Peterson 3P's Peterson Perfect Plug

Sorry everyone but I was a little disappointed with this tobacco. I love Irish and University Flake but 3P does nothing for me. To me it's bland and leaves a sour taste in the mouth after smoking. Everyone seems to like it but I'll stick to the sforementioned and my Gawith's selection.

Great stuff!! I love the presentation, a compact alluring block of wonderfulness wrapped in beautiful white carton. I love the tinkering with a pocket knife to shave of a few very thin flakes. Finally a worthy target for my beloved Small Sebenza... I love the pure taste without the distractions other VA flakes present to me.

Is casing the same as flavoring? Because I notice the slightly sweet casing, but I do not detect any artificial flavoring...

The only thing I do not like is the name. I think the buyer should determine whether a product is perfect and not the producer.

Roomnote quite faint, pleasant and tobacco-y

Update may 2011 Maybe it's the casing, maybe the Burley, but i just don't come back to this plug, so after the initial excitement I put it down to 2 stars...

My first try at a plug. I sliced a few thin flakes from one end of the dense plug and hoped for the best. It only needed a few relights. The casing gives it a sweetness that balances the strength of the virginias. A faint fruity taste gives it some complexity. It did have more kick to it than I expected

Peterson's Perfect Plug is presented in a 3 5/8" high X 3 1/8" wide X 1 1/8" deep gold toned tin.

Upon opening the tin there is a thin waxpaper liner folded over a cellophane encased plug of tobacco. The plug in this tin was 2" high X 1/1/2" wide and 3/4" thick. It is a dark brown color(much like the color of a block of unsweetened baking chocolate) with specks and grains of a golden/tan tobacco. The plug was moist to the touch and very dense, you will need a sharp knife to cut this. The aroma from the tin is very sweet and strong tobacco.

After some experimentation, I found that slicing the plug lengthwise to about a 3/32" thickness worked best for me. This tobacco smokes better if it is left to air for 15-20 minutes after rubbing it out. I use the "gravity method" to pack my bowls, and pack my pipes so the draw is about the same as a filtered cigarette. 3P's lights easily and requires little maintenance.

The smoke is full and the sugars really kick in a few minutes after lighting. The flavors are sweet and remind me of lemongrass. The casing occasionally pops it's head, but stays very much in the background. I can not tell what the casing is other than saying "fruity" is appropriate. If you get distracted and puff heavily the nicotine will say hello in a big way and the flavors disappear. 3P's is not harsh and I suffered no tounge bite. Smoking slowly is the way to go.

Random notes:

My wife describes the room note as "pleasant and tobaccoey."

The ash is of a white with some grey.

Approximatley 20 bowls smoked in the following pipes: 1)Missouri Pride 2)Falcon straight with a Dover and a Meer lined Hyperbole 3)Charatan's Make Special Billiard 4) A Peterson System full bent 5)Tsuge rusticated billiard

In conclusion, I highly recommend this tobacco

I've gone to the dark side & moved up from flakes to plug tobacco.

Just finished my 1st bowl of this fine tobacco with a cup of French Market coffee.

I'm in love 😉

It easy to prepare, did take a couple more relights than my flakes but that was straight out of the tin.

I am a professed newbie, but here goes. I asked my local what to start with and tried a 3 Virginia blend. Smells nice, but bland. I remembered seeing this on the shelf and had already decided that I wanted to try some of the Peterson lineup. I ignored the "for experienced smokers". I opened it and immediately liked the aroma (fruity like figs and dried plums), but that is usually where the let down started before; smells great but no taste. Not this. I kept getting the same aroma hints in the smoke and now and then a flavor would really jump out at me; all good things. I think the room aroma was nice, but subdued. Then the buzz hit me. Holy cow! Good thing it was evening and I was not needing to do any serious work!

I went back and bought IF and UF too since they seem to all be somewhat related. I doubt I will smoke this daily, but no doubt it will be smoked plenty for the right moments. For a while, I will likely smoke this in a smaller pipe until I can handle the hit.

if its a nicotine fix you are in need of grab some of this. i had to let the bowl go out several times. now im not a wimp when it comes to the vitamin N either...i've smoked cigarettes for over ten years now and i smoke cigars as well. the taste was very pleasent and almost sweet i would say. really i need to smoke more of this stuff cause the overwelming amount of nicotine had me so buzzed i dont think i can remember my expirience at all...i will be buying more of this and adding it to my maybe once a week rotation

Great blend. Finally got my hands on it. Tried smoking it rubbed and packed in quick succession, not as good of a call as waiting 30 minutes for it to air out. Either way it ended up being a great smoke, loved it all the way down to the bottom of a bowl. Overall well worth the price. Reminiscent of Irish Flake, except a bit tamer. Exactly what I was looking for. Not especially hard-hitting visit from Lady N.

I tried this on Gnossos recommendation and I have to say he did me a solid. In the last year or so I had steered away from Plugs because of the pain in the butt factor but this sliced better than any other plug I've run across. It made great flakes, which dried with no issue. Fully rubbed out and packed into a Peterson Meer, This lit up fine and had a very full flavor. It was dark, rich and just sweet enough to be pleasant. I got a taste of the fruit topping only in a very superficial sense, and then only occasionally though out the whole. Burned clean and stayed consistent for me. Great stuff. Defiantly a bonus to the cellar.