Holger Danske Double Fermented

Holger Danske - Double Fermented.

The mixture is mostly black pieces but it does contain a small proportion of light yellow ribbons which stand out as they are much larger than the rest. The topping comes across very full in the aroma, it smells real sweet but there is also a plum/prune addition in the smell. The mix is only slightly moist, not 'wet' but a very short airing benefits the burn.

Once lit the flavour matches what I anticipated from the aroma, it has a sweet taste with a slight fruity addition, I use the word 'slight' exactly as it is intended! It burns good, it doesn't keep going out but holds the light well. The temperature of the smoke is just what the description says... cool! The nicotine isn't much in this one, pleasantly mild or extremely feeble, either description fits the bill! Onto a lower point, the room note, well to be fair the note isn't the problem as that's OK as it's a quite standard sweet black Cavendish one but the problem lies with the quantity of smoke, I had my window open and feared the neighbours would call the fire brigade because of all the smoke! Tongue bite doesn't occur to me with this, I can really suck the guts out of it and it still remains cool and bite free. Providing it has had a little extra drying time there isn't much dottle at the end but my first smoke was a little damp still and that caused a small amount.

I can see how some people may not like this as it has the quintessential 'gloopy' aromatic attributes but I find full/heavy tobaccos such as this a pleasing change of pace.

Four stars but only as a rare treat!