Cornell & Diehl Brigadier

(2.07)
Brigadier contains latakia, cubed burley, perique, and toasted brown cavendish with a smooth fruit flavor. The folks at Cornell & Diehl made this short cut and granulated for easy packing and superior slow burning.

Details

Brand Cornell & Diehl
Blended By Craig Tarler
Manufactured By Cornell & Diehl
Blend Type Aromatic
Contents Burley, Cavendish, Latakia, Perique
Flavoring Fruit / Citrus
Cut Ribbon
Packaging 50 grams tin
Country United States
Production Currently available

Profile

Strength
Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming

Average Rating

2.07 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Feb 10, 2008 Mild Medium Mild Pleasant
When I opened the tin I smelled cherries, having not expected a cherry tobacco I was surprised. Once lit it tastes of black cherry and Black Cavendish, I tasted none of the Perique other reviewers have tasted at all. This blend consists mostly of Black Cavendish and Burley with a black cherry topping, it is a very good representative of the aromatics based on good tobacco lot of blends.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Dec 21, 2004 Mild Very Mild Mild Very Pleasant
This is cubed Burley,a little bit of Latakia, flavored cavendish,and Perique. The cut and complexity of this blend reminds me a lot of The House of Windsor brand,"Bourbon Street". The flavoring is good but strange. I found it a little acrid. I think the flavor of fruit,(cherry/strawberry? ...fruit) is over used here. This tobacco is refreshing and sweet, but not too far in that direction because the Latakia gives it back a little smokey heft,and the Burley makes it all well rounded. The room aroma is like an opium den,almost like a fruit incense. This burns well, packs itself,and reminds me of a burning circus tent.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Mar 19, 2001 Strong Very Strong Full Strong
This is a cross-over blend, combining a flavoring with Latakia. The main component is cubed burley, with Latakia, toasted brown Cavendish, and Perique. The flavoring is a very fruity one that could probably work its way into your pipe after a while. The tin aroma smells a lot like fruit punch crystals. With the burley base being supplemented by the Perique, it’s a very strong smoke in terms of nicotine (at least for me). The taste is strong as well—the combination of flavors makes for jarring contrasts at times, with the fruit flavoring fighting it out with the smokiness of the Latakia and pepperiness of the Perique. The burley base can contribute some sour, ashy notes if smoked too fast. The room aroma is very unusual, again a combination of Latakia with that funky fruit overtone; it wasn’t really appreciated by my wife. It’s unusual enough for me to want to try it again, but I can’t see it becoming a staple.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Apr 14, 2024 Medium Medium Medium Pleasant
Just when I thought I had already smoked the worst of the worst blends of pipe tobacco Brigadier shows up at the door. Granted everyone’s taste profile is different but to me Brigadier was like smoking laundry soap and rotting fruit. Fruity and sweet but not in a good way. Just an awful taste with zero redeeming value. A total mess of a blend that required me to totally sanitize my cob after smoking it lest it remind me next time of a C&D blending experiment gone very bad. Your mileage may differ.
Pipe Used: MM Corn Cob
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jun 21, 2021 Medium Medium Medium Very Pleasant
Ditta: Cornell & Diehl; Creato da: Craig Tarler; Tabacchi: Burley, Cavendish, Latakia, Perique;

Aromatizzazione: Si, Agrumi; Forza: Media; Taglio Ribbon

Un tabacco ovviamente non importato, ma comunque poco conosciuto e a mio avviso purtroppo.

Alla prova olfattiva si sente un Burley terroso, quasi rude, il Cavendish dona alla “sniffata” un tono zuccherino; il Latakia… Quello ti inebria ben presente, ma non invasivo con un ottimo sentore affumicato. L’aromatizzazione non si avverte al naso.

Carichiamo la pipa, il tabacco ha una giusta umidità e si può caricare già da subito. Prediligo una pipa larga e bassa per questo tabacco.

All’accensione il pizzicore del Perique ci da il benvenuto (slurp), lascia subito il posto ai sentori di frutta a guscio e legni attichi del Burley amalgamanti alla perfezione con quel sentore ruvido del Latakia fatto di muffa e affumicatura; non saremo mai trattati male perchè quella arriva in supporto il Cavendish che rende poco ruffiana la fumata.

E l’aromatizzazione? Bella domanda.

Quella appare, così, a tratti, un sottofondo di note agrumate che sono un condimento, un dolce supporto inatteso alle sensazioni olfattivi e tattili (il pizzicore al palato e lingua) che la fumata regala.

La forza è media e questo è un pregio per un tabacco che nasce come tuttogiorno.

Occhio a non forzare la fumata, il tabacco si inacidisce e bisogna buttare via tutto. Segno ulteriore dell'essere nato per una compagni lenta, non una “sveltina”.

Brucia molto bene e, come detto, in una pipa larga si possono apprezzare al meglio tutte le componenti.

Lo consiglio? Si perchè non molto conosciuto e perchè offre una dolce compagnia nel lavoro, in uno svago, o in un qualsiasi momento di fumata tranquilla e rilassata.

Quindi da segnare quando si va oltre confine

Voto 4,8/5
Pipe Used: Castello, Caminetto, Armellini, Ulrik
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