Manufacturer Description:
Bright Virginia tobaccos from Zimbabwe and Zaire with distinct natural sweetness were mixed with the unique BULLDOG flavor and matured in the press up to be a gentle Flake. Check yourself: the tobacco taste and the flavor complement each other in perfect harmony to a hazy, soft tasting palate-feast.
Characterisation:
The Bulldog Golden Flake is mottled brown to dark brown, which is interspersed evenly with golden speckles. The flakes are embedded in paper and for flakes really unusual, but common for DTM in a small round tin into which they fit just. The consistency is slightly crumbly, but the general condition neither too wet nor too dry. If you open the can, so you sniff the hay of a pure Virginia tobacco, but also a flowery, almost creamy scent that - fans will know it - could be called slightly soapy.
Plugging:
The Bulldog Golden Flake is ideal because of its crumbly consistency to be smoked as ready rubbed mixture. Only with great care you can bring the crumbly flake bent and folded into the pipe. Between this and the rubbed out variant you can - unlike some other flakes - hardly taste differences. As so often, it is recommended to give a few loose crumbs on top of the filling, which facilitates the ignition.
Light up:
The Bulldog Golden Flake should, after the first flame, be gently smoothed with the tamper. If then fire is given very evenly, it burns until the end of the filling without problems.
Smoking properties:
The Bulldog Golden Flake want - like so many flakes made of Virginia - not to be enjoyed too hastily. Violent drawing he acknowledged with a slight tongue bite and gargling. Smoked thoughtfully reminded its sweet Virginia of apricots with the warm and spicy flavors such as cinnamon and cloves. Even a slight perfume-like, soapy undertone is to taste, but not so strong that newcomers in this special section will be scared off. If it is smoked correctly, only dark gray ash remains in the pipe, which does not do much work in cleaning, too.
Redolency:
The room note of the Bulldog Golden Flake is genuine tobacco, but slightly sweet and may not be perceived as intrusive in a tolerant society.
Conclusion:
The Bulldog Golden Flake is a brown marbled flake with golden speckles, which is packaged in a round tin wich is unusual for flakes. Its very crumbly consistency, recommends it to to be smoked as an ready rubbed, which greatly facilitates its handling. The sweetness and light soapyness that can be smelled can also be found in the smoke again. Warm cinnamon and spicy clove flavors combine with apricot-like sweetness of Virginia, which adjoined the soapy Bulldogarome. If you want to get a taste of this very special direction: this is your flake! The aroma is yet to taste more in the background, and contributes a really appealing note. Smoked with some attention this flake is quite suitable for beginners, but is also aimed at more experienced smokers who are in search of unusual flavors.
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