Cornell & Diehl Autumn Evening
(2.86)
Our proprietary red Virginia cavendish is lightly cased with a delicate maple flavor resulting in our best selling aromatic blend. The smoker will appreciate the taste of Virginias while those around will flock to the warm, inviting fragrance.
Notes: Jeremy Reeves and Chris Tarler mentioned this to be the best selling C&D blend!
Details
| Brand | Cornell & Diehl |
| Blended By | Craig Tarler |
| Manufactured By | Cornell & Diehl |
| Blend Type | Aromatic |
| Contents | Cavendish, Virginia |
| Flavoring | Fruit / Citrus, Maple, Rum, Sweet / Sugar, Vanilla, Whisky |
| Cut | Coarse Cut |
| Packaging | 2 ounce tin, 8 and 16 ounce tin, bulk |
| Country | United States |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Mild
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Medium
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Very Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Mild to Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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2.86 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 311 - 316 of 316 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2021 | Very Mild | Mild | Full | Pleasant |
I initially got this in an attempt to find something my wife wouldn’t mind the smell of, and liked it enough to buy some more. I bought the Peterson 408 Christmas edition around the same time, and it became a dedicated pipe for this blend.
The blend is rough looking, dark colored, with bits of lighter speckled about. The tin note is pungent, sweet and smells more confectionery than tobacco to me. Maple, liquor, fruit. It is pretty well described by the company, and easy to recognize the flavors and aromas. I found it be less flavored than I had anticipated. I don’t normally like or some aromatic tobaccos
Packed properly, this blends performs well. It is sweet on the light, and burns well. It maintains its sweetness throughout the smoke and the maple and liquor come through, with some fruit and caramel flavors. It does have a decently present tobacco flavor. I’d say that the leaf used in this blend is very good. The room note is pleasant, and not overpowering.
It’s not an everyday smoke for me, but I do find myself going back to periodically when I have company, or a bit of a sweet tooth. I rated it highly for what it is. It is a sweet, flavored blend, that smells nice in the air. It’s not syrupy sweet, and the tobacco flavor comes through for me. My wife says it smells like chocolate, for what it’s worth. I have come to enjoy this blend when I smoke it, which is impressive, because I don’t like aros.
The blend is rough looking, dark colored, with bits of lighter speckled about. The tin note is pungent, sweet and smells more confectionery than tobacco to me. Maple, liquor, fruit. It is pretty well described by the company, and easy to recognize the flavors and aromas. I found it be less flavored than I had anticipated. I don’t normally like or some aromatic tobaccos
Packed properly, this blends performs well. It is sweet on the light, and burns well. It maintains its sweetness throughout the smoke and the maple and liquor come through, with some fruit and caramel flavors. It does have a decently present tobacco flavor. I’d say that the leaf used in this blend is very good. The room note is pleasant, and not overpowering.
It’s not an everyday smoke for me, but I do find myself going back to periodically when I have company, or a bit of a sweet tooth. I rated it highly for what it is. It is a sweet, flavored blend, that smells nice in the air. It’s not syrupy sweet, and the tobacco flavor comes through for me. My wife says it smells like chocolate, for what it’s worth. I have come to enjoy this blend when I smoke it, which is impressive, because I don’t like aros.
Pipe Used:
Peterson 408
PurchasedFrom:
Smoking pipes
Age When Smoked:
Fresh tin
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| Mar 26, 2021 | Mild to Medium | Medium | Mild to Medium | Very Pleasant |
I have been smoking pipes for 28 years, English blends most of those years. Recently my tastes have changed I guess and I was seeking something different. This was my first try again at an aromatic since I first started smoking a pipe and had scalded my tongue and left the aros alone. What a wonderful tobacco this is, the taste is that of sweetened tobacco with a touch of real maple syrup. There is nothing goopy or artificial about this tobacco. I am glad I hit this tobacco on my first return to an aromatic, as it gave me encouragement on how great they can be. Room note is apparently spectacular, everyone from family members to complete strangers complements the small of this tobacco. As I have gotten older and the anti-tobacco zealots have taken over the world a nice tobacco that can offend no one with any sense is much appreciated.
Pipe Used:
many
PurchasedFrom:
pipesandcigars.com
Age When Smoked:
new
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Mar 05, 2021 | Mild to Medium | Medium | Mild to Medium | Very Pleasant |
At first, I did not like this blend. It tasted like I was guzzling maple syrup and caramel. After 5 smokes, I began to really enjoy it. The room note is amazing but the taste is dull. Either way, anyone could enjoy this blend.
Pipe Used:
Rossi Lucca 8611EX Dublin
PurchasedFrom:
pipesandcigars.com
Age When Smoked:
Fresh
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2021 | Medium to Strong | Mild to Medium | Medium to Full | Pleasant |
The cut is flaky but not too dry. It's easy to pack into the bowl and stays put. The bulk aroma is quite intense, with a strong chocolate liquor flair somehow reminiscent of cardamom.
