Ken Byron Ventures Plague Bringer 2021

(4.00)
Fine vintage Virginia, Turkish, and Latakia tobaccos. Corrupted for your pleasure.
Notes: Plague Bringer is the yearly Halloween Latakia mixture. Each year is a different blend under the mask. This year is something special. Nothing weird or odd. This is a Balkan mixture that draws on the design cues from Balkan Sobranie Original Smoking Mixture, the Dunhill of London methods, the McClelland Balkan mixtures, and Heavy Metal album covers.

Details

Brand Ken Byron Ventures
Series Hellstar
Blended By Ken Byron
Manufactured By Ken Byron Ventures
Blend Type Balkan
Contents Latakia, Oriental/Turkish, Virginia
Flavoring
Cut Ribbon
Packaging Bulk
Country United States
Production No longer in production

Profile

Strength
Medium to Strong
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Tolerable
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium to Full
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming

Average Rating

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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Oct 30, 2021 Medium to Strong None Detected Medium to Full Tolerable
The musty incense-like Cyprian Latakia provides plenty of earth, wood, smoke, some floralness, leather, and light spice as the lead component. The fragrant Orientals offer a wealth of earth, wood, floralness, some vegetation, moderate spice, sourness, and mild buttery sweetness in a supporting role. The aspects of the fermented red Virginia are tangy dark fruit, earth, wood, bread, some sugar, vegetation, and a little vinegar/barbecue. It’s almost a secondary supporter. The fermented bright Virginia produces a fair amount of tart and tangy citrus, grass, vegetation, bread, sugar, light earth and wood. It is not far behind the red Va. in terms of effect. There’s a little fire cured Virginia that brings you some tangy dark fruit, earth, wood, bread, sugar, some floralness, spice, mild smokiness, and a light barbecue note. It’s a condiment for the most part, but the barbecue elevates it a tad past that level. The strength and nic-hit are a couple of steps past the medium threshold. The taste level is rung past that mark as it just falls short of the center of medium to full. There’s no chance of bite or harshness. Sports a few small rough edges. Well balanced and complex, these vintage tobaccos burn cool and clean at a reasonable rate with a very consistent, deeply rich, zesty, fermented, sweet and sour, spicy, floral campfire flavor that extends to the pleasantly lingering after taste. The room note has a little pungency. Leaves little dampness in the bowl, and requires an average number of relights. Not an all day smoke, but it is repeatable. Four stars.

-JimInks
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