Ashton Rainy Day

very good blend of tobacco, perfect for rainy days, as the name says, and a glass of good cognac in hand ...

A unique aromatic. Like a Carmen Miranda hat with all that fruit, but tropical fruit. I really liked the tobaccos in the blend, and the flavor, but I can't smoke aromatics like this all the time. It was not as overpowering as some. It is definitely a hit with the ladies or with nonsmokers.

If you are an anti-aromatic taliban don´t waste your money and time.

This is a delicious aromatic mixture, it´s very light and extremely easy to smoke. Doesn´t bits at all if you smoke it relatively slow.

Tastes amazingly fruity with a point of whiskey and extemely dry for an aromatic blend. A great tobacco for begginers.

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Rainy Day

Rainy Day is supposed to be an aromatic.

Now it may be that my palate is not receptive to the “marvelous aroma of tropical fruit and hickory nuts” promised on the tin. So a reader should understand I am not now speaking for someone else.

I simply don’t get this tobacco. On my personal seven point scale, this blend is at the bottom. I think it shares this dead last spot with one other blend.

I have a generally slow smoking cadence. Even so, Rainy Day tends to bite the tongue. It tastes bad and doesn’t smell good. It’s Virginia and Burley as you’d expect in an aromatic with the addition of ‘velvet Black Cavendish’ which of course is a process not a tobacco.

I’ve tried it over and over and get the same result. Not pleasant.

1 out if 4 stars.

A tobacco i like more at chilly days. There is like dried fruits and a aromatic smell to it. When i bought the tin i expected more whisky flavour. It burns mostly well and its a enjoyable smoke time to time. Overall i prefer more natural based tobaccos.

Sooo good. My first Ashton. The taste is so full and rich. Perfect not just for rainy days.. Very strong aroma and room note. Hightly recomend!

Rainy Day: I tried it new and now with 3 years age. The good; burns even and easy to keep lit. The tin I got wasn’t wet and was smokable right out of the tin. It is moist though and could have some drying time if you so choose. The smell: great tin note. Fruity, nutty, and the undertone of tobacco is in there. I had high expectations when I smelled the tin note because it really is pleasant. The taste is even all the way through the bowl and room note is pleasant. It has a lovely taste. I used cobs every time for fear of a poltergeist that never came. Theres no chemical flavor.

The bad: unfortunately, there is one con that has caused me to just toss this tin and give it a poor review. It bites. And bites, and bites, and bites some more. I’m pretty sure Ashton loaded this tobacco with 1,000 angry Chihuahuas to attack my mouthparts. Even when sipped, and I mean sipped, you have to be careful. It demands to be sipped: which is fine, that’s how you get the best flavor from tobacco, right? But if you take one puff of this witches brew not to the Chihuahuas liking, they unfurl a barrage of nasty on your tongue that will soon have you reaching for water. This tobacco actually kept me humble. I smoke vapers….I know how to sip and avoid bite and harshness. The only way this tobacco didn’t burn your mouth off was if it was 1/2 second away from extinguished.

It’s also harsh and painful on the retrohale, even after 3 years (I put it on the shelf for this reason). I love to retrohale tobacco as that offers more flavor and nuisance. The Chihuahuas do not want to go through your nose. Again, I had to concentrate on trying not to get punished by this tobacco. I was constantly at odds with it.

I do enjoy a good aromatic but it shouldn’t be painful to smoke it. And Rainy Day is. I use cobs with filters, didn’t matter. Without filters, didn’t matter. I questioned my pipe packing, smoking cadence techniques because it was so harsh and bitey. So I did my snail slow cadence, breath method, it helped (but even then it wanted to bite) but there is no retrohaling this tobacco. It straight up burns. Now maybe it’s my body chemistry but this tobacco has a harshness about it I actually have never experienced, After finishing my last bowl yesterday, I gave up on the tobacco. Had to decide if it goes back to the shelf or just in the garbage. I threw it out despite the many good things this aromatic offers. The taste is good but there’s too many good aromatics out there to smoke that aren’t painful like this one.

Smoking now:

Tropical fruit tin note.

Taste is, well, fruit rum punch. Pineapple and rum. The Virginias are noticeable and the burley imparts a nutty flavor that pares well with the topping. Sip as it is an aromatic and I imagine it would bite. Definitely dry out for better results. It’s a pleasant aromatic.

Easy smoking tobacco, burning cool, no tongue bite, very pleasant aftertaste and room note. Can be an all day smoke for aromatic lovers, at least must to try.