Uhle's Uhle's Irish Aromatic

This is an excellent blend from an equally excellent establishment. The aroma in the pouch is slightly sweet with hints of smokey latakia. Once lit, the latakia and turkish tobaccos add a depth that many aromatics do not possess. My wife and friends all seem to like the room note, which is a plus for a blend that is also pleasurable to smoke. As the name implies this is certainly an aromatic, but it is much closer in profile to those from the 1940s and 1950s (like the original Rum & Maple and the old Lane aromatics when they contained latakia) than to most of what is being sold in bulk at tobacco shops today. While Irish Aromatic is the blend that made me fall in love with the taste and aroma of latakia, I hesitate to call it a "crossover" since it should be seen as what it is and not necessarily as a stepping stone to stronger English blends.

Anyone looking at my history of reviews might conclude, I'm a Pollyanna with nary a discouraging word. Well taste is subjective, and if I don't like a blend, I generally don't feel inclined to make an effort to scourge it. (Great. Pollyanna and lazy) Mostly I've been a dedicated Aromatic smoker. This has not changed so much as it has modified significantly because at long last I no longer find much enjoyment in the heavily cased vanilla blends I so long championed. I began smoking Uhle's Irish Aromatic about a year ago. I had smoked some of their other blends and found them to be pretty good. At first Irish Aromatic was just another tobacco I occasionally rotated through. Weed of choice then was McClelland VBC. But that worthy blend just doesn't do it for me. Straight VAs, Vapers. Latikia heavy blends Cigar type blends still don't do it for me, but this one does. So well in fact I gave away all of my other partial bags and tins away. It is sweet without any hint of sugar or any cased sweetner. I think it comes from the tobacco itself and the mild liquor or liquor extract that they use as a casing. (done with a light touch by the way) There is enough latikia and oriental to give it some nice body and just enough complexity to keep it interesting and the taste for me at least is sublime) The smell in a freshly opened bag is so fresh and so hay sweet. The room note is quite good. I am 61 years old and have smoked since I was in college, and this has now become my all time favorite. Its labeled as an aromatic, but its not exactly that. It's not a crossover blend like Shortcut to Mushrooms is. It stands on it own. Its own niche. I'll be smoking this now for the rest of my days

This is one of my top favorite blends. Our local tobacco shop has a nice veriety of pipe tobaccos. I have tried just about all of them and I would say that this is my favorite of all. I love how it smells sweet yet it is strong. It does not leave me with tounge bite nor does it tend to burn too hot. Irish aromatic is a nice well balenced tobacco.

I've gone through a few sample packs of the "Irish". In keeping with the name I smoked this all through Milwaukee's Irish Fest.

This is a great blend if you like Latakia, but need to please the crowd.

This is a great blend with enough going on to keep you interested all the way through. Your neighbors will appreciate the aroma from your pipe.

I was in Wisconsin because nobody in Illinois does pipe repairs, and while in Uhles working out the details of the repairs, I found myself puffing away on this blend. This was really a weird mixture,it conatins Turkish and Latakia but tastes more like an aromatic.I was told it was cased with IRISH ESSENCE. There are really no other tobaccos you can compare this to.I has the distinct flavor of an Irish Cream liquer,yet, it is not very sweet or cloying.I was there with a good friend (who also reviews on this site)and asked him to give it a try. That was all it took! We walked out of there with about a half pound of the stuff and have enjoyed it for tha past 5 weeks.A very pleasant change of pace for smokers of all types of tobaccos.It burns very cool with zero tongue bite and leaves no nasty residue at the bottom of your pipe.All in all a great smoke.