Alsbo Gold

This is probably the mildest and tasteless tobacco I have ever tried. The pistachio casing is also not what I would call the best one (whether it be pistachio, or another) I have had the opportunity to taste in a tobacco.

Frankly I'm surprised by many of the basement level ratings from tobaccoreviews.com scribes below for ALSBO GOLD - this is one of the sweetest if absolutely succulent vanilla/pistachio cased mixtures I will be aggressively recommending to colleague pipe smokers for some time. Maybe I'm too mired down experiencing and reviewing standard low end OTC blends found in USA supermarkets and just not accustomed to a higher quality smoke, but for the price value this one may have few rivals. BnB Tobacco shipping on line out of Alexandria, VA offers a bundle of six, 1.5 oz GOLD pouches for just US$10.00 - a superb price. I plan to rustle up the cash for six more. An absolutely spellbinding if unsung experience for those among us who just can't get enough of the sugary aromatics. Happy hunting...

Smaller cut than Alsbo Black, and milder.

Mostly gold with a bit of black CA. The pistachio aroma is dominant.

Another good choice for beginners.

Very similar to Captain Black Gold. The same structure here. No tons of flavour and aroma here, but overall a somewhat decent Danish aromatic. Beginners may like this one. Not for me...

An inoffensive golden cavendish (I suspect Burley with some Virginia), smooth and mild, with a very nice room aroma. Great tobacco for beginners. Smoke it slowly and you'll be rewarded with an extremely polite experience, albeit there's not much tobacco flavor. Your surroundings will love it.

If just getting started, this one is a good option. If taken a la par with Alsbo Black, you could say these are the European equivalents of Captain Black Withe and Gold, though smoother.

I bought this together with ALSBO Black and ALSBO Cherry. Cherry was the foulest stuff I have ever tried and Bleck was somewhat better but not so much. I found it nearly impossible to finish these two pouches - so I was reluctant to open this up.

Eventually I did and at least I did not hate it. Despite all written, I think that it does bite. The rest of the properties are OK - I just do not think that this is my dish... I cannot picture myself buying a pouch again but at least it will not be as difficult to finish the pouch.

The aroma is OK. During smoking it behaves well and it does not burn very hot. But it is so much cased that it does bite (while Black is better in this respect).

This tobacco is the perfect tobacco for a beginner: it is a loose cut, pistachio / nutty aroma, easy to fill and easy to smoke, and extremely mild. If smoked properly, it will not bite.

This mixture is 3/4 golden leaf and 1/4 black cavendish.

I tried this a long time ago, when it got available in Canada (beginning of the 1990s) and I found it mild then...so today, it would be like smoking air.

It's a nice tobacco, but only suitable for a beginner or smokers who like really mild blends.

I believe that is a common error to make an aromatic mixture with too much virginias. This is the case. The bright leafs gives this mixture a strong burn and thats not good for this type of tobacco. The excessive burn kills instantly the flavour. This tobacco lakes personality. Almost no sweet taste (the ususal in virginias), a very weak room note and a awful burn.

This tobacco is great to smoke every day, one of the most in use by the belgian pipesmookers!