Blend Type:
Burley Blend
Components:
Burley
Cut:
Coarse Cut
Flavorings:
Anisette, Sweet / Sugar
Strength:
Mild
Flavoring:
Mild
Taste:
Mild to Medium
Tin Note (My
Observations): Cocoa, Rum, Maple, Figs
Room Note
(My Observations): Pleasant, Chocolatey(?)
Rating:    
First
Impressions (May 21, 2024)
This tobacco smelled
great in the tin. It had a just-right amount of
moisture, being neither too moist nor dry. It smelled
great, mostly of maple and figs, though I could
discern some cocoa notes and perhaps some rum or some
other alcohol.
Upon lighting I was
greeted by the most powerful sweetness I have yet
gotten from any pipe tobacco. Perhaps my corn-cob pipe
added to the sweetness, but I don't think it did much.
SWR is very sweet. It's not sickly-sweet, but I don't
see this being an all-day smoke. The taste is of
regular tobacco as far as I can tell----the sugary
taste of burnt leaf----but with the sweetness enhanced
beyond normal ranges.
As sweet as SWR is,
it's very mild, and I never experienced any tongue
bite from it. It takes a light very well, being eager
to burn, and sends up great thick clouds of smoke.
It's hard for me to tell how the blend might smell to
other people, but I smelled faint notes of cocoa on a
draft coming back to me on the wind.
I
don't particularly care for SWR's taste, but I don't
dislike it. I'm going to smoke this some more and
see what else I can notice as my palate adjusts to
the blend. I think I smoked too fast; it's easy for
me to do that with my Missouri Meerschaum General
pipe.
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