Player's Whiskey Ready Rubbed (Highland Mixture)

You know, this is very funny (peculiar and haha). I used to loathe this stuff, previously smoked it at least 2 years ago - my views of it then were very similar to the reviews below.

However, a couple of months ago I was out of tobacco, dived into a local high street newsagent shop in desperation, and bought this, as the only alternative was that green pouch Condor, which is truly the most vile pipe tobacco I have ever encountered.

To my utter astonishment, I didn't just like the first pipeful of Player's Whiskey Ready Rubbed, I liked the subsequent pipefuls even more. Although ready rubbed, the strands are mostly quite thick, flat and dry - yet my pipeful smoked beautifully, slowly and steadily, giving a pleasant, full and rich flavour. I simply can't account for the change in my experience of this tobacco - it is exactly the same as the stuff I used to hate, it hasn't changed. Then you have, I hear you say - but I haven't! That's all I can answer, in true bewilderment.

I've bought 3 more pouches since, my newsagent/tobacconist has now run out, can't seem to get hold of the stuff anymore, so I'll order it online from www.smoke.co.uk, which is the website name for the old-established English tobacconist James Barber. In fact James Barber does his own loose weighed-out Highland Whisky tobacco, but I've found it isn't as good as the Players version.