Cornell & Diehl Autumn Evening

Being the good old, fourth generation northern Vermonter that I am I know Maple Syrup. I know it well enough to say I spent a good amount of my teenage years working to sugar houses collecting buckets and boiling. That being said Autumn Evening does not have a "real" maple flavor, it just kinda tastes sweet.

That being said this stuff is really good, especially for an aromatic. The flavor is sweet, it burns pretty cool, and the room note is par excellence. Surprisingly, there is a little vitamin N there, and being so sweet this blend sneaks up on you a little, its not a lot, but it is there. An excellent choice and a very elegant aromatic. Highly recommended.

Red virginia cavendish eh?

Well, it can bite a little if you hurry it, but with even decent technique, bite is no real concern.

I was sitting on the back porch smoking this last fall. My wife's friend remarked that it smelled like a vanilla cupcake, so... okay.

More moist in the tin than the typical C&D offering usually is, but nowhere near the level of goopy that Altadis' aros are famous for. Also, no PG that I could tell (I don't think C&D ever uses PG anyway), so no chemically taste. I think it tastes like waffles - mapley and buttery. Plus, the casing doesn't overpower the tobacco. Yes! You can taste tobacco! And it has nicotine too! Does it get any better than this for an aromatic?

Only thing is, since there's no preservative to speak of, once you pop the tin, I recommend to smoke it up relatively quickly... the casing will begin to fade after a couple weeks.

What are sitting there reading this review for? Head on over to Cornellanddiehl.com and buy a tin of this stuff! I tried this out a year ago and it's become one of my all-time favorites. The first few smokes weren't anything to write home about, but around the 3rd bowl of it, i was hooked. The moment it meets my senses I'm walking through the maple forests of Vermont on a cool fall afternoon, bundled up in my flannel and testing the drips in the trees. I like tobaccos that take you somewhere. This one freakin' teleports you immediately to your fondest memory of an "Autumn Evening". If you like aromatics, you'll love this one. Give it time. Finish the tin. I guarantee you'll be back for more. It's just a matter of time........

When i opened this tin the smell was really overwelming, so sweet i wanted to eat the tobacco:)

The truth is that this is my favorite aromatic. The taste is very nice, burns smoothly with no tongue bite at all, and after the bowl my mouth isn't smelling and tasting like asshes, but instead it tastes like caramel!!

My girlfriend loves the smell also, so i can smoke it near her! Really love it. Thanks Cornell & Diehl:D

This is no doubt one of the finest aromactic's available. My taste mostly takes me down the lux. English blend line, but after a recommendation from a gentleman at the local B&M, I gave this ago, and boy I'm glad I did. The quality of the leaf is superb, packs well, burns well, and delivers a rich wanderful smoke that turns everyones head. I found 0 tongue bite and the maple to taste to be just right. I will no doubt have many tins of this packed away for that every once in awhile change up from my everyday. Another fine job by C&D!!!!

This is my current favorite while listening to a chapter of a audiobook before retiring for the evening.

The smell in th ecan reminds me of a visit to a real NH Sugar Shack and enjoying leather aprons, a candy made by taking a ladle of hot syrup from the boil throwing out the window into a pile of snow.

Getting a good light takes three or four attempts but once lit I tend to smoke the entire bowl to the bottom without tamping or relighting. More out of forgetfulness than anything else. I just cose my eyes listen to my book and puff and relax.

I really like this stuff. It's maple flavor has mellowed over the year I've had it, and it's now perfect in my opinion. Hell, when I first smoked it new it was like smoking a stack of pancakes.

As you go along, the tobacco strengthens and becomes a little spicy, which I think is both groovy AND nifty, perhaps even swell.

Pipe tobacco names can be quite funny. I don't know what this has to do with Autumn or evening, I'm going to buy some more. You should try it.

Autumn Evening is my favorite example of this blender's excellent products that overcome the usual aromatic disadvantages of poor burning and/or tongue bite. The taste and aroma are excellent and it burns like a good regular tobacco.

Because I am a very mild tobacco smoker - English blends have always given me headaches and I've felt sick for hours after I've tried them every time (especially those with latakia) - my favorite everyday tobacco blend is Lane 1Q. It can get boring after a while because it has little flavor of its own, so I often smoke it with a good aromatic blended into it. A mixture that is 1/3 Autumn Evening and 2/3 Lane 1Q is just right for me and I love it. Everyone loves the aroma too, from what I hear.

I have found that Autumn Evening tobacco is pretty sensitive to its moisture level. The first can I bought was very dry [very unusual from this blender] and smoked very harshly and hot when I tried it by itself. I put about a tablespoon of distilled water in a large bottle cap on top of the tobacco in the can and let it evaporate and infuse into the tobacco for a few days. I then put the tobacco into a mixing bowl, tossed it around to spread the moisture, and it smoked much more to my liking after that.

Autumn Evening is one that I always plan to keep on hand to smoke myself and to share with friends.

This is one of my favorite tobaccos. Highly recommended for veteran and (over all) novice pipesmokers. Is one of the few aromatics that tastes exactly like it smells. I´d also recommend to the English mixtures lovers who wants to try a full aromatic mixture. The practical inexsistence of tongue bite is a plus for this blend. Unfortunately it´s difficult to get in Europe.