Wilke Pipe Tobacco Butterscotch Black Cavendish

The deeply rich, punchy butterscotch is sweet and also sports a mildly savory burnt toast, lightly bitter and sugary with a small floral note and a pleasantly lingering after taste and room note. The strength is a step shy of the medium mark. The taste is medium. The nic-hit is a slot below the center of mild to medium. There’s no chance of bite or harshness. The tobacco is a little moist, but I saw no need to dry it. Burns cool, clean and rather smooth with no artificial or chemical notes to the finish. Leaves little dampness in the bowl, and requires an average number of relights. Can be an all day smoke. Four stars.

-JimInks

This is a strong aromatic that’ll definitely ghost your pipe; the scent is rich and deep. If you have any facial hair its aroma will embed itself there until you wash. The taste of butterscotch is consistent throughout the bowl, an indicator of a good aromatic. There’s also an enjoyable hint of burnt toast in the background that reveals itself here and there to add a bit of dimension. I’d recommend it as a pleasant morning wake up blend or alternative end of day nightcap for the aromatic lover who wants a break/change from the usual English. No bite.

Another excellent and unique tobacco from Wilke! Definitely an all black cavendish blend, but not a run-of-the-mill one. For me, most black cavendish blends taste like strong vanilla or sometimes stewed fruit/stewed prunes, or both. This black cavendish is much less sweet and without a pronounced stewed fruit flavor. To me, it tastes like tobacco blended with a traditional old butterscotch recipe of dark caramelized sugar and butter, versus the typical sweet yellow butterscotch candy. Think buttered toast with caramelized sugar. Easy to light, keep lit, and quite dry, considering it is an aromatic. Pleasant aromatic room note. No bite whatsoever. Very light on the nicotine. An excellent tobacco!