Cornell & Diehl Bayou Night

This is my favorite blend. However, I cannot smoke this every day. This is a very relaxing and reliable smoke for me. I am always searching for other blends that give me the same satisfaction. So far, no other has been to my liking like this one has.

This blend has a rather rich taste which almost causes me to smoke it a little too hard at first, but once I get my rhythm going I always have a very relaxing smoke. It smokes very cool and the perique is surprisingly understated given its prevelance in the mixture.

I love this blend!!

One odd thing I have noticed about BN, and which sets it apart from most C&D blends, is that it seems to retain its moisture much better. The sample that I had of this, I smoked seldom--not because I didn't like it, but because I like it so much that it is a sort of special smoke, and I wanted to preserve it. However, even though I made no special precautions to keep it well sealed, it never seemed to need rehydrating.

The strong, fermented tang of Perique is noticeable almost before it's even fired up. This is one you will want to fill the room with, so even when you take the pipe away from your mouth for a second, you will be breathing this intoxicating smoke.

This tobacco is on the strong side, have no doubts, and some people experience some dizziness or "swimming head" until they build up a tolerance. I have never had any "tickling throat" problems like some of the other reviewers, but I do sometimes find myself snorting a little to get the thick fumes out of my nose.

Once when I was on the road I ran out of everything but Bayou, and I frequently smoked 4 or 5 bowls straight through an old Kaywoodie, sometimes without even letting the bowl cool. It's just that kind of tobacco. This one will also benefit greatly from the DGT technique. If you only manage to smoke half the bowl, just put it down and fire it up again a few hours later. Man oh man.

The old Kaywoodie is now dedicated solely to Bayou Night--I smoke nothing else in it.

Everything that the above reviewers have said is right on target. This blend is a very smooth Perique & Latakia mixture with the Virginia adding just the right amount of sweetness to balance it out.

Someone would have to prove to me that there's 50% Perique in this concoction. If so, the other ingredients have really wedded with it to calm it down!

The only real problem that I have with this blend, is that it has a tendency to give me dry throat. I'd smoke more of Bayou Night if it were not for this.

Since we've been able to buy some tobaccos from C&D and G.L. Pease here in Germany, I've been trying out the range. This one was still missing from my collection of strong tobaccos. What an experience! I don't even want to talk about all the nuances, that has already been sufficiently covered. Just the right tobacco for me. Strong, spicy, full-bodied and yet extremely mild on the tongue. To be fair, I don't notice anything of the Latakia, but that could also be because my taste buds have already been spoilt by years of Latakia consumption. But that's completely okay for me here, as I really like the dominance of the Perique.

I came to this blend after tasting Bayou morning with very good impressions. In this blend, the latakia combines very well, incorporating some earthy and soft aromas with round flavors. Recommended.

Unpleasant. Glad I used a clay pipe that I can wash. I love Cornell & Diehl, but this one was painful. I had to test some Tuggle Hall after this just to see if I was getting sick and my taste buds were off. Enjoyed the Tuggle Hall. Followed with some Yorktown. Wonderful stuff. Maybe there was something off in the bit of Bayou Night I tested. I will never know. I'm not going to risk this one again. I'm going to go smoke some more Yorktown and try to forget.

I will start out by saying that I will likely revisit this review in a few months after a little ageing and trying it in another pipe. During the summer. Outdoors. I am left wondering if the difference in reviews is the age of the tobacco sampled. Mine was purchased bulk, and I assume it was recently produced. Usually I will fill one of the small pipes for my first sample of any tobacco. Having the time to relax tonight, and not having read the reviews, I filled a Barling ExExEl (extra, extra large) and settled in for an evening of Christmas reflection.

From the first light it had a taste of cigarettes. I have never smoked cigarettes and have no wish to begin. The flavor settled down, though it remained noticeably in the background for the bowl. A unique "nutty" note showed through for the first 1/3 of the bowl and there was an earthiness that remained accompanying and complementing the "cigarette" qualities.

The next 1/3 of the bowl became a sweeter, though less enjoyable smoke. I blame it on vitamin "N" as the nicotine became overwhelming at around the 1 hour mark. The last third was emptied into an ashtray. I love my full English blends as well as some Virginias and have never had any problem getting through any other tobacco: this is the first.

Upon reentering the house (the front door is at the opposite end from the den) I was immediately hit by a smell that I would describe as stale cigarette smoke. Usually I have to reach the end of the hall before I am able to smell even the stiffest English blend. This is the reason for the "room note" rating. If you don't mind that smell, it is not overwhelming. If you prefer the smell of a pipe- it is.

I can not imagine this as an "all day" smoke and unless something drastic changes when it is aged and placed in a much smaller bowl I will not be reordering this blend. It was my love of Frog Morton on the town and the bayou that had me experimenting with a few C+D blends. (Come to think of it, perhaps I will see what this is like with a little Cuban cigar shredded and added to it; this blend seems as though it might lend itself to a little "tweaking" with a cigar...)

Similiar to its brother, Bayou Morning. This one seems to be a little tamer than BM. Peppery, smoky and sweet all at the same time makes for a more interesting and fully flavored smoke. I enjoyed this one moreso than BM because to me it seemed a little gentler in the strength department that didn't leave the back of my throat scorched along with a slight case of heartburn. I will need to get some more of this to have on hand. Good stuff.

One of the top three in my rotation. If this burns hot, you're doing something wrong. Like all C&D blends (for me) this does best decanted from the can into a glass humidor. It gets even better with cellaring (again, as all C&D blends have done for me). Superb with a single malt or with Pussers rum. Five stars plus!