Eric is one of my favourite reviewers on Mr Snuff. There are many other notable mentions too.
To get things going here though I asked Eric if he would mind me posting one of his reviews here. Now he is a member too, feel free to ping @EricPerlinger with questions or responses. He knows a LOT about snuff.
@EricPerlinger I just picked one, feel free to add any you have previously done and certainly please add new reviews as you do them.
Eric’s Review of Snuv ‘Back in Black’
Romeo & Julietta “Churchill”
An exceptionally good cigar is more than just a smoke. Like a great wine, it is an experience that takes you beyond the bottle to the soil of the terroir. As you progress through it, you get to a point where the unique taste justifies the outrageous expense. It is a heady mix of finely cured tobacco smoke, residual oils and saliva seeping from the semi-masticated mushy end clenched between your teeth. It is at this inflection point that many aficionados actually let the cigar go out, as the buccal experience cannot get any better. It is the destination of the cigar journey and that particular sour taste is just…sublime.
Back in Black offers the snuff taker precisely the same experience. Almost black, it is a fermented mix of Rustica and Virginia tobaccos, which smell like warm bran muffins covered in melted butter upon opening the tin. Uptake is followed by a sour burn that whelms with ammonia to progressively reveal the richness of the tobacco blend. Similar to Mullins & Westley’s “Black Rappee” and Friboug & Treyer’s “Old Paris”, it is finer in grind and provides for a deeper and more complex snuff taking experience. Without flavouring or artifice, it stands alone on the merits of its own tobacco recipe. High in nicotine and with an oil finish, Back in Black offers a distinctive adventure that is difficult to better.