Alsbo Black

(2.78)
Extremely mild with a full round taste and hazelnut/vanilla aroma. A non-biting smoke that can be enjoyed all day long.

Details

Brand Alsbo
Blended By  
Manufactured By St-Group Assens
Blend Type Aromatic
Contents Black Cavendish, Cavendish
Flavoring Nuts / Beans, Vanilla
Cut Ribbon
Packaging 50 grams pouch
Country Denmark
Production Currently available

Profile

Strength
Mild
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Mild
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming

Average Rating

2.78 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jan 06, 2014 Mild to Medium Medium Mild to Medium Very Pleasant
Being a black cavendish blend, you get the vanilla flavor you expect, plus a little hazelnut to boot. I found it a little spicy, too. The strength is a step past the mild mark. The taste level is a slot past the center of mild to medium. Has a very mild nic-hit. Burns kind of fast, but I experienced no tongue bite, and has a very consistent taste to the finish. Leaves little moisture in the bowl. Requires few relights. Has a short lived, pleasant after taste and room note. Can be an all day smoke.

-JimInks
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Mar 27, 2014 Mild Medium Mild to Medium Very Pleasant
Alsbo - Black.

Retyped 21/08/18.

Surprisingly, for a blend named Black, the majority of it's brown! Nit picking aside, though, the unlit blend has many positive points: coarse ribbons, more like a mixture, perfect hydration, with a sweet nutty aroma.

Like in the pouch note, the best way of describing the aromatic flavour would be sweet and nutty. The brown Cavendish easily outweighs the black, preventing the smoke having a 'sticky' character. Although it doesn't bite, a word of warning goes to the temperature: should I puff with too much alacrity I find it becomes a touch warm. So, I'd recommend a more tentative technique. Also, a gentle technique betters the speed: puff harshly and it will burn fast, but sipping with ease will supply a longer smoke.

Nicotine: not much. Room-note: nutty and lovely!

Alsbo Black? A nice enough smoke for a recommendation:

Three stars.
Pipe Used: Various
PurchasedFrom: Various UK retailers
Age When Smoked: New
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Apr 23, 2006 Very Mild Mild to Medium Mild Very Pleasant
A friend from overseas sent me several Orlik tobacco blends to enjoy and/or try that are not readily available in the USA. I think this one is, but am not sure.

This tobacco tasted more like Almond Extract to me. I can certainly tout it as one aromatic lovers would enjoy simply because the added flavoring is there in droves.

Caution; this one is pretty soppy in the tin and will require many re-lights if you don't attempt to dry it out for about 24 hours in the open air first.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jul 23, 2010 Mild Medium Very Mild Very Pleasant
Very nice aroma. Medium size cut. A bit hard to keep lit.

A good choice for beginners because it does not bite
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Aug 07, 2007 Mild Medium Mild Pleasant to Tolerable
Nothing to write home about. Just OK if you are looking for a Vanilla aromatic. It does not burn too hot and it does not possess a strong tongue bite. Probably I got a dry pouch - but overall I will not buy another one. I have found quite a few better aromatics in this group.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
May 31, 2023 Mild Mild to Medium Mild to Medium Pleasant
Package note of spiced vanilla, nuts and tangy fruit. Tobacco is a thick ribbon of brown, dark brown and a little black. Moisture content is good. Some pipe smokers may want to humidify it a bit. Burns slightly fast with few relights. The strength is mild and nic is mild. Flavoring is mild to medium, with notes of nuts, vanilla and fruit. The flavoring is quite strong in the beginning. Vanilla disappears in the first 1/3 and the nutty lessens. The nutty drops to the background around the second 1/3. The tangy dark fruity lessens a little but never goes away. Taste is mild to medium and mostly consistent, with notes of vanilla, tart and tangy citrus, spices, toasted sweet nutty, bread, sugar, very savory, rich earth, slight dry bitterness, slight woody, a spicy tangy dark fruit background note, and a moderate peppery retro. Flavoring is leading with Cavendish supporting. Room note is pleasant, and aftertaste is good.
Pipe Used: 2015 XXX Ashton Brindle Author
Age When Smoked: 7 years
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Aug 04, 2020 Mild to Medium Medium Medium Very Pleasant
Alsbo black is one of the cheaper pipe tobaccos available here in the uk, and given I do like a black Cavendish mixture I thought why not.

