Peterson Sweet Killarney

I love this tobacco. Sweet and creamy. will be on my third tin soon.

You don't get the creamy hit until you're half way through the bowl. Very nice smoke and no moisture.

If you like dry smokes and tasty aromatics that are sweet then give it a go!

This is a very mild mixture. I don't get much from the underlying tobaccos, but what little there is seems pleasant enough, and I don't get any of the chemical tastes others report. For me, there is a touch of bite, but then I am a steadier puffer than most; I doubt most careful sippers would find even the little I did. The caramel is present but not very strong. Those looking for a mild aromatic should probably give this a try, but I think most others would find this at least slightly unsatisfactory.

This pipe tobacco is for those who have a sweet tooth.

The tin note smells intensely of caramel like a box of toffee with only subtle hints of tobacco scent.

The ribbon cut contains some bits and pieces of broken flake as promised and easily be filled into your bowl. Personaly, I use the Frank method. Lighting usually a single charring and true light, after which the tobacco burns down evenly.

As any Virginia based blend, Sweet Killarney needs to be smoked coolly or it'll loose a lot of its aroma and will bite your tongue. The creamy taste of caramel is quite strong and sweet, and it only weakens towards the end of bowl, but there's still some tangy tobacco flavor in the background. All in all it can be a pleasant smoke.

The room note is sweetish and pleasant, too.

I really don't understand the vehemently negative reviews of this blend. I am not sure we are even talking about the same tobacco.

I got this in a trade, so I don't know how old it was. Opening the tin, the aroma was of wonderful yellow Virginia with it's characteristic fruity/citrusy nose, and a little musky sweetness, probably from the Maryland Cavendish. There was a noticeable hint of caramel, but only in the background. Mostly what I smelled was yellow Virginia. The moisture content was perfect. The cut seemed to be a mixture of broken flake and ribbon cut. There was none of the catsup smell that I would've expected from flake Virginia.

It packed nicely and lit easily in my cob. The first few puffs threatened to to bite. so I slowed down on puffing, and the blend settled down quickly. The smoke was silky smooth, mild to medium, and seductivley sweet, like the Girl-Next Door wanting to be a vamp. The taste was mostly wonderful yellow Virginia, and a little musky black cavendish. The caramel taste was there, but way in the background...just enough.The sweetness was not a casing taste, but more just from sweet Virginia and a little Cavendish. It was mostly a great yellow Virginia, so it probably can bite if provoked. The room note was just a clean tobacco aroma with a hint of caramel...very pleasant to innocent bystanders, or so I was told.

The flavor never changed all the way to the bottom, and it all burned to a fine ash with no dottle or gurgling. I only had to relight once (probably due to an error in packing on my part).

I found this to be an outstanding blend for what it is...a sweet, what I would call a semi-aromatic, yellow Virginia blend. I like sweet smokes. If you don't, well, all I can say is read the tin. It says it right on the top, "Sweet Killarney". They do not lie.

I think if you were to add just a pinch or two of Latakia to this, you would have a blend comparable to Dunhill's magnificent The Aperitif (my favorite).

If you like sweet tobaccos, but not overly flavored, then this is a blend you'll really want to try. Treat it gentle and it will give you an enjoyable cruise. If you Hot Rod it, I am sure you will probably crash-and-burn.

When I 1st opened the tin and smelled the blend I was almost sure I was going to enjoy this. Sadly I was mistaken. The aroma was far more appealing than the smoke. Little to no flavor except on the first few puffs after which starts to bite.

This blend is kind of different than your average aromatic. The casing seemed light, even though to me it seemed like it was trying to hard to taste good. The room note is incredible. Anyone who gets a whiff of that will be pleased.

I, however, was not pleased with the taste and the tongue bite from smoking just a little fast. Other Peterson blends do not usually burn, but I had problems with this.

The flavor and smell seemed to be Caramel. Which was very good, but nonetheless, I prefer a good taste, that's long lasting and smooth over smell.

Peterson definitely missed the boat on this blend. They are trying to hit a Nolan Ryan fastball and are failing miserably in the attempt. Don't even bother with this one.

Almost sticky sweet, when I cracked the tin I was greeted with an over abundance of sweet fruit. Drying out helps this tobacco immensely in my opinion. Smoking in my peterson system pipe - there was a slight bite to it, but very faint. Once dry it smoked without much relight.

I don't hate Peterson and have no idea what is going on here. But I do know this is one tobacco that missed its potential. The tin aroma is wonderful as is the room aroma. However, the taste is bland and the tobacco smokes very hot and gave me the worse case of tongue bite I have ever experienced. I wanted to like this tobacco so much because of the pleasant room aroma, but no matter what pipe I smoked it in - including very large bowls or how slow I smoked it I could not keep it from burning hot and frying my tongue. I just with Peterson would put this flavoring on better leaf.