Missouri Meerschaum Great Dane

I am a casual smoker. I always bought tinned tobacco, thinking those were the best smoking, I was wrong. My latest kick is corn cob pipes. I ordered a couple along with lane q1 and this. While room note is less than lq1, it Is smooth and delicate. I am smoking it now in a meerschaum pipe packed with it, great smoke. It is one of my favorites, especially when looking at price. While it smells fantastic in the pouch, the flavor and room note are not as strong.

The vanilla is mild, but consistently evident; the caramel a little less so. Cherry is the most obvious topping, though it, too, is mild and rather pleasant, and has no chemical notes. I get grass and citrus notes from the Virginia. The burley is a little earthy, woody and molasses sweet, but both tobaccos are just mildly noticeable. Has very little nicotine. The strength is mild, and the taste is a step past that mark. Won't bite. Burns cool and clean at a moderate pace with a fairly consistent flavor. Leaves little dampness in the bowl. Has an okay after taste. The taste is rather pleasant, but this blend lacks depth in terms of flavor, and is a routine all day aromatic. Makes a very decent starter blend for a new aro smoker or one who isn't into strongly flavored mixtures. Two and a half stars.

-JimInks

As you might expect from the name, this is an aromatic. Upon opening the pouch, I was immediately struck by a pleasant combination of aromas that were complex, yet distinct. I got a good whiff of cherry, but not the cough-syrup type found in most cherry blends. This was more like a light cherry syrup that you would drizzle on a cheesecake. Next was a hint of some kind of cordial liqueur, maybe Amaretto or Frangelico, not too strong, but just enough. And then the main aroma of fresh, sweet Cavendish finished it off. I am not up on all the cuts, but I would call this a shag cut. It filled my little pipe and lit easily. Once it settled down to an even burn, there were wonderful nutty notes, and a great Cavendish sweetness, not too much, but just right. And the cherry flavor was right in there, not over-powering, but working with all the other flavors. The finish was a mild vanilla that lingered until the next puff. The room-note was incredible, nuts and cherry everywhere....The flavor was consistent all the way to the bottom of the bowl, and it burned evenly, cool, and no bite at all, even though I would consider this a light medium blend. One reason I seldom smoke aromatics is that they are usually too mild for me, but this was a very satisfying smoke. I was mildly sad that the smoke had finished. I think I can best describe it as tasting and smelling like Pecan Divinity with a little cherry syrup on top. The amazing thing, to me, anyway, was that the Cavendish tobacco flavor was also clearly discernible, and not covered up by the casings. This is without a doubt, the very best aromatic I have ever smoked. It would be a great after-dinner smoke.

This has some really nice flavors. The vanilla, caramel and, to a lesser extent, cherry flavors combine to create a mild and very pleasant topping. The Burley and Virginias are more evident in the first half of the bowl, the Black Cav in the second half. Very tasty and just plain ol' good. 3+ stars.

Mild to medium in body. Medium in flavor. Flavoring is mild. Burns well.

Pouch note is excellent, I noticed a couple of reviews saying the pouch note doesn't translate well into the smoke, in my opinion you couldn't be more wrong. I found the balance of flavours to be spot on, neither the caramel, vanilla nor the cherry overpower each other. Russ at P&C has done an excellent job blending this tobacco. No chemical taste and no tongue bite even when you put your tongue up close to the lip of the pipe. Only one relight through the duration of the bowl, pity I picked a smallish to medium bowl sized pipe to try it and pity I only ordered 2 pouches. This is an excellent blend at an excellent price. This will stay in my rotation for sure. Highly recommend you try Great Dane. Can't wait for them to sell it in larger pouches as is the plan according to Russ

Being a new pipe smoker at 64, I went a little crazy with buying pipes and tobaccos. Spent 4 months reading every article, video, review etc...

