Captain Black - Blue pipe tobacco reviews

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MozzMann	05/09/2005	Mild to Medium	Medium to Strong	Full	Very Pleasant
Review 5-2-05 Please refer to Captain Black Royal for full review Captain Black Royal is often refered to as Captain Black Blue
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Spike	02/17/2005	Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable
So far the best of the Capt. Black series. White is second, Gold third.
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Ratcat	05/31/2004	Mild to Medium	Medium to Strong	Very Mild	Very Pleasant
Pay caution to those who recomend this to a novice pipe smoker to start his journey. This is not for beginners. It does bite bad if not carefull. The mixture itself is half bad. It don't give you any image. If you put this thing on your pipe it will only let you know you are smoking one and that's about all. Sometimes it smell nice to the person next to me. Sometimes it smells horrible. But occasionally I can put some good use to this. This is a good mixture to work your over-nights with. I purchase a bag of this to do stuff with people. Imagine stuck in a room full of Marboro chimneys trying to plan out a production together. About 5 am I would have gone throught the whole pack. And when everyone leaves the room by 6 am, I still have 3 or 4 bowls's worth left in the bag. I looked in my ash container I see ashes from my pipe collected throught the night, 40% is wet tobacco unburnt. Imagine if this was my Davidoff, I would have cried. But thank God it was the Blacks, I can throw this away without any sympathy along with the 3 -4 bowl's worth. I then leave the building, ride my bike home and then I load up some nice English tin on my pipe thinking, "damn...I made it through the night with the one and only Captian Black Blues" The reason I said this is a work horse tobacco and not one for beginnner is that it can bite real bad if not carefull. Most USA Virginia based mixed have this tendency. Yet like most quality Virginia, it has a nice creamy taste and for a drug store anywhere tobacco, this is well worth mentioning.
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CaptnDan	03/24/2004	Mild	Medium	Medium	Very Pleasant
Captain Black Royal. This was my first tobacco. I found it to be a pleasant smoke, once I learned to keep it from biting. I've gotten quite a few compliments on the room note - seems that everybody likes it. I was even told that it smelled a lot better than "that crummy stuff you smoke in those little cans". Alright then. It does have a tendency to smoke wet, but then of the 1 3/4 oz in a pouch, I suspect nearly an ounce of it is propylene glycol. But with a bit of effort, it can be smoked fairly dry. Just go VERY slow.... My only complaint is that it gives me cotton-mouth. I have a pouch of this blend in my stash, right along with all of those "crummy" blends in the "little cans". I revisit it now and again. I would not suggest this as a first blend for a newbie, unless they have hands-on supervision, because if allowed, it will bite badly.
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chaplikc	02/27/2004	Mild	Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant
I tried this once because I ran out of some of my higher quality tobacco and it was late at night. I did the same thing that many other reviewers here did, I went to the drug store and bought a pouch. While I definately would not buy this in normal circumstances this is tolerable when out of premium blends. I had to wait for three days to get all of the tins I had ordered online so I gave this a try in a few differant pipes. I found that for me this smoked best in a meerschaum. This seems to be a common occurance with me for the cheaper aromatic tobaccos. It seems that the meerschaum pulls some of the casing and moisture out of it better than some of the briars I tried it in. I will not give this the worse rating because it is tolerable and probably the best I have had of the drug store type tobaccos. Also noted, this had a resemblence in flavor to me of 1Q. Not recomended under normal circumstances but tolerable if out of high quality blends.
