Alsbo Black

Again, a nice black cavendish, decent quality, but very mild. Suitable for the beginner that gets tired of the mostly golden mixtures and wants something stronger on the taste side.

Not much to say about it, it's the typical black cavendish mixture, 1/2 to 2/3 black leaf, the rest golden/brown leaves. It's NOT cheap quality tobacco, but not good either; and it's just very mild, making you puff harder for some taste/nicotine kick. But it's tastier than Alsbo gold.

It could be a bit hard to light properly and this one will not really smoke dry, rather on the wet side, but never, ever as bad as the good ol' Captain Black(...)

The room aroma is nice, the pouch aroma also, and the pouch is nice looking.

I found this Danish tobacco to be a bit too mellow for my tastes, being a predominantly english smoker with leanings toward all things Balkan.

This is a great beginner's smoke; not overpowering, essentially not a tongue-burner (although you could if you tried!), and carries a "wife rating" that's decent enough to allow more than a few pleasant puffs indoors.

I wouldn't, however, recommend this tobacco to a more seasoned smoker; it's simply too mild to be sampled without being bored of it even after a few sessions.

This is a really mild aromatic, its surely good quality tobacco- it lights easily burns cool, doesnt bite, doesnt gurgle. A bit too mild for me though, you can only taste the casings when you light, they are an elusive sort, with a hint of vanilla. The tobacco flavour is really mild cavendish, with a hint of Virginia sweetness, but MILD. Shouldn't put the word mild in capitals even, its that mild. It leaves a wad of sticky dottle after an even slow burn, as with the other Alsbo blends. People love the aroma, as they should, it is after all an aromatic. But despite its obviously high quality, I'd prefer something a bit more interesting, Clan or Amphora. The Dutch aromatics seem a bit stronger tasting. Are all the Danish blends this mild?

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UPDATE

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I've surprised myself by buying this blend again. t still doesnt really taste of anything, but the aroma is lovely, and can be appreciated well by breathing the smoke out through the nose. I think the casings in this must be of the highest quality- they are not subtle, but smell really complex and delicious, far from the sugary monotone of most sticky vanilla aromatics. There does not seem to be any nicotene in this stuff, which is to my advantage when I decide to smoke my huge German porcelain pipe- it smokes for ages, and anything stronger than this would poison me before I finished the bowl. Must say, though, this blend always seems to get hot quite easily, although it never bites. Here again the porcelain pipe helps, the stem is so long that it can cool down anything, almost like a hookah.

January 2006. Alsbo Black,if I was just starting out in the wonderful world of pipe smoking again,like I did 34 year's ago,I would most likely think this is a really great blend,but,it's not 34 year's ago and my taste's have definitely changed over the year's. Put it this way,if your new to pipe smoking or you enjoy really soft vanilla blend's then you'll most likely love this! For easy lighting,air out enough tobacco to fill your pipe bowl on paper for 20 min's.Then fill your pipe & light up,between 2 to 4 tamp's should be all that is required to get you smoking down to bowl's end.Along the way you'll discover just how mild this blend really is.

Ok to me, being not a real aromatic lover - however I am not that anti-aromatic anymore. All is about medium on this tobacco, due to the cavendisch, I suppose. The flavoring is more or less discrete. Not a big thrill, not bad eather. So ... somewhat recommended.

I bought this out of curiosity as it was a little cheaper than the main brands. The aroma on opening the packet is a delight. There is vanilla and almond going on, and being a Danish tobacco, you can expect it to be mild.

A pleasant enough mild and flavoursome tobacco, which sadly has a bit of a rough edge. Despite its faults, I seem to go back to it every now and then.

Very mild tobacco with a lot of sweet Cavendish and sweet vanilla. Very sweet, but not much flavour except for the subtle hazelnut revealed on the exhale which was very nice but not worth purchasing again for. Sweet room note (not surprisingly) and burns fairly well with just a couple of relights. No bite to be found here. Only a little moisture remaining at the end so not all bad, and I wouldn’t throw it out, just not my top choice.