Cornell & Diehl Bow-Legged Bear
(3.13)
Bow-Legged Bear is a full English blend with Virginias, Turkish, Latakia, Burleys, and Perique. It's stoved, pressed and sliced into an old-fashioned crumble cake.
Details
| Brand | Cornell & Diehl |
| Blended By | Craig Tarler |
| Manufactured By | Cornell & Diehl |
| Blend Type | English |
| Contents | Burley, Latakia, Oriental/Turkish, Perique, Virginia |
| Flavoring | |
| Cut | Krumble Kake |
| Packaging | 2oz Tin, 8oz Tin |
| Country | United States |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Strong
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Tolerable
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Full
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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3.13 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 61 - 70 of 77 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Nov 03, 2005 | Strong | Extremely Mild | Full | Tolerable to Strong |
Bow Legged Bear has it all! I have had 2 tins of this in the cellar for about two and a half years now, so I was able to try it with a bit of age. I let my daughter pick it out (she always goes for the Cornell & Diehl due to the neat lables. Her school mascot is the bears so thats why she picked it!) This is great stuff! When I cracked the tin and took a whiff, I was wondering how this would be. Man this smells strong! I have gone through a 2oz tin now and am happy to say, every pipeful gets better and better. This smells amazing in the tin and I can hardly stop sniffing it! You can actually pick out all the individual tobaccos that go into this as it is smoked. There is a healthy nicotine kick to this as well. It received an "allright" smell rating from the family. It is surely a strong blend, but if you are into that, this is great stuff! I had also never smoked a Krumble Kake before and have to say it is very well presented and sort of fun to actually break up and load a pipe with this. I have found it to be at its very best in a medium to large bowl pipe packed slightly on the loose side. If you enjoy a strong smoke with various tobaccos represented, this might just be for you! Give it a try. Thanks for all the previous reviews, This site is a major refrence for me when purchasing a new tobacco! Keep it up.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Apr 19, 2005 | Medium to Strong | Mild | Medium to Full | Tolerable |
This is a very excellent blend of the stoic and proper 'old English' Latkia and a healthy amount of the 'Ya-hoo!', ' kick 'yo ass' & 'noticeanly, decent amount ' of perique. And a touch of Turkish for all the nicotene lovers to give one an enjoyable smoke! TRY IT!!
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| Feb 18, 2005 | Medium to Strong | Extremely Mild | Very Full | Tolerable to Strong |
well, this tobacco has quite a resume! check out the list of all the different tobaccos that have gone into it. other than a cavendish, craig has put about everything else in there. one might think this would make for a confusing mish-mash of conflicting flavors, but i find the opposite is true. i like this tobacco very much! it is definitely an english blend, and the most prominant note seems to be the latakia, but it is nicely complmented by the others. it is a crumble cake tobacco, but rubs out very easily and packs well. nice burn rate with consistent flavor all the way to the bottom of the bowl, too. i have only tried a few of craig's tinned blends, and this is my current favorite. i am happy to note that C&D is now making their tinned blends available in bulk. i can see a pound of bow-legged bear in my future. 4 stars for this one.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 03, 2005 | Strong | None Detected | Overwhelming | Unnoticeable |
My piping friend raved about this stuff and its incredible taste, stunning aroma and a finish unlike any other. When I tried it my response was ?um??..err??..uhhhhhhhh,? and a shrug of the shoulders. I can?t figure this one out. The perique is overpowering and literally knocks the taste of out of the box. I don?t detect any aroma other than a huge amount of one dimensional smoke. My friend told me I must lack some sort of refined sense in my taste buds. Well, perhaps I do. Whatever the case, the taste is flat and insipid. What?s the point of this stuff, and especially at its formidable cost? I realize that this is all a matter of individual taste, but with so many great blends out there, I won?t again be smoking any bears, bowlegged or otherwise. yecchhhhhhhhh!!!!!
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 30, 2005 | Overwhelming | None Detected | Overwhelming | Pleasant to Tolerable |
I have to warn people ot there-This tobacco literally gave me heart palpitations.I normally smoke Penzance and other similar heavy English mixtures but this one really scared me.It starts off with a really woodsy, grassy taste that slowly builds into a a bigger woodsy, grassy taste.I smoked it for about ten minutes and i felt my heartbeat become so irregular I thought I might be in need of medical attention.In all fairness this is the first time I had ever smoked such a heavily Perique laden blend,and I think my system couldn't handle it. I gave some to a friend and although it did not have a similar efeect, it started to make him nauseous. I have never experienced anything like this before but if you like grassy flavors and wish to venture into the realm of a really potent tobacco this might be for you.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Nov 30, 2004 | Medium | None Detected | Full | Very Pleasant |
This is my first sampling of a C&D blend. If Bow Legged Bear is any indicator of the quality I can expect from C&D, I might just have to order up some serious samples.
BLB is a fine mixture of Virginia, Latakia, Perique, and Turkish tobaccos -- all favorites of mine. This is a fairly huge blend, given all of the power hitters in the line-up. However, each component plays nice. The smoker is treated to a very balanced offering of some very different types of leaf. The Krumble Kake presentation is always welcome.
