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Reviewed By:	Date:	Strength:	Flavoring:	Taste:	Room Note:	Recommendation:
Tiger	11/07/2004	Mild to Medium	Extremely Mild	Medium to Full	Very Pleasant
As someone not particularly fond of cavendish, burley and certainly not aromatics, I was stunned by Ruddy Duck. It is delicious, and that is an understatement. Thankfully, the taste is 99.99% natural with but the ultra-slightest hint of any additive. Yet the room note has always, and I mean always, brought positive remarks from bystanders. The descriptions, however, vary a lot, but the most common seems to be "a sweet natural, or nutlike" aroma. From my side of the pipe, it doesn't act like the stereotypical aromatic at all. Burn properties are all better-than-average, smoke volume is very good, getting it to "gurgle" takes effort, the taste is actually very solid and VERY good, it behaves well and tastes good in pipes of a wide range of bowl size, there is very little (if any) "aftertaste, and it doesn't leave a "soupy" bowl, even after several bowls. Another plus for Ruddy Duck - the quality of the tobaccos used is quite readily apparent. If the English/Balkan style blends are your preferred venue but you've looked for an aromatic (or burley) you could actually like enough to smoke often - I'll bet $3 in small, unmarked bills Ruddy Duck can fill the gap for you. Has to be the only aromatic out of a whole passle that I could rate four stars. Tiger
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