Opening the pack I was very surprised it is more Virginia burley and a good mix of cavendish, as soon as I realised this a lovely vanilla note hit my nose mixed with chocolate prunes and plum.

Packing is easy and it takes the light easily right out of the pack.

Smoking is a joy, just enough nicotine to refresh and revitalise and them sumptuous aromas that met my nose transfer well to the pallet. Bite is not even thought of it is a very smooth creamy smoke with good mouth feel.

Room note is beautiful and shouldn't offend anyone.

Deffinitely a keeper this one, a fantastic mild moreish all day smoke.

As a side note, this tastes very similar to borkum riff original which is sadly no longer available in the uk, so if you are mourning it's passing this is a very worthy replacement.
Pipe Used: Hardcastle scout rhodesian
PurchasedFrom: My smoking shop
Age When Smoked: New
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Apr 02, 2020 Mild Medium to Strong Mild to Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
Dark and sweet.

A heavily flavoured aromatic - the pouch note already is that of a somewhat old-fashioned cake & coffee shop - black cavendish is the main character here, but as it's augmented by so many other features it's barely recognisable as such at the end, and the general experience is something akin to smoking a dark chocolate-coated marzipan truffle, the virginia seeming to be there merely to provide a supporting base. Unfortunately, as the taste does come from the flavouring mostly, it always remains a bit artificial and unfulfilling, and while the undertone has that dark sweetness, it is never very strong; this is clearly an all-day smoke on the mild side.

Would probably not buy again unless for some reason I really felt in the mood for something like this and it happened to be the only such one available.
Pipe Used: various
PurchasedFrom: Supermarket tobacco counter, Swinouscjie Poland
Age When Smoked: Fresh from pouch
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jul 01, 2018 Mild Medium Mild Pleasant
I'm a beginner pipe smoker (2 years?) but can already tell some differences in good/bad tobaccos. I like aromatics, because same as many people I have begun my smoking journey with aromatics, namely Peterson - Connoisseurs Choice which is luxury. I smoked many others non-aros as well and prefer straight virginias now, but often I reach for easy-to-smoke aromatic for eveyday smoking pleasure.

I've been going around a typical tobacco shop on my way to work and always looked on what he has - the typical OTC blends. I've bought one and it was bad. I've read the reviews on the rest of them here on this site and realized that it's usually not good. But this one had quite good reviews so I bought it, because it was also fairly cheap!

I've opened it with absolutely no expectations and the vanilla aroma smelled very pleasantly and reminded me somewhat of Peterson CC. Also the black cavendish is very similar there. The mix is like 50:50 of dark tobacco and light brown. Moisture was without problem - ready to be smoked fresh from the pouch. Packs lightly and burns without any problems. Does not get hot, only sometimes when I puffed quickly (which is a matter of technique). No tongue bite whatsoever.

Overally a very pleasant smoke! For the money I can absolutely recommend this to people who like aromatics on black cavendish base. Sure, there are better tobaccos out there, but you can buy this one almost everywhere and it's actually really worthwile and easy to smoke!

PS: I love how nicely sweet my moustache smells after this tobacco. This thing is an important rating factor for tobaccos for me 🙂
Pipe Used: normal and small briars
PurchasedFrom: typical tobacconist
Age When Smoked: fresh
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jun 08, 2015 Mild to Medium Mild to Medium Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
It's easily accessible, it's relatively cheap, and it doesn't make you want to die when you smoke it - these are all good things in a tobacco. What it doesn't do, however, is actively make you want to smoke it. It's just so average in almost every single way.

When you open the pouch and take a whiff it smells lovely, if a little sweet. It packs easily and lights well. The smoke is pleasant, although sometimes a little hot, and the aromas make you think, "yes, this certainly is a pipe tobacco that I'm smoking." Then you dump out the light ash and forget about the whole experience rather promptly.

I guess what I'm saying is that I have no real complaints about this particular smoke, but I can't say I have any real praise for it either.
Age When Smoked: New
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