If you want a blend that is full of flavor and body, yet smokes cool, burns well, and performs consistently from charring light to the heel of the pipe, give this stuff a try.
I only gave Bow Legged Bear a rating of "I smoke this on occasion" because my tobacco rotation is out of control as it is and I'm just not positive about keeping this one on as a full-time smoke. That is not to say that I don't have tremendous interest in this fine piece of work from the Tarlers.
BLB is a fine mixture of Virginia, Latakia, Perique, and Turkish tobaccos -- all favorites of mine. This is a fairly huge blend, given all of the power hitters in the line-up. However, each component plays nice. The smoker is treated to a very balanced offering of some very different types of leaf. The Krumble Kake presentation is always welcome.
If you want a blend that is full of flavor and body, yet smokes cool, burns well, and performs consistently from charring light to the heel of the pipe, give this stuff a try.
I only gave Bow Legged Bear a rating of "I smoke this on occasion" because my tobacco rotation is out of control as it is and I'm just not positive about keeping this one on as a full-time smoke. That is not to say that I don't have tremendous interest in this fine piece of work from the Tarlers.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 03, 2004 | Medium to Strong | None Detected | Medium to Full | Very Strong |
C&D is the brand that I am least familiar with. No great shame there, as they seemingly have hundreds of blends in their portfolio. If only I had better success with the blends I've tried, perhaps I would be a bigger fan and more interested in sampling the entire line, as I have done with McClellands, Pease, Dunhill, Rattray, Esoterica, and others. Don't get me wrong, they are all exceptionally well tooled, and are comprised of top quality leaf. They just leave me wanting something a bit more, at least so far.
Bow Legged Bear is essentially Briar Fox with latakia, and lots of it. It bears the same beautiful shape, and sports just a tad more moisture (both are still too dry). They both yield a very dry cloud of smoke that is a little too cigarettish for my liking. It tastes very good, but I prefer the rounder quality found in Penzance, and a touch more sweetness in the VAs would be welcome. A lot of folks should like this one a lot, but I don't think I'll ever fully fall into that category, as for some reason this blend gives me too many hints of a cheap cigar.
Bow Legged Bear is essentially Briar Fox with latakia, and lots of it. It bears the same beautiful shape, and sports just a tad more moisture (both are still too dry). They both yield a very dry cloud of smoke that is a little too cigarettish for my liking. It tastes very good, but I prefer the rounder quality found in Penzance, and a touch more sweetness in the VAs would be welcome. A lot of folks should like this one a lot, but I don't think I'll ever fully fall into that category, as for some reason this blend gives me too many hints of a cheap cigar.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Apr 08, 2004 | Strong | None Detected | Full | Strong |
Yikes, that only thing missing in this blend is the kitchen sink! I like the complexity, strength, flavor and even the tin art. I especially enjoy the flavor resulting from stoving the blend brings out in the VA and Perique. I've smoked this blend only crumbling a slight amount and rubbing it out completely -- let me say that my experiences with the latter have been better. Leaving big chunks often slows burning to the point of going out and having many relights. Very good again C&D!
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Aug 27, 2003 | Medium to Strong | None Detected | Full | Tolerable to Strong |
After taking a hiatus from Latakia over the last few months, I decided to get back to the good stuff. My tobacconist recommended that I give this blend a whirl. I'm glad he did- this is good stuff! Penzance is the blend that I compare all others to, and this blend is right up there with it. While Penzance has a little more Latakia flavor it is not as complex as this one. I love how the burleys have brought a nuttiness to the table. The perique was nice also, although extremely discreet. This tobacco was hard to keep lit, but burned cool all the way down. The crumble cake form is one of my least favorites, but this is negligible in the long run, you just get over it. All in all a smoke I will keep on hand for those cold morning drives to work.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Oct 14, 2002 | Strong | None Detected | Full | Overwhelming |
Boy, I was looking forward to trying BLB, as I really enjoy the full English blends from C&D, like Pirate Kake and Engine 99.
BLB smells wonderful in the pouch -- earthy and with strong cocoa overtones. Packs well. Then things go downhill. Whether I left it out to dry or not, it is hard to light. The char light causes whiffs of smoke that smell unpleasantly like cigarette tobacco. I expected some Latakia notes, but something else just overpowers it. Not perique -- maybe the VAs tussling against the other ingredients. It all left my throat a bit dry and scratchy.
Perhaps my friends that like VAs better will like this, but I can't recommend it.
BLB smells wonderful in the pouch -- earthy and with strong cocoa overtones. Packs well. Then things go downhill. Whether I left it out to dry or not, it is hard to light. The char light causes whiffs of smoke that smell unpleasantly like cigarette tobacco. I expected some Latakia notes, but something else just overpowers it. Not perique -- maybe the VAs tussling against the other ingredients. It all left my throat a bit dry and scratchy.
Perhaps my friends that like VAs better will like this, but I can't recommend it.
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