John Patton - Cool Hand Fluke pipe tobacco reviews

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JimInks	03/19/2013	Medium	Extremely Mild	Medium to Full	Pleasant
Not an all day smoke, and maybe not an everyday smoke, depending on how much you like perique. There's a lot of it here, but it's not peppery like perique usually is. It's not that sweet either, but I note the plum and raisin notes, and like them just fine. The Virginias are high quality with a more hay and grassy flavor than a sweet one. I love perique, but usually like a little less than what is in this blend. However, as a change of pace, this gets your heart started for the day. Burns well, tastes great, and is rather filling. A very good blend.
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Blue Bayou	11/24/2012	Medium to Strong	Extremely Mild	Full	Tolerable
Didn't do anything for me--I prefer Storm Front
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BurleyLegal	05/23/2012	Mild to Medium	None detected	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable
How anyone could not care for perique is unfathomable to me, but to each his own. Despite the incredible amount of perique in this blend CHF is very well balanced. It smacks of raisins and cane syrup, just great dark, sweet flavors. Burns cool as you would expect, and is particularly great in the morning with a cup of coffee.
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rramstad	09/10/2011	Medium	Very Mild	Medium	Pleasant
My wife has remarked on how nice the aroma is from this tobacco, which is rare for a VaPer. It has a nice rounded complex full yet spicy profile. I am floored that the blend allegedly has 40% perique, it doesn't present itself that way, at all. I smoked through a small sample and have immediately had a desire to buy more. I do like VaPers and think this is one of the best in this style, with darker fuller VA plus lots of perique. (Similar to 2015.) Very well behaved in the pipe, smokes dry and clean.
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Wy Cob	05/10/2010	Medium	Medium	Full	Very Pleasant
I really liked this blend and I give it 4 stars
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tramroad28	12/08/2009	Mild to Medium	Very Strong	Very Full	Tolerable
Perique in abundance...great gift tobacco.
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BigWhiteWilly	09/29/2009	Medium	None detected	Medium to Full	Pleasant
I can only ditto what everyone else has already said about this blend. If you're a VA/perique fan you should try this. If you love perique you should really try it. I will smoke this one for days on ned before switching to something else. My only complaints are it's nicotine content could be higher and it gives your pipe that sour perique smell. If those are the only drawbacks, then like the monkey signed when it came back from outer-space: "BFD". Best smoked in a cob (I use the General model). Try it.
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strongirish	08/12/2009	Medium	None detected	Medium to Full	Pleasant to Tolerable
This is one unusual blend. A lot of Perique but it works flavor wise. My one complaint is I had a lot of trouble keeping this one lit. It was plenty moist but not too much so, but I had to relight several times. it is a very slow smoking blend and that may have a lot to do with that as I am a puffer. But for the amount of Perique in this, I did not get and overdose of pepper and no bite. This blend contains 40 percent perique so that is pretty amazing to me. It is an all brown mixture in appearance in the pouch with the spicy, sweet aroma of all the Perique in it. It loaded easily and upon lighting it up, I was rewarded with a very nice sweet, musty taste that went very well with a cold brew. The room note was very sweet and pleasant and I enjoyed letting some of the smoke french up my nose. It did give me a somewhat dry mouth which was quickly cured with a second cold brew. I enjoyed the taste of this blend very much, but with the having to relight often and the dry mouth, I had to take one star off. But for VaPer lovers, I very much do recommend giving this one a try.
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DLT	08/09/2009	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Medium to Full	Pleasant
A good and straightforward Virginia blend, with very minimal bite. Beautifully cut, and burns all the way down with minimal residue. A mild honey taste adds interest to the experience. One of my favorite Patton blends.
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Bearded1	07/06/2009	Medium	None detected	Medium to Full	Unnoticeable
Smokey's review really is spot on. He sums this blend up well. I would add one observation however. Some perique blends have a peppery sensation in your mouth. Not Cool Hand Fluke. This is probably the smoothest perique blend I've encountered. You taste the perique, but do not feel it like some blends. If the peppery burn is what turns you away from blends containing perique, this blend just might be what your looking for. I quite like this blend. If your a lover of perique, you will too.
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Smokey the Werewolf	06/26/2009	Medium	None detected	Medium to Full	Pleasant to Tolerable
First, I'm a huge fan of perique blends. A few of my very favorites are Samuel Gawith's St James Flake, Butera's Kingfisher, DAN's Treasures of Ireland: Limerick, and Cornell & Diehl's Exhausted Rooster and Three Friars. This blend is something a bit different, but very "middle of the road." When I saw that it was supposed to have 40% perique, I was thinking that this might be way too much -- that this was a mistake John (Patton) had made being primarily a burley-smoker himself. I was pleasantly surprised. The perique is definitely the main player in this blend's flavor profile, but the Virginias are also very present. Their contribution and their different flavors are more and less noticeable at different times throughout the bowl. The perique doesn't completely blow me away as it does when I smoke straight perique (or Kajun Kake for that matter), but it will not be overlooked, either. If you and perique simply do not get along, you probably are not going to enjoy this blend. If you are like me, however, and do enjoy the fruity, spicey, earthy pungance of a healthy dose of perique in your bowl, this is one you definitely should try. You know the old codger (we all know one) who smokes nothing but his one particular over-the-counter burley blend, and likes it that way. It may be a bit plain or monotonous, but it's what he likes. It's comforting and familiar, and he'll smoke it all day every day. You know that guy? Well, if he was a Virginia/Perique smoker instead of a burley smoker, this is the blend he'd smoke. I'm saying I think we have a winner. Won't be for everyone, but some people will love it.
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