American Spirit Perique Blend Cigarette Tobacco

Made about 2 packs with this bag.  Tobacco was extremely dry to the point of crumbling into dust.  Covered the last five smokes worth with a damp bandana overnight - this smoothed out the taste a bit.  Can't really write up a fair review at this time.  Will try again in the future when I run out of new products to sample and begin revisiting the ones already reviewed here.

Bali Shag (Halfzware Shag Cigarette Tobacco)

Blue pouch comes with 50 cigarette papers - cost after taxes was around $8.00.  Yield was in the neighborhood of 2 packs.  Tobacco had a strange smell to it; best description is "sour".  Taste was smooth with a strange undertaste I can't nail.  Toward the bottom of the bad I found a ball of feces smaller than a pea, bigger than a BB.  I'm wondering if the odor/off taste is rat piss.  I might try again in the future from another store.

Turkish Export

Back in the late 80s/early 90s I bought a pack of cigarettes imported from Turkey.  The smokes were rolled kind of oblong.  The first initial draws were smooth and mellow gradually becoming more robust before the full flavor kicked in; I was unable to smoke more than 2/3s of any of them.  Peter Stokkbye's Turkish Export starts of similiarly but its finish is nowhere near as overwhelming as the prepackaged cigarettes I smoked last millenium.  I got about 2 packs of 100mm cigarettes from this pouch.  They were okay but not my cup of tea.  I'm not slagging the product - it's fine - it's just not what I'm looking for in a smoke.

Traffic Pipe Tobacco (Classic Virginia)

I picked up an entire pound of this yesterday for $10.99+ tax.  Tobacco is long cut per cigarette tobacco.  Product is fresh and moist; don't pack too tight else let dry out for a couple of hours.  Taste has the slightest bit of harshness but for the price I'm not going to complain; this is going to be my new mainstay. 

American Spirit (Original Blend vs 100% U.S. Grown)

I've smoked almost all that American Spirit has to offer in either RYO form or in prepackaged cigarettes and have no complaints whatsoever.  I purchased a pouch of the 100% U.S. Grown tobacco last week for a  little over $9.00.  Net weight was 1.41 oz. and yielded 44 100 mm cigarettes.  A guy I know buys the original blend by the can and I did a side by side comparison between the two.  Both were excellent but I'll have to give the edge to the U.S. grown product.  (The guy that supplied the sample of Original gives Original the edge.)  Original is around 15 cents less expensive per pouch than the U.S. product.  At $4.50 (+ tubes)  per pack this is not economical but both were so good that it was difficult to go back to Gambler...

Bugler Turkish And Blended Cigarette Tobacco (Original)

$3.69 + tax = $4.00 for a .65 oz. bag of tobacco.  32 rolling papers included.  Tobacco was fresh, tasted very good and yielded more than 20 100mm gigarettes.  Pricewise Bugler's in the same neighborhood as Midnight Special and Zig-Zag.  Definitely a better product than the former but the latter has a solid edge over Bugler.  If I had an extra $5 in my pocket and there was no ZZ I would buy this again.  If Bugler were to drop the papers and market this as Pipe Tobacco then I would definitely buy more often.

Tin Star Pipe Tobacco (Regular)

$3.49 before sales tax for 3 ounces.  Light colored tobacco has the consistency of shredded cork.  Fastest burning tobacco I've ever smoked; a jam packed machine turns out a 100 mm smoke that is finished in 10 draws.  Tobacco is raspy flavored.  Will not be buying again.