Peterson Nutty Cut

This is ok.

Its caught somewhere between an all-out aromatic, and a navy blend, and as such its kinda neither.

In my mind, this is more of an aromatic. The smoke is fragrant, and although you certainly do get the tobacco taste, its very much the aroma and flavorings of the dark rum and nuts that comes through most. The tobacco is in the background.

However, the mere fact that as the bowl goes on and the flavoring steps aside for the tobacco to come on strong means that there is an argument to be made for this being a navy tobacco. The fact that it is ribbon and not flake may stop that, but still, it can be considered.

So, good, not great, but for me the fact that its not really either of the above in any serious way makes you scratch your head a bit and think throughout the bowl that its nowhere near as good as really shining examples of either.

Lovely tin note, but thats all ! Too weak, hardly any taste, no nicotine ! I normally smoke strong English blends, so perhaps my palate is a bit too desensitised for a RR aromatic. Might be ok for a newbie ! Will use the remains as a bulk in my tobacco mixing shenanigans.

I like to have an aromatic open for a change of pace , this one have a good nutty flavour and a balanced sweetness, burns a little hot so go slow and it will deliver some good flavours.

This aro, has the same problem like almost all aros;NO BODY/STRENGH. I like the flavour of it but the mouthfeeling is ....? Some hot sour air with no body to make it round , pleasant and satisfying. Not to forget it tends to burn hot and pain the tongue even if it is smoked slowly. The exhale through the nose offers a nice aroma, the rum is detectable which is nice to me and some tobacco is there to. all in all much to light

Interesting: I applied to the site to add this one for review, but someone beat me to it. I thought it would be a quick review based on one tin, but spent two weeks getting through two tins before feeling I was ready to review it. I am not an aromatic man and won't buy it again, but I think this will be well received by ardent admirers of Peterson aromatics.

Unlike some other Peterson offerings, the casing doesn't overpower the smoke and it was interesting enough, even for me, to warrant two tins before deciding. I can't ever remember smoking two AROs in succession before and the nutty flavor that develops half way through the smoke was somewhat capturing.

It is top quality tobacco as you would expect - sad about the casing!

ARO fans enjoy!

Another slightly weaker Peterson.

The nuttiness is fairly well present in this, although it doesn't create a super enjoyable taste to my senses; I classify blends like this as "non-offensive" aromatics. Smoke is on the medium side of mild but my major gripe with this is that it is loathe to burn, and also somewhat dirty. In my experience it's actually the second worst burning tobacco after Greve Hamilton; 2-3 charring lights is the norm, as is several relights per bowl, and again there's a fine line between puffing hard and the pipe wanting to go out completely. This seems to be an inherent characteristic of the blend as drying out only marginally helps. The tobacco also "sweats" quite a lot of tar, it's not unusual to hear the stem spluttering and wheezing with it while smoking, and cleaning is therefore a bit more involved process than usual. Tongue bite is moderate, somewhat more than one would maybe expect from a blend like this but the smoke, once you get to it, is not actually that bad - a little bit on the dark medium side, with a nutty overtone supported by hints of coffee/cocoa. It's just that getting to that slow, peaceful flow of smoking is a bit too much work with this blend. Two stars leaning on one.

Recommended to aromatics smokers only, with caution.

Lacks in taste, no mouthfeel whatsoever. Out of the tin has a lovely aroma and the room note is not entirely unpleasant. The only way you get any taste other than smoke is retrohale, which really very nice.

This is a strange blend. On the surface it looks very much like Peterson's Luxury Blend: the composition is similar and also has a strong casing, in this case it's an almost overwhelming aroma, very sweet, mixing some fruit and liquor. Out of the tin it smells very, very good.

However, when smoking, it falls a bit flat. The flavouring disappears (but gives a nice room note) and the tobacco doesn't really offer anything. Where Luxury Blend has a nice pure tobacco taste (thanks to the burley, I guess) here you're just smoking a very plain mixture. It doens't taste bad, but it doesn't have much to offer either. For sure this blend will have its fans, but I think that you can find something better in Peterson's other offerings.

It is a decent aromatic. Cut is little messy, but burns suprisingly easy, clean and cooly. It is nutty, but not dry hazelnut/walenut nutty but rather sweet coconut plus rum. I dislike a bit of cigarettes type of smoke. I belive it can be satisfying for many pipe smokers, quality is very good, I can recommend it, but if it is your type of aroma. It is not mine. I can smoke it occasionaly but I will never buy another tin, so my rating is 2/4