Tobaccos Lane Limited - Captain Black Cherry

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	JimInks (3047)	2014-03-05		Very Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild	Very Pleasant

The cherry topping is too chemical-like, and is the dominant flavor. There's a light vanilla note or two here from the sugary black cavendish that lurks throughout the smoke. The grassy, citrusy gold cavendish can be tasted, though it's toned down from the topping by design. The strength is very mild, while the taste is mild. Hardly has any nicotine. Burns too hot, and can bite if you are puffing beyond a moderate pace, which is the burn rate. Leaves too much moisture in the bowl, and needs some relights as it’s moist and burns wet. An all day smoke with a very consistent flavor.

-JimInks

21 people found this review helpful.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2012-09-03		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild	Tolerable

Just coming back to pipe smoking after 25 years away from it, and after about 2 months, I'm so far happy with experimenting with different tobaccos. Experimentation with this blend will definitely not happen again.

I pick up a pouch of the stuff as I was low on money and out of my Davidoff Blue. The smokeshop I went to (first timer there) had pretty much only sisha, hookahs and cigars, but they did have Captain Black cherry, gold, white and royal. So I said "Sure why not, I'll try the cherry".

Out of the pouch, it smelled good.... a bit like candy....not over the top, but I was hoping the smoke would have a similar taste. After lighting, I was disappointed. Another reviewer here described the taste as similar to cherry chapstick and that's a good description. I actually thought the taste was reminiscent of the nasty cherry flavored penicillin my doctor used to give me as a child.... Tasted like I bit off a chunk of cherry chapstick and washed it down with the cherry medicine. It seemed to smoke hot with me and had a slight bite to it, no matter how slow I smoked. I gave it a chance to get halfway through the bowl to see if the flavor would change. Nope.

I was driving at the time, and the car smelled okay, but something about the lingering scent gave me a slight headache as inhaling furniture polish might. Later in the day my car didn't smell anything like how it did when I smoked it....it made my car smell stale....sort of like a cross between wet dog, cherry chapstick and cheap tequila.

As a lady pipe smoker, a few guy friends of mine assumed I would try this stuff. "Don't gals like aromatics?" one of them asked. And while I do like aro's, I'll probably never buy this again.

17 people found this review helpful.

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	jvnshr (23)	2015-11-10		Very Mild	Medium to Strong	Very Mild	Pleasant

Smoking Captain Black Cherry is like struggling to train a wet angry biting but nice smelling dog that you managed to buy for a small price. Not Recommended.

14 people found this review helpful.

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	hubup (14)	2013-12-30		Extremely Mild	Extremely Mild	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Unnoticeable

Not a good choice for a real pipe smoker. This is the worst cherry i've ever smoked. No taste, smells like linctus. Hot burning tobacco.

11 people found this review helpful.

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	Zappa2112 (10)	2014-02-22		Mild	Mild	Mild	Tolerable

Tastes and smells like a cheap stale cherry chap-stick. Sort of plastic smelling. Cherry cough syrup maybe too. Very thick, sweet and syrupy pouch note. A tad bit dry. Overall, an unpleasant experience.

Update 1-30-2017: I'll up it one star. My original review might be a bit harsh, but still not as harsh as this blend can be haha. Far better cherry blends out there for sure, but this is tolerable if I'm in the mood for it.

10 people found this review helpful.

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	captainbismo (1)	2014-01-08		Strong	Strong	Overwhelming	Unnoticeable

ABSOLUTELY THE MOST LOATHSOME PIPE TOBACCO I'VE HAD THE MISPLEASURE OF SMOKING. I WOULD HAVE THROWN IT OUT IMMEDIATELY AFTER OPENING THE PACKAGE, BUT MY WIFE, IN AN EPISODE OF LUNACY BOUGHT ME THIS TRASH, AND FOR MARITAL HARMONEY I SMOKED VERY FEW BOWLS BEFORE FLUSHING IT DOWN THE TOILET. I'D RATHER SMOKE DRIED OAK/PINE LEAVES AS ME AND MY FRIENDS DID IN OUR EARLY ADOLESCENCE. ABSOLUTELY/POSITIVELY REVOLTING (AND THAT'S AN INSULT TO THE TERM REVOLTING)!!!!

Pipe Used: Canadian; meerschaum

Age When Smoked: ????

Purchased From: Smokin' Joes

9 people found this review helpful.

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	Greekpipesmoker (201)	2017-04-13		Very Mild	Medium to Strong	Medium	Pleasant

A really disappointing blend.like other C.Black blends i tried the philosophy is the same.full cavendish blends with chemical smell and not a hint of tobacco flavour.the smell when you beeak the seal is somewhat pleasant,the moisture is really high and even if i left it several hours to dry out it just didn't.while smoking the taste is bad and not natural.seems to me like chewing a cherry gum.no tobacco taste at all.burns really hot and ghosts the pipe very easy.one bowl was enough to destroy a 9mm carbon filter.even when i went hard on that i got no nicotine but only tongue bite wich is weird..the aftertaste is bad.the room note was pleasant but very tense.for someone who likes the C. Black's blends it can be an all day smoke.not recommended

Age When Smoked: Dried out for 2 hours.

7 people found this review helpful.

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	Haebar (52)	2015-11-22		Mild	Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

I wanted to try this blend because I like cherry aromatic blends and Captain Black is a very popular commercial blend. It is made of a mixture of Cavendish and Black Cavendish with a cherry casing. The appearance is of mostly reddish brown color ribbon cut with a very few black pieces. The tobacco is not overly moist or goopy at all. The aroma is a pleasant cherry smell, as one would expect. It lights easily right out of the pouch, no additional drying time is necessary. The flavor is a pleasant sweet cherry taste, nothing complex or of great depth here. This is a light/medium tobacco in terms of smoke intensity and light in terms of nicotine strength. The high point of the bowl is the first ten minutes after lighting when the cherry flavor is at its peak. Thereafter the cherry flavor wanes progressively as the bowl burns down. I smoked it in a Missouri Meerschaum corncob pipe and it burned cool and dry.

Pipe Used: Missouri Meerschaum Washington

Age When Smoked: 1 year

7 people found this review helpful.

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	Der Pfeifenraucher (71)	2014-06-24		Very Mild	Extra Strong	Full	Extra Strong

I like to do a review of a tobacco once I've smoked a tin/pouch to get a fair assessment based on a couple dozen bowls. I can't do that with CBCherry. I can't bring myself to load another bowl with it. This stuff is nasty. Overpowering sickly sweet pouch note that you can smell across the room and permeates all tobacco it is stored with. Burns hot, terrible flavor, no appreciable nicotine, and for your trouble it ghosts your pipe like Halloween night. The saving grace is room note but by the time you get that far into it you are overpowered by the scent already and just want to be done with it. Got the pouch for $1 and I get the feeling I've been taken. Unfortunately I'm too cheap to discard it and I don't know any other pipe smokers to "gift" it to so I guess I'll use it to make an insecticide in the garden or chicken house.

Pipe Used: Dr Grabow grand duke

Age When Smoked: new

Purchased From: local yokel

7 people found this review helpful.

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	Pappy (4)	2013-11-22		Overwhelming	Extra Strong	Overwhelming	Overwhelming

I thought this would at least be tolerable but after giving it a good try (a full pack), I have to say that it was complete disappointment.

It smelled like a very strong chemical topping, smoked hot with an extreme tongue bite and had the flavor of hot ash.

One of Captain Blacks extreme disappointments.

6 people found this review helpful.

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	Bbrown626 (150)	2018-11-13		Mild	Strong	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

I received this as a part of an unreal deal on a Captain Black pouch assortment. Otherwise, I would have never bought it.

The pouch note is wonderful - but enough about its good qualities.

The cherry is barely noticeable being cleverly masked by a chemical taste. Smoke it slow as it bites when it gets even remotely hot. This is one of the worst tobacco's I have ever smoke. It might make a good potpourri, but don't smoke it!

Pipe Used: The Pipe Apple

Age When Smoked: new

Purchased From: Pipes and Cigars

5 people found this review helpful.

