Herzl
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Already, your FAQ has drastically transformed my experience for the better. I thank you. My thousand-dollar a month cigar habit with walk-in humidor is currently impractical, but I like tobacco. Thinking I would save money with pipe tobacco, a pound about the price of one or two decent cigars, I see this can be as or more expensive. I've definitely been losing to TAD, the PAD storm building on the horizon.
Aged single malts deliver satisfaction with a small amount at a time. I don't drink often. When I do, I'm not reaching for small beer. I fell off a cliff with an ultra-popular blend, not the usual breathless ecstasy but crushing disappointment that it delivered virtually no nicotine. Then confusion; how could such a weak-nicotine blend possibly be so popular? Most say that blend is just tobacco, but I have a pretty good idea what tobacco tastes like, and there is definitely something else there. To research the issue, and inspired by the Kilted1 recipes, I bought all the potential blending components to see if any imparted that relentless machine-oil aftertaste. I don't contend that I'm right and the rest of the world wrong. I surely can't blind taste a blend and analyze its contents and proportions, but I know nicotine when I 'see' it. Or don't.
1792 is my base. However, there are some 'medium' I like, particularly Kendal Mixture, and my first love, Full Virginia. I like; Dark Birdseye, Dark Flake, Kendall Dark, Kendal Kentucky, Cob Plug, and twists (Black XX, Brown #4, Sweet Rum, Brown Bogie, Black Irish X). My not-up-to-snuff list that I've bought only proves that nicotine is integral to my satisfaction. Admittedly, accustomed to buying cigars by the box, carry-over trying blends by the pound may be part of my apprehension about being wrong with a selection.
I apologize if too politically incorrect for me to say so bluntly; I like nicotine, for better or worse, the reason I'm here. My question: What exactly does 'strength' mean? What are 'main-liners' (as alluded to in a GLP chronicle) like me, to expect? What is the relationship between 'taste' and strength?
Thanks
Aged single malts deliver satisfaction with a small amount at a time. I don't drink often. When I do, I'm not reaching for small beer. I fell off a cliff with an ultra-popular blend, not the usual breathless ecstasy but crushing disappointment that it delivered virtually no nicotine. Then confusion; how could such a weak-nicotine blend possibly be so popular? Most say that blend is just tobacco, but I have a pretty good idea what tobacco tastes like, and there is definitely something else there. To research the issue, and inspired by the Kilted1 recipes, I bought all the potential blending components to see if any imparted that relentless machine-oil aftertaste. I don't contend that I'm right and the rest of the world wrong. I surely can't blind taste a blend and analyze its contents and proportions, but I know nicotine when I 'see' it. Or don't.
1792 is my base. However, there are some 'medium' I like, particularly Kendal Mixture, and my first love, Full Virginia. I like; Dark Birdseye, Dark Flake, Kendall Dark, Kendal Kentucky, Cob Plug, and twists (Black XX, Brown #4, Sweet Rum, Brown Bogie, Black Irish X). My not-up-to-snuff list that I've bought only proves that nicotine is integral to my satisfaction. Admittedly, accustomed to buying cigars by the box, carry-over trying blends by the pound may be part of my apprehension about being wrong with a selection.
I apologize if too politically incorrect for me to say so bluntly; I like nicotine, for better or worse, the reason I'm here. My question: What exactly does 'strength' mean? What are 'main-liners' (as alluded to in a GLP chronicle) like me, to expect? What is the relationship between 'taste' and strength?
Thanks