Hearth & Home Egg Nog

I wanted to like this stuff but it has way too much cinnamon in it. And I love cinnamon!

I think it burns way too hot and the cinnamon makes it ascrid.

Much attention (or patience I guess) is required to keep it cool. This blend can also dish out the nasty type of bite that lingers for a day or so if you really try to smoke it all day or take big pulls or puff too fast.

Maybe it is just me but a few of the hearth and home blends are hot burning to my taste. On the other hand their obsidian and larry's blend are really good. No offense to Russ. I like many of his blends but am not really into this one.

Update 8/09/08 I let this sit for 6 months and tried it once again. Somehow it seems worse now. I am getting rid of this stuff for sure so I don't subject myself to this again by accident. I just don't like it.

Yuck! Don't waste your money. At first light it was like smoking from a soured pipe. Half way down it tasted like... okra? With all the wonderful types of tobacco out there I can't see why anyone would waste their time with this.

It's just not a very good pipe tobacco. It burns hot and just has no redeeming qualities to it.

Much like smoking a pipe full of cinnamon, this blend is one of the most vile concoctions that I've had the displeasure of smoking. Aside from it's horrid flavor, it burns clean and does not goop up your pipe.

Okay, I'm an aromatic guy and have been for 30 years. My go to aromatic is equal parts of 1Q and BCA. IMHO if you are into aromatics that's as good as it gets....That being said I was very interested in this blend as some of the other H&H blends I've sampled are quite good but not this one. I've smoked this blend at least 5 times thus far in various pipes, some broken in, others new, and the result was similar across the board. Sour taste, tongue bite, (smoked slow or hard, it didn't matter), weird disconcerting after taste. On the positive side, the tin note is nice, nothing exciting, "just nice" and the wife liked the room note. I'll most likely be tossing what's left in the reject pile and if no one wants it; in the trash it will go. I know a lot of guys detest aromatics and I think one of the reasons might be blends like this.

Easily, easily, the most vile tobacco (if indeed it is tobacco) that I have experienced in my life!! Another reviewer thought he detected a gunpowder taste. Having read his review prior to lighting up, I thought as I was putting match to bowl 'my God he's right-if you could fill a pipe with gunpowder & light it up without it exploding, this is what it would taste like'. I have tried 4 of Russ's blends & this is the only one that has disappointed. In fact his Virginia Spice has been my primary blend for the last number of months. How he came up with this monstrousity is beyond me. Thank God I only ordered an ounce of this. I seem to be on an exploration of aromaticss kick, which was my rationale for ordering this in the first place. Going forward, I'm only going to review blends that I would highly recommend (4 stars) & those that are truly disgusting (1 star). The former to encourage others to experiment with something I've enjoyed & the latter to forewarn pipe smokers of a truly awful experience. This is the only tobacco I've experienced that I could only stand a few puffs before immediately ending the experiment by reaming out the bowl & throwing the bag in the trash.

If the thought of lighting and inhaling the aroma of 1000 dollar store potpourri-scented candles excites you, you will love this blend. If, like me, you enjoy a tasty and high-quality aromatic tobacco you may, like me, find this totally wretched.

If you enjoy the strong and highly-artificial aroma of chemical air fresheners, you will love the room note of this blend. If, like me, you find the tree-shaped air fresheners that end up hanging from rear view mirrors provoke a nauseous response you may, like me, find that popping the lid on this blend gives you an instant headache.

I mean no insult if you like this blend, but wow, this is terrible stuff.

Well pipesandcigars are 2for 2they suck.When I first lit up I could really smell the egg nog and was really expecting a nice smoke.I wouldnt say it was actualy like licking an ash tray but it was close.

Not sure what possessed me to try this one, as I'm not really a fan of Eggnog around the holidays, but maybe this will all changed when it eviscerates into smoke?

The bag (I ordered it in bulk) opened to what certainly smelled like a Christmas gift store; sweet candy cinnamon that lingered in the air. Giving off equal parts spicy and sweet. The stuff was quite damp and sticky, almost turning the compressed bag of deep brown Cavendish into kake! After I washed off the residue from my fingers from packing the ribbons and big clumps, I got the torch and lit the mix, to the sound of moist sizzling (that needed future relights). The first puff reminded me of the nut roasters at the Renaissance Fair by us, while the rest of the bowl fell into a cadene of casing flavors that made their presence known, yet canceled each other out.

It was frustrating, since this Aromatic had a story to tell but the white noise from too many conductors (flavors) canceled it out. That and I dislike sticky a mix, so sadly what could of been a success, needs to go back to the drawing board.