Blender's Gold Peach Melba

This is a cheap, aromatic, propylene-glycol infused blend through and through. Although it smells like peach flavored candy, and almost has the consistency of Shisha, I found it to be a pleasant starter blend. Despite it being rather sticky due to corn syrup and other ameliorates, I liked it. It's a rather wet smoke, so I recommend drying it. It won't burn hot, but it will burn wet. It smells extremely sweet and peachy, so this is an okay blend to smoke around others. It tastes like a peach candy, with just a subtle creamy smoothness of good old Black Cavendish and Burley. I don't recommend this to experienced smokers, as it can goop up a good pipe. (Nothing a good salt treatment won't take care of.) That being said, it's a good beginner's blend because in addition to its excellent packing quality, it leaves the palate yearning for stronger flavor. I found that it helped me nail down what different flavors there are in the tobacco world, as they are hard to detect when first starting out. They have unique tastes unlike anything else, and this blend will definitely leave the smoker asking the right questions at the tobacconist's counter. All in all, I can't really knock it. If you get the mechanics of packing it right, and dry the leaf well, it will smoke okay, but that casing will come through and almost drown out everything else. It's also dirt cheap, so that's a plus. If you like sweet, sweet, easy smoking blends and have a penchant for peach, this is the leaf for you. It won't bite and it does taste nice, but doesn't leave much to be said for natural tobacco flavor. Start out with this and move on up the ladder. It will teach you what to look for in terms of quality, taste and flavor if you're new to the Brotherhood of Briar.