Captain Black - Gold pipe tobacco reviews

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Marian	06/03/2009	Very Mild	None detected	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Unnoticeable
Ahh, couldn't even get a taste. This stuff has an unfamiliar smell. It is very blahh. Nothing to it. I won't buy this again.
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Gigilos	04/29/2009	Mild	Medium to Strong	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable
This is possibly the best of the Captain Black series. Having stated that, one needs to note that CB are heavily cased, overtly artificial blends which don't qualify as good tobaccos. As with the white one, this features in my own early memories of inhabiting the pipe-world and thus gets a star out of personal "affection". If one finds oneself in a drugstore (or "periptero" in its greek version) the best choice among cheap aromatics would probably be CB gold. Burns and packs well (the cut is quite interesting- long ribbons) with significant bite. Avoid in any other context than that of necessity.
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bjshouma	04/05/2009	Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant
While I like this blend not entirely as well as the whilte label, this blend offers it's own varying shade on captain black. I personally tend to prefer the sweeter virginian varieties, however this is probably the closest blend of Captain Black to actually tase of tobacco. The room note is probably the best quality of this tobacco, it has a very mild taste and i used it to mix in an unusually strong cherry blend i had received as a gift. like i said, i prefer a sweeter tobacco, but the nuttiness was a good change of pace, and probably a good starter tobacco.
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Haebar	04/02/2009	Medium	Mild	Medium	Pleasant
Of all the "drugstore blends" out there, this is one of the best among the aromatics. The subtle flavor adds very little moisture to the bowl. The flavor is a fragrant, somewhat sweet burley; you can detect a nuttiness but it is overshadowed by the aromatics. It burns well and mixes well; I used some to blend down a mix that had too much Perique in it. It adds body and burley flavor to a mix.
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Dr. Grabow	03/08/2009	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant
I need to start by saying that I recommend all pipe tobacco because I feel everyone is different with different tastes. "To each his/her own". Of the Captain Blacks I find this one to be way better of a smoke than the Royal....of the three the most natural tasting (for Captain Black)...its a good choice for a beginner to start with.
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Harpua0077	02/24/2009	Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable
This is a pretty decent tobacco for what can be found at the drug stores. I would say it has a wonderful room note, it smokes well, burns smooth. I would say it is good but costly for what is found at the grocery store. My private notes have this at about a 6.7 my wife I think is in agreement.
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BingCrosby	01/20/2009	Very Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant
The notorious captain.. that beautiful aroma.. but what else to mention.. not much.. a great introductory blend that will be popular as long as it is produced.. but one which if smoked regulary will become nauseating.. i like it on occassion but it is a little bit ill behaved and not very natural tasting.. i like the smell in the tin (or bucket if you will) more than the aroma when smoked.. very enticing.. smokes very moist - maybe you should dry it out a bit.. but i get a very chemical flavor.. and even if i blend it with other things it dominates and destroys.. i tried adding a little rum to it which helped with the flavor but not much with the smoking - it became even harder to smoke.. well well what was i excpecting?
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Dr.sadik	12/19/2008	Mild	Mild	Very Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable
this is a love and hate tobacco for me and one of the very few blends that can assault my tongue like a rabid dog. this one gonna be the lightest cased captain black blend,,its a tobacco that i wont recommend unless u have no other choice,,yet the casing is decent and it hold fire well and burn to white ash no moisture and the aroma is acceptable to many, if smoked slowly it can sometimes yield a cool smoke.
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scottosterday	12/03/2008	Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild	Pleasant
This was surprisingly good for a drug store tobacco, and also i was surprised to find that it is made by lane limited...but suffice it to say i did not enjoy this tobacco, it burned a little hot, maybe needs a good dry, but tasted to much like chemicals, it burned my lips giving them a chapped feeling and when i would lick them it tasted unbearable.
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Eonwe	11/19/2008	Mild to Medium	Medium to Strong	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant
This was a pleasant surprise. A fellow pip smoker at work smokes this and nothing but. He always tells me I waste my money on the tobacco I smoke when there is Captain Black Gold to be had. I have tried the good Captain's "White" blend in the past, and really wish I hadnt. But the Gold wasnt that bad. First off though, its not really that cheap, I paid 5 bucks for a pouch...not cool. But on further inspection, I liked the way the leaf looked as opposed to the gutter sludge that CBW resembles. Light ribbons with some dark here and there. The smell was better than the CBW as it wasnt as strong in the chemical dept. But while CBW took to flame like a dream, Gold starts off great, and then goes out without warning, like a ghost in the night...oh well. The taste is pretty good, and again just a slightly tuned down version of the CBW flavor.But ZERO tounge bite!!!!...Toward the end of the smoke the flavor change to a more naked tobacco taste as the topping fades away. and now for the kicker...I actually detected nicotine!!!...which blew my mind from reading opposite impressions from the other reviews, and from smoking CBW, which had none. well there you have it gents...a not so in-expensive good tasting cavendish....there is better out there...and there is worse...enjoy!!!