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	von (1)	2016-07-14		Mild to Medium	Medium	Medium to Full	Pleasant

Has no tongue bite last I recall. I'm a little overwhelmed by the highly negative reviews of this product. Personally I do like this Captain Black Cherry. I enjoy the taste of cherry even if it's not the highest of quality or the balance with the tobacco. It's obviously not for everyone, but it's good for me.

Pipe Used: Ylyycc tobaco pipe

Age When Smoked: 20

5 people found this review helpful.

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	AroBear (1)	2016-04-26		Mild to Medium	Medium	Medium	Very Pleasant

I think that some reviewers are not aro smokers and others have different tastes. I smoke English oriental blends, but definitely have a very sweet tooth and always have. If you want CHERRY you get Cherry with Captain Black. I also like Gawith's Top Black, and Lane's Very Cherry, and have blended them together to experiment and with BCA also. Funny how when you go to P&C website, how different the rating of the toby is ... they rate it much higher than here.

Pipe Used: Dedicated pipes for Cherry

Age When Smoked: Weeks to Months

Purchased From: Latest from PipesandCigars.com

Similar Blends: I think Capt Black Cherry is unique with its own character.

5 people found this review helpful.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2009-07-18		Medium	Strong	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

Wow, this stuff is as rough as a 60 year old lady trucker. The aroma is intoxicatingly strong, it packs a punch and is almost sour smelling in the pouch. It's dry for an aromatic, can't tell ya how it smokes because I don't know if I can go back to another bowl. It's hot, it bites, and it's nasty. The only thing I can see for it is to add a pinch of it to a handful of a good black cavindish or a vanilla blend to make a decent Cherry Vanilla blend...that's what I bought it for. Other than that it has no use for anyone, If there was a real "Captain Black", even he woulnd't smoke this stuff. Hopefully no first timers try this because they will quit and miss out on the wonderful pleasure of pipe smoking.

5 people found this review helpful.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2009-02-19		Very Mild	Extra Strong	Overwhelming	Strong

This is absolutely the worst tobacco I have ever tried!!

5 people found this review helpful.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2007-05-10		Medium	Mild to Medium	Medium to Full	Pleasant

If you like cough syrup you will love this awful tasting stuff. This is not even recommended for the beginner. Upon opening the pouch, I noticed an unnatural smell which should have told me something right there. It even smells like cough syrup. I tried a bowl anyway and had to brush my teeth afterwards. The smell is OK though, and that is the nicest thing I have to say about it.

If you like cherry flavoring, try Lane's TK-6 instead.

Update: I forgot to mention, DO NOT use a good quality pipe if you choose to smoke this stuff, use a drug store brand pipe. I do not own any cheap pipes and one of my coveted Lanes era Charatan Canadian imparted such a foul tast and smell, it had to be completely cleaned with lots of TLC.

Still another YUK! Do not waste your money on this imatation flavored and putrid stuff. Be warned!!!

5 people found this review helpful.

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	HabaneroHardy (403)	2018-06-03		Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Unnoticeable

I always get a laugh when I read a review that starts out something like this. “I normally do not smoke cherry blends….” and then they go and describe how nasty it is and trash it. Maybe my tastes buds are not as good as they use to be or I simply have bad taste but I found this cherry blend to be mild and did not bite like some others I have tried. I got what I expected with it being a Captain Black blend and it really wasn’t bad at all. I wouldn’t throw it away like some reviewers have. 3 stars in my book.

Pipe Used: Meershaum

Age When Smoked: 1 year

4 people found this review helpful.

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	Artyom (12)	2018-04-16		Very Mild	Very Strong	Mild	Pleasant

Its horrible! It's funny that this was my first tobacco. Chemical aroma without deep notes. Not a tobacco but garbage. There are so many cool aromatics in the word. Guys, never buy it.

4 people found this review helpful.

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	StevieB (2081)	2017-06-03		Mild	Strong	Mild	Pleasant

Lane Limited - Captain Black Cherry.

O.K., this isn't perfect, but I don't find it as abhorrent as the higher proportion of reviewers do!

It's a coarse cut mix that has a far greater amount of brown/golden Cavendish compared to any black. The smell is strong, and yes, also exceedingly false (like the smoke).

A good level of hydration enabled my first bowl to be smoked straight away. As I said, the smoke has a very false taste of cherries to it, being sweet and strongly aromatic, but I see it a bit like making a comparison between a cup of Kopi Luwak coffee, and one from McDonalds; sometimes you want something eminent and expensive to savour and enjoy, but on other occasions you require something for a quick fix! If you want a high end cherry blend go visit Sam Gawith's Black Cherry, but for some cheap thrills this'll do nicely! I get very little from the tobaccos, the cherry has been included in far to strong a fashion. On a low note, something that would deter cheap thrill seekers and connoisseurs alike is the speed: very fast.

The nicotine's mild, and the room-note's pleasing.

Sure, it isn't the best cherry blend, but nor is it the worst.

Two and a half stars.

Pipe Used: Cob

Age When Smoked: New

Purchased From: Smokingpipes.com

4 people found this review helpful.

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	Ahmad Othman (51)	2016-10-15		Very Mild	Medium to Strong	Medium to Full	Pleasant

Well, this is one of the first blends I have smoked and it was what my father smoked exclusively. So, it had some nostalgic value for me, which made me pick it up in the first place. But aside from nostalgia, it isn't a good blend whatsoever. The taste is quite chemical and it aches my tongue, even if it doesn't bite. It just gives it some ache. The cut is okay, but with a noticeable amount of twigs and stems within the pouch. It is quite moist out of the pouch..And it stays like this for a long long time. the only good thing about it is the aroma out of the pouch and the room note which people complement

Pipe Used: Falcon Apple, Algiers

Age When Smoked: Fresh pouch

Purchased From: Local B&M

Similar Blends: Borkum Riff - Cherry Cavendish.

4 people found this review helpful.

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	Nwpipesmker (27)	2016-03-04		Very Mild	Very Strong	Mild	Pleasant

Against better judgement and wisdom. I broke down and bought a pouch. First cherry from CB in years. Opening up the pouch the strong vicks cherry cough syrup hit me, and I thought oh boy wasted my money. But I packed my pipe lit it. And guess what it was a pleasant smoke. Light on the cherry flavor. And no goopy in the bowl. So it's not my every day choice. But I will finish the pouch. It also stayed lit no bite. CB must have changed their formula. Still only getting two stars.

Pipe Used: Cob

Age When Smoked: New

Purchased From: The tobacco depot

Similar Blends: Borkum riff cherry cavendish.

4 people found this review helpful.

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	Kiyle A Winborne (4)	2014-09-23		Medium	Extra Strong	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Overwhelming

Putrid, and smells bad.

Tastes bad, smells bad, is bad.

I cannot stress this enough, but if you do not believe me, I implore you to just take my word on it, and do not waste your money on this.

It tastes like cigarette tobacco with cherry flavoring put in.

Pipe Used: Terrible in all pipes.

Age When Smoked: ??

Purchased From: Gas Station

4 people found this review helpful.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2010-05-07		Mild	Medium to Strong	Medium	Pleasant

I've had worse. But not by much. Nasty fake cherry flavor. Only Paladin Black Cherry is lower on my list.

4 people found this review helpful.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2009-10-22		Very Mild	Medium to Strong	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

This was the first tobacco that I ever smoked and it almost made me give up pipe smoking.Horrible chemical /artificial cherry flavoring.Never go back to it = NEVER

4 people found this review helpful.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2008-12-19		Extremely Mild	Strong	Overwhelming	Tolerable

I had to special order a six-pack of the pocket pouches, and lemme tell you, at $5/pouch, with THIS tobacco, I might as well as dipped 3 shredded $10 bills in any cherry-flavoured medicine and smoked them. The flavour of the blend is overwhelming in its cherry cough syrup taste, and it manages to leave the same lingering aftertaste. I get almost no nicotine relief out of it, so why smoke it? It tastes bad, and it don't even kill the craving.

4 people found this review helpful.

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	Dr. Dunhill 23 (39)	2019-08-02		Mild	Strong	Mild	Very Pleasant

I know this is kind of the "thunderbird wine" of the pipe smoking world but I like this for a change up from some of my higher end product. The aroma when first opened is very polarizing. Most people love it or hate it. It does mellow out as it ages and tastes more natural. I will say it: I like Captain Black Cherry. I will keep some around for those few times per year when I have a hankering for it. If you haven't tried it, you should.

