Peterson Irish Cask

Over all a disappointing tobacco. I really enjoyed Petersons Old Dublin and Sweet Killarney blends, and was hoping for a tobacco with some character. The smoke is thick, which I like, however there is little taste to it. I would put this a slight step above captain black gold. I will not buy this tobacco again.

While the flavors are too glorious and complex to put into words, the finish feels a bit raw and acidic, which kind of eats at the thoat even if you don't inhale (which I don't). I thought that maybe the Zimbabean virginias (or perhaps the Thailand burley) could use some aging. Lets see what a year in mason jars does.

When I first tried this I couldn't get it to stay alight so it sat in the cupboard for 6 months before I tried again. This time it had dried out a little and smoked well. The taste is rather pleasant and has some strength. Once into the bowl one can detect a sherry note which is interesting. Not a bad tobacco and one I would smoke again.

This was one of the first smokes i had as a pipe smoker, and i really enjoyed it , i loved the woody taste and the ease it burnt with. Being a novice at the time of smoking my first pipes the re-lite thing was still in use. The transition from a sigarette smoker to a pipe smoker is easy with this blend , i would describe this as a sigarette in a pipe. Thats why i lite one of these up when i feel like a hard smoke. I always have a tin of this handy.

The sherry flavor makes this heady blend very distinct and pleasureable for me.

Although i like peterson's "old dublin" and "perfect plug", this tobacco has no character and burns completely diferent. It is "just a smoke" without anything else to be said.Flat, boring and a little hot burning.

A freshly-opened tin left me bewildered, wondering what to make of it. After some time and drying out, I realized I don't like it very much.

I was encouraged by a delicious and sweet tin note, but once lit this disappeared.

Too much puffing and this tastes like a cigarette, only less pleasant. This has a tendency to burn hot and harsh for me.

I could only appreciate any flavor with the gentlest of sipping, and detected something like straw, sawdust, and occasionally a hint of sherry.

Enthusiastic puffing will be punished with harsh god-awfulness. Light coaxing gives it a passing grade, but barely.

Two stars seems a bit generous, but one star a big stingy.

I bought a tin of this from my local tobacconist a couple months ago. I bought it without really reading the tin, but being impressed with just about all of Peterson's other blends I figured I would give it a shot.

Upon opening the tin I was quite surprised to find it to be very dry. Not too dry, but just right. I found this odd for a new tobacco.

The aroma was not bad. Not the best, but not horrible. I could detect a small casing, but could not put my finger on it. I think the thing that displeased me most was the unbalanced aroma of Burly in this blend. Right off the bat I got hit with green grass and wet hay.

I loaded up a medium sized Peterson system pipe with this tobacco, and got to puffing. Now I do not knock a tobacco simply due to style if it fits in that style, but this did not really fit any place. It was hardly an aromatic, and defiantly not a Virginia. The only thing I could classify this as was a big Burly tobacco. Had the tin said Peterson's Burly Mixture, I would have given it four stars. However, it did not.

As I progressed through the bowl, I found this blend to smoke very hot. It did not bite, and never gurgled or got wet.

It did burn to a nice white ash, but also left an ash taste on my tongue. It reminded me of a drug store cigar or an old cigarette. However, it is an easy blend to inhale if that is your bag.

Maybe I was not as patient with this blend as I should have been, but I just could not bring myself to enjoy it. Normally if a tobacco does not fit my preferred style I will still give it a good review if it is quality leaf that fits the style being presented. In my opinion this did not.

I do not know whom I would recommend this to, for I don't really know what to classify it as. I guess if you are the smoker who likes the old Half and Half and other drug store blends, this might spice up your rotation a bit. Otherwise I would think twice before buying a tin of this.

To say one doesn't happen to get a tobacco they don't like or one that gave an initial impression that didn't work out would be an understatement. This is not a bad blend at all. In fact, I think it's a good quality tobacco. It's just one that is not to my liking. In reading the reviews, I felt that I was picking up a robust English style blend. What I was getting was a tobacco that smoked, as others have mentioned, a cross between a cigar and cigarette. I have smoked some heavier blends such as the well known Dunhill's Nightcap (the Murray's version) and the not-so-well known Xtra Rich from Smoker's Haven (no longer available). To me, these were both strong, robust English style blends. If you prefer blends that smoke heavy (and not in the Balkan or English style) or you are making the transition from cigar or cigarette smoking to pipe smoking, then this is for you.