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Cherry and Amaretto casings.
Notes: Shag cut.
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Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Briar Piper (89) |  |
Medium | Extra Strong | Overwhelming | Very Pleasant |
This blend is a contender for the most taste in a blend, and the best room note. However I have had some tubs of it that were better than others, as the almond flavoring used easily evaporates, and rapidly, if it isn't stored properly in an airtight container.
When fresh the almond is so overpowering that the cherry is a ghost, and if dried too much, you get nothing but cherry, which becomes more bitter the longer it dries.
This has some nicotine strengh to it which is surprising for these types of blend.
If you have ever smoked a rum prime time, times that taste by 100 and you have this fresh. The taste is overwhelming but in a good way. There are simply no other blends out there with this heavy of a casing on them.
Smokes great and everyone downwind will tackle you for a taste.
It has zero tobacco taste due to the strong topping and is perhaps not for everyone, but some days nothing else will do, and one needs a taste explosion on steroids. No lakeland can even boast half of this much casing.
Pipe Used: Dedicated castello GGG sea rock billiard
Purchased From: Tinderbox and tinderbox.com
Similar Blends: Eating candy.
2 people found this review helpful.
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| JimInks (3022) |  |
Mild to Medium | Medium to Strong | Medium | Very Pleasant |
The cherry taste overpowers the almond. There was something artificial about it, too. The gold cavendish is toasty with a touch of citrus and honey, though it much sublimated by the toppings. Hardly has any nicotine. Burns a little fast, fairly hot, but even sipping it doesn't help the flavor much. Not very wet near the end, and needs few relights. An all day smoke made by Lane.
-JimInks
2 people found this review helpful.
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| Emeritus Account (30125) | |
Very Mild | Mild to Medium | Mild | Very Pleasant |
Here's a an AROmatic cherry blend that's not half bad. I detect amereto and cherry flavorings that seem to work together nice. The tobacco alone looks to be burley, cavendish and some black Virginia chunks. Like any sickly sweet aromatic blend, this can burn quite hot in the pipe. Overall it was a nice aromatic that is sure to please those around you. I mixed the rest I had with good ol Carter Hall and it's incredibly good now.
Pipe Used: Old Comoy Academy Award, Canadian
Age When Smoked: New.
Purchased From: Tinderbox
1 person found this review helpful.
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| sjdugi (22) | |
Mild | Medium | Mild | Pleasant |
Good for someone who loves aromatics and cherry. Some reviewers have noted that the cherry flavor is overpowering and while it's certainly prominent in the tobacco, I can still get the almond flavor out of a smoke. The smell of the tobacco itself is amazing but unfortunately it's not as much so when lit (still pleasant). I've noticed that it sometimes has a tendency to burn hot so I make sure to smoke this with a bit more care. Pretty inexpensive and all the guys at Tinderbox are cool so it's definitely worth going down there and giving it a try!
1 person found this review helpful.
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| curttuck (12) | |
Mild | Medium to Strong | Mild to Medium | Very Pleasant |
I find this blend to be better than what some of these reviews have stated. The cherry almond flavor is occasionally quite noticeable, and it has a nice smooth aroma to it. I personally really enjoyed it, for my beginner aromatic phase anyway. If you however move on to the big English blends, you may find this a bit lacking, but it's still a good cherry aromatic.
Pipe Used: Paronelli 53 Briarwood
Purchased From: Tinderbox
1 person found this review helpful.
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| Emeritus Account (30125) | |
Mild | Medium | Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
This was the secound tobacco I ever smoked,(last fall). It smells wonderful....tasted awful. Not as bad as bad as Cube mind you, but not a good blend. I was very put off by this and tossed the bag. I am sure every pipe smoker out there has tried a cherry blend, so if you haven't, go ahead, get it over with. This is at least an inexpensive brand.
1 person found this review helpful.
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| Stacey (40) | |
Mild to Medium | Medium | Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
This flavor combination is revolting. Way too much almond for my tastes and far to sweet. Reminds me of those cheap, nasty Chinese Almond cookies.
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| Philo Beddoe (221) | |
Mild | Very Strong | Mild | Very Pleasant |
Look up casing in the dictionary and there will be a picture of a pouch of Cherry Almond, whoa! I do enjoy cherry tobaccos from time to time and I enjoy Anniversary from Tinderbox, but this was too much for me. The smell in the pouch was sweet like Cherry Ambrosia from Macbaren, but the base tobacco is very plain and the cherry aroma does not translate to actual flavor, only smoke.
You could do worse than this: see Middletons Cherry; but there are much better cherry aromatics out there, even at the same store.
1 person found this review helpful.
