Cornell & Diehl Engine #611

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Commemorating the last of Norfolk and Western Railway's J Class steam locomotives, this blend of black Cavendish, Virginias, and Burleys — sweetened with a hint of coumarin vanilla — will have you firing on all cylinders. Full steam ahead.

Details

Brand Cornell & Diehl
Blended By  
Manufactured By Cornell & Diehl
Blend Type Aromatic
Contents Black Cavendish, Burley, Virginia
Flavoring Vanilla
Cut Ribbon
Packaging 2oz Tin, Bulk
Country United States
Production Currently available

Profile

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

Average Rating

1.50 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Apr 12, 2019 Mild to Medium Medium Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
Cornell & Diehl - Engine #611.

LOL, not the kind of vanilla aromatic I'd recommend for a newbie!

Supplied from bulk so I'm unable to comment on the moisture from a tin, but this pouch was smack on. The aroma isn't like your usual vanilla aromatics, it's a little fragrant. The blend is mainly a mix of browns, hardly any blacks, and apart from a few coarser pierces, it's mostly made of well rubbed ribbons.

The flavour's quite unusual for a vanilla aromatic. It isn't sticky, sweet, or clumsy. The vanilla has a sort of herby quality to it, as well as some vanilla-sweetness; it's 'edgier' than the most of this genre, hence why I wouldn't suggest it to a new smoker. The tobaccos? Engine #611 is more of a VaBur aromatic, the black Cavendish seems virtually vacant. It burns steadily, giving a cool, bite free, smoke.

Nicotine: not too mild. Room-note: not good.

Engine #611? To be blunt, I don't like it. Not recommended:

One star.
Pipe Used: Altinok Lee Van Cleef: Friday pipe
PurchasedFrom: Smokingpipes.com
Age When Smoked: New
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Oct 02, 2021 Medium Medium to Strong Mild Pleasant
I bought Engine 611 since the 611 locomotive is my favorite steam engine. Wish C&D had got the rights to use a photo on the tins as she is a beauty.

As for the tobacco, I bought some bulk during a sale. It's an interesting blend in there is vanilla in it, but it's more complex than say 1Q. I got quite a bit of the background tobacco which were earthy with the vanilla adds sweet top notes. With age there is a menthol herby hint ala crooner which makes me think there might be some deer tongue in this

It's a C&D ribbon cut. Easy to pack, easy to light. I got just a hint of tongue bite if I pushed too hard. If not, it was easy to keep tamed and burned nicely without relights.

It's not something that I'd buy again, but its worth smoking up the jar that I still have.
Pipe Used: various
PurchasedFrom: Smokingpipes.com
Age When Smoked: 5 years
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