Islay whisky snus has a strange resemblance to high dry toast by fribourg & treyer ??

[tommybegley]

I don't know if any of you are fans of good ole english snuff but every time I pop in Mr Andersson's best I get an overwhelming flavour of fribourg and treyer's high dry toast. does anyone else get this or is it just my tobacco addled mind trying to build patterns?

[saberz]

I can't really comment on what it is similar to, I just know that Islay Whiskey is probably one of the best and my favorite snus I've tried. I just wish it were sold locally

[vogi tobacco]

I love both, but don't get that. I compare it to Indian coffee. (I am a coffee roaster. (Take green coffee and then roast, grind and brew. A cup of coffee takes in total 20 or so minutes to make, but it worth it. It could be me... but I get this with Islay and onyx.

[evilfrog]

Tried one after the other today to test this, and I get some similarities, but it's probably just the tobacco in both?
Coffee beans can have tobacco notes, so I'm not surprised people can get the similarity there s well.

Both are certainly excellent!

[whalen]

Smoke.....

[UsualSnuspects]

I believe both HDT and Islay use flue-cured tobacco. I notice the similarity too.

[tommybegley]

Yeah I think your probably right about the ole tobacco being the similarity, I really only get hints of it when poke the portion from the bottom with my tong and I taste that little poof of tobacco'y air. It's a darn nice poof I can tell you ;P

[UsualSnuspects]

I meant fire-cured...they're both fire-cured leaf. Usually snus is air-cured.

[tommybegley]

Ahhhhh I seeeeeee, that may well be it then. It would make sense anyhoo