Watch City's "Rouxgaroux"

Absolutely one of the best VaPers' I've had (and I've been smoking a pipe since 1966!). The panalopy of flavors is constantly changing from, plum, fig, tart wine, sweet hay, a little vanilla at times, and this is fresh from the bag! The Perique is perfect - just the right amount of peppery retrohale, and it married perfectly with the Virginias. It's magic! I can't wait to taste this with a little time in a Mason jar - from my experience with other Virginia based blends - it should get even better with age. Since it was my first successful order (I tried twice before but it was sold-out too fast) I only ordered 8oz...it will hopefully last until October (I'll have to ration it). You guys hit this blend out of the park. I just wish I could order more than a pound at a time! Outstanding!

As my first true experience with a full Virginia blend, I don’t think I could’ve gotten any luckier, and very well may have ruined myself for lesser offerings. This is for people who want a great punch of flavor in their smoke, and those folks will not be disappointed. Tangy and dark stone fruits stewed with a dash of vinegar deliver maximum satisfaction and absolutely zero bite. This is beyond delicious!

I absolutely love this stuff! Can’t wait for the release twice a year, I just hope I have a chance to place an order before it’s all gone!

I bought 16 oz. of this signature Watch City blend and it exceeded all my taste expectations right out of the bag. Flavorful, fulfilling and smokable, this is one of the few of the recent onslaught of “small batch” offerings by nearly every blender that lived up to its hype. I just hope one pound will be enough until the next offering. Ernie Q. hit another home run.

Great tobacco and excellent service

This blend is top notch. The deep-flavored Virginias are the star and the Perique plays an excellent background role. This is the best Virginia Perique blend I have smoked, no doubt about it. I heard about Watch City from a friend, and by providence checked out the website for the first time days before the Cajun Werewolf was let out of the cage on April 1st. I bought 4 oz. for a first time purchase, some to smoke and some to cellar. I'll buy a pound on Halloween. I tip my hat to the Boston boys for this blend.

Desert island smoke.

A very nice blend consisting of both Roux ribbon and pressed Garoux leaf. The bag smell reminds me of a gothic barnyard full of spicy snails, and meatballs. The flavors are dominated by the Roux (grass, dried fruit, cured meat, okra) with the garoux (plumb, spice, pepper, lychee) mostly in the background, ebbing and flowing like my Irish temper. The Anchovie casing adds some umami and the grape topping reminds me of waking up in jail after drinking far too many Nehis in college. While not everyone will appreciate the addition of real bacon in this blend I find it quite pleasing. Mine came FULL of plume and usually you have to wait years for that. If you like fish and grass and grape and bacon, with hints of animal waste, meatballs, dried rhubarb, and anger, you should probably get a tattoo of Rouxgaroux on your face. Also Birds aren't real. And Epstein didn't kill himself. WATCH CITY NOT- @SPILLPROOF Will be returned to "The Home" shortly. I assure you a,, there is no Bacon, Anchovy casing or any other strange ingredient in Rouxgaroux. It is cased with spirits, sugars, food grade acids and love.

Package note of spices, pungent sour and sugared raisins. Tobacco is mostly ribbon cut of dark brown, black and a little light brown. Moisture content is great. Burns moderate with few relights. The strength is medium and nic is mild to medium. No flavoring detected. Taste is medium to full and mostly consistent, with notes of tart and tangy dark plums, savory, sugary spices, floral, fermented vinegary sour, peaty vegetation/hay, wood, stewed sweet fruit, mildly spicy, bread, rich earth, a zesty tangy citrus background note, and a peppery retro. Virginias are leading with Perique supporting. Room note is pleasant to tolerable, and aftertaste is great.

Absolutely stunning blend...perfection in a bowl..peppery...sweet...tangy...Wonderful blend