Peterson Irish Whiskey

One of the lovely blend of Peterson great pipe tobacco test so mild and sweet, flavored with Irish Whiskey born easy with great smell I suggest every pipe smoker should try it cos become your favorite after one try 🙂

I was quite new to pipe smoking when I got my IW tin, and it ceirtainly surprised me with it's nicotine content. Nevertheless, I enjoyed it a lot! It was my first experience with real tobacco taste, so I was smoking slowly, tasting the unique characteristics of burley leaves and feeling the change in tones. It was a great experience.

Upon opening the tin, I could smell the whiskey topping among the nutty burleys. While smoking though, the aroma was subte, being barely noticeable after the first half of the bowl. Packing is really easy, and I had no trouble with tongue bite.

Definitely gonna buy this one again! (and soon, I think I got about one pipefull left only)

This is a review of a 4 years old tin.

Both out of the tin and in the bowl I mostly get earthiness, grass, some cocoa, smokiness, and just a drop of alcohol.

The balance between the grassy Virginia and earthy Burley are at the lead, with the Dark Fired Kentucky providing some smokiness in the background. The whiskey is faint. I prepared myself for a strong alcohol aromatic type of blend, but this wasn't it. It's a great Virginia-Burley-Kentucky tobacco. I've smoked many blends produced by Cornel & Diehl that felt like they were supposed to provide the same result, but I often find them too sharp and/or boring. Irish Whiskey, however, provided the full package - body, flavor, and strength.

I love the Peterson / Dunhill ribbon cut. It's fairly fine but not a shag. I find it the most comfortable for packing and smoking and this one does not fail. The flavor maintains itself throughout the bowl, with the strength increasing as you go. Moisture level is ready to go out of the tin but if you like your tobacco especially dry, as I do, it dries fairly quickly in the tin. Smokes cool at a moderate pace. No relights and no tongue bite. Can be an all-day smoke if you're ok with fairly strong tobaccos.

Full body, medium-strong in nicotine.

I was pleasantly surprised and will buy more. In fact, I smoked almost nothing but Irish Whiskey since opening the tin. Perfect score.

I usually don't expect much from Whiskey flavored tobaccos or aromatics, but I was pleasantly surprised by Peterson's take on this genre. The burleys are upfront and constitute the majority of the flavor profile, giving a solid backbone for the light spray of Whiskey topping, which isn't overwhelming nor weak. Unlike similar tobaccos, the flavor is exactly like Irish whiskey and reminds me a lot of Jameson. It has a nice oaky undertone with notes of ocean spray, and the Virginias back it up with some additional maltiness. The nicotine content hits pretty hard, which I enjoy, and it makes this tobacco feel robust and satisfying even if it will never be an all-day smoke. I'm very pleased with this blend and will definitely buy more.

I'm thankful I tried this before reading reviews on this site. From the get-go, the underlying blend is the type I prefer generally (Virginia, Burley, Kentucky), and I generally like both Irish whiskeys and Peterson as a brand, but dislike most aromatics, so I'm putting my biases are up front here.

Moisture out of my 2 year old tin was perfect, I found lighting in a wider bowl to be rewarding. Overall the flavor of Irish whisky comes through and is well complimented by the blend. Having a glass of An Fear Coin (The Quiet Man) highlights the fact that the blend is a little sweeter than many actual whacks by virtue of the Virginias. The Nic hit is a little stronger on this, but not quite on par with Burley Flake 4 or Gawith XX, it was capable of giving me a hiccup or two. If you like "american" blends that prominently feature burley I'd recommend giving this a shot. I've found a wider bowl with slower puffing to bring out the most flavor and enjoyment. Can easily see how puffing too fast would make this an unpleasant experience. Recommended for the more seasoned pipe smoker who is just getting back into aromatics.

I got a fully dried tin from my friend who got it as a present and could not stand the nicotine level of the blend.

A little scared with the past comments that stress that the nic-hit may be a little too much for an unexperienced smoker, I decided to try to add it first to blends I already enjoyed and in which I would not object to have some more of the vitamin N. Not that I do not have any smoking experience (more than 30 years of strong cigarette smoking), but I am not that experienced with pipes, and who knew how it could turn around.

After moisturizing the contents of the tin, the Solani 656 Aged Burley Flake and Mac Baren Vanilla Cream became my guinea pigs. Mixing them with the Irish Whiskey did not cause any problems with the nic level, and I finally loaded my first full pipe of Irish Whiskey.

Well, it was a great smoke. Earthy, heavy and I would say dry, unobtrusive natural sweetness in background and a very refreshing and prominent accent from the flavouring. Cannot say if it is a whiskey. I am more of rum and cognac guy. Maybe I have to take a whiskey shot and see how they compliment each other. But these two tastes go very well together and feel great. Burns slowly and clean. Leaves little moisture. If you want to get full taste, do go slowly. You will not regret. The aftertaste is very pleasant and stays around for some time.

The nic-hit happened to be somewhere in the medium range to me. I definitely feel it, but it may be even a little milder than I would like to get and was not overwhelming. Having said that, I would keep here the warning for people new to smoking in general, who have not dealt with more or less strong tobacco before. This blend can hit you hard as happened with my friend.

Just as a side note: in my experiments with blending mentioned above, I have found that mixing Irish Whiskey with Mac Baren Vanilla Cream (1:2 or 1:3), creates a decent tasty blend. Irish Whiskey sweetness goes very well with Mac Baren sweet blend, but also adds a very refreshing spicy and sourish note to it (which in my opinion is kind of missing there). Also, it adds some nicotine and helps with the burning of this mild aromatic mixture. Mixing 1:1 will leave nothing from Mac Baren taste.

Peterson’s Irish whiskey is the one of the traditional Irish blends. Burley leafs from Africa, Brazil, India and dark fired Kentucky from Italy, lightly flavored with Irish Whiskey for a unique aroma.

It's good. I like it. I have ordered more. Simple as that.

Under-rated. An excellent tobacco. I like English tobaccos, and this one is consistent with the English tobacco experience, though the flavor is different. Full rich flavor, and a bit relaxing.