Murder Creek is a bold blend combining Basma, Latakia, and Perique. The Basma contributes a fragrant, buttery sweetness with notes of sun-dried herbs, toasted sesame, and delicate floral spice, providing an elegant counterpoint to the heavier components. Latakia gives off an aroma with rich campfire smoke, weathered leather, charred cedar, and earthy incense. Perique brings a powerful layer of fermented dark fruit—raisins, figs, and stewed plums—along with peppery spice and a wine-like tang that builds throughout the bowl.
The smoke is dense, cool, smooth, and exceptionally flavorful, beginning with smoky wood and incense before revealing sweet Oriental herbs and a growing peppery complexity. The finish is long, savory, and slightly sweet, with lingering notes of oak smoke, dried fruit, black pepper, and exotic spice. While the room note is robust and unmistakably smoke.
The blend is savory, and intensely complex rather than mellow. It would likely appeal to pipe smokers seeking a rich, smoky, spicy, and deeply layered smoking experience.
This is a short run, it is the best English blend we've ever smelled. Named in Alabama during the year of 1788. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_Creek_(Alabama)