Pipe Used: Dunhill 5103

Age When Smoked: weeks to year

3 people found this review helpful.

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	DC MacBean (32)	2017-04-25		Mild	Medium to Strong	Medium	Very Pleasant

I can't understand the negative reviews. What's wrong with Cherry cough drops? I like them. My Grandfather smoked this and loved it. I buy it because he did and the smell reminds me of him. I found an open pouch of it down in the cushions of a couch that I inherited from him and it was still good after several years. I don't think that it had as much PG in it back then as it does now because I don't recall him complaining of a headache after smoking it which is something that I experience. It does bite if you're not careful but most Cherry aromatics do. It's an American Classic.

Pipe Used: Corn Cob, Briarwood, Pear wood, Cherry wood

Age When Smoked: fresh to several years old.

Purchased From: Cup O' Joe's, Pipes&Cigars, West Virginia Smokeshop, Keller's Farm Supply, Weatherwax Drug Store

Similar Blends: Lane Limited Very Cherry.

3 people found this review helpful.

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	Cowboy johnny Joe (1)	2016-11-21		Mild to Medium	Medium	Medium	Pleasant

Trying to find the perfect pipe tobacco is like trying to find the perfect woman impossible but you keep trying. Captain Black Cherry is an attempt by me to find the perfect cherry flavered tobacco. Lane made a splinded cherry in the 60's and I smoked it in the Navy. I forget the name they had but it was tinned.

Captain Black Cherry is is blended by Lane as was the Cherry I loved so much back then. Great flaver and aroma. Room note pleasant not overpowering.

Smokes well but relights often needed. To me it left a pleasant after taste a little syrup that I find very nice unlike many who do not like it.

I recommend this to beginers and medium advanced pipe smokers. I am neither but a seasoned one. I will keep using this brand till I find my lost cherry blend from the old Navy days.

Pipe Used: Corn Cob

Age When Smoked: Fresh

Purchased From: Mission Pipe Shop San Jose CA

Similar Blends: Cherry Blend.

3 people found this review helpful.

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	pipesmoker33 (18)	2016-09-11		Very Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

First of all, I've never been a big fan of cherry tobaccos, but every once in a while the mood will strike me. Usually keep a few ounces of Boswell Cherry Smash around for such an occation.

But I had a coupon for 5 dollars off a pouch of any Captain Black. And since I already have almost 2 pounds of Lane 1Q, and 3 unopened pouches of Captain Black Royal , I decided to give the Cherry a try. It only cost me $1.69. It wasn't the worst tobacco I ever had, but it was darn close. Sickening taste. Like robitussn cough syrup.

I wouldn't recommend using a good briar. It will ghost the hell out of it

Pipe Used: Mm cob

Age When Smoked: Fresh from pouch

Purchased From: Seneca smoke shop

3 people found this review helpful.

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	natibo (169)	2016-06-12		Mild	Very Strong	Medium to Full	Tolerable

I did not think it as bad as the other reviewers. It does have a very strong cherry flavor. It's a cherry bomb! Maybe a little too much like cherry cough syrup though. As usual, I mixed it with some cube cut burley which gave it the needed body and nic hit. 2.5 stars

3 people found this review helpful.

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	Biter (5)	2016-05-12		Very Mild	Mild to Medium	Very Mild	Very Pleasant

This is another otc tobacco that is over the top in cherry flavor. The rest is the same as most otc tobaccos , a fill in before the real stufff arives. The use of more steamed cavendish would smooth this blend out and make it more enjoyable.

Pipe Used: Corns and Medico's

Age When Smoked: 65

Purchased From: local smoke shop

Similar Blends: Middletons.

3 people found this review helpful.

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	Giovanni Palomino (21)	2015-09-23		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild	Pleasant

The pouch aroma is quite desepcionante seems a remedy for cough cherry or a pedialite's Cherry is more the character of a drug that of a good mixture of tobacco, but smoking it its aroma in the room is very nice Burns pretty well and not very warm which helps care for the language gives you fumadas very peaceful and relaxing.

Pipe Used: Mark Twain Corn Cob Pipe

Purchased From: Centro de Bogota

3 people found this review helpful.

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	Appalachian Scholar (34)	2015-06-04		Extremely Mild	Mild to Medium	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Pleasant to Tolerable

Cherry flavored e-cig. Same low nicotine count. Same low smoke. Are you really smoking tobacco? Tune in next week. Final warning - most ghostinst blend ever made.

Pipe Used: Basket Pipe

Age When Smoked: New

Similar Blends: Admiral's choice cherry blend..

3 people found this review helpful.

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	wintermute (90)	2015-03-04		Mild	Medium	Medium to Full	Strong

Normally, I am kinder to these drugstore blends than some, but not this time. I do have a different take, however. My wife does not like the aroma and I first thought that the tobacco taste was not too bad. The pouch aroma is sort of like cherry, but there is a chemical smell. It burns nicely and the chemical flavor stays the same all the way to the bottom of the bowl. The best I can come up with is the smell of burning baby wipes! And, the bowl tastes like that even when putting something else. After two bowls I threw the rest away. This stuff is truly awful. If you want a good Cherry, try Peter Stokkebye Cherry instead.

Pipe Used: corn cob

Age When Smoked: fresh

Purchased From: pipesandcigars.com

3 people found this review helpful.

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	Perique (163)	2014-11-06		Extremely Mild	Medium to Strong	Very Mild	Very Pleasant

This blend features a combination of cheap tasting cherry flavoring agent and the goopy, sweet mess that one comes to expect from the Captain Black brand. For those who really, truly do not want to taste tobacco when they smoke a pipe, this is for you. Next step from here would be an 'e-pipe'. But like all Captain Black products, those around you will enjoy the aroma. Small consolation.

3 people found this review helpful.

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	Fofo (81)	2014-01-29		Mild	Strong	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

Well, I like it. I bought this on a whim and was scared when I opened the pouch; the cherry aroma was strong. The first light and first quarter of the bowl taste like chemical cherry, but after that it dissipates and you are left with a sweet and pleasant Cavendish. The cherry flavor is present throughout the bowl but it becomes less and less pronounced as you progress thru the bowl.

As far as bite: I experienced none.

Another big surprise is that my pouch was not overly moist or sticky. I don't know if Lane just changed the blend or what, but the tobacco was dry.

I think this is the only Cherry blend that I have actually enjoyed and will keep around.

3 people found this review helpful.

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	Sunday (27)	2013-09-12		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild	Pleasant

Because I only smoke OTC aromatic & burley blends and because I have tried countless cherry pipe tobaccos I feel compelled to stick up for Captain Black's Cherry blend. It's not near as bad as reviewers state. I think the overall quality of the tobacco is good, the taste and aftertaste is much better than others and the room note is very good. Yes, the pouch note is slightly overwhelming but once lit and enjoyed it delivers a very satisfying pipe smoke. No bite if sipped, no extra re-lights needed and tons of mild smoke and flavor, after (only) six years of pipe smoking I'm not afraid to say that this is great, just as good as their Red Sky if not the exact same.

Pipe Used: Stanwell, MM Diplomat

Age When Smoked: Less than old

Purchased From: wvsmokeshop.com

Similar Blends: Most all other cherry blends.

3 people found this review helpful.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2013-07-20		Very Mild	Medium to Strong	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Pleasant

Bleck!! Bleck!! Ewww! Gross!!

Into the potpouri dish it goes...only thing its good for, might damage the glass though...ok the trashcan.

3 people found this review helpful.

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	Redd (117)	2012-01-24		Strong	Medium to Strong	Very Full	Tolerable

Still the best part of the Cherry to land into your mouth. Through your pipe that is. This Cherry blends has Balls. Good heavy smoke not even bad with an occasional Inhale. NOT Your usual Cherry.

OK this blend is not for the smoker looking for a soft smoke aromatic cherry blend or room pleaser. This is a fully loaded cavendish with a good amount of nicotine. You have to smoke it slow or it will bite. For a cherry blend I love this stuff smokes better in a larger bowl.