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Superhula	01/26/2004	Very Mild	Mild	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Pleasant
After reading many of the reviews on Captain Black Royal (it's official name, after all), I got all nostalgic about it. I went out and bought a pack of it ($5.79 nowadays!). I used to smoke this all the time, as well as Captain Black Gold, when I started smoking a pipe fourteen years ago. Boy, my tastes sure have changed! All I can think now is: "Good grief, why did I ever smoke this stuff? It has about as much flavor as a bowl of steam." Granted, it does smell very nice in the package--absurdly artificial and nothing remotely like tobacco--but nice. And it burns nice and easy, and of course, it is easily available. Nevertheless, its flavor is virtually non-existant. The only discerable taste I got was a mild, slightly bitter, aftertaste on the back of my tongue. Ugh. I guess when I first started, I didn't want tobacco to taste like much of anything. In any event, there is so much better tobacco out there that I don't see any reason to touch this ever again. With all the increases in tobacco taxes, it's not even that cheap anymore! I will say in its defense that it is a bit better than the other Grade Z pipe tobaccos available at the drugstore--namely Prince Albert (which is rancid stuff). Sure, it's just a beginner tobacco, as everyone has already noted. But there are many other mild aromatic tobaccos out there that are good beginner tobacoos and at the same time have an actual flavor. The prime reason to buy Captain Black is that you're completely out of something better, and the only thing open late at night is a drug store.
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Kerdy	11/11/2003	Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant
Doesnt have as stong of a flavor as Captain Black White, but has the same room note. Good to smoke when as a lighter aromatic. This has become my back up smoke for when I cannot get my other tobaccos and want something stronger than Carter Hall. Also good to rotate with. I will always go back to this tobacco every now and then if for no other reason than to think back to when I first started smoking. It is cheap and doesnt have too much vanilla flavor. Perfect for a new smoker.
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CapnStuby	09/14/2003	Mild	Very Mild	Very Mild	Very Pleasant
Although the english-charred tongue of an experienced smoker might throw this into the "drugstore fodder" bin, an occasional smoker and an aromatic smoker would probably do well to keep this blend in mind. I've smoked many pouches of Cap'n Black and I've never been unpleasantly surprised. This is consistent, fairly mellow and has a good flavor and really nice room note. It forgives an occasional rapid puffing spate and it doesn't foul up a bowl with moisture. Call it professional courtesy between captains, but I'll always keep room for this blend, even if I'm not a regular smoker of it. It's good to know that this will always be in reserve for those times when I just need a reliable smoke at a bargain price. For the reliability alone, I give it a good rating.
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SFC/E7	07/13/2003	Very Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild	Very Pleasant
Captain Black Royal is one of the better Captain Black Tobaccos. Lane Limited ventured out in the early-mid 70's with a product that took the Pipe world by storm. I truely believe they never expected the sales to fly so high when they first marketed this tobacco, in fact this is still one of their most popular tobaccos. I will purchase the trio of Captain Black's Tobaccos about once every eighteen months or so just for a change. I rather enjoy their delightful aroma and mild taste something you always will not get in aromatics, but then again it would be a very boring tobacco world if they were all the same. For the new pipe smoker this is an excellent choice to begin with as it is easy to pack, stays lit, and not harsh on the tongue. Nice occasional smoke.
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WNDE	07/07/2003	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant
Another mild, pleasant vanilla blend from Lane Limited. I found this to have a little more flavor than Captain Black Gold and Smoker?s Pride Vanilla Cavendish but not quite as much as Captain Black White. It doesn?t have the hint of a fruit essence that White has, this is pretty much vanilla and that?s it. But there is nothing wrong with that if all you want is a plain, nice aromatic smoke. There?s no arguing with the satisfying room aroma Captain Black products have. If your palate requires more complexity then look elsewhere. Update: I've downgraded my review because I doubt that I will buy this again unless desperate. There is just too much good tobacco out there to waste money on this unless you can't get to your tobacconist.
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Nimrod	06/22/2003	Very Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant
This seems to be just like the Captain Black white with a little less vanilla. It's been a while since I tried any CB White, but I seem to remember more vanilla and less tobacco flavor. In a pinch (i.e. where I can only get drugstore tobacco) I'd probably buy this or perhaps the white label depending on what sort of mood I was in. I'd probably choose this over CB White because it tastes more like tobacco.
