Borkum Riff Cherry Liqueur

This is a de- lish Cavendish. It’s got 10x the Cherry as most Cherry/vanilla. Cavendish.
I enjoy the fermentation of the leaves, which offers fruity woodsy with a bit of nuts. It’s better than the Cherry Cavendish that’s of the same brand. Most Cavendish brands do get slurpy in the pipe, but not so with this brand. Take advantage of this! It makes a mighty fine pipe..

Package note of apricots, cherry syrup, and liquor. Tobacco is ribbon cut and mostly dark brown with a little black and tan. Moisture content is a little high, drying may be needed. Burns fast with few relights. The strength is mild and nic is very mild. Flavoring is mild to medium, with notes of sweet cherries. Taste is mild and consistent, with notes of mildly spicy, woody, mild sweet grass, dry earth, mild toasted bitter nut, a mild lemony background note, and a peppery retro. Flavoring is leading but gets overtaken by the dry Burly at the halfway mark, when the flavoring begins to wane. The Virginias are supporting throughout. Room note is very pleasant, and aftertaste is good.

Borkum Riff Cherry Liqueur has a very pleasant note, which mean that pretty much anyone, with the exception of the most zealous of anti-smoking folk, will tolerate that you light up even when standing shoulder-to-shoulder with them. However, the room note is the only redeeming feature.

The smell of cherries right out of the pouch remind me of those little paper tree-fresheners you hang inside cars. That does not make me more amiable towards this one, to say the least... It seemed quite dry in the pouch, maybe due to the fact that the stuff was a bit old when I bought it. I dare not even think of how a pouch might smell when completely fresh.

As for smoking, this option is pretty much on par with tearing up a cherry tree-freshener as a substitute for tobacco. It is a very fine-cut tobacco, so keeping it burning is no problem. You must, however, be careful with the pace; puff too fast and you will feel as if you recieved a sip of very concentrated cherry-flavoured riot control agent. Of several aromatics I smoked, this one is probably one of those that gargled the most. The pipe I used to smoke this smells distinctly now, even after a salt and alcohol-treatment with 160 proof rum. Hence, you might want to think twice before sacrificing an expensive pipe.

With all this considered, I dare suggest that there are better options than this if you want a cherry aromatic or if you want to smoke Borkum Riff.

Terrible! It tastes just like it's name—some sort of cheap cherry vodka. It bit my tongue and left it sore for days. I would never buy again.

New to pipe smoking and this about turned me off to it. This is the worst crap I have ever smoked. I became ill feeling after putting this poison into my body. Do not make the same mistake and buy this crap.

I guess you get what you pay for. This was my first blend and, though I enjoyed it the first times, I can't imagine myself having it again after trying better matches for my aromatic cravings. Chemical taste, a lot of tongue-bite.

This stuff is the worst tobacco I have ever smoked, bar none. A strong, overwhelming chemical taste; very acrid, just plain awful.

Vile!!! its like smoking a cigarette inside a pipe, and watch out it burns HOT! I'm not gonna buy this crap never again

I bought this as a trial bag at a shop that sold bulk. I liked the aroma of it in the jar, so I got a sample. Big disappointment! This stuff is, how shall I put it, vile. It is like a stale cigar with nasty chemical sour cherry flavoring. It is only slightly less vile than Capt. Black Cherry cigarillos which are quite nasty themselves. I only smoked the rest of this stuff as I was out of tobacco and didn't have the time to get to my usual tobacco shop for some "good stuff." Don't bother with this stuff.