3 people found this review helpful.

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	llGooOooDll (1)	2022-09-16		Very Mild	Mild to Medium	Very Mild	Tolerable

In Taiwan, we sometimes use a syrup to heal our coughing and throat aching, which is called "Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa Herbal Cough Syrup". It is sweet, thick, and tasty, and this tobacco smells like this syrup rather than cherry as the people around me and I all agree (aroma wasn't pleasant for everyone around me, some people don't like it). But it's not that pleasant if I expected cherry flavour, but smelled something else instead (maybe it's how chemical cherry tastes like). Also, the taste is too mild, not enough sweetness or sourness, but instead, a little bit bitterness, and easily goes too hot which easily bites the tongue. I won't buy it again.

2 people found this review helpful.

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	CB (5)	2021-04-18		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild	Pleasant

This was the first tobacco I smoked when I started smoking a pipe about a year ago. It was a nice place to start for a beginner, but after I got into other tobaccos I realized That there was very little about it that seemed like natural.

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	Diver Doc (3)	2019-04-20		Extremely Mild	Extra Strong	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Tolerable

There are some CB offerings that I genuinely enjoy (e.g. Dark), but this one doesn’t appeal to me at all. The “cherry” , in my opinion, bears no resemblance to any flavor found in nature. It came as part of the five pouches for $5.00 promotion from Pipes and Cigars. As odd as it sounds, the first taste brought back the memory of a horrible liquid medicine I was given right before being taken to the O.R. over 50 years ago to have my tonsils ripped out. I didn’t finish the bowl for fear of ghosting my pipe. I won’t be trying it again.

Pipe Used: Savinelli Dry System 3613

Age When Smoked: New

Purchased From: Pipes and Cigars

Similar Blends: Robitussin.

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	stressmoker (11)	2018-08-20		Medium	Extremely Mild	Medium	Tolerable

I bought this as "Captain black Ruby", which I guess is the same (cherry flavour). I regret buying this. I don't really taste the cherry at all, and it has no sweetness. it's just got bitterness. If I wanter something bitter, I could smoke cigarettes, not an aromatic. At least it has that crisp warmness that cavendish tends to give. Nonetheless, I don't enjoy the taste, I don't enjoy the smell, and I won't be buying this tobacco again.

Purchased From: Skonis ir kvapas, Vilnius

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2013-09-18		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

Captain Black cherry is a very nice cherry tobacco. Not an in your face flavor, but just enough for an after dinner or morning smoke. It is heavily cased and moist making it smoke wet and hot. If you dont sip the pipe you will get a bite. If packed right, and smoked right its very pleasant. Better than Admirals Choice cherry but not as good as Owl Shop cherry.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2013-09-07		Strong	Strong	Very Full	Very Pleasant

If you like a strong taste of cherry and a strong room note, I found this to have both ! Really enjoyed it. Leaves a great aftertaste too, which for me, is a plus. I could smoke this all day long. (and have done so). It's a bit pricey tho at the retail outlets....., and I seem to have a difficult time finding it available in bulk pricing.....but as for the tobacco itself.......I REALLY enjoyed it.

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	Quincy (6)	2013-02-07		Mild	Medium to Strong	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

One word: Yuck.

I picked up a pouch with a pipe when I first returned to pipes. I didn't mind it at first. Now, after being back into pipes for awhile, I know why people don't smoke this crap. It tastes like cough syrup. I didn't notice it at first but maybe because my palate refined more or this just ages horridly, I can't take it. Awful.

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	juvat (36)	2012-09-03		Mild	Medium	Mild	Very Pleasant

I don't dislike CB Cherry per se, but as others have mentioned there are better cherry blends out there. This stuff isnt all bad though and it seems to taste a little better with some age on it (I've had some in mason jar for about a year now) which is nice considering that aromatics usually dont age well. And of course the room note is great.

Having said that, if cherry aromatics are your thing then obviously it would behoove you to seek out some of the better ones. However, as a cheap, once in awhile smoke, its ok.

2 people found this review helpful.

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	manxman (82)	2012-06-03		Mild	Mild to Medium	Medium	Tolerable

No tongue bite. A pretty fair deal at $5.99 a pouch here in Connecticut. More cherry flavor than Middletons.

2 people found this review helpful.

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	Tom Bombadill (121)	2010-11-24		Very Mild	Very Strong	Mild	Pleasant

This is a good, inexpensive (cheap) cherry aromatic blend that is ideal for someone starting out(with a cherry sweet-tooth). A solid prforming drugstore blend. If you don't like cherry or aromatics then don't expect to like it, obviously. A few things...

Right off you might want to try this in a corn cob pipe or other non-expensive pipe. The first few bowls definitely left my aromatic briar reeking of cherry so I switched to my trusty cobs. The flavor reeked (that word again) so strongly out of the pouch I kept the pouch in a sandwich bag so the flavor didn't infuse my other bagged aromatics.

Smoking: CB smoked smooth, cool and had a pleasant cherry taste. Cherry blend definitely got more tolerable half-way through the bag when the casing/flavorings wore off a bit. The last half of the bag I could smoke in my briar. And the wearing off casing/flavoring is of course common with aromatics. Still, a smooth, cool, pleasant smoke.

Outdoor smoking is probably best with this pungent blend. I smoked it in my home office and while the room note is very pleasant the after smell the next day reminded me of a urinal cake! Still, I walked home smoking it on a moonlit, November Boston evening last night and it was a thoroughly enjoyable smoke.

This is not a high class blend etc.. it's a drugstore blend. I usually smoke all the oo-la-la upscale English/orientals and ocaasionally the big name aromatics. I certainly have smoked better cherry blends but this blend is a good cheap smoke and fun. And pipe smoking is suppose to be fun.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2010-11-16		Mild	Medium	Mild	Pleasant

My feelings on this blend mirror those below, so no need to get into them in detail.

My review is to share a nice discovery that worked really well with this blend. I added about 75% Cornell & Diehl Kelly's Coin (any dark, strong burley would probably work) to 25% of this and got a very decent and robust tobacco flavor with a hint of cherry. I made this in small batches so the burley wouldn't just soak up the cherry syrup if stored too long. The nicotine was seriously elevated and the flavor was also amped up considerably.

Don't throw this away if you have it! Try this recipe, or add more or less of the Kelly's Coin to your taste. It's not something I'll smoke again unless I'm gifted another pouch of this from a well-meaning but unsuspecting colleague, but it saved me having to toss this mess into the nearest trash receptacle.

2 people found this review helpful.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2010-05-07		Mild	Medium	Mild	Pleasant

Ick! How many potential pipe smoker's has this pushed right out of the hobby? I'm not an aromatic hater either. If you want cherry, try something from Boswell or Tewksbury and Co. This stuff is just plain bad.

2 people found this review helpful.

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	Piper4ever (11)	2010-01-27		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Tolerable

After more than twenty years without a cherry tobacco in my rotation in a holiday's trip, I tried Captain Black Cherry and liked it, out of the bag its aroma is good, although after a couple of weeks on C.B. Cherry, I tried Pipeworks & Wilke's Cherry Cavendish and the difference is noticeable in Aroma, Flavor and Taste, C.B. Cherry is weak in flavor and taste, aroma is not too bad although at the end of your bowl the tobacco becomes a Pit Bull, let's say, full of bite, even in slow pace. I do recommend Captain Black Cherry only in that case that you cannot reach your favorite blend from your tobacconist, but from the Captain Black's line-up, White and Royal seem to be better options.

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	NVan29 (10)	2022-12-29		Extremely Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable

Out the pack, the smoke was hot air for me. Too moist.

Smelled like cherry hard candy in the pouch. Mix of pleasant brown and tan tobacco ribbons.

I tried this one again after letting it sit out overnight. This made a world of a difference!

The taste really came through, lots of Cherry. The taste reminds of a cherry sucker....maybe DumDum cherry sucker because it's not very tart (something I would have preferred) more sweet than anything. Mid bowl I got more of the tobacco but in general the artificial cherry stays center.

Nic is barely there.

Didn't bite but pipe got hot.