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BigBear	11/08/2008	Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant
If you step up to the counter at your local drug store and they are all out of CBW the sure go with the gold. Not my favorite b/c of the somewhat chemical tasting flavoring. After a few weeks becomes harsh and sour toward the bottom of the bowl. Other than CB White I would not waste my money (for other than nostalgic or sentimental reasons) on this particular brand.
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Rychin' the pipe	11/08/2008	Extremely Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild	Pleasant
I would recommend this tobacco for breaking in a new pipe. It has a nice smell and an okay taste. This is my favorite out of the Captain Black smokes.
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smokerings86	09/24/2008	Mild	Mild	Very Mild	Tolerable
It's worth a try, you might like it and it won't exactly break the bank. I found it an easy baccy to pack and smoke. It burned ok, keep it slow and it nips only a bit, reef on it like a cigarette and you won't taste your chilly for a week. The smell hangs a bit, I find this with most aromatics, but particular CBG it sticks to you clothes, your pipe, everything. It gets nauseating after a while. I smoked a bowl and soon after got a sore throat. While I was smoking I found it had the flavour of light brown cav. and humectant. If you like aromatics, go find a B&M or website that has cheap house blends, they won't have nearly as much chemical flavour. This is just as bad as their poor excuse for cigarillos. If you are full bodied cigar smoker or a fan of "english" baccy this is a waste of time, don't bother.
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Vrbas	09/18/2008	Mild	Mild	Very Mild	Pleasant
I mean, it's Captain Black. C'mon, who hasn't tried at least one of their blends? Anyways, my experience was w/ my roommate who told me to smoke w/ him because our apartment smelled like butt... so my review may be a bit sketchy mainly because i have no idea how long he's had the bag lying around and because i wasn't really paying attention when i was smoking it. The pouch aroma is that of vanilla to me (seems to be a popular aromatic scent regardless of flavor descriptions). Packed nicely, lit and burned evenly and produced plenty of thick smoke. The taste is nothing special, if i remember correctly. Just your basic aromatic blend w/ a cheap leaf. I think it tastes good, but again nothing amazing. The room note is particularly pleasant, but other than that there's not much to recommend about this brand. I will say, however, i will keep some CB on hand as i will randomly have cravings for a heavily cased cavendish that has been around for some time and that has been a mainstay for at least 70% of smokers out there, new to experienced in my opinion. This and BCA will satiate my random, heavy cavendish cravings.
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Papillon6	07/13/2008	Medium	Medium	Medium to Full	Pleasant to Tolerable
I'm giving this for four stars because it is(to me) unaguably the best of the Capt Black line. It's sweetly complex with little tongue bite. It has at least three flavour notes to it, the natural golden cavendish taste followed by a sweetness that builds, that follows a lightly earthy taste. If you are a Capt Black fan and haven't tried it turn off your computer and go get some right now. It's the only Capt Black I stock up on. All other CB tobaccos are pretty good to great but this one they did their research on. For the money there may not be a better bag out their. It tastes like a high end blend for a low end price. Since it's mild nicotine wise a newbie will not regret trying it. Good job guys on this one.
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SpanishSmoker1978	04/28/2008	Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant
For the first timer this smoke is great.I smoke it sometimes and this tobacco is what I call the in between smoke.A cross from the white pouch and blue.I will not go on and on to much about this smoke exept to say it is not bad at all for the price.Do Not Puff Hot! that's all I gotta say about that. (First timers go for it Capt.Black Gold is not half bad)...
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thedstnguishdgntlmn	03/28/2008	Mild	Strong	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant
Hey! It is CAPTAIN BLACK GOLD! What did you expect? Balkan Sobranie? A classic inoffensive aromatic mixture. This stuff is like Pro Wrestling. We all like it once in a while, but none of us will admit to that! Enjoy it for what it is.
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Tantric	03/27/2008	Extremely Mild	Medium	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Very Pleasant
I haven't smoked this one in over a decade, but I remember it as quite the crowd pleaser. Less aromatic than Blue, and not as fruity as White, Captain Black Gold is a good beginners' tobacco. Mild, subtle, and extremely polite (I can hardly see anyone upset by its room note), this semi-chocolate/vanilla blend should be smoked very slowly, as it does have a tendency to bite, and if over puffed it burns hot. There is a certain resemblance with Gold Block, but whereas that British blend has most certainly a Virginian base, CPG is basically a burely-cavendish, very mellow and monochromatic. Still, if thinking of taking up pipe smoking, this one is a good tobacco to start with.
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Pipepundit	03/25/2008	Very Mild	Medium	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Pleasant
The first couple of puffs are almost pleasant, but that is all that I find positive about Captain Black Gold.
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Karyyk	03/24/2008	Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable
This is a good example of something that smells better than it tastes. It smokes well enough, and starts out rather pleasant, but once you make it to the bottom of the bowl, you'll be glad it's over. It burns well, almost too well (a bit hot), and seems to be better once you let it sit for a while, but even then it's hard to recommend.
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