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<blockquote data-quote="Richard Burley" data-source="post: 468762" data-attributes="member: 1690">I just finished a pouch of SWR, and just can&#039;t get into it. But it was much better this time, because I used to detest it. Huge chunks that wouldn&#039;t burn, bland taste when it wasn&#039;t tarry, etc. Maybe it was a QC issue. I think of it now as an OK blend, kind of a comforting taste, if that makes sense. I try it once every decade. Anyhow, CH, which some old boys consider an aromatic, and is more of a &quot;blend,&quot; might appeal to you. I&#039;m surprised that Granger didn&#039;t. I&#039;ve heard that the stuff in the can is slightly different from the small package, whatever that&#039;s worth. When you smoke any of these, you have to smoke successive bowls. It&#039;s only then that the plain, &quot;natural&quot; taste starts to appeal, at least for me. In other words, you can&#039;t smoke a bowl of PA, then Penzance, then PA and say, &quot;Boy, that stuff is cheap crap!&quot; They&#039;re made for a different type of smoking, in my opinion, hence their appeal back when pipe smoking wasn&#039;t an oddity and you could do it anywhere but church. I knew a guy who chain-smoked SWR. I don&#039;t think you&#039;d want to do that with most premium blends--although Jim Inks might disagree. Personally, I&#039;d take PA over SWR. And I&#039;d take Velvet over any of them. It just seems more &quot;pipey&quot; to me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Richard Burley, post: 468762, member: 1690"] I just finished a pouch of SWR, and just can't get into it. But it was much better this time, because I used to detest it. Huge chunks that wouldn't burn, bland taste when it wasn't tarry, etc. Maybe it was a QC issue. I think of it now as an OK blend, kind of a comforting taste, if that makes sense. I try it once every decade. Anyhow, CH, which some old boys consider an aromatic, and is more of a "blend," might appeal to you. I'm surprised that Granger didn't. I've heard that the stuff in the can is slightly different from the small package, whatever that's worth. When you smoke any of these, you have to smoke successive bowls. It's only then that the plain, "natural" taste starts to appeal, at least for me. In other words, you can't smoke a bowl of PA, then Penzance, then PA and say, "Boy, that stuff is cheap crap!" They're made for a different type of smoking, in my opinion, hence their appeal back when pipe smoking wasn't an oddity and you could do it anywhere but church. I knew a guy who chain-smoked SWR. I don't think you'd want to do that with most premium blends--although Jim Inks might disagree. Personally, I'd take PA over SWR. And I'd take Velvet over any of them. It just seems more "pipey" to me. [/QUOTE]

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