Details
| Brand | Ken Byron Ventures |
| Blended By | Ken Byron |
| Manufactured By | Ken Byron Ventures |
| Blend Type | Aromatic |
| Contents | Burley, Virginia |
| Flavoring | Figs, Other / Misc, Rum, Spices, Whisky |
| Cut | Mixture |
| Packaging | Bulk |
| Country | United States |
| Production |
Profile
Strength
Medium to Strong
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Medium to Strong
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Tolerable to Strong
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium to Full
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Reviews
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| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2023 | Medium to Strong | Medium to Strong | Medium to Full | Tolerable to Strong |
The more sour than sweet, malty, rough, mildly bitter, sharp, peaty burley produces plenty of nuts, earth, wood, toast, molasses, and some spice as the lead component. The flavors that create the very tangy peatiness appear to be scotch whiskey, rum, spices, figs, and whatever else that adds to the previously mentioned aspects. The bready, matured brown Virginia offers some fermented tart and tangy citrus, dark fruit, peaty earth, wood, vegetation, grass, mild floralness, and very light spice. It provides secondary rather than full support. The strength is in the center of medium to full. The taste just passes that center. The nic-hit is almost as potent as the overall strength level. No chance of bite or harshness. Deeply rich, it burns clean and cool at a reasonable rate with a very consistent sour and sweet, nutty, malty, peaty, spicy, fruity, floral, bready, mildly bitter, punchy, savory flavor that extends to the pleasantly long lingering tangy after taste. The room note is pungent. Leaves little dampness in the bowl. Requires an average number of relights. It’s not an all day smoke, but it is repeatable. I do not recommend a big bowl for this one. Four stars.
-JimInks
-JimInks
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 02, 2024 | Medium | Extremely Mild | Mild to Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Ken Byron Ventures
Peaty Hunt
Blend notes: “B. Frog’s best hunting mixture. Brown Virginia and a tad of boggy Burley to maintain stealth.”
Ingredients: Brown Virginia and Peated Burley.
Peaty Hunt tastes a bit like tea. It is slightly sweet, slightly malty. TR believes the blend has a combination topping of Figs, Other / Misc, Rum, Spices, and Whisky, and thus calls it an Aromatic. However, as I read the KBV website, it is unclear if they see their blend as flavored.
The tin smell reminds me of a Fig Newton, so maybe there is a topping of fig? In the smoking, this translates (on my palate) to a very mild sweetness — tea perhaps, as mentioned, but if present at all, the flavoring is very, very mild. So, maybe an Aromatic?
To be candid, I am unsure what ‘peated burley’ means. In my experience, peat is related primarily to scotch produced on the island of Islay. Is ‘peated burley’ a burley that is exposed to burning or toasted peat? I have no idea.
The blend tastes nothing like the peat that flavors scotch. I don’t get any rum or whisky and maybe a touch of fig. The flavor that is present is of an indistinct Virginia and medium strength burley. The blend’s taste profile is closer to medium or moderate than mild.
Not everyone ‘gets’ every blend. I don’t get Peaty Hunt. I like a lot of the KBV blends but this one leaves me wanting for more definition.
Peaty Hunt is a 2 out of 4 star blend — and that’s being generous.
Update: From the Ken Byron website comes this admission: “Note: This was a mistake where instead of adding Peated Burley we included Perique. No custom sticker is being made for this one-off.” and “B. Frog’s best mistake. He was looking for a Peaty Hunt and wound up in the Bayou instead. Matured Virginia and Perique.”
So, I now understand my confusion in smoking and rating this blend!
Peaty Hunt
Blend notes: “B. Frog’s best hunting mixture. Brown Virginia and a tad of boggy Burley to maintain stealth.”
Ingredients: Brown Virginia and Peated Burley.
Peaty Hunt tastes a bit like tea. It is slightly sweet, slightly malty. TR believes the blend has a combination topping of Figs, Other / Misc, Rum, Spices, and Whisky, and thus calls it an Aromatic. However, as I read the KBV website, it is unclear if they see their blend as flavored.
The tin smell reminds me of a Fig Newton, so maybe there is a topping of fig? In the smoking, this translates (on my palate) to a very mild sweetness — tea perhaps, as mentioned, but if present at all, the flavoring is very, very mild. So, maybe an Aromatic?
To be candid, I am unsure what ‘peated burley’ means. In my experience, peat is related primarily to scotch produced on the island of Islay. Is ‘peated burley’ a burley that is exposed to burning or toasted peat? I have no idea.
The blend tastes nothing like the peat that flavors scotch. I don’t get any rum or whisky and maybe a touch of fig. The flavor that is present is of an indistinct Virginia and medium strength burley. The blend’s taste profile is closer to medium or moderate than mild.
Not everyone ‘gets’ every blend. I don’t get Peaty Hunt. I like a lot of the KBV blends but this one leaves me wanting for more definition.
Peaty Hunt is a 2 out of 4 star blend — and that’s being generous.
Update: From the Ken Byron website comes this admission: “Note: This was a mistake where instead of adding Peated Burley we included Perique. No custom sticker is being made for this one-off.” and “B. Frog’s best mistake. He was looking for a Peaty Hunt and wound up in the Bayou instead. Matured Virginia and Perique.”
So, I now understand my confusion in smoking and rating this blend!
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