HU Tobacco Haymaker
(3.42)
Haymaker is a natural sweet Virginia flake from Indian, Philippine and Brazilian leaf. This pure Virginia flake fascinates both by its full aroma, and a pleasurable smoking experience. Haymaker is an easy going companion with complexity for delightful smokes troughout the day. As for all HU-Tobacco flakes, no glues and binders are used and thus enable easy rubbing or fold and pack. Try it - love it !
Details
Brand | HU Tobacco |
Series | United Passion |
Blended By | Hans Wiedemann |
Manufactured By | Dan Tobacco Manufacturing (DTM) |
Blend Type | Straight Virginia |
Contents | Virginia |
Flavoring | |
Cut | Flake |
Packaging | 50 grams tin |
Country | Germany |
Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Mild
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Mild
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
3.42 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 11 - 12 of 12 Reviews
Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 12, 2022 | Mild | None Detected | Mild | Pleasant |
Tin note sweet grassiness some lite citrus. The flakes rub out nicely. This is a really smooth straight Virginia blend. Lots of very lite citrus notes, grass and hay notes with just a bit of sweetness. No toppings. This is absolutely an all day smoke. Not very complex but quite satisfying. Improves as you progress through the bowl. Needs a few relights burns to a white ash. nic hit is mild to medium. Highly recommended if you like straight Virginia.
Pipe Used:
Paronelli Briar
PurchasedFrom:
friend gift
Age When Smoked:
gift not sure but aged a bit
Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2019 | Extremely Mild | None Detected | Extremely Mild (Flat) | Unnoticeable |
In the little round tin is another blob-like mass from Germany pretending to be flake. You peel this off like a rasher of bacon stuck to it's fellows rather than individual slices. There is precious little aroma here.
As you can imagine it makes for a sticky, gooey time at loading but these strips do do eventually break down into some semblance of tobacco shreds. Folding is not a viable option. You may find you want to use that rarity, the tobacco knife, if you can find it, under all the plugs and twists you bought on a whim and just never got round to cutting up.
It's an absolute swine to keep lit. Half a tin of butane later and your still none the wiser. It has no taste, even less character and produces a feeble dribble of smoke. It's obvious then that it needs to dry out after preparation. After several hours it's still the same. Overnight it becomes a brittle piece of brushwood.
So, not wanting to admit defeat, I scoop it all out, separate the half-seared bits and stick it in a mixing dish and using, the knife I located earlier, slice up some godawful Kendal dark twist to go with it. Same result, a tastless, pointless mess.
So, all these reviewers can't be wrong. Maybe I'm doing something wrong with this 'flake'. I'm going to cellar it for a while (maybe even jar it) and see if it improves with age.
It didn't and I ended up finishing it. Not memorable.
As you can imagine it makes for a sticky, gooey time at loading but these strips do do eventually break down into some semblance of tobacco shreds. Folding is not a viable option. You may find you want to use that rarity, the tobacco knife, if you can find it, under all the plugs and twists you bought on a whim and just never got round to cutting up.
It's an absolute swine to keep lit. Half a tin of butane later and your still none the wiser. It has no taste, even less character and produces a feeble dribble of smoke. It's obvious then that it needs to dry out after preparation. After several hours it's still the same. Overnight it becomes a brittle piece of brushwood.
So, not wanting to admit defeat, I scoop it all out, separate the half-seared bits and stick it in a mixing dish and using, the knife I located earlier, slice up some godawful Kendal dark twist to go with it. Same result, a tastless, pointless mess.
So, all these reviewers can't be wrong. Maybe I'm doing something wrong with this 'flake'. I'm going to cellar it for a while (maybe even jar it) and see if it improves with age.
It didn't and I ended up finishing it. Not memorable.
Pipe Used:
Briars
PurchasedFrom:
Dan Pipe Germany
Age When Smoked:
New from tin.