Holger Danske Black & Bourbon

I have recently purchased Holger Danske - Black & Bourbon. As a new pipe smoker, I am in a process of tracking tobacco which suits my flavoring preferences. Among some types purchased, I felt great disappointment smoking this. as it reminded me that I was smoking chemicals instead of a nice aromatic tobacco. Strong tongue bite couldn't assist me in to track the actual flavor of the tobacco. As a new pipe smoker, it might be difficult yet to express an actual opinion/review for a tobacco however I would not recommend this one as a beginning.

Borkum Riff used to be a very good mixture back 40 years ago but its quality slipped a bit each time the company changed ownership. I was looking for a mixture that tasted similar to the old Borkum Riff when I tried B&B and I was disappointed. It has an odd chemical taste rather than a bourbon flavor. It's not a bad mixture but, in my opinion, not worth getting another tin of it.

A new, flower-like Japanese acquaintance has recently introduced me to Jim Bean Bourbon, which I like to smoke, er, drink along with some medium+ Virginia flake, say Rattray's Marlin flake. If you do it often enough, some of the bourbon breath might actually rub off on your pipe, if you always use the same one. The combination of Bourbon & Virginia is indeed made in heaven.

Enjoy it that way, and forget this artificially-wrought cased cav.

At times, I sniff the pouch because I enjoy the smell almost more than smoking in. This being said, it is a pleasant smoke. This, especially considering it is among the cheapest pipe tobaccos (8 euros - same price as some utter filth, like Clan, which no one should ever ever buy). SO, at this price point, it's an absolute bargain. The bargain isn't what gets me going back to it. At first it felt a bit ordinary, no dramatic anything, the room note is wonderful, I can smoke it next to my girlfriend and not feel bad. I can smoke it on my balconies and my neighbors think I'm burning incense. In one sense it's nothing absolutely mind blowing, but it's also something very nice, very sweet, and tangy. I would have liked a bit more "thickness" to it maybe, a bit more "fullness" to the aroma", but then again, it remains very nice. The flavors stay in the background, to some extent I would have liked to feel them even more.

I think this will become a tobacco I regularly buy. A nice "nonchalant ordinary afternoon smoke". I also enjoy that the flavor is consistent throughout the pack, and that the flavor is also consistent whether it is warm or cold outside.

Saw this on the shelf of a local tobacco shop and my eye immediately caught the blend. Black Cavendish, burley, Virginia tobaccos paired with a bourbon topping. You can't go wrong. Had to try it and I'm glad that I did! One of my favorites.

This tobacco is not worth your time. Pouch note is sweetish, but none bourbon flavouring detected. It lights up really hard and it burns unevenly. Can bite when pushed. The flavour during smoking is straight bland, no bourbon, no tobacco notes - nothing. The room note is nice.

If you're not afraid of some of the reviews of this tobacco, try it. It's a delicious dessert tobacco. It's sweet and warm, it doesn bite. It burns great and produces thick, silky smoke. You can taste a lot of the tobacco leaves beneath the aromas added to this blend. The taste is not nearly as strong as the smell on the pouch. Great aro.

Very cheap, yet highly palatable blend, from Holger Dankse.

It's very black indeed with a few brown bits here and there. The pouch aroma is quite strong, possibly overpowering and my first thought was that this is a nasty chemically enhanced mixture of god-knows-what.

It seems this thought was unjustified and the smoke does not follow on from the opening scent. Yes, it tastes a bit on the trashy side and needs quite a few relights, but it's actually quite mild and prolonged use does not seem to sicken the palate, like say, the Cellini blends.

It's a typical Danish concoction, coming through with (at first) flowery flourish, which later settles down to a rather pleasant sweet strawberry chocolate flavour with an alcoholic smattering in the background.

You don't relight from cold, and the tobacco comes very very dry, and as a result smokes down quite quickly. Decanting into a jar with a pueblos stone is recommended.

Not a bad blend if stuck without an aro fix and certainly not down there with throwaway blends like Meine Mixture. Worth a try and at under 6 euros (the Germans have actually DECREASED the price of their tobaccos, due to a change in VAT rate) very good value.

Smell was nice from the pouch. I thought it must be a good quality of tobacco but after tasting it, it was just too much for me. Old guys after shave mixed with cheap bourbon. Never again. Never again.