Because it ends up tasting how it claims, like Cherry, I rate it a 2.5 for aromatic. This was nothing like the cough syrup cherry of Half and Half (the second cherry one Ive tried so far).

But because it tastes super fake and barely any tobacco taste it's a 1.5 to 2.

Pipe Used: Clay pipe

Age When Smoked: Fresh pouch

Purchased From: Pipes and cigars

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	DRU-MANIC (7)	2022-12-11		Mild	Medium	Medium	Tolerable to Strong

This is one of the first tobaccos I tried, many years ago, so the nostalgia probably affects my opinion on this one. It's definitely not the best, but I can still enjoy it from time to time.

Tin Note: Can't Wait - This is probably my favorite thing about this tobacco. The smell takes me back to my 20s when I first tried out pipe smoking, so it holds a special place for me. I really like the scent of Cherry flavoring, so I'm a big fan.

Pack/Light: Standard - No issues packing or lighting it.

Taste: It'll Do - The taste doesn't quite live up to the smell, in my opinion. It starts out with a lot of promise, but it quickly becomes rather one-dimensional.

Mouth Feel: A Bit Harsh - I find that it starts getting harsh fairly early into the smoke. I do get a little tongue bite, but it's not terrible. Using a long-stemmed pipe, like a churchwarden, has helped to minimize this.

Room Note: Phew! - The room note is not as pleasant as the tin note, leaving a less than desirable smell lingering. Personally, I don't mind it so much, but my wife is not a fan, so I have to take that into consideration.

Overall: Good - It's not the first blend I would reach for, but I wouldn't throw it in the trash either. It's an acceptable aromatic that is widely accessible and inexpensive. I love the cherry scent on the nose, but I wish it followed through after lighting. I feel like this one gets my hopes up and then disappoints, but I wouldn't say it's a bad tobacco by any means. I'd recommend using a churchwarden-style pipe to mitigate the bite.

Pipe Used: Shire Pipes Gandalf Churchwarden

Age When Smoked: 1 month

Purchased From: Local Tobacco Barn

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	WorkingClassChap (197)	2022-06-04		Very Mild	Medium to Strong	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

Pouch note is cherry hard candy. Actually one of the best cherry pouch notes I’ve smelled. No tobacco smell at all just cherry. Moisture level isn’t bad. It’s a little sticky but not goopy. Lights just fine.

The taste is a cherry candy, sweet cavendish, and a slight plastic artificial taste. That’s about it. It’s mild. The retrohale made me sneeze. It did burn hot, would probably bite. Very one dimensional, sweet cavendish and some cherry however it quickly goes away. There’s no tobacco flavors to it. The room note I was told was very nice. Obviously cherry. Wasn’t awful but wasn’t good. A lot of hot air and little body.

If this was the last pouch of tobacco I had I would give up pipe smoking. One star.

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	GabrielCRT (115)	2022-03-24		Mild	Medium	Medium	Very Pleasant

A few weeks ago I had a craving for a cherry aromatic and my closest tobacco shops only stock Captain Black which I had never tried before. I cant explain it but I love this tobacco. I’ve smoked it in all manners of different pipes, filtered and unfiltered, and I absolutely can not get it to bite. It’s smooth and easy on the tongue and never leaves me with palate fatigue. The room note is wonderful and everyone around compliments it. Now make no mistake: it tastes exactly like cherry chapstick. This is not an exaggeration, it’s as if they rubbed cherry chapstick right on the tobacco. I don’t mind this a bit as I think that’s a pleasant taste. I still like my virginias, VaPers, burleys, and latakia blends but this is now an everyday smoke for me.

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	Covedog (5)	2022-03-02		Mild	Strong	Medium	Pleasant

I read a lot of the negative reviews before trying and so I was a bit hesitant to try this one. The smell of the tobacco in the pouch is very strong, candy like, but pleasant. I lit it up in my clay pipe...I find the tobaccos that seem more moist do well in the clay pipes.

Didn't have too much of an issue keeping it lit. Tried to smoke it quite slowly to avoid the infamous bite. It burned hot but wasn't as bad as I expected. The artificial cherry flavor came through very strongly and tasted a bit chemically so I can see why it rubs a lot of people the wrong way. Overall it wasn't the worst thing I've ever smoked, I'd probably have it again if I was short on options.

Pipe Used: Clay Pipe

Age When Smoked: new

Purchased From: Pipes & Cigars

Similar Blends: The artificial cherry flavor reminds me a bit of CAO Cherry Bomb although I would rate that one higher as it didn't bite as bad..

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	Arkansas Piper (47)	2022-02-11		Mild to Medium	Extremely Mild	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Pleasant to Tolerable

I wanted to like it so bad! However, I had to face the music and admit: it simply has an artificial, cheap cherry aroma. The tobacco itself smokes fine and lights fine. Has a proper smoke and mouth feel, but the cherry is kills it. "Artificial" is the one word that sums it up. The room note isn't bad; it's just cheap, fake cherry. As far as flavor, there wasn't any. The taste pushed no cherry whatsoever. If you're looking for nice cherry, it won't be found here.

Pipe Used: MM Country Gentleman and Medico VFQ

Age When Smoked: Fresh

Purchased From: Local BM

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	Ithian (18)	2022-02-01		Very Mild	Medium	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

I approached this blend as unbiased as I could. I love a good aromatic and if there's the little extra intensity in flavoring, I'd gladly take it too. I end up both delighted and disappointed with Captain Black Cherry.

The tobacco comes a little moist and sticky. The pouch note is very obviously cherry. Maybe that's what worried me a little. Not too artificial though, pleasant.

Packing the ribbon cut is simple, drying beforehand is highly recommended. Average number of relights needed. Nothing out of the ordinary.

The smoke is beautifully thick white. The pure volume is pleasant to look at. The room note is wonderful. Enjoyable and surprisingly mild on retrohales.

There's an earthy note to the tobacco. Every now and then the cherry is actually shining through in taste as well. Beyond that the tobacco is fairly one-dimensional. The big no for me is the bitterness of the tobacco that comes through more and more. It becomes increasingly harsh to the smoker while everyone else enjoys the smell. Contrary to other people here, it didn't burn hot. However, even for a slow smoker it seems impossible to smoke without eventual tongue bite.

Burns wet, leaves some residue in the bowl, may gurgle a little despite drying to the crinkle-point. Leaves an interesting, unfamiliar aftertaste in the mouth, not unpleasant, but not sure whether that's good.

This tobacco sadly ends up being enjoyable to everyone but the one smoking it. I wish it tasted better

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	nach0 (35)	2021-11-14		Very Mild	Strong	Overwhelming	Pleasant to Tolerable

walking through a neighborhood far from my home, i stopped in front of a store where this tobacco was being sold way cheaper than i´m used to see (like 5 dollars less than usual) so i thought could be the moment to give a try. Once opened the pouch the smell is just OK, like any other Captain Black, chemical and wet. After lit, the first scent is a strong candy and sweet cherry, i could feel a bit of vanilla sometimes, never the tobacco flavor. It´s strongly cased and strongly artificially sweetened. HARD to keep it lit. Not my kind of tobacco, but i have tried worst aromatics before. Just recommended for the ones who really like aromatics and i am one of them but even if it´s your case, you might feel a bit overwhelmed by the artificial casing, it delivers almost the same flavor from the beginning till the end. It will ghost your pipe for ever, be carfeful.

Pipe Used: mm cob

Age When Smoked: fresh pack

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	Mike Cronis (37)	2021-08-02		Medium	Extra Strong	Overwhelming	Pleasant to Tolerable

Code Red Cherry Mountain Dew frozen Slurpee from a 7-11 at 3am.

When a pipe tobacco does not need a humidor, you know it's been heavily sprayed with chemicals and it's here. The cherry flavoring is very strong, maybe the strongest I've ever tasted, even more so than the chemical onslaught of CAO Cherry Bomb. Lingering after-taste and pipe-ghosting. Luckily I have a pipe dedicated to cherry aromatics so it's not a catastrophe. Cherry is not unlike eating Sucrets cough drops by the handful.

Smokes hot and requires sipping to a whisper and it's not too bad and eliminates pipe-bite that way.

