Lane Limited Captain Black Royal

this is the only otc tobacco i would ever smoke its very complex and better than the white and the gold has much more flavor and better vanilla casings..........the best of the 3 captain blacks

A nice aromatic blend that lights easily, burns to the end providing you pack the bowl right and leaves the room nicely fragrant. This is my favorite aromatic which I could smoke all day long, but if you're the type to rush through a bowl-full be warned that this blend will burn very hot.....so hot that you can't hold onto the bowl and your tongue will make a horrid trip to hell.

This is a fine smoke for when I want to just laze on the swing with a cup of coffee while gently taking little puffs from the pipe. You'll be rewarded with a nice, relaxing time. My wife, a first-time pipe smoker, really enjoys this blend.

Newbies should enjoy CB Royal providing they're not in a rush.

I have been smoking this blend alot more these days do to my budget and must travel from my small town to the city in order to purchase a house blend.I have found that Royal makes alittle more sense in taste and it's unique flavor the more I smoke it.I must confess that it taste a hell of alot better than some of your so called premium blends you pay out of your yinyang for.Bite!!! what bite I puff slow and easy so I do not get a bite most often.In fact Mac Baren even when puffed slow has been one of the only tobacco blends I cannot control and taste like crap and always seems to bite me.I here talk of this and that about how Captain Black is over the counter crap but that's just it, the quality is based on were you can buy it at.Now half and half ok you got me there that stuff is pure crap scrap tobacco.Captain Black Royal is a great blend I enjoy very much great for the beginner and for refined pipe smokers alike.I would say change the recommendation from somewhat to just straight recommended.I taste all it claims to deliver while smoking INCLUDING the tobacco were others have said they just taste chemical vanilla(cut the crap common now)that is total bullsh*t. Captain Black Gold is ok and the white pouch I don't touch to be honest and light is just to light etc. ect. With the moisture issue that is a no brainer just let it sit open for awhile then go at it if it bothers you that bad or maybe buy a better pipe and lose the McDonalds briar bowls.You could buy the world's greatest pipe tobacco known to mankind and smoke it in a piece of crap pipe and it wil taste as cheap as your pipe.So for some of you put your noses back down and stop talkin crap about a great all american pipe tobacco that has stood the test of time were some of you smoke blends that smell like a fireplace with alittle burnt spice LMAO! CB Royal is 4 stars and has earned it.BEGINNERS GO GET IT YOU WILL LOVE IT...and even when you continue to change in your taste buds as time goes on YOU WILL ALWAYS RETURN BACK TO THE ROYAL.

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TAKE CARE YALL -Christopher Smokin since 1996 thanks to my father being a pipe smoker and allowing me to start at such a young but perfect age THANKS DAD!!!(yes I am only 30 now)but have tasted hundreds of different blends from around the whole world and have a pipe collection of about 350 pieces plus with a few estate pipes being restored at this very moment and will keep on collecting and keep on smoking till the day I die of old age. Share your pipe culture with your children and keep the tradition alive AND MAKE SHURE TO Leave YOUR TOBACCO TREASURES IN YOUR WILL TO YOUR KIDS DAMMIT!!!and not end up at a garage sale.Just sad SO so Sad... NOTE TO BEGINNERS: I have found over the years also that house made blends at tobacco shops blend pipe tobacco's far better than mass produced tobacco's of ALL TYPES just because it's in a tin or says made in england or france does not mean crap.When using this site just look around abit read alittle of this and that learn your types of tobacco's above all because knowing were they come from and how there cured helps a great deal and go test your taste bud's.Make shure you purchase good quality briar pipes unless you like other makes cause your pipe plays a HUGE part in how your tobacco will taste and smoke.

Vanilla! This is a very sweet blend. The greatest pleasure is olfactory...the aroma is magnificent! A top choice for the devotee of aromatics.

OK, so the majority of our members think this stuff is the pits, but as a smoke-it if you gotta, this stuff ain't all that bad. I prefer the Royal over the other Captain Black offerings. If packed properly, it's pretty mild, with almost no bite. I smoke this when I get too burned out on the expensive blends. Now I have a question for our users. Has anyone ordered any of the pipes offered on the inside of the Captain Black pouches?

10/26/07 After visiting several drug stores this morning, and not finding anything worth smoking at 6:00am, I finally found myself in a very busy CVS Drugstore. The place was packed with people. I weaseled my way over to where I could see what they carried for the Pipe behind the counter. Plenty of stuff for the roll your own crowd, but not much in the way of pipe tobacco. Suddenly behind a large plastic box of overstocked stuff, I noticed some Captain Black - in Royal and White. Back home, I have some of this stuff, the Royal variety, well over a year in age from the date of purchase. Well I bought a pouch of the stuff, Less than $5.00 mind you. On opening the package, I was rewarded with a sweet plum-like smell. The tobacco was moist, but not overly so. I slowly loaded up my Italian Milano and fired it up. It was Heavenly. I don't know why I like this stuff, but dang-it, I really do, when it's fresh...

11/28/07 OK, I've played with this stuff, and I've figured out how to smoke it. Gravity fill the bowl, and very lightly tamp the product. The more loosely you pack this stuff, the better it performs. I've tried the Frank Method vs this loosely packed method, and loosely packed is the answer.

One of Lane Limited's better offerings. Strength is not overpowering, but offers that full-bodied attribute many of us continue to seek. Flavoring is rich and somewhat fruity, bot not overpowering. Room note is "heavenly", as described by others, pipe smokers and abstainers alike. Taste is just a tad lighter than what I feel would be optimum, but still exceptionally yummy. This blend "pushes the right buttons" to please this pipe smoker. With the addition of a bit more black cav, and the adding of just a wee bit of more flavoring (whiskey or rum) and aging, this blend could be the ultimate!

*I requested this be added to the review board* This is the Original Captain Black Royal -

Review 5-2-05 -Captain Black Royal- Tastes and smokes great, Great room note, Nice pouch packaging, Not to wet not to dry, A perfect all day smoke or to start off with. This is great tobacco for a an over the counter smoke. This is going to fit great in my never ending stock rotation. I recommend this to all pipe smokers, not (novice) but only the experienced pipe smokers will appreciate this smoke. Enjoy! MozzMann-

Review 5-2-05 *Please refer to Captain Black Royal for full review *Captain Black Royal is often refered to as Captain Black Blue

I'm a new pipe smoker, and for people like me I highly reccomend this tobacco. This is the best tobacco available at drug stores, and this is my favorite kind of Captain Black. It is fairly moist, burns well, and never leaves me with tongue bite. It has a vanilla flavor with a sweet, almost marshmellow-like after taste. The flavor is milder than the white Captain Black. It seems like a good tobacco to break in a pipe. It has a very nice aroma, and when you consider the price and availability you can't do much better.