Cornell & Diehl - Exhausted Rooster pipe tobacco reviews

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Alguhan	01/13/2010	Medium	None detected	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable
A great all time tobacco for my tastes. The perique addition is very well balanced, so it doesn't adds a unpleasant strength and pepperness to the taste. I detected a very subtle fruity freshness of the pure Virginia. Many of the pipe smokers may consider this flavor a casing. From my point of view this nice flavor comes out from the pure, high quality Virginia. The flakes have a suitable moisture degree, althouh you may dry them a bit to suit your personal preferences. The tobacco packs and lights well. Smokes nicely and slowly. A top shelf choice for all the Va-Per lovers which will also enjoy the Burley addition here.
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funkysideup	01/11/2010	Medium	Mild to Medium	Medium to Full	Tolerable
Upon opening the tin the first time I was shocked by the aroma of, eggnog? I didn't let this deter me. The dark brown flakes are a good size and hold together well. ER is a bit moist right out of the tin. After about an hour of sitting out a flake is ready. These flakes pack easily. It's a little work to get lit (2 or 3 charring lights) but no problems after that. It has a sweet taste that is to be expected from a Virginia. There is also a taste I can't put my finger on, kind of like malt. I can still taste ER half an hour after finishing a bowl. All in all I would say ER is pretty good stuff. G
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DK	11/23/2009	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant
When I first popped this tin and took my initial whiff, I thought they had mislabeled one of their aromatics. Sure, perique blends have the tin aroma of figs and such, but who are they kidding with this stuff??? This smelled like Granny's kitchen at Christmas! The good news is that the aroma doesn't transfer to the taste nearly as much as I feared. It burns off fairly quickly except for an underlying sweet flavor that definitely heightens the experience. The virginia is the lead player, followed by the burley and the two mesh wonderfully, giving us a nutty, sweet taste. The perique is kind of a jack-in-the-box that adds some spice periodically and noticeably, then retreats back into the mix. That final third of the bowl, the burley and perique square off with the virginia subsiding. But the sweetness remains and I think it's due to the expert blending of the casing with all the tobaccos. Well done! I liked this well enough that I will revisit from time to time. It's different, and in a world of sameness, that's a good thing.
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Kilmarnock Piper	10/04/2009	Medium	Extremely Mild	Medium	Pleasant
A very nice VaBur flake. The topping was a bit like eggnog, but not overpowering in any way. I loved puffing on this, and finished the tin pretty quick. Nice tin, as one would expect from C&D. Sometimes they let you down, but often the artwork approaches that of classic cartoons. The burley let itself be a little too well known for my tastes when I puffed it hard, which I was tempted to do because of the sweet Virginia element. I did not taste much perique, perhaps it was there. Sometimes I like heavy perique, so perhaps I'm jaded. I wouldn't put any more perique in this, though; it's fine the way it is. I do like what C&D does with burley; sometimes they could almost convert me. 1-20-10 Just ordered the 8oz can, along with the new Merde de Cheval (horse shit) by F&K. I want to see if the rooster crows as sweetly for me as he did before! 5-3-11 Aging nicely in the jar. I don't smoke this all the time, but enjoy it when I do. It can be a bit of a strong one if you want it to be!
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Morgoth	10/03/2009	Medium to Strong	Medium	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable
A true VaPer this is not. The Burley is forward facing, with support from the Virginia and more subtly by the Perique. I am bewildered by some of the “Flavoring” ratings here...makes me chuckle. To me...a definite Egg Nog or Rum ‘n Raisin, heavily laden, casing. Think rum extract used in baking, versus the alcoholic drink. It is definitely perceptible in the flavor when smoked...particularly the first third of the bowl. This surprisingly does burn off, and some nuttiness of the Burley eventually becomes evident...absolute pleasure for the last two thirds of the bowl. Rubbing it our further, and letting it dry on a side-board for a couple of hours was desirable. I blew through this 2oz can rather quickly...I must have liked it a lot. Recommended. A companion infusion: Pumpkin Spiced Latte.
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The German	07/02/2009	Strong	Mild	Full	Pleasant
This being my first foray into the world of Cornell & Diehl, I must admit to being impressed. I had heard much good of the company's offerings before, and had read a lot of very positive reviews here, but even after that, I was surprised by this beauty. Taking into consideration that the C&D offerings are a bit on the expensive side in Europe (there is an 89 % import duty on non-EU made blends), I am currently still expanding my horizons and after all the good things I had heard and read, I thought I could invest in a couple of 50 g tins. Opening the tin of Exhausted Rooster, I was greeted by what I can only describe as creamy freshness, the Perique and VA reaching out to me with a hint of smokiness in there, with an amount of fruitiness that I at first had to get myself accomodated with; I am not really used to such a combination of forces of VA citrus/orange, Perique freshness and DFK toastiness. The tin I got contained what may have entered the tin as complete flake slices in the U.S., when it reached me it was basically a rough ready-rubbed which stuffs easily and lights OK -- it was a little on the moist side at first. The taste shouts "tobacco!" from the first full puff; the Perique gives this blend a delightful, champagne-like bubbliness; the VA provides the sweetness and the Kentucky spices things up nicely. Burning smoothly and gently, I'd say this one is for the wider bowls -- it needs some space. The room note is dominated by the VA with some Perique and KY notes noticeable in a nice way. I was complimented on it by a non-smoker, so I guess it must be pleasant or better. Exhausted Rooster belies its name though; the strength (fullness and nicotine content) is anything but exhausted, but I guess I can see how a rooster might want to smoke this blend at the end of a hard day of work. I wouldn't recommend this blend to novices or afficionados of English blends, but I believe even Aromatics smokers might get a kick out of it. Beautiful, and even though all C&D blends are in the Rolls-Royce price bracket here in Germany, I seriously consider buying more.
