Cornell & Diehl Autumn Evening

OOOOh not my cuppa tea at all ... possibly being unfair to judge on a very dry sample but the presence of that maple syrup is all too obvious and pervasive in the pouch and on the palate. Burns well, nice cut -almost a shag - no bite or any other obvious defect but just too candied for my jaded tastes. Might be improved by bumping up with a straight virginia flake. Not enough to stand on its own merits though.

When you open the tin there is an over-powering smell of butter. And, I can understand another reviewer's comparison to a pancake place and old cigarettes. The stuff lights up well and stays lit. The smoke is thick and there is some real nicotine in this "aromatic." During the smoke the butter flavor is more subtle than you might first think and the aroma of maple/butter is kept mainly for the room note. This is one of the few Virginia based tobaccos that the wife will tolerate. Now, I said tolerate, not love. The aroma becomes more of a pure tobacco about halfway down the bowl. The tobacco is of the usual hight quality that C&D is known for, but it is just the flavoring that keeps this one from being highly recommended. The ash is clean and the pipe is left dry. This will ghost your pipe so be prepared to dedicate a pipe to it while your supply lasts.

Not a tobacco I would smoke all the time but the maple flavor is very good. This is a little too sweet for my taste but worth a try if you like aromatics.

This is not a bad smoke. It is not cloying sweet, but does lack a richness I prefer in a aromatic blend. For me, a good aro is one I find hard to put down and have that potato chip desire to have more. This blend lacks that factor.

Again, not a bad smoke. I give it 2.5 stars.

Yes it is a maple aromatic.yes it medium strength and yes the tin note is pretty good.But what really is great about this smoke is the spectacular Burely that rests just underneath.Not many aros in my opinion have such a nice real tobacco taste.

(I am a newer and irregular pipe smoker. My reviews are subject to my preferences and tastes and pipe smoking habits) In the tin this was a mix of light and dark brown ribbons. This smells like sweet maple syrup at the pancake house with a little hint of tobacco leaf in the background. The first few times I tried this blend all I got was a hot, ashy smoke. Which was upsetting, based on previous reviews and most of all the tin note. After a few more smokes I've discovered that this tin does have some maple flavour, but it is very mild and more of a synthetic 'Aunt Jemima' taste. I had to gently sip this blend to get the flavour out. Anything more and this became a steamy, flavourless smoke. Slow smoking, good packing and this can provide a mild, sweet, mapley experience, but it's a little too much work for such minimal rewards for me.

I have to disagree with those who claim that the taste is like maple syrup--more like maple extract. And yes, I was in the mood for pancakes afterwards because of the wonderful aroma. I made it through two tins, but then I got a slight peppermint taste. Perhaps the extract coming through? Since the fine folks at Cornell and Diehl's are only about an hour away, I really wanted to give this a higher rating. I plan to try more of their products as experience has shown that a company usually cannot be judged by one blend alone.

Sweet overtone, but a dry - almost harsh smoking tobacco. Was slightly bitter throughout. Wished for it to be a little more sweet, since I was in the mood for an aromatic. Basically not anywhere near a quality aromatic like Boswell's can blend. The room note was pretty much cigarette-like. I was not sad when the bowl pretty much came to an end...this was a 1oz free sample from Smokingpipes. Unfortunately I have an unopened tin too. Hopefully it somehow tastes better than the little baggie sample...

As far as aromatics go this is a pretty good blend. If there's on thing Cornell & Diehl always gets right its the quality of their blends. There is no Chemical taste to this blend. That being said there's not much taste at all. Right off the bat you get a nice maple taste when lighting but it seems like shortly after that all the casing burns off and leaves the flavorless, bland, cavandish. I would give it one star but the high quality of Cornell & Diehl leaves this tobacco with a very pleasant room note, cool even burn and no tongue bit. Though bland, unsatisfying, and disappointing.