Stays surprisingly lit as if they added something like flash-paper shreds.

I almost exclusively smoke aromatics so I'm not as horrified; I prefer Sutliff and MacBaren. This is not a completely miserable smoke if you know what you're getting into. This is sort of trailer-trash stuff but sometimes it can be fun. It's not unlike eating 1985 Spencer's Gifts cherry edible underwear topped with cherry body whipped cream that numbs your tongue and senses. Like a cherry fruit roll-up that's been sitting under a car seat for 10 years and it's over 100 degrees outside and you "go for it" as it melts all over your hands and you question your life choices.

I bought simultaneously Lane Limited Very Cherry in comparison and LL's VC is notably better and less obscene. I was suspicious if LL (who makes CB) just copy-pasted their VC and sprayed preservatives to keep it "over the counter" quality.

I'd recommend this if you REALLY want a LOT of cherry flavoring and know how to SLOWLY smoke this thing. I mean, sometimes aromatic fans want a face punch of politically incorrect Funny Face Chinese Cherry from 1971 and zero tobacco flavor.

I'd recommend for the aromatic connoisseur in need of cherry: Mac Baren: Cherry Ambrosia Cult: Blood Red Moon Peter Stokkebye: Cherry Bon-Bon Sutliff: Cherry Cavandish Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. - Kendal: Top Black Cherry

..and if you're immune to chemicals, CAO Cherry Bomb.

Pipe Used: Meershuam Cob

Age When Smoked: New-ish

Purchased From: Smoker Friendly

Similar Blends: CAO Cherry Bomb, Code Red Mountain Dew, Sucrets Sore Throat & Cough Lozenges.

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	Gnova (10)	2021-06-05		Mild	Medium	Mild	Pleasant

I decided to order a pouch of this because I enjoy other CB blends. With so many decent cherry/berry type aromatic blends on the market I fail to understand why anyone would choose to smoke this.

Age When Smoked: New

Purchased From: Cigarchief

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	Lazarus77 (91)	2017-06-10		Mild	Mild to Medium	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Tolerable

Very big dissatisfaction.Bland and horrible tobacco.From pouch coming strange chemical flavouring. No cherry smell at all. Burns hot, gives tongue bite, huge harshness. Completely tasteless stuff. Very bad aftertaste. Skip away, not recommending at all..... Lazarus77

Pipe Used: Various

Age When Smoked: Fresh

Purchased From: Local shop

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2013-01-23		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Tolerable to Strong

Mild if moist. Gets harsh as it dries out. Too sweet for my taste. Syrupy smell that permeates from the pouch

1 person found this review helpful.

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	albfneto (184)	2013-01-08		Mild	Very Mild	Very Mild	Pleasant

This stuff is very Mild, the cherry flavour and taste also. not bad, but it is not the best Captain Black's tobacco, neither the best Cherry.

1 person found this review helpful.

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	mnadz (69)	2012-07-07		Mild	Medium to Strong	Medium	Pleasant

You either like Cherry flavoring or you do not. I use to use "Dip" back in my day. All I could think about when I smelled and smoked this is it should be tucked in my lower lip. Not sure if I will smoke any Cherry blend due to my experience with this.

1 person found this review helpful.

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	Taylor3006 (47)	2012-02-26		Medium	Medium	Medium to Full	Pleasant to Tolerable

On its own I do not care for this blend. Its a bit too medicine like for my tastes. I found that if I blend one package of Cherry with four packages of Capt Black Royal, it becomes a very nice smoke and gives the Royal a nice cherry kick.

Update: Again on its own, this blend is not very good, where it shines is blending with other tobaccos. I find that one package of Cherry will flavor one pound of tobacco. Very excellent tobacco for blending but on its own, not any fun.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2012-02-03		Mild	Mild to Medium	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Pleasant

Ever broken up one of those cherry Children's Motrin tablets and smoked it? Me neither, but I'm sure that experience wouldn't be any different than smoking this stuff.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2011-09-20		Mild to Medium	Medium to Strong	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

I haven't smoked a lot of cherry tobaccos. But of the ones I have this is the worst. Wet, hot, gurgle. Tongue bite sent me to hospital...Ha. Pretty freakin scary for my first venture into cherry.

But I will say after taking some advice on letting it dry out for a week it was smokeable. The wetness, heavy aroma had disapated. I have about 96% full pouch left. I can see this one lasting a long long time. 1.5 star

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2011-09-15		Mild to Medium	Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

Smells great in the pouch and makes you want to dive right in. On the initial light and first few draws it's still nice, and you think you've found an awesome cherry blend. Soon this deteriorates into a weird undercurrent that reminds you of a cross between an aftertaste from cherry cough medicine or smoking a chapstick. Then the cherry disappears altogether and you taste the black cavendish, which is a good thing after suffering through the middle phase. It leaves a nasty cherry ghost in your pipe. I smoked a bowl of Prince Albert a couple hours later in the old cheap Grabow I used to try this, and until mid bowl, the cherry yuckinesss remained. I think it's finally gone. Possibly smoking a strong English blend in the pipe will completely flush the remainder out if there's still anything left. I'm just glad I didn't use a better pipe.

Live and learn, and try blends. This one is probably going in the trash tonight. I'll write off the $5.49.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2011-02-24		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild	Very Pleasant

While Captain black struck gold with Gold Label, not so with Cherry. It is sticky, sopping wet, and bitters really quickly. Smokes strangley similar to the smoker's pride cherry, except more expensive.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2011-01-10		Mild	Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

. The only good thing this tobacco is good for is Potpourri. My truck smelled nice while I let this stuff sit there till I decided to toss this blend in the next dumpster I saw.

Please don't waste your money. Even if you like cherry you'll be sorely dissapointed.

None of the Capt black blends are to be reccomended for beginers as some would advise.

Just starting out? Look for a virginia blend. Carter hall makes a nice blend thats easy on the pallate and the wallet.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2010-12-06		Overwhelming	Extra Strong	Overwhelming	Pleasant

This blend is infamously terrible. Here's why: It burns too damn hot, and it doesn't taste like any cherry I've ever tasted. Then again, I've never had cherries dipped in Antifreeze. This blend is extremely shaggy cut ribbons of brown paper doused in what I'm pretty sure is brake fluid, with a little cherry extract. Smokes hotter than the Devil's dong, and tastes absolutely horrid on its own. Mix a little bit of this with some black Cavendish though, and you have yourself a marginally tolerable sweet, (but still acrid) smoking tobacco. If you can't stand someone's cooking and are too embarrassed to tell them, smoke a few miserable bowls of this crap. You could take a bite out of a tire (wire mesh and all) and not give a God damn after just one volcano bowl of this "Tobacco," and I am being VERY generous calling it "Tobacco." I'd be better off smoking the bag it came in. However, with as much disdain as I have for this blend, I will give credit where it's due. I can say this: It smells absolutely wonderful, burning or not. This would make an excellent potpourri or incense. Very strong, noticeable cherry scent. It's as if a cherry tree raped you in the nose. Good for just sitting in a big room and making it smell nice, but not much else.

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	Pipe (20)	2010-11-16		Mild	Mild	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Tolerable

Had to try it, it was on the shelf at the smoke shop,

Absolutely BAD.

Why would the MFG continue to make this blend?

not even worth a 2nd bowl. I just hope I can save this pipe.

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	BigNick (59)	2010-11-14		Mild	Medium	Overwhelming	Very Pleasant

Smoking this is like slowly killing your pipe,smoke after smoke and it dies of a heart attack. Even though that sounds poetic its true. This artificial crap just clogged my pipe. It was all syrup, tasted like cherry cough syrup, and bit my tongue. There are pros to it of course; like all candy aromatics it smells awesome in the bag and smells just as nice when smoked. Cherry flavoring is so much like vanilla, there's good ways to make em' and bad ways to make em'. This is a bad way. Ohh for those who do want to try and brave this baccy, I would advise to smoke only in a cob, for the exact reason I aforementioned.

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	KahveDelisi (73)	2010-10-14		Mild	Medium to Strong	Mild to Medium	Overwhelming

Hi, my name is Pollyanna and this is a foul bodied, cave n' dish cherry chapstick. too bad I don't have a cowhide-tongue.

ribbon cut is a plus for easy gifting.

