Peterson Irish Cask

It isn´t understandable to call this grizly stuff like VaPe.It is a kind of grinding bad components to come out like a worst result.A ordeal to the mouth,not only the tortured tongue,a pipe murdering in first degree.I have suffered this venom through many years because it arrives to me as a gift,no doubt from the harshest enemies of my pipes.

This being my first review, I decided to review my daily smoke. I keep a tin in the truck and a jar on my secretary. (Sometimes called a dry sink) aside from being a bit drier in the jar, not really different. I keep the #52 in the truck (lovat style) and use the #01 at home (standard bent style). The #606 (pot style) is silver banded and mostly for parties. The smell fresh from the tin is sweetish, like dates and figs. Sort of like those seven layer bars some women make. Also has a hay smell to it a bit. Not the shredded bagged variety. More like the barn straw that comes in bales with the wild flowers in it. Easy to pack and get lit, normal for peterson ribbon cut. The charring light is, to me, kind of earthy. Sort of like fresh tilled earth, and a little nutty. Slight taste of the perique as well. As I work my way through the bowl, it turns a bit darker and gets spicy. Sort of like dark roast coffee grounds and fresh cracked black pepper corns. Finishes well, gathering intensity towards the bottom. Tends to smoke better slowly if you have the time to do so. I recommend this to others, maybe not newer smokers. It could be a bit much for someone who's experience is limited to lighter tobacco blends. Wife rating in my house has been referred to as manly. So not pleasant, but not awful. So not to worry offending most non smokers.

In the bag, I smelled a clear earthy nuttiness accompanied by a spicy/ peppery note, probably from the Perique. Also some notes of Scottish peat and oakynes. The peppery comes stronger through in the aroma while smoking. Slight sweety notes at the end of the bowl .

Not too bad, but too much Perique to my liking.

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I fell in love with it. It was an adventure smoking it, has a mild taste it's like medicine for your soul. Started out with a hay-like Virginia taste, continued with a hint of Perique, burned with a single match most of the times, leaving white ashes. Reminded me of my childhood, of warm autumn evenings. I really enjoyed it after a hard day's work, my GF loves the spicy scent. One of my favorites so far.

The smell of Peterson Irish Oak immediately reminded me of a Dutch cigarette rolling tobacco, any of the popular Halfzeier Shag such as Drum and Joker... with some dried fruit (raisin, apricot). This corresponded with the room note that my wife described as "like a cigarette".

This blend smokes extremely well, and has a no frills, classic tobacco flavor with just enough extra richness (from the Perique, I presume) to help the smoker know it's a pipe tobacco, and you haven't crammed a crushed Lucky Strike into your pipe.

I really enjoy the way this smokes, and tastes. It does burn a little hot as the cut is finer than most and it seems to pack a little dry even fresh out of the tin... I found that I really have to smoke this blend just right to really appreciate it and not get a stem full of gurgle and a mouthful of wet tar. If I smoke it just right, it produces great wonderful creamy mouthfuls of thick blue smoke, which isn't the most important thing to me but pleasant nonetheless.

The nicotine was just about perfect. Not ideal for a smoke first thing in the morning or on an empty stomach, but just strong enough to need a beverage.

I love the mild Sherry flavor in this blend. It adds to the complexity of the other components which would be very tasty on their own. Very nice Virginias that stand out in this smoke. Nice body and a very relaxing blend. Highly recommended.

Excellent pipe tobacco in every way...

When opening the tin, there is a special bouquet of fruity and smoky perfumes.

On a Meerschaum, the taste is stronger and straighter. On a Briar pipe, the taste is much mellower and nicer, I think because it gives it a sweeter taste.

Slight liqueur taste, the Perique and the Virginia are there, the Burley and Cavendish break that strength. I tasted some smoky flavours which are very special for such a blend of various tobacco. The N hit is definitely there.

Very highly recommended.

I have oft heard that Peterson should have stuck to pipe making, and thus have steered away from their tobaccos. Over the years, I have enjoyed Peterson's pipes so much, that I felt they have earned a fair shake at my tobacco dollar. Irish Oak is my first attempt, and although it did not make my top 10 list, I did find it thorougly enjoyable.

Irish Oak does burn nicely without gurgle, when smoked correctly. The room note left behind is light and not unpleasant (sorry...I don't have the instruments to properly conduct a "wife test"). It is of light to medium flavor...leaning towards sun dried lawn clippings rather than forest floor. The perique is apparent, although not overpowering. If you have swore off perique because you jumped into too strong a tobacco as a kid (my first experience with perique was smoking it straight in college one evening...I earned a healthy respect for it that night!) but you've always wondered what the mystique about it is, this might be your tobacco. Irish Oak does pack some nicatine though. My first few bowls caused raucous hiccups.

In conclusion, nice tobacco. It will not be a daily smoker, but it is nice to have a tin laying around to switch things up here and there.

My first Peterson, I bought it almost two months ago and fell in love, when you first smoke it you notice the grassy like taste and the delicate aroma of burnned oaks, but after a few bowls you start tasteing a gentle cherry taste, mixted with some kind of a sweet ashen flavor, my daily afternoon smoke!