Stanwell Kir & Apple

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Tobacco smells good at first, but the flavour is not tastable in the smoke. I smoked outside taking a walk and getting home after 20min my wife complained how disgusting my beard smelled. NO recommendation.

Very good quality aromatic blend. The black current and apple mesh together well. Excellent tin note, moisture content spot on and very easy loading cut. Lit and burned well throughout the bowl. The first bowl right out of the tin was not overwhelming nor bland by any means, just a good solid smoke. Taste was much like the tin note-- which I found to be a natural mesh of quality tobacco and fruit. Flavor sustained throughout the bowl. Did not gum up the pipe and left little dottle. As is my usual process I waited a week before trying this blend again. If any thing the breathing process upgraded the aroma and flavor. If you like trying different aros as a change of pace as I do you should give this one a try.

Apple topped aromatics are difficult to make without them producing tongue bite Stanwell manages to do that with this blend.The overall tobacco quality seems lacking to me.

Good quality aromatic tobacco. Lits well, burns well, no tongue bite, clean dry smoke. Smell and taste of apple everywhere. Worth to try it, but not an everyday smoke.

The tin note is strong and pleasant, but I didn't pick up any of that while smoking. Like other reviewers have mentioned, one of the great things about this smoke is that it doesn't gunk up the pipe. Nice, clean smoke that doesn't burn hot. No bite at all.

I think ultimately it is just unremarkable. Whenever I think about its good qualities, I think of other tobacco that does it better. So nothing remarkably bad, and nothing remarkably good either.

It's not a broken flake, at least not the tin I received. What I got was ribbon cut, but no big deal. Tin note is strong but highly unique and super pleasant, especially if you like tart fruitiness, which I do. Black currant and green apple...wait, what? I could smell this outside of the shipping box even though the tin was undamaged and vacuum-sealed...that's how strong the tin note is. There appears to be a larger burley proportion than normal, and the blend feels quite dry to the touch. Both being signs of a good aro to me. This stuff smokes excellently, good burn quality typical of what I've come to expect do from Stanwell blends. As far as taste goes, I don't really know how to describe it. If I had to pick one description, I'd say "crisp". Crisp, sweet and a little tart. I definitely don't get any of that green apple or currant flavor hinted at by the smell. I gotta say, I'd never have seen this tobacco on a list and said "there, that's the one I gotta have". Thankfully, it came in a sampler, and I'm glad to have tried it. I plan on getting a few more cans when this runs out, it's just a nice refreshing summer blend in my opinion.