Cornell & Diehl Briar Fox

This is a good straight VA. If it was a wine, I would compare it to a dry red. The flavor is full on VA. However, it isn't a sweet VA. This isn't a bad thing, but if you are looking for a sweet VA, this isn't gonna float your boat. It floats mine as a change of pace, palate cleansing smoke. The presentation in the tin is great. It rubs out nicely from it's cake form. For me, a tall narrow gage bowl works best. It burns to a fine gray ash all the way to the bottom. If smoked too hot, it can bitter in the bottom 1/4 of the bowl. So, smoke it like it was meant to be smoked. Slowly. No bite detected. Just a good smoke. I will keep a pound of it around for aging and enjoyment.

Happy Puffin'

This is my first post ever.

I have a large selection of pipes and tobaccos.

One thing that I learned from these posts on Briar Fox is that it is important to puff slowly with this particular Virginia Crumble Kake. As soon as I tried it with the new attitude Briar Fox came into it's true potential as a role in my rotation. It becomes light with subtle flavors that make it an easy relaxing joy, which pipe smoking is for me. Also I think it is better in smaller pipe bowls, because puffing slowly I can get an hour out of one pipe full.

A very nice smoke and I went through a tin in two weeks. It is another middle of the road tobaccos for me. Not in quality, but I mean middle of the road medium- taste, nicotine, overall buy again factor. I can see why some love it. Its worth a try if you havent already.

This is a pressed Crumble Cake Virginia with very natural Virginia aroma and flavor, the packing is relatively easy and the burning is amazingly cool and bite free for a Virginia, the taste is very straight, full and extremely natural, however some may find this Va somehow bland and lacks vibrancy with one single note, and this is also true, however I am sure this is a Raw Virginia at its primitive state, without any topping or casing.

Very good quality Va. for Virginia pro.

much like ciggarettes. simple VA... several tins later (I cant just give up) it is in fact more complex than at first. has nutty, woodsy element others describe, I would buy this, but be aware this takes a little time and thought to find the sweet spots.

This is an exceptionally good VA cake - it crumbles and burns exceedingly well, and it has a rich, deep flavor. It's not a VA I'd smoke every day, but it's an interesting change of pace when I'm in the mood for a medium-strength VA with absolutely no hint of flavoring. It also excels as a blender.

I know of a couple people who only smoke Briar Fox when they want a Va blend. Now I can see why. I'm not saying that this is the be-all and end-all of Virginias, but it is pretty darned good.

If you like a rich Va flavor, Briar Fox is well worth a try. It smokes cool for a Va, and delivers plenty of flavor - and a bit of nicotine in the process as well.

Easy to handle, lights well, and stays lit. If you're into DGT, this is a great candidate. Nice and smooth, light on the tongue.

Try it, you'll like it.

I like this tobac very much. Nothing spectacular, but a good honest virginia that can be smoked anytime of the day. As is common with C&D blends, the background taste has a dryness to it which I like on occasion. But there are a couple of great attributes to Briar Fox; no tongue bite and a clean refreshing aftertaste. Smoked in a large bowl for a long time seems to bring out the subtle virginias; a small bowl definitely seems to concentrate the flavors. I like and will keep a tin or two on hand.

This fills the gap in my rotation for a mild, flavorful, and tame Virginia pipe tobacco.

I really do not like the smell of casing when I open any tin, and I smell casing in Briar Fox. In BF, casing does not seem to interfere with the smoking aroma, taste, or temperature in the experience that counts.

Probably not the most economical blend I have smoked. My medium-large sized pipes seem to gobble this crumble cake up (I get 8 bowls from one 50 gram tin; a few bowls less than what I am accustomed).

A worthy Virginian. It is the first C&D blend I have tried, other than Two Friends. It will keep me trying more. Give it to a newbee for a proper introduction to premium tobacco.