Pre-draw brings a slightly sweet vanilla. The first few draws show a combination of flavors that remains constant through the bowl. It burns eagerly and evenly. Smoke it with periodic pause and it will reward you. Gently tap down the very light ash to keep things going. The Virginias spice things up a little all over the tongue and mouth. The citrus and vanilla are distinct. There's a touch of a darker spirit. The draws remain sweet but this barely lingers, giving way to the more natural Virginia taste. The cavendish remains in the background.
This blend is easy to prepare, light, and relight. Though the tin note is rather strong, the flavors during the smoke are even and not overwhelming and balance out in favor of the Virginia. This is quite an enjoyable blend.
Pre-draw brings a slightly sweet vanilla. The first few draws show a combination of flavors that remains constant through the bowl. It burns eagerly and evenly. Smoke it with periodic pause and it will reward you. Gently tap down the very light ash to keep things going. The Virginias spice things up a little all over the tongue and mouth. The citrus and vanilla are distinct. There's a touch of a darker spirit. The draws remain sweet but this barely lingers, giving way to the more natural Virginia taste. The cavendish remains in the background.
This blend is easy to prepare, light, and relight. Though the tin note is rather strong, the flavors during the smoke are even and not overwhelming and balance out in favor of the Virginia. This is quite an enjoyable blend.
Pipe Used:
Missouri Meerschaum Diplomat
PurchasedFrom:
Ligero Tobacco House, Buford, GA
Age When Smoked:
6 months
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 08, 2020 | Mild | Mild to Medium | Mild | Very Pleasant |
I really wanted to like this, but alas, it is flavorless for me. I’ve got 4 ounces I wish I could trade! Lots of tongue bite for me, kinda goopy after the 1st half of a bowl. Aromatics are like the worst kind of bait and switch; the smell promises ecstasy but the flavor delivers nothing but disappointment and pain. :,(
PurchasedFrom:
P&C
Age When Smoked:
0 & 4
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 2004 | Very Mild | Mild | Mild to Medium | Pleasant |
Yet another update, I have really grown so fond of this blend. I have been lightly coating the inside of my new cobs with a thin coating of maple syrup and breaking them in with Autumn Evening. The sugar from the syrup and the Virginia tobacco creates a rock hard cake very quickly. My mother is an anti smoking demon at times and told me today my pipe smoke in her house smelled very nice and much better than anything else I smoked. This is the highest praise an aromatic can get, my mothers room note review... If it passes her scrutiny it will pass anyone's 🙂 O and this is still the only pipe tobacco I readily inhale. As a cig smoker this goes down very smoothly!
3/9/2014 Update*** Wow I cannot believe its been over ten years since I reviewed this blend. I guess Im not a "Young Piper" anymore... Anyways this blend hasn't changed but I have, I find the blend much more enjoyable as I now have a decade under my belt of pipe smoking. I can handle a very hot blend. Virginias and maple sugar can be incendiary but this blend smokes cool now that I know how to smoke it. LOVE the artwork, I mean if it was named "griddle scrapings" would we all rush to purchase this? No... Hands off to whoever made the artwork, I would love a giant poster for my wall!! And wow a buck an ounce? O how I long to go back to 2004 🙂
Original Review: 2004-02-13 - I ordered this blend because i smoke townsman maple regularly and i wanted to try a maple blend without burley. Autumn Evening has much less maple aroma, and the taste is real tobacco. This is drier than townsman but does not have that great billowing clouds of pancake aroma. So that being said, those who love extremely heavily cased tobacco as i should try the MCC version. This is a nice change for me though. I bought several one ounce samplers from Outwest tobacco online. Good way to try new blends as they are only a buck an ounce.
3/9/2014 Update*** Wow I cannot believe its been over ten years since I reviewed this blend. I guess Im not a "Young Piper" anymore... Anyways this blend hasn't changed but I have, I find the blend much more enjoyable as I now have a decade under my belt of pipe smoking. I can handle a very hot blend. Virginias and maple sugar can be incendiary but this blend smokes cool now that I know how to smoke it. LOVE the artwork, I mean if it was named "griddle scrapings" would we all rush to purchase this? No... Hands off to whoever made the artwork, I would love a giant poster for my wall!! And wow a buck an ounce? O how I long to go back to 2004 🙂
Original Review: 2004-02-13 - I ordered this blend because i smoke townsman maple regularly and i wanted to try a maple blend without burley. Autumn Evening has much less maple aroma, and the taste is real tobacco. This is drier than townsman but does not have that great billowing clouds of pancake aroma. So that being said, those who love extremely heavily cased tobacco as i should try the MCC version. This is a nice change for me though. I bought several one ounce samplers from Outwest tobacco online. Good way to try new blends as they are only a buck an ounce.
Pipe Used:
cob
PurchasedFrom:
Pipes and Cigars
Age When Smoked:
Bulk and tinned
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