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Hey Gents.
What a surprise. Some of the only good baccies we get here in RSA are the Petersons range and I must say besides Uni Flake I have remained largely skeptical. Most of the stuff is heavily dressed and they tend to specialise mostly in Aro blends.
Well after reading the description on the baccy here:
http://www.peterson.ie/pipes/irish-oak.html
I decided to buy two tins for the cellar.
Muddler opened a tin this week dated 09/2007 and passed it down. This is a VAper and a nice one at that. The baccy is super compressed in the tin and a little drier than their other blends. I did give it some air time before I smoked it. The VA is golden in color and the ribbon cut style is evident of quality processing.
It burns real easy and a pleasure to smoke. I tried it in a Mastro billiard stack and the flavor became more intense and developed fuller in body mid way down the bowl. I managed to smoke all the way down to the bottom of the bowl with 1 light, quite an achievement for a billiard stack. The smoke is clean and dry did not gunk up the pipe at all.
Now it is described as being stored in oak barrels to mellow and get a woody taste. Well here I expected something earthy like Bayou morning flake but I did not.
I was struck by the sweetness of the Va that was dominant throughout the bowl, it seemed to be at the front the entire time. The perique is there make no mistake but it is predominantly VA up front. There is a hint of woody mellowness but not as powerful as described on the package description. I did not mind this at all.
The pepper characteristic of the perique I needed to look hard for. Here it is not like say McClelland 2015 where the VA and the Perique are at a 50/50 stand off for dominance, which I love in the blend as it moves both ways.
With Irish oak it is the opposite and that is not what is to be expected in a VAPER. As mentioned it is golden VA dominant but well contrasted by the perique in the background.
All in all a great smoke and comes highly recommended especially for my RSA brothers. This for once is a great baccy which is locally available.
The parting shot for me was the VA sweetness that is memorable. this may also be due to the fact that the VA had almost 3 years to work it's magic in cellar.
Heads up here boys, it is well worth smoking.
BD and Mudd, lets get cellaring!!!!
What a surprise. Some of the only good baccies we get here in RSA are the Petersons range and I must say besides Uni Flake I have remained largely skeptical. Most of the stuff is heavily dressed and they tend to specialise mostly in Aro blends.
Well after reading the description on the baccy here:
http://www.peterson.ie/pipes/irish-oak.html
I decided to buy two tins for the cellar.
Muddler opened a tin this week dated 09/2007 and passed it down. This is a VAper and a nice one at that. The baccy is super compressed in the tin and a little drier than their other blends. I did give it some air time before I smoked it. The VA is golden in color and the ribbon cut style is evident of quality processing.
It burns real easy and a pleasure to smoke. I tried it in a Mastro billiard stack and the flavor became more intense and developed fuller in body mid way down the bowl. I managed to smoke all the way down to the bottom of the bowl with 1 light, quite an achievement for a billiard stack. The smoke is clean and dry did not gunk up the pipe at all.
Now it is described as being stored in oak barrels to mellow and get a woody taste. Well here I expected something earthy like Bayou morning flake but I did not.
I was struck by the sweetness of the Va that was dominant throughout the bowl, it seemed to be at the front the entire time. The perique is there make no mistake but it is predominantly VA up front. There is a hint of woody mellowness but not as powerful as described on the package description. I did not mind this at all.
The pepper characteristic of the perique I needed to look hard for. Here it is not like say McClelland 2015 where the VA and the Perique are at a 50/50 stand off for dominance, which I love in the blend as it moves both ways.
With Irish oak it is the opposite and that is not what is to be expected in a VAPER. As mentioned it is golden VA dominant but well contrasted by the perique in the background.
All in all a great smoke and comes highly recommended especially for my RSA brothers. This for once is a great baccy which is locally available.
The parting shot for me was the VA sweetness that is memorable. this may also be due to the fact that the VA had almost 3 years to work it's magic in cellar.
Heads up here boys, it is well worth smoking.
BD and Mudd, lets get cellaring!!!!