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| Wally Frank Collector (46) | |
Mild | Medium | Medium to Full | Very Pleasant |
This was a nice gift by a nice friend. I have heard a lot about Tinderbox and was looking forward to trying this.
Made with Black Cavendish it says and upon opening I was met with a delicious Cherry aroma and a very welcoming Almond flavor. They balanced well. This seemed to be about perfect in moisture for smoking and I still let it sit on a paper towel for a half hour. The ribbon cut was perfect for loading the pipe and once lit it stayed lit. This burned fast and very warm even when sipping. While no biting happened I can see if puffed it could nip. The flavors burned very consistently till about the last 1/4 of the bowl which I will go over below. Burned to a dark ash, left no moisture in the bowl and left a sweet aftertaste of Cherry and Almond in my mouth during the smoke and for a short while after the smoke. The smoke was medium and quickly disappeared. This had a wonderfully pleasant room not of cherry and almond. This tobacco can get bitter if puffed.
Upon lighting I experienced a beautiful strong Cherry flavor with a slightly less strong, but still strong Almond Flavor. There was a slight toastiness in the background. The flavors drowned out the Tobacco taste. This was the flavor until the last 1/4 of the bowl when the Cherry greatly diminished and left the Almond flavor.
This was a pleasant smoke with three flavors. I can see it could bite but it was well done and simple in flavors. If you love Cherry or Almonds you will love this. I liked this. Very nice blend and a very nice smoke. A special occasion smoke perhaps for me. This is a fine blend but I tend to more of a Burley, English Blend sort of smoker but I recommend one give it a try. It simplicity and wonderful two leading flavors are its strengths. 3 out of 4 stars.
Pipe Used: Dr. Grabow Grand Duke Panel Rusticated
Age When Smoked: New
Purchased From: Gift from friend
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| Emeritus Account (30125) | |
Mild | Very Mild | Very Mild | Pleasant |
I love the smell of cherry pipe tobacco, but this one had almost no flavor to me it smelled great in the jar and in the bag, but the smell did not transfer in to the flavor for me. I probably wil not buy this again.
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| Emeritus Account (30125) | |
Mild | Extra Strong | Full | Very Pleasant |
This might be strongly flavored even for some die hard aromatic fans. I like the combination of cherry and almond though. A bit gooey if puffed hard and fast, but not terribly messy in general.
Sometimes its a bit too flavored. It made the entire shipping box smell like Luden's sore throat drops! When I'm in the mood for a good bit of sweetness, or I know I'll be smoking around non-smokers, I'll break this stuff out at full-strength. It is also good to "cut" with some other muted tobaccos to reduce the cherry flavor a bit... and let's face it, we all have extra non-descript tobacco laying around to use as filler.
Overall, I enjoy it at full cherry strength as often as I cut it with blander tobaccos.
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| Emeritus Account (30125) | |
Mild | Mild | Mild to Medium | Very Pleasant |
A smooth smoke. Not overpowering. Taste is steady throughout the entire bowl. Cool start, cool finish.
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| Emeritus Account (30125) | |
Mild to Medium | Medium to Strong | Mild | Tolerable |
This was the very first tobacco that I had ever smoked out of a pipe. At first I thought that it had turned me completely off to smoking a pipe but as I continued to smoke it, the cherry flavor came through. Honestly I don't even like cherries much at all but my friend suggested we try it out, so this may be a little bias. The smell of it is of pure cherry but that is not the case when you smoke it. Every once in a while you'll get a hint of cherry but just enough to tease your palate. The almond was equally unnoticeable you could still detect some nuttyness there. I enjoyed smoking this but I will not buy it again.
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| Emeritus Account (30125) | |
Mild | Medium to Strong | Very Full | Very Pleasant |
If you like cherry aromatics, this is a good one. It smokes very cool, has a great flavor, and a very pleasant room note. The only knock on it is that the topping is fairly heavy and it might be a bit sweet for some.
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| Emeritus Account (30125) | |
Medium to Strong | Medium to Strong | Medium to Full | Very Pleasant |
This blend was the very first that I ever loaded into a pipe. I enjoyed it so much that I smoked it and nothing but for 3 years. You either love aromatics or you don't. This is by far the best Cherry aromatic I have ever had.
The blend is alreay rubbed, so there is no work excpet loading it into your pipe. This is a blend that you cannot seem to pack to tight. For me, I like to use a larger bowl, but for those that don't enjoy aromatics so much, a smaller bowl will get one a wonderful fix.
The tobacco burns wonderfully, and the aroma fills the room. The smoke will draw people in from outside even. Trust me.
The tobacco stays lit without a problem. If one needs to relight, don't worry. . . it'll be just as good.
This blend has been in my line up for years, and will continue to be a regular.
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