Vauen Bavarian Blend No. 3
(2.57)
A well-balanced mixture of wholehearted black cavendish and naturally sweet Virginia. Fortified with the aromatic variety of hops, malt and vanilla, it exudes an extremely pleasant fragrance.
Details
Profile
Strength
Mild
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Medium
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Reviews
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Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 01, 2017 | Mild to Medium | Medium | Mild to Medium | Pleasant |
First time I've tried a Vauen blend (and still want one of their pipes).
Tasty tin fragrance up there with the best of Davidoff's expensive blends. The tobacco is much darker than I expected, almost black with a few wisps of golden brown strands.
Not sure what this smells like, it certainly isn't vanilla and certainly not malt or hops. It's very smilar to Davidoff's blue or red mixture or maybe Savenelli's aromatic blend.
Needs a bit of a breather after tin opening as it is quite moist, but once dried a little (a couple of hours or so) it loads and burns well. Best in a big bowl, I don't think small loaders will do this tobacco any favours.
The taste drifts away about halfway through the bowl and - I don't know why - but it finishes up very wet rather than grey dottle. Could be my style of wet smoking I suppose.
Two-thirds into the tin and it's gone really dry and crusty (and it was a tight round tin, too) and is starting to crumble into a black crunchy substance that you often find at the very dog end of a tin. I have a feeling re-hydrating will kill the flavour off completely.
Bit of a shame that as this is a good blend and well worth trying if you like the lighter side of aromatics. I'd certainly try this one again if opportunity arose, as - inevitably - this is not available in UK tobacconists. There's a surprise eh ?
Tasty tin fragrance up there with the best of Davidoff's expensive blends. The tobacco is much darker than I expected, almost black with a few wisps of golden brown strands.
Not sure what this smells like, it certainly isn't vanilla and certainly not malt or hops. It's very smilar to Davidoff's blue or red mixture or maybe Savenelli's aromatic blend.
Needs a bit of a breather after tin opening as it is quite moist, but once dried a little (a couple of hours or so) it loads and burns well. Best in a big bowl, I don't think small loaders will do this tobacco any favours.
The taste drifts away about halfway through the bowl and - I don't know why - but it finishes up very wet rather than grey dottle. Could be my style of wet smoking I suppose.
Two-thirds into the tin and it's gone really dry and crusty (and it was a tight round tin, too) and is starting to crumble into a black crunchy substance that you often find at the very dog end of a tin. I have a feeling re-hydrating will kill the flavour off completely.
Bit of a shame that as this is a good blend and well worth trying if you like the lighter side of aromatics. I'd certainly try this one again if opportunity arose, as - inevitably - this is not available in UK tobacconists. There's a surprise eh ?
Pipe Used:
All large briars
PurchasedFrom:
DanPipe, Germany.
Age When Smoked:
New
Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 08, 2023 | Mild | Mild | Mild | Pleasant to Tolerable |
The flavoring with malt and beer hops intrigued me, but alas, other than the novelty of it, not much to get excited about here. No beer taste, no malt, very little vanilla, just a basic middling Virginia with a faint taste of rye bread. The Cavendish may have a very, very slight bit of a berry note, not mentioned in the description, but I was nosing around looking hard for anything at all to talk about. Does not ‘develop’ with further aging in the jar. Nothing jumps out here one way or the other, but since it’s not flawed in any way it deserves at least two stars.
Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jul 12, 2022 | Very Mild | Mild | Very Mild | Pleasant |
Vauen is known for their superb pipes but not exactly for premium tobaccos. Bavarian Blend unfortunately fits right into this cliche.
The blend is rich in Black Cavendish, hence the dark ribbons and the overall sweetness that however remains undefined and with no further depth or profile to it. There's a hint of vanilla, but not strong enough that I would have ever detected it, hadn't the tin description pointed that out. There is a breadiness which I guess is where the malt and hops comes in.
The tobacco lights easily, is quite enjoyable although somehow lacking in depth and complexity. Almost no further relights necessary - until about half the bowl. That's when everything changes.
The taste profile starts to remind me more of savory forest mushrooms (clarification added for some...) but not in a pleasant way, at least for me. I guess that still fits the name "Bavarian", though. The tobacco smokes surprisingly wet, even if I pack it crispy dry, to the point that halfway through the bowl it becomes harder and harder to keep lit. I start to believe it's impossible to smoke it all the way to the end of the bowl.
Still better than some OTC aromatics that turn bitter. Bavarian Blend at least doesn't. But I can only recommend if you dig mild, one-dimensional aromatics and don't mind the champignon taste.
The blend is rich in Black Cavendish, hence the dark ribbons and the overall sweetness that however remains undefined and with no further depth or profile to it. There's a hint of vanilla, but not strong enough that I would have ever detected it, hadn't the tin description pointed that out. There is a breadiness which I guess is where the malt and hops comes in.
The tobacco lights easily, is quite enjoyable although somehow lacking in depth and complexity. Almost no further relights necessary - until about half the bowl. That's when everything changes.
The taste profile starts to remind me more of savory forest mushrooms (clarification added for some...) but not in a pleasant way, at least for me. I guess that still fits the name "Bavarian", though. The tobacco smokes surprisingly wet, even if I pack it crispy dry, to the point that halfway through the bowl it becomes harder and harder to keep lit. I start to believe it's impossible to smoke it all the way to the end of the bowl.
Still better than some OTC aromatics that turn bitter. Bavarian Blend at least doesn't. But I can only recommend if you dig mild, one-dimensional aromatics and don't mind the champignon taste.
Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jun 07, 2019 | Mild | Medium | Medium | Pleasant |
Pleasant aroma from the tin and room aroma is pleasant. the taste leaves me disappointed it’s blah and needs to be sipped easy or it get hot fast.i had high hopes on this blend maybe I expected to much it doesn’t deliver for me
Pipe Used:
Briar
PurchasedFrom:
Smoking pipes
Age When Smoked:
New