Three Sails
A mild all Virginia 'British' blend from D&R. Its similar to/somewhere between PS Danish Export and Windsail. Very fine cut. ~$19LB
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- Re: Three Sails
- Posted by dave z on Sunday, 09-Mar-2008
What a delicious tobacco, a great divergence from a steady diet of Windsail Platinum. A little sweeter, but every bit as good, just a little different taste and about the same strength. Surprised this one isnt more popular, glad I finally got around to it. :)
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- Re: Three Sails
- Posted by Ebenezer on Thursday, 18-Oct-2007
Not enough posts about this tobacco. Three sails is a great tobacco!
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Not as sweet as Bali Shag, but less heavy on the throat. Try it. bali shag 29.0/lb three sails 19.4/lb.
- Re: Three Sails
- Posted by fedora on Wednesday, 07-Nov-2007
Great tobacco.
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I recently started smoking it as my one and only standalone
blend. Nothing else added. I handroll and this needs no filter.
I find it to be slightly sweet with otherwise nothing overpowering
in the flavor of it. Not "nutty" no "chocolate" no "hints of vanilla".
It is just a very good, medium smoke which, as I said, seems to have
a sweetness to it - not sugary or some such.
DR has done a great job on it - and it is very easy for handrolling.
(IMHO)
- Re: Three Sails
- Posted by mike on Sunday, 06-May-2007
Have read this site for a while and really enjoyed all the comments and info. Took me a while to get used to the Three Sails, I think it is a good stand alone but mixed with Two Timer it is sweet and mild but with enough kick to know I have smoked.
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- Re: Three Sails
- Posted by Kev on Sunday, 03-Jul-2005
Just to add a bit to what's been said - I opened my first tub of Three Sails today. Moisture content was perfect and being fine cut, they stuffed beautifully into some Gizeh Silver Tips on the Excel. IMHO, the fine cuts are idiot-proof and always produce an even stuff and consistent burn. Very smooth but for some reason the last draw does seem a tad hot. Reminds me of Bali Shag (Red) but not overbearing as the Bali. The spouse even enjoyed it so I may mix a little vanilla for her taste. I'd consider it one of the top five tobaccos I prefer.
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- D&R Three Sails
- Posted by Kurt Wall on Monday, 19-Apr-2004
Hello, all. I just opened a new 3.5 oz. tub of D&R's Three Sails. It is ostensibly a "British style Virginia Blend." I wrote "ostensibly" because my only experience with British-style Virginias is Dunhill regulars. The cut is extra fine like the Dutch (European) halfzwares, but it isn't moist like a halfzware. D&R says that Three Sails is made from "100% flue-cured Gold Leaf tobaccos" with "[n]atural preservatives added."
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My impressions: Overall, it's a good smoke. The tobacco was too dry upon opening the tub. Eager to give it a try, I stuffed a Windsail regular tube and fired up. Because it was overly dry, it burned a tad hot and had a smidgen of a harsh edge toward the end of the stick. Nevertheless, the natural sweetness of the Virginia tobacco was there (a reminder of the rich sweetness of D&R's Two Timer). Despite being overly dry, I sensed the same smoothness of Dunhill Regulars (the red box, for those of you just joining us). The aroma wasn't cloying or heavy.
It is too soon to tell if Three Sails is something I can smoke on a regular basis. I will have a better sense of it after I raise the moisture level. So, I'll reserve final judgment for the time being. In the meantime, Three Sails shows great promise.
- Re: D&R Three Sails
- Posted by Bob on Friday, 06-Aug-2004
I like three sails for its mild but full taste & knowing that a tobacco has NO or little flavorings/casings & syrups added I like a 'natural' tasting smoke, I too thought it was dry (almost harsh) as it was a newly opened bag I do wish there were more moisture present but I also wish Peter Stockkebye's export line had less moisture so OH WELL!!!
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What I HAVE BEEN EXPERIMENTING with to add moisture without hygrometers or anything fancy is using an empty bali shag can & filling it half way or so with loose tobacco & just placing water soaked white paper toweling on the inner foil so it wont drip or make contact with any dry tobacco & let it sit overnight=cheap mans humidor.
It works for me to add just a hint of moisture because three sails can be very fragile with the fine cut that it is & does not allow much handling without the fine cut becoming a crumble cut SO I hope in time maybe D&R will see & hear about this & maybe just a little more moisture & a bit less of the fine cut that does also contribute to its character so not being a tobacco specialist as D&R IS & has many great tobaccos I had better stop there, some time try the toweling in a can trick & see if it works for you. Enjoy
- Re: D&R Three Sails
- Posted by Kurt Wall on Sunday, 08-Aug-2004
Thanks for the tip! I ended up doing precisely this.
