Watch City's "Rouxgaroux" (Bulk by the Ounce)

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

By far one of the best blends I have had from WCTC! This has been added to my weekly, sometimes daily rotation. So glad this comes back again in April.

While I’m no expert tobacco reviewer, I am thoroughly enjoying this blend. Beautiful leaf, citrusy tart tin note, and a nice pepper note on the retrohale. Glad I grabbed this blend and look forward to getting some age on it. Smokes cool to a fine ash and, to me, is just shy of medium in the vitamin N department.

I love this stuff! Main notes of citrus, raisin, and sour/spice. Lower notes of hay and grass with a Virginia sweetness. Sweet, sour, spicy. Very tasty.

I had never smoked a Watch City blend, but have always heard good things. When I received the notification that Rouxgaroux was coming I decided to try it so I set an alarm. Luckily I was early enough to get in but only bought 2oz because I knew nothing about it. Well, it is now my favorite blend. Complex, weaving different flavors in and out but with some of the sweetest Virginia I've ever tasted. Next time around it'll be a pound. For now the little bit I have will be for special occasions only

Greatful to Ernie for sending me a sample. Boston nice! Wonderful blend from a master blender. Hard to describe. Strong. Flavorful. Different. Best smoked slowly and gently to appreciate all the flavors coming through. I’m going to let it age over the winter so I have something to look forward to in the spring.

One of the ones I keep stocked up on! No wonder they sale out fast.

This is the first time I've ordered Rouxgaroux and I'm glad I did. If you want great pipe tobacco, you can't go wrong here just read the reviews!