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	Hiram Briar 23 (12)	2010-09-15		Extremely Mild	Extremely Mild	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Very Pleasant

a decent alternative to prince albert. it smells pretty so your mom wont complain about the smell coming from your bedroom. I recommend getting a job and treating yourself to something better, you deserve better things man, dont let anyone tell you youll be a captain black man forever! Aspire to greater things! I believe in you! and you should too!

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2010-07-05		Strong	Strong	Medium to Full	Pleasant

I like Captain black white, one of my favorites, so i thought i would try the cherry. Strong smell when i opened the pouch, thought it would be nice. I was wrong. The room note was not offensive at all, but the taste was too strong. The cherry was overpowering. The taste hung in my mouth and on my tounge. It stayed in the pipe as well. I tried it later on the same day, and gave up on this cherry tobacco. Its not for me.

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	paulw (76)	2010-06-22		Overwhelming	Extra Strong	Overwhelming	Extra Strong

I love capt black white, gold, and royal, but cherry was a major let down. The pouch smelled of rancid chemicals, the tobacco was nasty. and smoking yuck you get the point, Again I love capt black but not this one!

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2010-06-22		Mild	Very Strong	Very Mild	Tolerable

I opeaned the pouch, and was punched in the face by cherries. Smoked a (1) pipe of this tobacco. The tobacco was mild but the cherry taist was overwellming. After one pipe of this tobacco I could not get the cherry taist out of my pipe. After smoking several bowels full of a good english blend (my mixture 965) my pipe was back to normal.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2010-03-21		Mild to Medium	Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

While I'm not a great fan of CB this is the only one of the line that I can't stand at all. There's something about artificial cherries that just turns my gut sideways. If you like cherry tobacco you might like this. I didn't. I'd rather have a train run over my lips.

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	ynrozturk (62)	2010-03-20		Very Mild	Medium to Strong	Mild	Tolerable

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Please see numbers 2, 4 and 5.

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	muntajab (11)	2010-01-16		Medium to Strong	Very Strong	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

I've tried Captain Black Cherry twice. Once using a pipe with a carbon filter, and it didn't taste so bad. The other time was when I quit carbon filters pipes; with steel filter pipes it tasted terrible; it was so strong and you feel you are smoking anything except tobacco.

If you want cherry flavor, go get some flavored juice, biscuits or gums, but if you want to smoke pipe, I wouldn't recommend fruity flavors.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2009-12-27		Extremely Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable

This is the first pipe tobacco I ever smoked. It was my first pipe tobacco, in my first pipe, and I will never go back to it. The first few bowls made me think "Wow, this is a great tobacco. Great taste, smells good, my friends like it. What's not to love?" Then upon trying some mild English blends and other aromatics, I realized.."Wait a minute..that Cherry stuff sucks." If it's your first tobacco and you're a new smoker, like I am, give it a try dispite the reviews. It's a decent tobacco to start out with. But if you're a vetern smoker, don't even waste your time.

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	pipe pirate (6)	2009-11-30		Medium	Medium	Medium to Full	Pleasant

=== ==========very tasty========== I can,t find it in any store in the town I live in.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2009-10-22		Extremely Mild	Very Mild	Very Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable

I was looking for a good, cheap, intro tobacco. I was told by a friend that Captain Black Cherry was a good one to start with, that he had very much enjoyed it himself. Unfortunately, that was not the case for me.

Right out of the pouch, It gave off a very sweet, chemical cherry aroma. The first bowl I smoked, I thought the tastelessness of it was normal. The second bowl yielded the same. It was then I realized smoking was supposed to be relaxed and fun. But this tobacco didn't taste good, and I wasn't relaxed, or enjoying myself.

Now, I'm not saying all CB tobaccos are bad, just this one. It is my recommendation that you DO NOT purchase this product, unless you want a very unsatisfying smoke.

Cheers.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2009-10-03		Very Mild	Medium to Strong	Very Mild	Pleasant

The Captain needs to be demoted in my opinion...or reprimanded at the very least. This is the the most strongly smelling of the three CBs I have tried and the last one I'll try as well. Very flat flavor and a strong cherry aroma which smells very artificial. Though this series of tobaccos is the worst I have smoked, people just love the aroma and I have to admit when I smell someone else smoking this I think it smells nice too. Not too much smoke while smoldering and it tasted like burning plastic and Luden's cherry cough drops (Sorry Luden's but I still love you and WILL buy you again).

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2009-08-03		Extremely Mild	Extra Strong	Mild	Pleasant

I couldn't stop myself to try a cherry. This happens more than 10 years ago. I still remember that unfortunate day in which I have made a big mistake. This is not a pipe tobacco!

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	Dr.sadik (120)	2008-12-19		Mild to Medium	Strong	Very Mild	Very Pleasant

strongly cased tobacco yet it impress people like no other tobacco i have ever smoked ,,ppl just love it(which happens to be a key point in choosing my tobacco),,however on this occasion its ur choice(your pleasure or peoples complement) which i dont mind to be honest!! hold the fire well if left to dry and or smoked very slowly, a pipe should be dedicated as the taste will be there for quite sometime ,, you can barely find the cavendish among the casing added. try it if you like a very sweet taste to your smoke.

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	Dov of the Galilee (32)	2008-06-20		Very Mild	Very Strong	Full	Pleasant

I love it and sadly miss it being imported to Israel. In a few weeks time I will be in America where I can buy the share of everyone who doesn't like it. I'm always open to gifts being sent to me of unwanted portions!

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2008-02-25		Very Mild	Medium	Mild to Medium	Tolerable

The second, and last cherry blend I will ever try. Tasted like chemicals. Couldn't even make it through the second chance bowl. A friend of mine once described his experience smoking a hookah by comparing it to smoking crushed up car air freshners. Yeah - this is like that.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2007-02-20		Very Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable

I found no redeeming qualities (though not bad either) despite trying it on a wonderful vacation in a naturally wonderful place. Not even romance could save this blend for me. It will not kill you, though.

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	Pkloop (53)	2006-12-08		Very Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

This smells good when you can get it to burn..and as an added bonus..It smokes wet & hot for those of you who may seek such an experience!

There must be better cherry tobac's out there..and I'll leave that up to other pipesters to find out. I haven't had any luck so far.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2006-09-20		Very Mild	Strong	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

Captain Black Cherry is positively awful. Like smoking Vick's Formula 44 cough syrup.

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	SopwithCamel (255)	2006-09-19		Very Mild	Medium	Medium	Pleasant

A strongly synthetic tasting blend. It is not particularly inexpensive either. There are many cherry blends that are much better than this. I'm not even sure this has tobacco in it...

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2006-08-26		Extremely Mild	Mild	Mild	Very Pleasant

A start for the novice, I dont care for the paper shredder cut that burns the same, or the severely artificial flavors that make no attempt at anything natural. But hey- gotta smoke something!

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	Philo Beddoe (221)	2006-06-18		Extremely Mild	Medium to Strong	Very Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable

Upon opening the pouch I smelled cherry bubble gum, very sweet smelling and I started to have reservations about what was in store. It packed well and lit very easily. The taste was similar to Middletons Cherry Blend, it hit me as overwhemling and quickly faded into blandness. After about 30 seconds all I could detect was a slight hint of casing. As most flavored tobaccos do, it produced a fair amount of tounge bite, but that was to be expected.

It took me a while to track this down, as it is not readily available in my neck of the woods. After going through the effort to find it I can report that it was a wasted effort. It tasted flat and sweet. Try Macbarens Cherry Ambrosia if cherry tobacco really interests you.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2006-06-14		Mild	Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

As far as cherry tobaccos go, this one ranks among the worst. Artificial cherry flavoring on low grade tobacco. It's dry, it bites and starts tasting pretty rank about 1/4 of the way into the bowl. This is really putrid stuff.