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hillbillypalate	06/11/2009	Medium	Mild to Medium	Medium to Full	Pleasant
Im in a quest of good Virginia/Burley/Perique blend. Tried this blend. This is an ok blend to smoke just to break the routine of your go to smoke. This blend will deliver its potency when smoke on the dry side. First half of the bowl will be smooth and a bit of that perique sting. but the last half is when all that punch will sneak up on you. Dont make a mistake like me smoking this on a XL upshall. recommended to be smoked in a small to medium bowl.
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KAW999	06/10/2009	Medium to Strong	Mild	Medium	Tolerable
How should I say this... Exhausted Rooster upon opening the tin I personaly dislike the smell, it is cased rather heavy and not to pleasing to me but it really fills my nicotine need. ER also holds a lite rather well with some effort at drying the tobacco. I've been experimenting with different blends trying to find a all day smoke and I think I will be continuing my quest. I will keep this blend and smoke the three tins I have already bought but I do not think I will buy anymore.
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Shawn	05/08/2009	Medium	Mild	Full	Strong
Now I may be fairly new to pipe smoking, but I have to chime in on my review of this tobacco due to the fact that an overwhelming amount of people seemed to have enjoyed it, but I have not. The tin aroma is very citrus-like - a tad overpowering and pungent at first, but upon airing out a bit, it calms down to a rather pleasant aroma. My first smoke I have chalked up to poor rubbing, tight packing, and not enough air drying of the tobacco - it was a horrendous experience. In my second smoke I feel I got things "right" and suffered through no tongue bite, and had to relight far less. I still suffered through an odd feeling through my mouth, and tonsils - very tingly. The flavor still tasted somewhat "burnt" in nature, although it was not smoking hot by any means. My experience with VA based blends in the past has been much more pleasant, with a multitude of flavors coming in and out at various stages of the bowl, but no luck here. My friends have had the same experience, sampling some of my tin. As stated, my few months of pipe experience may be somewhat to blame here, but take this as a warning to fellow 'noob' pipe smokers - beware of this higly rated blend.
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Captain bob	05/03/2009	Mild	None detected	Very Mild	Pleasant
Since Craig Tarler has perfected the processing of Flake tobacco's, I have become a fan like never before. Every one I have tried has the characteristics of perfection in blending, smoothness in smoking, and the wonderful taste and aroma of natural tobacco. The "Rooster" is another Four-Star blend for me. I enjoy the Burley element of this Flake. Every C&D Flake presents a unique charactor to be enjoyed. I recommend them all to you. They're all excellent for the discriminating pipe smoker.
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p4p4	04/20/2009	Medium to Strong	Medium	Full	Pleasant to Tolerable
Rich rum, rich fired burley, rich perique. Very good and tasty.
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luvinthepipe	04/18/2009	Medium	Very Mild	Medium to Full	Pleasant to Tolerable
*supplemental review 6/19/09* I have really gotten into the Va/Per thing now that warmer weather is upon us and I decided to finish off this tin. I like the taste a lot. The eggnog topping is still there but does not in any way make itself into the smoke. The smoke was just a very nice, somewhat cool burning Va/Per. I enjoyed the rest of the tin very much. I won't buy any more because the topping is not to my liking and I have many other tobaccos to try and this one will not make my regular rotation. Perhaps the few months of sitting in the tin did this one well. Anyway, I upped my review to *** three stars. If there was a 2.7 I would give it that. The tin says "a tasty flake of Virginias, dark fired burley and a dash of Perique." To me this seems like a Va/Per from the description. I have to put it in that category by taste exept for one very strange addition. This smells like egg nog. The tin has some nice cartoon like artwork, a catchy name and a description of a va/per flake with some burley in it. For some reason the blender decided to add some egg nog topping that takes away from the potential of a great va/per. It doesn't taste like egg nog but it smells so strongly of flavoring that you think you have a heavily cased tobacco when you open the tin. Look under the paper and you don't find a flake but rather a broken flake which is not quite the same thing. I smoked some and couldn't get beyond the egg nog thing then put the rest into a small sealed Ball jar for 6 months. I have been loving and getting really in to the Va/per experience and decided to pick this up again. Once again I found a tobacco with no identity. It wants to smell like a flavored aromatic, wants to taste like a va/per, wants to be a flake but somehow fails miserably in all areas. I really want to like these blends from Cornell and Diehl because I want tobacco with no humectants, but I can't help but think that perhaps they really need a master blender to make all this ambition really work. It seems like a pipe tobacco inthusiast with lots of money decided to make tobacco but forgot to actually get somebody involved who knows how to make those magical alchemical blends. This blend is all flash and no substance. Just a big disappointment. I will try some more blends from Cornell and Diehl but will I ever really find a tobacco from them that meets my hopes? this blend gives me doubts.
