Alsbo Vanilla (Sungold)

After 25 years of smoking cigars I wanted to change and switched to smoke pipes. Well, I live in France while being Dutch and find out it’s not that easy to find good tobacco here. I tried to order some in The Netherlands but...yep...because of really stupid laws am not allowed to...I feel treat like a child because methinks it one’s own responsibility....at least when it’s still allowed according to law. I am a medical doctor...and can assure you that many of my college’s make the mistake to let stop patients especially with stress related complaints and instead of pump them with all kind of ten times worse medicines. Sorry I just had this to get of my chest...

Now about this Alsbo Vanille tabacco... now called sungold... I tried before plenty of none flavored ones...some of them okay but...also wanted to try ‘sauced’ ones. First time I tried this I thought it’s too sweet too much vanille and cream lacking a tobacco punch. I smoked Amsterdammer and kind of like but to be honest find it too much strait forward lacking a nice flavor. Today I made a blend of 50% Amsterdammer and this Sungold. It’s like a perfect marriage....so complementary.....a totally different dimension. For me for sure four stars.....and I will keep on mixing and keep you updated... BTW there is not just black Cavendish tobacco in this one but also some light colored one...maybe Virginia?

When i opned a bag the tobacco flavoring was a extramly strong sweet vanilla (not a good way) then ventilated an hour and after that a flavoring like a really pleasant vanilla ice cream The taste is pleasant vanilla, not too strong but dominant and not bite a tounge.

I loved opening the pouch for the first time, it was a pleasant smell. After packing my pipe, I couldn't wait to smoke this tobacco. When I smoked I could really taste vanilla, but it tasted a little bit artificial. Overall the artificial didn't really bother me and I would recommend this tobacco. But if you really what to enjoy Alsbo tobacco, I would recommend mixing this blend with the cherry flavored blend. I think that is sensational.

This tobacco has really strong vanilla aroma, with addition of something like pistachio or almond. At the beginning, tobacco taste is overwhelmed by this strong topping. After burning about 1/3 of a pipe, taste gets more balanced and from this moment, smoking starts to being quite pleasant, with strong aromatic and mild sweetness of burning tobacco. Biggest disadvantage of this tobacco - it is very wet and hard to burn, with tendency to extinguish. All kind of filters and denicool crystals, or/and drying before smoking are in my opinion necessarily here. In spite of all, I like this tobacco, really nice aroma, good price and easy to get in almost every newsstand in my city.

A nice "little brother" of Alsbo Black. Suitable for an afternoon relax. Its ice cream in smoke form. Sip it slowly for no tongue bite.

My very first pipe tobacco. I immediately liked the smell as I opened the pouch.

It has a very nice natural tobacco and vanilla taste and some whiskey undertones. The room note is pleasant and is as a pipe tobacco should be. I recommend this blend as a cost effective tobacco. I had not issues with the burning of this blend, tongue bite or gunk in the bowl. Unlike the Also Black which I found did seem to burn a little hot and did get wet towards the end.

This tobacco was my first try. After this I tried some others. This is very mild and it gives you couple of tongue bites. Maybe because I was a bit inexperienced smoker. When I went to other brands I did not have the same effect. I went to try Alsho again and I had the same tongue bites.

In my opinion this is very mild that as a result you try to smoke it a bit faster and therefore that is why you get the tongue bites.

Taste is mild. Even if you smoke it slowly and try to let the smoke out of your nose, the taste will be mild.

Room note is pleasant to tolerable.

Good point with this tobacco is that I usually smoke it in the eve before going to bed. Since it is not strong it does not leave too much smoke smell on your face skin, clothes on mouth. Good if you have a nagging wife or girlfriend !!

If you got a leather tongue, this is your tobacco. It´s a good begginers choice to notice what is a tongue bit, but also a full pleasure taste. If you can smoke this, you can smoke everything. It´s one of the few tobaccos that really tastes vanilla, maybe because the satured flavoring. Just say: A cheap and easy burning blend but a little wet smoking.

Yes I have to agree with my other 4 star buddy here, a cracking baccy. A mild and pleasant aromatic that will leave the pipe well flavoured and ready for another bowl of the same. All you mild baccy lovers need to take your hats off at this one.