D&R Canadian Blends - Penhooker, Penhooker Light

[watadork]

Glad you revisited Penhooker (and enjoyed it) Dave. Penhooker is one of my all time favorites and is great alone or when blended with Ramback Balkan!

[Mikey]

Penhooker is also a favorite of mine. Like to blend 40% Ramback, 60% Penhooker as a base blend: smooth and toasty...

My daily smoke is this blend mixed at 50% with either Vengeur Platinum or Rowland Light.

[MisterMxyzptlk]

I seem to have an odd love/hate relationship with Virginias. I don't care at all for Bali Red (although it does have some oriental), I find Windsail rather dull (although WinPlat is better), Canoe English seems a little too mild and uninteresting, but I love PS London Export (the toppings are probably a factor). Having tried all of the commercially available halfzwares and settled on two menthol blends (of my own making) that I like, I'm now in my "try out the Virginia blends" phase.

My last D&R order was quite varied and included Three Sails, WinPlat, and Penhooker. The WinPlat's a good smoke but doesn't really "grab" me - which is O.K. because I got it, like the Ramback, mainly for blending. The Three Sails has a trace of the harshness/vinegar-y bitterness that I don't like about Bali Red, but I prefer the flavor over the BR. It's not bad overall, but a 10/2 of it will be enough.

The blend I liked best of those three from the very first smoke was definitely the Penhooker. Although it's somewhat stronger-flavored than the PS LE - with a different kind of "richness" to the smoke, it's equally flavorful and has the level of "smoothness/mildness" I like - not too much, not too little. I like to know that I'm smoking somthing. The PS LE is my only 10/10 blend right now, but I'd rank Penhooker just below it, and it will definitely be a daily smoke for me. In addition, although I'm not a fan of "light" blends and wouldn't normally order any, I'll probably order some Penhooker Light next time around as well to check it out.

-TJ