Borkum Riff Cherry Cavendish (Ruby)

I know I'm going against popular opinion here, and I'm open to the possibility that I'm deluded, but I've been smoking pipes for a couple of years now and have tried a few, admittedly not many, different flavors and brands, and Borkum Riff Cherry Cavendish is the only pipe tobacco I like. I've actually thrown away some others, or mixed them with the BRCC in order not to waste them. I've read just about every insult possible leveled at the BRCC in terms of it's nefarious effects on the smoker the pipe and the room, and yeah, she does bite at times, but who doesn't? Anyway, just thought I'd put in a good word for the underdog as the BRCC's been treating me well.

this is basically a cheap alternative to chugging grenadine. It's not that this blend is fruity, it's just so artificial. to its advantage, it has a bit of legitimate tobacco flavor to it, which would be great if paired with a lighter, more natural cherry flavoring. this is one of those brands that's a crowd pleaser, as it is way more pleasant to smell than it is to taste. i can't really recomend this.

I must be honest and state, from the very beginning, that I've never really cared for cherry-flavor tobaccos. I don't mind the fresh fruit, or the flavor in the form of an Icee (anthropomorphic cartoon polar bear included). But not in tobacco. So this review is not entirely fair. However, it may be helpful to someone new who, like me, doesn't care much for excessively artificial flavorings.

This is an extremely chemical-sweet cavendish. It's cloying, goopy, and heavy tasting. It will render your pipes useless, unless the idea is to devote a particular briar to heavy tasting cherry blends.

If you don't mind an aromatic smoke once in a while, but heavily cased tobaccos are not your thing, steer clear from this one. It might have gotten better under the Danish blending techniques, but I wouldn't risk it.

This tobacco was picked up at a grocery check-out lane. I like aromatics & enjoy a number of tobaccos which are "drug store" brands. This isn't one that I enjoyed & I can't recommend it to anyone. It was very bitey & harsh. Hot. The cherry flavor is medicinal, the room note is plastic & has a cheap perfume quality. The aroma is nothing like that of Paladin Black Cherry. There are other low cost aromatics which are much better than this one. I won't need to try it again. 11/17/2011: I have to add that years ago when I offered this to my Dad at deer camp he actually scolded me for letting him try it. And he was a big Captain Black fan.

Fodder for your cob, when you can't get anything else...

This is too expensive for what it is.

I dislike the taste, and it burns too hot. I cannot understand why it is so popular.

Not only I would not recommend it, I would try to steer people away from it.

This was the First pouch of tobacco I ever bought some 8 or 9 years ago . was the only pouch of it I ever bought, by God. I found it ... Off-putting.

The pouch aroma is what you would expect a cherry Cavendish to smell like. That is where the similarities end. It lights well and shows up at the right moisture level. The taste seems to be a little more Burley than your typical American aromatic. The smoke is full, but care must be taken or it will bite. The cherry taste is really prevalent, but the tobaccos are not drowned out. My wife says the aroma is too harsh so this gets lower marks as a good room aroma. And, one more thought. I smoked this outside and came in and she said that I smelled like I had been smoking something heavy. This has never happened before while smoking something like a cherry Cavendish. The flavor stayed the same throughout the bowl. The ash was clumpy like most aromatics can be. It does not seem to ghost your pipe very much. If you do not like the typical American chery aromatics, this will not win you over. If you are searching for the perfect cherry tobacco, keep looking. It is not terrible, but it lacks whatever either type of smoker would want. Oh, and the price is a little high for this stuff. I can only find it online and I would order a lot of other things before I order this again.

This tobacco gets a lot of negative reviews, but to my surprise I've found that it's not bad at all. Certainly, it's nothing to write home about, but it's smokes easy, no tongue bite at all, burns perfectly all the way to the end and has a very nice room note. It lacks complexity of most mixtures and blends, so if you're looking for a smoke with deep flavours, creamy texture and strong taste, that's not it. However, if you're looking for a simple, straightforward smoke, that will be tolerable to other people in the room, that's a nice choice.