| Author | Message | ||
     Todd L. Platek Member Username: Lawyersmoker Post Number: 37 Registered: 04-2008 |
Blatter&Blatter's Reserve is about the sourest English blend I've found so far, and am looking for even more extreme English blends. I need to feel the sourness on my tongue, I mean lemon-sour, otherwise it's all just smoke. Any suggestions? | ||
| Todd Bannard Member Username: Sasquatch Post Number: 685 Registered: 05-2006 |
BB Reserve has a small oriental component and a light casing. If you want a bigger hit of that sweet/sour tang, try a Rattray's offering - Accountant's Mixture or Red Rapparee (less latakia in Rapparee). | ||
| Dan Bryant Member Username: Bryantm3 Post Number: 73 Registered: 03-2009 |
that's a strange request. however, if you're looking for latakia strong, i can recommend pirate kake by cornell and diehl; however i wouldn't describe latakia as sour. if you're looking for spicy, you might try a perique-heavy blend. perhaps you should smoke a little slower and enjoy some other blends as well. having tried many unflavored blends, i know it seems like tasting nothing at first, but if you dry out the tobacco more and smoke slowly, i assure you you'll find much more flavor than you do now. | ||
| james robert Member Username: Scottish_piper Post Number: 95 Registered: 12-2006 |
Not sure of the exact "sour" taste your looking for but you may like Prebyterian if it's latakia your after. Or maybe your one of those who is suited even to smoking pure latakia , they are both available at 4noggins. You could buy the blending latakia and smoke it straight or blend it with other favorites as you like. | ||
| Todd L. Platek Member Username: Lawyersmoker Post Number: 38 Registered: 04-2008 |
Todd adn Dan, thanks for the suggestions. It's been about 35 years since I last smoked Rattray's, but recall their tobaccos as excellent. Recently, John Guss of the Seattle Guss Gang gave me a bowl of one of the Seattle Pipe Club's mixtures (can't recall which now),and it was rather pleasing in the "tang" department. All suggestions of tobaccos, and methods, are most welcome. | ||
| Jonathan Winn Member Username: Bigjonburley Post Number: 3 Registered: 07-2009 |
If its the oriental sour-tang that you are after, then may I suggest that you start with one of your favorite English/oriental blends already in your rotation. Next, add some blending oriental to it until you get the proper acrid notes that you are after. If you are looking for a bulk blend, then may I suggest Tuggle Hall by Cornell and Diehl. Its rather crude, yet I found while searching for a replacement for 965. There is a slight sweet component that comes through with tuggle hall that may take away from the sour that you are after, but its worth a try. Cornell and diehl can help you with selecting a blend with a brief talk on the phone. Good luck. | ||
| Todd L. Platek Member Username: Lawyersmoker Post Number: 39 Registered: 04-2008 |
Thanks, Jonathan. Todd |