Smoker's Pride Cherry Cavendish

Decided to finally roll the dice and order the Cherry Cavendish. The bag aroma was, for me at least, over the top Cherry. I hoped for a more mellow approach, maybe similar to Middleton's Cherry Blend. But this is, as has been said by others, cough drop strength cherry flavoring, closer to Paladin. I put it in a MM standard filter pipe. The smoke is cool and it stays lit easily. The room note was a cherry cordial/cherry cream. It did leave its ghost in the pipe. Overall, not a bad aromatic, but not what I hoped for, and I don't think I'll order more.

I guess I might be a little more generous with my review than the above reviewer. Now, first of all, I am not a regular fan of cheap drug store type blends. However, I do not all together reject a good bulk blend from my local tobacconist either. And I have pretty much smoked or at least tried most of the Lane Limited blends that are out there in bulk and have more or less enjoyed them. That even includes Captain Black and it's permutations. But when I was given a bag of 12 ounce Smokers Pride Cherry the other night for my birthday, two thoughts ran simultaneously through my head. First, "OH GREAT SCOTT...SHE BOUGHT ME A DRUG STORE BUDGET BLEND...HEAVEN HELP ME THROUGH THIS 12 OUNCE BAG OF YUK". The second thought..."HMMMM....MADE BY LANE LIMITED.....NOT BAD....HMMMMMM....THEY MAKE PRETTY GOOD STUFF.....AW WELL, MIGHT AS WELL GIVE IT A TRY". As much as I had mixed feelings about this blend, it was not quite as bad as I thought it would be. Yes, it is a Cavendish that has Cherry casing and yes, it stays with the bowl after smoking. But the Cherry is not as overpowering as Paladins Black Cherry...nor is it as bland an uninspiring as Middletons Cherry. (two other drug store brands that I have tried in the pass and thought it would be fair to compare Smokers Pride Cherry to). Nor does Smokers Pride Cherry stay in the bowl as drudgingly as Half & Half does. (Yes, on occasion and desparation I have also smoked this...but more or less out of respect to my paternal grand father, may he rest in peace). Of course, I may not be being as objective as I should about this blend, because I have only been smoking it in my Meerschaums and have not yet tried it in any of my briars. And lately since the P & T smoking contest that got me reinterested in Meerschaums, it may be a very long time if ever when I do go back to my briars or at least try this blend out in a briar. Several things should be noted. First, I did not think that Smokers Pride Cherry had such a terrible bite. In fact, it did not have any bite to me at all. Perhaps, it is because I have to pack my Meerschaum bowl differently than a briar inorder to get a good draft. Second, it did not smoke moist either. The only thing that did disappoint me is the fact that I did not get as long as a smoke from this blend as I thought I would. But then of course, this Smokers Pride Cherry is still a budget blend. If any readers would ask..."Would I smoke this again?". My reply would be..."Perhaps not...but maybe not right away on a regular basis". It's too bad I did not know the previous reviewer personally, because I wouldn't have minded if he would have given me his bag of Smokers Pride Cherry for me to smoke on occassion.

I'm fairly new to pipe smoking, so take my review with a grain of salt.

I live a rural area and there is but one retailer of pipe tobacco in the area. He sells the standard stuff - Prince Albert, Captain Black, Bugler, Sail and the like, He recently brought in several varieties of Smoker's Pride, and I went for this one.

This is an inexpensive, "budget"product. Notwithstanding this, I find it to be a better smoke than many "drugstore" blends. It can and likely will bite 'ya sooner or later. Sometimes, inexplicably, it smokes hotter than hell - other times not? It takes some work to keep it lit for some reason. It tends to go out at about 10 minutes. This forces a re-light to get 30 minutes or so. Disappointing, really. This blend smokes wet and does deposit a little wad of goopy dottle - I suppose this is expected in bargain products, especially cherry aromatics.

