Iwan Ries Three Star Cordial Buttered Rum
(2.88)
Pure 100% top grade leaf with no additives or fillers that marries well & burns slow. No heel or residue. These blends are made from the highest quality tobacco. Buttered Rum has a rich, smooth and creamy flavor for a nice all day smoke.
Details
| Brand | Iwan Ries |
| Blended By | Sutliff Tobacco Company |
| Manufactured By | Sutliff Tobacco Company |
| Blend Type | Aromatic |
| Contents | Black Cavendish, Burley, Cavendish |
| Flavoring | Butter, Rum |
| Cut | Broken Flake |
| Packaging | 50 grams pouch |
| Country | United States |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Mild
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Medium to Strong
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Very Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Mild to Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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2.88 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jul 28, 2012 | Extremely Mild | Very Strong | Extremely Mild (Flat) | Very Pleasant |
An excellent and powerful casing that delivers in spades. Sadly, it is applied to an extraordinarily tasteless Burley Cavendish tobacco. The tobacco exists only as a delivery vehicle. The tobacco flavor is virtually non-existent, even for an aromatic, and I was often surprised to see smoke coming out of my mouth on exhale as there was no mouth-feel because it has no body and burns so cool. Sometimes, when smoking outside, I would look and see a glowing ball in the bowl when I thought the pipe had gone out.
Again, this is unfortunate because the delicious butter and rum flavoring is the strongest and tastiest I have come across. However, it's like smoking heavily cased hot air. Apply it to a good Virginia Cavendish blend and you would really have something.
Three Star Cordial Buttered Rum fails as an aromatic but makes a good blending tobacco -- to ramp up the aromatic strength of another blend -- as it is very neutral, imparting no tobacco flavor of its own.
Again, this is unfortunate because the delicious butter and rum flavoring is the strongest and tastiest I have come across. However, it's like smoking heavily cased hot air. Apply it to a good Virginia Cavendish blend and you would really have something.
Three Star Cordial Buttered Rum fails as an aromatic but makes a good blending tobacco -- to ramp up the aromatic strength of another blend -- as it is very neutral, imparting no tobacco flavor of its own.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 05, 2011 | Mild | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Very Pleasant |
I mostly smoke va-pers and english blends but occasionally have a sweet tooth and indulge in an aromatic. This one is a fine smoke. Burns clean and cool,doesn't bite,stays lit and delivers a nice room note.Good to keep around for a nice change of pace.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| May 08, 2010 | Mild | Medium to Strong | Extremely Mild (Flat) | Very Pleasant |
This is my first aromatic, and my first impressions. I will update this if the experience changes.
Pro's: +No bite +Easy to pack +Stay's lit +Smells just as it's named in the tin and lit
Con's: ~No flavor, or too flat for me to notice
That's a big one on my list. After reading the other reviews, I bought a can. Up to that point I have been enjoying a English blend, so maybe the flavor was just too muted. But all the other reviewers experienced a sweet taste. It smells good, but sweet is one of the few flavors you get on your tongue, even with a cold. I get none. For me it's a flavorless smoke in my mouth. I prefer tobaccos that I can taste, I try to avoid breathing the smoke. This ones easy for anyone with any experience to smoke, but it's all about the room note to me.
Pro's: +No bite +Easy to pack +Stay's lit +Smells just as it's named in the tin and lit
Con's: ~No flavor, or too flat for me to notice
That's a big one on my list. After reading the other reviews, I bought a can. Up to that point I have been enjoying a English blend, so maybe the flavor was just too muted. But all the other reviewers experienced a sweet taste. It smells good, but sweet is one of the few flavors you get on your tongue, even with a cold. I get none. For me it's a flavorless smoke in my mouth. I prefer tobaccos that I can taste, I try to avoid breathing the smoke. This ones easy for anyone with any experience to smoke, but it's all about the room note to me.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jun 23, 2006 | Very Mild | Medium to Strong | Mild | Very Pleasant |
I received a sample of this aromatic tobacco, along with many other samples. I do not normally smoke aromatics, however I did enjoy this one. The taste was quite good and the tobacco burned well. A lot of mosture in the ziploc package, but did not gunk up my pipe.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 01, 2006 | Very Mild | Medium to Strong | Mild | Pleasant |
Alternative name: 'Orville Redenbacher's Butterscotch Ashtray.' Not bad in the bag, but when smoked, this becomes just a tad too much like a caramel candy that had a cigarette snubbed out on it.