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I also tried a trick I picked up from the RYO Magazine site that seems to work pretty well. I had a new (unused) cellulose sponge, so I rinsed it throughly and cut it into 1-inch cubes. When I get tobacco that feels too dry, I wet one of the sponge cubes, squeeze it out, and drop it into the tobacco container. I don't worry too much about it contacting the tobacco directly. After a couple of days, I take out the sponge, mix the tobacco, and let it sit a couple more days. Works like a charm. It's pretty much the same approach as your moist paper towels, just reusable.
Regards,
Kurt
- Re: Rehydrating Tobacco
- Posted by Dave L on Monday, 09-Aug-2004
A sponge (or paper towel) in direct contact with tobacco is risking mold. Wood fiber products (cellulose and paper) and high relative humidity (RH) are both mold friendly. You may get by but its risky and high maintenance at best. Always use distilled or purified water.
Hydrating and drying tobacco are best done slowly. Tobacco is not very hygroscopic and changes at the top of the container take a long time to travel to the bottom. You could keep the sponge away from the tobacco by putting it and your can of tobacco in a suitable Tupperware container. If you do this you will need to rotate the tobacco quite frequently. A sponge environment is a 80-90%RH environment, higher than the 65-70%RH we want.
While I favor 65%RH Climmax Premier Media, any cigar humidifying solution is going to be both safer and lower maintenance (65-70%RH). You can speed up the process by spreading the tobacco out more.
I use Tupperware inside of Tupperware. Its hard to see but there's a layer of media on the bottom and the tobacco sits on a spacer to provide circulation.
You may have noticed the hygrometer in the lid. I use two containers with hygrometers in the lid. The one I use for hydrating is my control, the other is for drying and checking tobacco moisture content. Relative Humidity is just that, it varies with temperature. With the 65%RH media I have a constant, the RH inside the container (weather there's tobacco in it or not) will always be the same relative to temperature. I know that if the RH of the tobacco in the other container is slightly lower, its ideal for stuffing.
To dry tobacco I leave the lid on that container ajar. If I left the lid completely off the top tobacco would dry out too much and their would be no effect on the tobacco at the bottom of the container. When I see the RH where I want it I close the lid and leave it for a few days. I may have to do this a few times because the stabilized RH is higher than I want. Hydrated tobacco gets the same treatment though the stabilized RH may be lower than I want and some more time in the hydrating container needed.
Hydrating and drying tobacco takes time. The best way to speed it up is to increase the surface area of the exposed tobacco.
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- Re: Rehydrating Tobacco
- Posted by Kerry on Wednesday, 22-Nov-2006
Instead of introducing other flavorings (fruits, etc.) you might try simply using your own breath to keep your tobacco hydrated. I keep my tobacco in the bags they come in, plus, I seal them in gallon sized plastic bags.
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As I blend 3 different tobaccos, I use "tupperware" type containers for blending and storage after blending. I have found that if I breath into the original bags a few breaths and seal, then breath into the gallon plastic bag, blowing it up like a baloon, I keep the unblended stored tobacco well hydrated.
I blend in a 21 cup (1.3 gallon) "tupperware" type container which is 4 sided. I then store the resulting blend in a similar round container of 10.5 cups. I only blend about 3 to 5 ounces at a time. By breathing into any of the containers several times and resealing them, I am able to maintain reasonable hydration. Each time I make sticks make sure to breath into the container. Of course during the more humid months this isn't necessary as keepign the tobacco from being overly-hydrated usually becomes more of an issue unless the A/C is running quite a bit.
Your breath is aproximately at %100 humidity. Of course, if you stuff for more than yourself, it might not sound to sanitary. Since I stuff only for myself, it works great and I haven't have any problems.
BTW, sounds like you are incarcerated? Just judging by your parting comment.
- Re: Rehydrating Tobacco
- Posted by mike c on Wednesday, 22-Nov-2006
I believe this post is value packed. Applause. I would have sent this message private if I could have-:anyway, I had to come forward and say that the "breath trick" is my secret on a whole other topic!!!
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anyway been sitting here wanting to answer her question but knew one of the authorities would handle it,,,I just wondered who,,,BTW..you will NEVER see me change names again, just tired of writing "warrior", etc.
mike c (who will go to bed soon)