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vincenzo peruggia	04/16/2009	Medium	Mild to Medium	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable
I am not a burly fan at all ! Had to go with the rooster when my supplier ran out of my regular C+D blend Sunday picnic , That won"t happen again ! Anyway with full knowledge I don"t like burley in my Virginia read the tin " Virginia Burley Perique !I laid the money down and walked out .I am more lucky than clever!The blend is nice I like it . If I was a burley lover it might well blow me away. i will keep some on hand! I would also like to say with as many blends as C+D puts out I am amazed at the quality of the ones I've tried. It shows they love what they do.I will experiment with more of their blends;and keep the faith. Vincenzo now somewhat a burley believer!
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mrmcmc	03/10/2009	Medium	None detected	Medium to Full	Very Pleasant
Well folks, this is as close as one can get to an aged Old Vine Zinfindel, in a pipe. Upon opening the tin, it is nearly impossible to want to smoke this stuff. It smells so good, one almost wants to merely sniff this stuff. Hints of chocolate and fruit, almost good enough to eat. An excellent offering in the pipe. Notes of Almonds and Pecans, berries, an excellent Virginia sweetness, held together with just the right amount of spice from the Perique. It does not get much better than this. I can't seem to put this one down, and just ordered another pound of this fine blend. Kudos to Cornell and Diehl, for yet one more excellent offering. I tip my hat to you gentlemen, and I can't thank you enough for this particular batch of weed. Happy Smoking!!!
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Bluenoser	02/27/2009	Medium	Very Strong	Medium to Full	Pleasant to Tolerable
I really wanted to wake up to the cock-a-doodle-doo of the rooster but that's probably not going to happen. This is a high quality mixture without a doubt so it gets a full three stars. I just can't smoke something that smells and tastes like a Cadbury rum and butter chocolate bar(IMO). When I smoke a virginia/perique mixture I want to taste only the natural tobacco flavors that are produced with that combination. If you like Virginia/perique mixes to have added flavors atop it's natural base then you would be hard pressed to find better then this and I would never hesitate to recommend Mr. Tarler's skillful products.
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jazzyguy	02/26/2009	Medium	Very Mild	Medium to Full	Pleasant to Tolerable
What am I tasting???? It is SO delicious and so overwhelmingly tasty that I find it to be one of the best tobaccos I have experienced in over 50 years of smoking pipes. I would never have learned of this excellent blend had it not been for Tobacco Reviews and once again I wish to extend my thanks, All I can say is VIVA EXHAUSTED ROOSTER! (Pardon my shouting but it must be shouted out!)
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Moe	02/20/2009	Mild	Medium to Strong	Medium	Tolerable
This rooster is just ok, not somthing Id rush to re-order. I found it to be perfumed up with a topping that kind of reminded me of cloves. Ive smoked only one tin, and it seemed the topping became more noticable the more I smoked. I like Haunted Bookshop much better than this.
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Xeneize	02/13/2009	Strong	Mild	Medium to Full	Tolerable
Very nice flavored VaPer. The aroma from the tin and the first third of the bowl is so similar to Haddo's Delight that one could say this is a great imitation. So, this mixture's main problem is the unavoidable comparison to Haddo's, which won't hurt it until you reach half the bowl. From there, Haddo's evolves in new subtle flavors, while ER stays the same thoughout the smoke. If it wasn't for the Dark Lord, this would get 4/4.
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UsaRet	01/28/2009	Medium	Very Mild	Medium to Full	Pleasant
This is some seriously good tobacco. When I opened the tin it smelled so good I wanted to eat it. The tobac was a little moist for my taste so I dried it a bit and then experienced one fantastic smoke. The burley gives a nice medium body to the smoke and the topping is not noticed while smoking. The virginia was in the lead and the perique gives an extra zing without over powering the blend. No tounge bite and it burns to a nice ash all the way down the bowl. Be forwarned, Exhausted Rooster can become habit forming.
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Mr. Dottle	01/28/2009	Medium	Mild	Medium to Full	Pleasant to Tolerable
Now, this is a blend to ?CROW? about! Exhausted Rooster is exceedingly smooth, well balanced and with a nice, light touch of perique. The blend also proved to be somewhat puzzling. To wit, although this is primarily a burley blend, I enjoyed it much more in my pipes I reserve for VA blends and less so in my pipes that I reserve for burley blends. What?s that about? Talk among yourselves. I?m EXHAUSTED! A cigarette is to be smoked. A cigar is to be enjoyed. A pipe is to be savored. I rate this blend 9.93 out of 10.
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