[Sir Brass]

I went to Tinderbox last night, and got some new tobacco. I didn't like the english blend I'd tried before (Maltese Falcon), but the tobaccanist there gave a good arguement for english (virginia + latakia), and I did notice that aromatics smelled good but didn't have much taste (the smell gave it the appearance of taste, since taste and smell are very intricately linked senses).

Well, I tried 3 blends (love being able to sample a bowl for free): McClellan 5150, which is an english blend with some black cavendish for smell, and LOVED it. Sweet smell, and light taste, but TASTY. I also tried one called Sherlock's Favorite (or something like that) which was virginia + latakia + turkish, and I really liked that as well. And I finally bought a tin of something called Frog Morton on the town, and I really liked that english blend as well.

It was like smoking a BBQ, not just the BBQ smoke . The latakia gives it a smoky flavor, and the virginias give it this tangy flavor. I think I'm sold on english blends. Not much more for aromatics for me. If there's any aromatics I'll smoke now, it'll be as an addition to an already good english blend that I want to smell a little better .