Just opened the tin of Bayou Night I was bombed with last year, loaded my Pete system 303 and set sail. What a rich and fecund tin aroma. Rotting fruits and horse manure but in a good way like gorgonzola or other stinky cheeses.
Flavour was cigarish on initial light, I presume from the fact that both cigar leaf and perique are fermented during processing. Dark chocolate, roast almond and sour plum crossed my tongue during the smoke, changing with each puff.
Bad mistake smoking this on an empty stomach though, I had to put the bowl down for a while at the halfway point as my head was starting to spin. Certainly a stronger nicotine hit than ODF which was the last blend to knock me on my arse.
Smoking it out of an Old Dominion cob, which has a much narrower and taller bowl than my 303, the flavours are muted and nowhere near as complex. I found this to be surprising as one of my thoughts whilst puffing on my first bowl was that it'd be great in a cob. Might have to try one of my bigger cobs.
As for ghosting, yes it does, the bowl of plum pudding I had afterwards in the 303 tasted heavily of perique. Haven't yet had any further bowls to see if the ghost is still there.
Thanks to the bomber of this one, certainly a unique tobacco. Oh and anyone who is put off by the description including Latakia, don't be, I can't detect any in there at all. The perique seems to dominate.
Cheers
Tim
