Big Gem

[DonH]

Big Gem's a keeper. Great production and I really like the flavor. It's a flue cured variety with a note of cinnamon flavor in it as best as I can describe it.

 

[bonehead]

i grew big gem this year but didn't try it yet. i only air cured it so i have a long wait. i am hoping for the best.

 

[Jitterbugdude]

I like Big Gem too. It is very mild

 

[DonH]

i grew big gem this year but didn't try it yet. i only air cured it so i have a long wait. i am hoping for the best.

Mine was air cured, too, but I kilned it so it's smokable now.

 

[Brown Thumb]

I grew it this year and flue cured it . A little lite but great producer a keeper. I gave some to grgfinny and he really likes it all by itself in a smoke . Mabey he will chime in. Hey Knucks any chance you got to try some out yet?

 

[grgfinney]

Yeah it was good, Tom flue cured it then I kilned for a month, mellow smoke stronger than ytb

 

[Mad Oshea]

I'll send some "FIRE" cured. Turkish Izmir. Pinon, Masquite and Red alder. Give it a try.

 

[Knucklehead]

I grew it this year and flue cured it . A little lite but great producer a keeper. I gave some to grgfinny and he really likes it all by itself in a smoke . Mabey he will chime in. Hey Knucks any chance you got to try some out yet?

I do like the Big Gem. I gave it a whirl in the pipe to see what it was like. It has a great flavor but I can tell it needs a little aging. I'm sampling all the varieties you sent and all have been real nice, then I'll put them back for aging and compare.

 

[janetta007]

Isn't Pinon a wood?

 

[Knucklehead]

Isn't Pinon a wood?

Yes.

 

[jekylnz]

I'll send some "FIRE" cured. Turkish Izmir. Pinon, Masquite and Red alder. Give it a try.

Sounds interesting o'shea...281

 

[Jitterbugdude]

I do like the Big Gem. I gave it a whirl in the pipe to see what it was like. It has a great flavor but I can tell it needs a little aging. I'm sampling all the varieties you sent and all have been real nice, then I'll put them back for aging and compare.

I sent some last year to Knucklehead and we both agreed it tasted somewhat like a Turkish (If I remember right). Since then the Turkish flavor has dissipated and it is just a very mild flavor

 

[BarG]

I grew Big Gem last year from seeds provided by "chicken". It was a realy good producer and stalk harvested and cured well. I did a prime or 2 on the bottom leaves. It is a nice mellow smoke that I use to mix with other varietys as I rarely just smoke puros.