freely and frequently but it is never hardly mentioned/expounded on that their blends are not what you are accustomed to/perceive them to be when you are confronted with that term “aro.”Rattray's disappear quick from a lot of stores...
I was in that boat but now I'm trying a lot more aro's and finding them enjoyable since most are barely aromatic or not sweet or overly spiced. SG's Fire Dance Flake is an aro but its their brown flake with a blackberry liquer topping. Quite mild and quite enjoyable. Eric send a sample of one of Campbell's aromatics that I enjoyed a lot. The CD Christmas themed aros I'll enjoy a bowl or two every year. They aren't for everyone but they are nice to mix it up. The lane blend that is really close to Captain Black gets smoked every couple of years. It is sweet but not goopy to me.There isn’t anything I’ve come across, yet, quite like it. It is one of those tobacco’s where the term “aromatic” is tossed around freely and frequently but it is never hardly mentioned/expounded on that their blends are not what you are accustomed to/perceive them to be when you are confronted with that term “aro.”
It is possibly an oft used “misnomer” all things considered. I really do not know if that description gives Rattray’s tobacco blends any justice. Many people do love it though! Scares off many wannabees; but, I can personally live with that predicament.
In the grand scheme of things there is just more left for the LIKES of me!
I think that statement is the whole in a nutshell or is becoming a more formidable argument against the naysayers.I was in that boat but now I'm trying a lot more aro's and finding them enjoyable since most are barely aromatic or not sweet or overly spiced.
Out of the Rattray's offerings you mentioned I'd only consider Bagpipers Dream and Exotic aromatic blends. With Exotic there is no mincing words...its an aro for sure. It'll ghost with the best (worst?) of them too. That being said, it is delicious and one I have cellared deep because I like to have some occasionally. If you plan to cellar you should either unload and jar the leaf or seal the tins as the bags inside aren't sealed.I think that statement is the whole in a nutshell or is becoming a more formidable argument against the naysayers.
There are a couple blenders that dare to continue to go where most do/will not, concerning aromatics, and are still stubborn to retreat to a lesser quality product. These days I am sure there are those “bean counters” that would salute a change to the so called “old guard” by convincing those to capitulate to their “bottom line” approach to success.
It wasn’t that Rattray’s was not doing their type of aro blending all along during their history either. It is why they had become as popular as they were back in the day and still are today. It is their “if it ain’t broke...don’t fix it” mantra that is still working quite well in their favor even today.
Rattray’s, as well as a few other select blenders, use a higher quality leaf and refrain from burying their creations in “sauce” in order for the high quality leaf they choose to utilize to still maintain a real balance of tobacco goodness while still giving you just enough of those condiments/residuals.
You know and heard the drill... some say not enough while the other side of the equation claim way too much secret sauce! The mid ground here are where the few “others” are treading quietly. They seem to be gaining traction too as they are very possibly and unknowingly redefining the landscape they arguably created while expanding upon the current narrowly accepted term casually used today as “aro.”
This is a Falcon I'd like to have.Speaking of custom meerschaum Falcon bowls, last summer I bought a custom handmade meerschaum Falcon stem. Not much more expensive then some styles of regular Falcon metal stems at some retailers. The coolness factor has to account for something here! Quite a unique piece...
Handmade Meerschaum Falcon Stem
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This is a Falcon I'd like to have.
That is my plan as well...I think I bought a pound of the stuff so hopefully that pays off! I love the red flake with perique so I'm sure the red flake will age well.