Peterson Sweet Killarney

This is my least favorite offering from the peterson line.I really tried to like this one too . I loved the aroma; and the taste was good until I got the scorch tounge! I only smoke aromatics sparingly so I might not be the best judge! However Vincenzo cannot reccomend this blend!Those still curious please smoke out of a knockabout briar or corncob to make sure this is your type of blend!

Hmm... what can I say that hasn't been said already? I smoked this in my calabash because I read the reviews before I smoked it, but after I bought it. I didn't get any tongue bite, but I let it dry in a napkin for a day, and again, smoked in my calabash which makes everything milder. I can still notice that if I was too aggressive, it would bite back.

Use at your own risk.

First I smoked this right after opening the tin, tasteless hot vapor, boiling in my pipe.

But after letting it sit and dry out for some time,it surprised me, caramel flavor is coming through with a little taste of tobacco, not my cup of tea but not that crap either, it's a typical aromatic,

not something fancy but it's better than lots of other aromatics.

A bit stronger than Sunset breeze, but not much.

The tin aroma stimulates your appetite. Big time caramel!

For the beginner smoker only.

I got some of this for free with my Peterson Killarney (XL02). It smells really great but lacks a little in flavor. Don't get me wrong. It's not that bad. Just a little artificial, like Splenda. A mildly sweet, pleasant-to-smoke pipe tobacco. There are better aromatics out there, but if you get it for free. Don't throw it out.

Great tin aroma. That's where it stops. Little hot. Little uneventful. Not a lot to offer to the match. Not one of Peterson's best offerings. Two stars because it's not horrid. IMHO

sadly not the best from Peterson's,i had one 50g tin and after that i never bothered to buy anymore,rather limp and uninteresting,it may well suit other pipe smokers but not me.

I'm not certain what passing fancy motivated me to pick up a tin of Sweet Killarney a few months back, but here it is nonetheless.

In the tin, Sweet Killarney looks a mix of black and gold Cavendish with some brighter yellow Virginia leaf. The tin aromas are pretty much as advertised—a pleasant vanilla custard nose with caramelized accents. My notes tell me that I found the first couple of bowls a little short and undefined as far as flavor goes and a little tongue nippy, too. Creme Caramel? Well…maybe. After all, the flavors of Creme Caramel are provided by little more than caramelized sugar and vanilla. The bowl I'm smoking right now is not especially nippy, but it is decidedly short on the intensity of flavor I expect from a good aromatic. And therein lies the problem with this stuff: there are far better similarly flavored aromatics available made from higher quality tobacco and displaying much better smoking characteristics.

To my mind, Sweet Killarney fits into the great bulky middle of the aromatic quality hierarchy. It doesn't approach the excellence of a handful of the genre but is also far from being genuinely unpleasant.

This the second Peterson aromatic I've tried and i didn't enjoy it as much as Golden Blend, thye first. This blend is a vanilla flavored aromatic that smells good enough to eat out of the tin. When smoked, the "caramel" flavor translates into a slight, sweet taste of vanilla that stays throughout the bowl. The underlying tobaccos are nice and smooth virginias and burley.

It's a nice enjoyable smoke but I generally prefer more strenght and flavor. I didn't have any problems with tongue bite.