Spent way too much money on it all but the best one of all for me was Great Dane. I really like SOME of the others of the 20 blends I purchased. Hooked on nicotine since age 15, I didn't know what I was looking for. Nicotine? Flavor? I almost gave up but found 2 items that cinched the deal for me. Corn cobs and Great Dane. All the reviews on Great Dane about cherry, vanilla, black cavendish, burley, I read about and kind of understand the different preparations and such but once I learned how to smoke a pipe and discovered Great Dane (and to some extent, Dunhill Mixture 965), I really think I'm ready to give up dip, and vaping. GD has a full satisfying strength and flavor that I found very satisfying. It was not like any other aromatics I've tried and I didn't realize it was one until I read some of these reviews. Now, I'm having a hard time deciding how to use all these others I have when GD has provided all that I was looking for. 4 star all the way for me ... but what do I know? I know it's good for me ... and my wife enjoys the aroma. It's a WIN WIN.

This blend has the best pouch note I have ever smelled. I wanted to eat it. It smells of warm caramels, light vanilla, some mild cherry, cocoa, and perhaps a touch of rum or bourbon. Absolutely delicious smelling. As far as smoking it goes, I enjoy it. It doesnt taste as good as it smells but to me the caramel flavor comes through wonderfully and the light cherry as well as nutty notes, when sipped, it is an extremely pleasant and mild but full bodied smoke. No tongue bite for me, and I tend to puff. I really like this blend and will keep a pouch on hand.

Upon opening the pouch, you're greeted with the absolutely delicious fragrance of dried fruits and a really great, deep cherry aroma. However, none of the pouch note's virtues or complexities transfer to the smoke. The blend advertises myriad flavors, including Cavendish, cherry, and vanilla. I tasted Burley and...well, Burley, mostly. There's just the faintest whisper of cherry, most of which lingers on the palette rather than being detectable in the smoke itself. I'm a Burleyphile, but the closest I get to enjoying this blend comes at some point halfway through the bowl, when the tart Virginias really start to come into play. Yet I was always left with the feeling that this blend took the first steps toward going somewhere and abruptly fizzled. Like the flavor, the room note just sort of existed. Nobody found it either pleasant or offensive.

That said, it gets points for not being disgusting, but I can't imagine ever finding myself in the mood to smoke this again. I'm probably going to use the remainder of the pouch to experiment on other aromatics of which I'm not particularly fond. If you want a very mild and simple smoke suitable for any time of day, you'll probably find this blend much to your liking. If you're seeking any semblance of complexity or a cherry aromatic that actually tastes like cherry, you'll be better served by looking elsewhere.

This not-so-manly-sounding Aromatic is precisely the kind of awful-type of blend (i.e. cherries, cream and nonsense) that may well turn-off a neophyte by the chemical taste and strong car-odorizer smell—EXCEPT that this is the Unicorn of all cherry tobaccos!

Man is it AMAZING!

Delicious and creamy, tastes like real maraschino cherries, not cherry syrup, and this sort of golden caramel and vanilla thing starts to fill the room in midway through the bowl.

Wives/girlfriends/daughters/ and the general public LOVE this blend because it smells like a bakeshop. The base of Virginias, Cavendish and probably a bit of Burley, is pretty tasty on its own.

A fantastic and fun smoke for when people are around.

This one seemed to have all the components for a first class aromatic, but it fell short. When you open the pouch, there is more of a smell of Virginia and some sweetness. The moisture level is about right, though some would say it needs a little dry time. The cut is rough and it packs easily. The taste is more grassy Virginia than your typical Black Cavendish aromatic. Maybe the is a Danish thing. The taste is very mild and the nicotine level seems to be very low. The room note does not meet with the wife's approval. While there is some sweetness, most of the flavors are too subtle to be noticed. I think this tobacco was going for balance and simply did not use enough to make a flavorful smoke. I cannot really recommend this tobacco, especially for what the pouch costs. It is not super expensive, but at the same price point you can do a lot better. I love MM products and this one just did not make the cut. It is not bad. It is not wonderful. It just wasn't.