There's a decent casing here which delivers reasonably rum-like flavor but also leans a bit toward coconutty----really more like a coconut _cooking oil_ kind of flavor, though, which sends the message 'popcorn' to the back of the nose and the sides of the tongue.
In fact, this 'buttered rum' blend is just as soft and sweet and harmless as you always thought smoking karamel-korn popcorn balls would be, though you too probably could also do without the unfortunate ashtray-like qualities that this blend tends to take on as the bowl progresses.
Of course, the Mrs. adores the smell of it, but will she smoke it? I think not.
There's a decent casing here which delivers reasonably rum-like flavor but also leans a bit toward coconutty----really more like a coconut _cooking oil_ kind of flavor, though, which sends the message 'popcorn' to the back of the nose and the sides of the tongue.
In fact, this 'buttered rum' blend is just as soft and sweet and harmless as you always thought smoking karamel-korn popcorn balls would be, though you too probably could also do without the unfortunate ashtray-like qualities that this blend tends to take on as the bowl progresses.
Of course, the Mrs. adores the smell of it, but will she smoke it? I think not.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 26, 2006 | Mild | Medium | Very Mild | Pleasant |
For what it is, this is a good aromatic. A bit mild for my taste, but at least it doesn't bite. It burns well and stays lit if packed properly. The flavoring is decent but there is no tobacco taste whatsoever. Then again, I doubt this stuff was ever intended to taste like tobacco. Again, for what it is it is good. It does go well with coffee in the morning.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 02, 2006 | Very Mild | Very Strong | Medium to Full | Very Pleasant |
If you're looking for natural tobacco flavor, you're looking in the wrong place. Of course, if you were looking for tobacco flavor, you wouldn't be considering a blend marked "Cordial".
A pouch of Buttered Rum Cordial was included in a promo box from Altadis. I decided to give it a shot. Nothing ventured (literally), nothing gained.
The rum adds a very interesting accent to the butterscotch-carmel-ish casing on the black cavendish leaf.
Honestly, I didn't expect to be able to tolerate this stuff. But I am hoping to find a black cav blend that I can use in a meerschaum coloring experiment. This could be it.
Is the flavoring over the top? Yup. Sure is. But it just happens to be a flavor that I find somewhat appealing, so who cares? I can't imagine my realtionship with this blend being a long term one, but again, who cares? Just because you buy and try a tobacco doesn't mean you're married to it. You don't have to smoke it forever.
Get a pouch. Try it. It really isn't bad if you take it for what it is and don't ruin the experience with expectations set too high. It's a tasty departure from more serious tobacco.
A pouch of Buttered Rum Cordial was included in a promo box from Altadis. I decided to give it a shot. Nothing ventured (literally), nothing gained.
The rum adds a very interesting accent to the butterscotch-carmel-ish casing on the black cavendish leaf.
Honestly, I didn't expect to be able to tolerate this stuff. But I am hoping to find a black cav blend that I can use in a meerschaum coloring experiment. This could be it.
Is the flavoring over the top? Yup. Sure is. But it just happens to be a flavor that I find somewhat appealing, so who cares? I can't imagine my realtionship with this blend being a long term one, but again, who cares? Just because you buy and try a tobacco doesn't mean you're married to it. You don't have to smoke it forever.
Get a pouch. Try it. It really isn't bad if you take it for what it is and don't ruin the experience with expectations set too high. It's a tasty departure from more serious tobacco.
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