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BrittPark	06/20/2003	Very Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant
This is the original bang for your buck aromatic. Ubiquitous, pleasant aroma, smokes easily and tobacco taste is even detectable. It's not a substitute, except in emergencies, for premium tobaccos, aromatic or not, but it is perfectly pleasant to smoke from time to time. Enjoyable in much the same way as reading "Charlie and The Chocalate Factory" after a diet heavy on Henry James. Everyone should at least try this once.
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RebelPipester	04/16/2003	Extremely Mild	Medium to Strong	Mild	Pleasant
Having been smoking for five years I finally got to try this blend, since it is considered the best of Captain Black blends I had to try it. From all accounts I agree. This is a rum flavored black Cavendish and burley blend. This smells very close to "Wilkshire" from people who distribute Lane bulks. If you feel like an aromatic and don't want to go to your local Tobacconist, give this a try.
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Pounder 5000	04/09/2003	Mild	Mild	Mild	Very Pleasant
The ultimate beginners tobacco! This stuff is pretty darn good for a drugstore aromatic and I'm sure I'm not alone when I say that it's what got me smoking a pipe. I believe that taking up smoking a pipe is kind of like a crap shoot. If you don't have someone knowledgeable there to show you the ropes- you might pick up something awful like chokum stiff cherry or "low" IQ! As it is- if you're lucky- you pick up a package of this stuff and you're off to the races. With a very subdued vanilla casing and real tobacco flavor (if you look hard enough), this stuff took me down the road to the good blends. I feel this stuff is better than the white version with a much subdued amount of flavoring. If you are recommending a tobacco to a beginning smoker or are just out in the boondocks and can't find premium baccky- this is the way to go.
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Newbie	03/13/2003	Mild to Medium	Mild	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable
I'm a new pipe smoker, and for people like me I highly reccomend this tobacco. This is the best tobacco available at drug stores, and this is my favorite kind of Captain Black. It is fairly moist, burns well, and never leaves me with tongue bite. It has a vanilla flavor with a sweet, almost marshmellow-like after taste. The flavor is milder than the white Captain Black. It seems like a good tobacco to break in a pipe. It has a very nice aroma, and when you consider the price and availability you can't do much better.
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Inquisitor	12/16/2002	Very Mild	Medium	Mild	Very Pleasant
This may be the reason why I smoke today. This is great-smelling stuff, and I suppose one of the blends that many new pipesters started with. It is rather weak in flavor, but it is cool and smells great. As someone said above, if I really wanted to smoke a pipe but only drugstore-varieties were around, Captain Black Royal Blue or White package would get my choice.
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Skilling	09/11/2002	Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant
Good Beginner smoke. Nice smell, soft no bite taste. Very similar to Lane Limited's 1-Q or Tinderbox's Wilshire. After an ounce or two, I just lost interest. I like a little bit of "kick" and Blue can't.
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Pipestud	04/22/2002	Extremely Mild	Extremely Mild	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Very Pleasant
Read my review of Captain Black White, turn the flavor wheel down two notches and you've got my impression of Captain Black Blue!
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B.S	03/02/2002	Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant
This is a tobacco that seems to be present in every drug store in America. My friend and I used to take this out his dads tin and smoke it in our corn cobs. It's a cavendish tobacco with I believe a burley base. It lites well which it should with all the chemical agents added for help. It has both a pleasant pouch and room aroma that will definitly please most. Be warned it will leave some goopy dottle in your pipe bowl when your done, but it's a good tobacco to cut your teeth on.
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Padraig	03/29/2001	Strong	Medium	Medium	Tolerable
For a drugstore anywhere tobacco, this is actually smokeable. The nice thing about Cap't Black (Blue) is that if I ever run out of a really premium tobacco and I'm in some out-of-the-way place, I can probably get this and be happy. It came to me fairly dry, I hydrated it with a small piece of a Fuji apple for 3 days and the wonderous aromas of the fruit and tobacco intregued me. It lit well, burned evenly, some tounge bite, but not bad. I finished the pouch and thought I had gotten my money's worth. Good for a beginner.
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