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	00 Steve (1)	2023-03-12		Very Mild	Extremely Mild	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Unnoticeable

So this blend wasn’t Captain black good, the pouch smell was nice, smells like Ludens cough drops, however it did not translate well in the smoking. This blend tasted like smoking BLK cherry cigars by swisher sweets which those I love every once in a while, they have more cherry flavor though, through a filtered pipe it may be different but it did leave what felt like a film on my tongue which was displeasing, also 15 bucks was pretty steep for an average blend, there was very little aromatics with this as well. Would give it a pass as opposed to other blends of equal price

Pipe Used: Corn cob

Age When Smoked: New

Purchased From: Cig discount

Similar Blends: It tastes the same as half and half bright and burley only with a hint of cherry.

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	Rustedrailsmokes (293)	2021-04-17		Mild	Strong	Mild	Very Pleasant

The smell to me is Cherry Koolaid. The same taste comes through the smoke. As long as this one is smoked SLOWLY its quite pleasant for a change of pace. It reminds me of when my Grandfather smoked his pipe. He usually smoked CB classic, but would have cherry once in awhile.

It really seems to do better in cobs. I have a couple dedicated to aromatics so I'm not worried about ghosting in those. The cherry basically overwhelms any other tobacco taste, so it is one-note. After a smoke, I can always smell the cherry in my beard, usually for quite a while.

It's not a blend that I'm going to be smoking everyday, but when I want it, it hits the spot.

Pipe Used: Cobs

Age When Smoked: new from tin

Purchased From: Smokingpipes.com

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2012-07-08		Mild	Medium to Strong	Medium	Pleasant

I decided to try this blend because I love the taste of cherries but was hestiant because a lot of people hated the cherry from captain. I also got to mix with a bad tobacco I got Peterson old Dublin. Not bad mixed together but a lot better by itself. I understand why a lot people don't like this blend because it does taste like a cherry cough drop after a while if not like syrup substance.

I most taste the black cavendish that's in the blend mixed high a very high dose of cherry casing. The casing is so strong you can smell it thru the bag unopened. Once you pack a bowl and lit up its not that potent to taste. Beginning to quarter of the bowl down its a relaxing cherry cavendish smoke which is very enjoyable. Then once you get to about half way down the cherry taste frys coarser and turns to a syrup liquid taste but not overpowering like some say that gives them headaches.

There are better cherry blends out there than this but it will do if your in a pinch and get the tobacco you really like. It's not good tobacco but its not terrible either. I didn't get a lot of tongue bite but I was smoking out of a churchwarden which probably why I enjoyed it so much. On re lights I did get some tongue bite but it was minor and annoying. But if you do smoke it too fast it will let you know and bite hard pretty much telling to stop for a second.

It's a decent aromatic to try and is cheap about 5 bux. But to some the cherry casing might be to overpowering so if you get some just smoke it slow and you be to go and will enjoy the cherry smoke. I think they did a good good considering its in the bottom of the barrel selection

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2012-02-20		Medium to Strong	Medium	Full	Pleasant to Tolerable

I personally like Captain Black Tobacco, but just not this one. I liked the flavor of cherry which was very obvious in this tobacco. It has been a while since I have tried this one, so I cannot remember if this one had a bite or not. Well I would recommend it to a beginner, because it is a step up from those drug store brands.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2012-02-10		Extremely Mild	Very Mild	Very Mild	Very Pleasant

If you have an your mother in-law coming over for the week and you want to stay on here good side...smoke this because its about 95% room note and the rest is a very neutral flavor that reminds me of eating bread.

Unfortunately because of this flavor it leaves me wanting more from this blend.

If i could somehow get a stronger flavor out of this then this would be the perfect company smoke which to me needs to have a universally pleasant room note and taste good too...Ill keep looking.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2012-01-25		Mild to Medium	Medium to Strong	Medium	Pleasant

A little to overwhelming with the "cherry", however a small amount mixed with a whiskey cavendish isnt too bad.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2011-10-25		Mild	Mild to Medium	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

2 stars because of the room note and the availability of it. you can find it anywhere. as far as the flavor goes, i'm not sure, because i simply haven't been able to taste it yet. every puff immediately burns my taste buds and renders my tongue useless. Ive tried in a corncob, a briar, and a cherry wood, to no avail. i want to like it, but i can't...and i've been trying.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2011-05-29		Mild to Medium	Medium	Medium	Pleasant

It's better than the cheaper stuff. I tried this after Carter Hall, and enjoyed it in comparison. After stopping at a local tobacconist, I realized how much I was missing out on. This stuff is good for a beginner, as I was. It smells amazing, but the taste is disappointing. The smoke smell isn't as good as would be hoped from the small that escapes the bag, and as people said below it does taste a tad "chemically." If you're not around a tobacconist, and like tobacco that smells creepily good, this stuff is for you.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2011-04-12		Mild to Medium	Very Strong	Mild	Very Pleasant

The pouch aroma of this mixture of various cavendish-cut burleys and long-cut cavendish virginias is simply cherry. Such a dominant and penetrating sour cherry aroma it is (think cherry Kool-aid or Lik-M-Aid), that the distinctively sweet cavendish aromas are nearly sublimated by its force.

Light and brown cavendish burley and black cavendish burley bring the requisite mild creaminess, whist the virginia cavendish adds richness and an extra sweetness to an already heavily sweetened blend. Subtle as a klaxon, the clarion call of cherry trumpets its presence from first light to last puff.

Being a tour de force of cherry revelry, Captain Black Cherry certainly earns its moniker. In its components, this reminds me of 1-Q, though the cherry is cheerful enough to partially stave off the tedium which that classic can engender. As an all-day blend, it is a doubtlessly a worthy choice for sugarhounds who worship at the altar of cherry. It will immediately and unfailing ghost a briar and seemed best in medium to wide gauge chambers.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2010-12-10		Mild	Medium	Mild	Pleasant

i liked it. very nice smell and a decent smoke. seemed to go out somewhat easily tho. pretty good. and it smells great. a little tongue bite but not much. give it a whirl if your low on cash or farm from a legit tobacco shop

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2010-11-17		Mild	Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

This was the 2nd pipe tobacco I tried and compared to my previous hellish experience with Red Cap it wasn't that bad. It wasn't great either but apparently my co workers liked the smell. If you like aromatics or cherries I still wouldn't recommend this one. Still doesn't seem to be as bad as some make it out to be though.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2010-07-23		Mild	Very Strong	Medium to Full	Pleasant

Yuck. Just too everything. Burns too hot, overpowering topflavor. Almost like smoking cherry goo. Just did not like this.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2010-06-02		Mild	Medium	Mild	Pleasant

MMMMM Chapstick......thats kinda how it tastes, you can really tell there is something artificial about it. That said I still kinda like it. Would never be an all day smoke for me, but maybe every now and then. I do recommend not wasting any of your good briar on this though, maybe try it in a cob.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2008-07-03		Medium	Medium	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

Hey what can I say, you got to please the folks around you in a close knit situation. Everytime I smoke this in public, I always have people saying "oh that smells so good, smells like grandpa". I only smoke this when I have to keep the peace! You got to admit, it does smell great, the taste, well, you know.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2006-08-29		Very Mild	Medium	Medium	Pleasant

Maybe for the new pipe smoker. I used to like this tobacco, not that much anymore, but I ocasionally have the urge to smoke something cherryish well.. I'll give it a try, just because sometimes when I smoke a bowl of it, it will taste great, but unfortunately, most of the times though it tastes like cherry syrup, leaving a bitter and artificial aftertaste. I'ts easy to get tongue bite with this tibacco if not soked properly. Pepole do like the aroma though, but I guess that everyone is bound to outgrow the taste for this tobacco in the short run anyways. I stiil think is nice for novices. And I Keep some around just in case i get an urge, like when you get a craving for trash food

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2006-06-20		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

Of the two cheap cherry aromatics I have smoked (this and Palidin Black Cherry), this one is the more expensive and the lesser quality. I bought this and the other in search of a strongly cherry aromatic. The cherry flavor is somewhat elusive and fades in and out amidst a highly refined ashtray taste.

On the redeeming side, and the reason this gets two stars instead of one, the room note is unmistakably cherry. It burns evenly and is not goopy. If you're very careful, it won't even turn your tongue into extra-crispy bacon.

I probably won't buy any more of this ever again, but I will finish the pouch. The search for cherry pipe-smoking bliss continues...indefinitely, probably.

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