Golden Blend Tobacco Co. Black Cherry (no.2)

(2.33)
Virginia, burley, and black cavendish with a black cherry flavor.
Notes: Due to EU regulations this is now known as "No 2".

Details

Brand Golden Blend Tobacco Co.
Blended By Pöschl
Manufactured By Pöschl
Blend Type Aromatic
Contents Black Cavendish, Burley, Virginia
Flavoring Cherry
Cut Ribbon
Packaging 50 grams pouch
Country United States
Production Currently available

Profile

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

Average Rating

2.33 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Oct 12, 2022 Mild to Medium Medium to Strong Mild to Medium Pleasant
Well, here's a rarity - an aromatic a little bit on the cheap side that looks and smells a bit fake, but actually manages to produce completely decent smoke, at least compared to many other cherried blends (from what I've smoked).

Opening the pouch gives the standard 'oh well, here we go again'-feeling as it's mostly like a mix of cheap perfumes. Stuffing the first bowl I'm not expecting very much, to be honest. But surprisingly, it's a completely OK cherry blend, the taste is almost wholesome, and not nearly as fake as the pouch note would lead one to believe. It's cherry forward obviously, but they have managed to keep it reasonable. Room note is OK as well. It does have that tendency to start tasting charred and sooty towards the end of the bowl that someone already mentioned, but that just means that this is not as cheap a blend as the price would lead to believe, but more like mid-range (as you'll be throwing something like 1/3 to 1/4 of each bowl away).

Would buy again if in the mood for a cherry blend (which would happen relatively rarely). Either this, or Borkum Riff Ruby.
Pipe Used: Various
PurchasedFrom: Helsinki-Tallinn ferry
Age When Smoked: Fresh from pouch
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
May 26, 2017 Mild Mild to Medium Mild to Medium Pleasant
It is a very light tobacco, the beginning of the smoke begins with notes of red fruit very aerated then this taste becomes a bit more bitter which adds a little body to the smoking but the note of fruit remains until the end of the Smoking where this fruity taste disappears and leaves room for bitterness. It's not an all-time smoke. It does not have great pretensions but is nice anyway.
Pipe Used: 307 system ebony Peterson
Age When Smoked: young
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Sep 26, 2015 Very Mild Mild to Medium Medium Tolerable to Strong
Pouch note is nice and smells of course like cherries.

Packing and lighting are both easy and the burning properties are very good.

The taste of the smoke is nice to begin with but gets worse over the cause of a bowl. At first there is a full and natural taste like fresh cherries, really not bad at all. But after half the bowl the taste becomes more and more chemical to a point where i can't stand it any longer and have to clean out the pipe entirely. Which to me is a deal breaker.

Room note is really bad. I had flat mates complaining through two closed doors how lousy that smoke smelled. And they normally liked all my tobaccos, even the most heavy Balkans. Aftertaste is decent if you manage to quit puffing before the bowl starts turning chemical. If you miss that point then then aftertaste is rather unpleasant.

So do i recommend this blend? Nope, i do not. If that chemical side taste wouldn't be there i would recommend this blend. But it is there and ruins every bowl i tried with this blend. Which is a pity because else it would be a decent tobacco.
Pipe Used: It went trough rotation.
Age When Smoked: They don't print production dates on it.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Mar 13, 2015 Mild Mild Mild Very Pleasant
Golden Blend - Black Cherry.

The aroma from this suggests a very light topping, it doesn't smell particularly cherry but it is a fruity type. It's strange as the room note is VERY cherry, in fact before I said it's cherry my mum walked into the room and said "mmm, cherry"! The flavour of the smoke is also more cherry like than I'd expected, it isn't one of those over sweet/candy like/cloying tastes but it can be identified as cherry, quite a refreshing change to the usual cherry aromatics that resemble cough sweets! Although the added taste is quite mild it's still strong enough to mask many idiosyncratic characters from the tobaccos, e.g I get zero nut quality from the Burley. Nicotine is again mild, it's a very unsatisfying blend with N. Although the burn is positive with it's consistency it scores lower with temperature, it gives too warm a smoke. Another bad point is tongue bite... ouch!

This one has a few good points with the room note and delicate flavour, they are saving this from a one star score but taking all the qualities into consideration I feel two stars is a very apt result.
Pipe Used: Savinelli
PurchasedFrom: Smoke King
Age When Smoked: New
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Nov 23, 2010 Mild Mild Mild to Medium Pleasant
It's the first pipe tobacco I smoke. I find it quite pleasant, but I'd rather enjoy something a little bit stronger, but that's maybe because I'm a cigar smoker.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Sep 04, 2008 Mild Very Mild Mild to Medium Pleasant
Here we go again. I have become increasingly unhappy with the absolute rubbish that the blenders put on the packets, mild,fruity, slow burning etc. You know what I mean!

Firstly Golden Blends IS mild. It will not burn the mouth. It leaves no nasty aftertaste and the flavouring too is Mild. It is what it claims to be and in that score is pretty much unique. It however lacks body and is fast burning and bland. So if you, like me, enjoy a really gentle and mellow smoke, and you are not into the old throat rippers and tounge grinders then you have found the one. However even if this stuff ticks the boxes the quality lets the whole thing down bigtime.
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