pipesandcigars.com Scotty's Trout Stream

I wanted to like this one, but I just don’t. Good pouch aroma, nice aro cut, and it burns relatively well. But no matter what I do, it tastes like a nasty bus stop ashtray (or at least what I imagine a bus stop ash tray tastes like) after the midpoint through the bowl. I first tried it 12 years ago, didn’t like it. Then tried a new batch again three years ago, didn’t like it. Just smoked another one with the three year old tobacco, and the 12 year old both, thinking perhaps it would get better with age, and still didn’t like it. Now I normally don’t smoke aros, but I do like Three Blind Moose, which is very similar in aroma and appearance, but the Moose doesn’t taste like pure ashy nastiness after halfway, making it enjoyable. I feel bad, cause Russ and the guys at P&C are great, but this is yucky.