Cornell & Diehl From Beyond (2023)

It’s times like this that I wished I had started smoking a pipe years ago so I could have a cellar with these old blends like this one is based on. As I have never smoked the original Dunhill but only the Peterson version, I can say this is truly a fantastic offering.

I am not a huge fan of Perique, but it is in the background, occasionally popping up and going back into hiding. The Latakia is present in every draw but again it is in harmony with the rest of the flavors. There is definitely some nicotine and it makes this a great evening smoke. Had the occasional relight and no tongue bite.

Wish this was not a limited edition but available all the time. But sometimes that makes things special as I will now only smoke it less regularly and it will be a delight each time.

A superb blend this year. The talent of the blend keeps your palette busy as you sip this.
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It\'s good. The \"new\" Turkish Lat and their process is what sold me on it. Despite what I\'ve heard on other reviews, I actually find this new Lat to be smokier than the lat from Cyprus. Not a bad thing! It does have a wine like flavor in the background which is nice.
Tastes great, well balanced, behaves well and has a decent amount of nicotine. Pairs extremely well with a good coffee.
A solid, high quality full English.
Moustache note: 8/10

Tin note of sweet fruity wine and smoky. Tobacco is a ribbon cut of tan, dark brown, brown and black. Moisture content is great. No drying/prep needed. Burns moderate with few relights. The strength is medium to strong and nic is medium. No flavoring detected. Taste is medium to full and moderately consistent, with complex notes of sweet herbal spices, tart and tangy dark fruit, smoky, toast, bitter orange zest, wood, dry earth, grassy floral, very savory, a sour fermented and peaty vegetation background note, and a very peppery retro. Orientals is leading with Virginia, Latakia, Perique supporting. Burley (not mentioned on the tin but listed on websites) seems to be supporting from the side lines. Room note is tolerable, and aftertaste is great.

Rubbery and processed tobacco that holds it's excess moisture very well. Once appropriately dried the tobacco has a staled preservative taste when burnt.

Let me start by saying that I am not a big Latakia guy.
I dabble from time to time, but I couldn't call myself a connoisseur.

However I was intrigued by the fact that this blend has Turkish Latakia , so I decided to give it a shot.

And boy, was I happy I did!

On popping the tin you can smell all the components.
Tangy and bready VAs
Floral Orientals
Raisiny / Peppery Perique
nuttiness from the Burleys
and a measure of sweet and smoky Latakia .

It's important to highlight, that From Beyond isn't a lat bomb.

The smoking notes and consistent with the tin note.
Very well-balanced blend with a lot of things happening.
The components are playing well with each other.
It's a nuanced blend and the more I smoke it, the more I appreciate it.

Didn't bite once, and burned clean and cool.

really happy I stocked up on it !

FOUR STARS!

From Beyond (2023) C&D I’m usually not one to get on the small batch bandwagon but gave this bad boy a try. Wow. You get this intense incense-like quality mixed with what I can only say tastes like BBQ’d brisket. Blender notes: “Eastern NC Red Virginias (2017), Bright Canadian Virginias (2017), Turkish Izmir (2018), Greek Basma (2019), Turkish Latakia, and genuine St. James Perique.” The spice probably comes from the Izmir and Basma but I’ve no experience with Turkish Latakia though I’d guess it’s probably closer to Syrian than Cyprian. Syria does border Turkey do perhaps the terroir is similar? I’ve visited Turkey in the last few years and it’s a lovely country — and a good bit safer than Syria. The Perique seems to add to the spice fest. This is not a lat bomb. And it’s not really an English, at least taste-wise. I’m not arguing a definitional thing — gave that up — but this just doesn’t have that traditional, amazing English profile. Easily 4 out of 4 stars.