Aromatics, it seems to me are either first-class, or awful with little in between. I think this is particularly true in the case of "cherry" blends. CC does not measure up in the quality of leaf department. Still, it has its place.

Thank goodness there are good bacconists in Fayetteville, AR and Tulsa, OK I can visit occasionally. Then too, there is good 'ole "SmokingPipes.com" so I don't have to smoke this all the time. I recommend this product with the qualification that if you live in an urban area where tobacco is readily available, buy some and forget about this stuff. I give it two stars.

well i love aromatics and i prefer my tobacco to be cheap..so i gave this one a try. it has a borad rough cut to it, takes the fire very well and if smoked slowly can spare your tounge to smoke another day. the flavors are nice not as overwhelming cherry as captain black but still enjoyable and the price is just about right. my only draw back is that my surroundings didnt find the smell to be acceptable and that is the reason why i will not be buying it any more.

A good all-around tobacco, from what I've seen. I've had a bag for a while, only breaking the seal today. Walking through the woods for about 5 hours, having 2 pipes of this, I have to say it is a good go-to smoke in this situation: wanting something that tastes and smells good, but not wanting to take the limited edition hiking. I am very susceptible to tongue bite, but I noticed none from this tobacco. The strength varies on the pack, in my opinion, because I had first a heavy pack, then a light. Both were mild-ish, and the flavoring is ok, but has a bit of a, "you're smoking cheap tobacco," touch to it. If you can get past that, it's a pretty good bang for the buck. I won't smoke it every day, but it's a nice entry tobacco.

I know some of you may have read my reviews on cherry cased tobaccos, and that I am not very fond of them,...And with many to choose from, you may question " Why Smokers Pride Cherry ". It's a Cavendish, not burly, and I use it when blending oone of my favorite OTCs, " Half and Half", some how this union brings out a very pleasing aromatic room note with a good nic kick, and a gent's corn cob, or apple wood. Im a simple man who likes the best of both worlds, this is the poor mans mix, that pleases. Alone,...Maybe not a good idea, but give it a whirl, you may like it,.. I have to give it a star for price, and a star for the mix, 2 stars. Happy Jack, happy puffing

I got this on a whim one day when my usual tobaccos had dried-up at home, and I wanted something to smoke. Unfortunately the local 'tobacco' store sells nothing one couldn't find at Walgreens, so I got this.

I hadn't purchased a drug store tobacco prior to this, and I found its cut to be strange (parts look like large red pepper flakes, others like long strands of cigarette tobacco). It smokes cool, but it has little to no perceivable taste. Perhaps it tastes something like a cheap cherry cigar, but milder? I don't know.

Most people do find the room note pleasant, hell, I find it pleasant myself. I've had one person comment that she disliked it, but she disliked cherry in general. I recall it having left a nice note in my car after smoking it, but there's more to a pipe tobacco than its aroma. At least there should be. In the case of this tobacco there is not. I'd only recommend this if you just want /something/ to smoke, and make a room smell nice.

Started smoking this brand when I first started smoking a pipe. Mainly becuase of its low cost at the Casinos in bulk. I've noticed over the years it changes somewhat. I don't know if they change the mixture or if its the crop. I do find it more enjoyable if I "spike" it with Latakia; gives it more of a kick!

I just did a review of the Smoker's Pride Vanilla, and one thing that this blend has in common with the vanilla is that it has something "rough" about it. I don't know if this is something that I would find in all of the Smoker's Pride blends, or only in these two. I have only tried the cherry and the vanilla. There is a definite taste and aroma of cherry. I'll even go as far as saying that it is somewhat authentic, reminding me of cherries picked off a tree, but again there is this roughness issue that counterbalances the flavor, and the only thing that I can imagine what it could be compared to, upon further reflection of this matter, is that of taking a piece of cardboard and sucking on it. I would rather smell this than smoke this, although I have a big bag of this in the deep freeze, and can't quite bring myself to throw it out just yet.