Russ Ouellette: A Daunting Proposition

 

(Talking Tobacco) I’ve put together a number of “tribute” blends. One of the first Hearth & Home Signature Series tobaccos, Old Tartan, was an homage to what my father used to smoke. I did a number of these kinds of blends, including BlackHouse, WhiteKnight and Fusilier’s Ration. I may have opened myself up to criticism as people compared them to their memories of the original, but they weren’t intended to be exactly like the originals, they were meant to evoke memories of them. Continued