Cornell & Diehl Berry Good

As with many pipe smokers, I began smoking a pipe with OTC aromatics such as Captain Black and Borkum Riff. The Borkum Riff nearly ended my pipe smoking adventures, but fortunately I ventured into the realms of trying to find stronger tobaccos (I don't inhale pipe smoke) in order to quit smoking cigarettes. I eventually realized that very high quality pipe tobacco is available, and it certainly doesn't taste like Borkum Riff. After this, I pretty much completely abandoned smoking aromatics due to most of them being goopy messes of poor quality tobacco masked with a chemical tasting topping. After years of smoking almost every stronger blend imaginable, I realized that many of these tobaccos had a room note that was somewhat offensive to those who do not smoke.

Thus my quest for an aromatic that had a good dose of nicotine, great flavor, and a pleasant room note began. I did my research and found this Berry Good No. 210 to be a good candidate judging from what I was reading on the reviews. I purchased a tin, and for whatever reason didn't touch it for over 2 1/2 years. Then I decided I would give an aromatic another shot and cracked open the tin. It had a very very pleasant tin note, and the tobacco wasn't goopy at all! It took light right away, stayed lit, and had a great Burley tobacco flavor with a very slight vanilla and berry flavor that wasn't chemical tasting in nature. The room note was fantastic, and best of all for me, it still had a good dose of nicotine! The quality of the leaf was outstanding, and absolutely no tongue bite whatsoever.

My past negative experiences with aromatics like Borkum Riff scorching my tongue like a belt sander with a chemical tasting mess of horrible quality tobacco were nullified. This Berry Good is a tobacco of very high quality, with actual honest to goodness tobacco taste, and slight hint of sweet berry and vanilla far in the background through the smoke. And it smells great to those around you if you are on a stroll or smoking indoors.

4 stars for an aromatic, 3 for a Burley blend.

This is a delightfully light C&D blend that reminds me of the old Middleton's Cherry Blend... but, Berry Good is much better (IMO), due to the quality of the leaf and the light sweetened leaf.

As is the case with most enhanced blends, the added flavoring is strongest at first light and then settles. The Vanilla/Raspberry notes are never strong but always lurking. A nice clean burn all the way to the bottom of the bowl is also a pleasure enhancer.

It is easy to see why C&D Berry Good is one of their new top sellers. For more gusto in the smoke, try mixing it half and half with Five Brothers. Now that makes for an after dinner dessert that is yummy.

This is one of those blends that is honest and seems to garner unanimous opinion. I stand alongside the four previous reviewers: this is a tasty burley blend with excellent smoking properties and a wondferful aroma. I've been smoking English blends for the last 15 years and only recently began exploring aromatics. Of the 6 I tried this is one I return to most often and have reordered. As mentioned earlier it is an 'honest' blend: no gastronomical subtleties or complexities. The ingredients are few but work well together. The topping, which is more noticeable in the pouch rather than in the pipe, seems to waft in and out depending on how hard you draw: little sips bring more of the aromatic flavor. Unlike some aromatics I haven't encountered a case of tongue bite with this one, even after 3 successive midsized bowls. The aroma it leaves is pleasant and my wife thinks it's nice (big female approval here). It burns to a clean ash and is delightful. Definetely recommended.

To call this an aromatic is a bit of a misnomer - the name really makes one think this is going to be some fruit-drenched mess. Not so. It is a burley blend with a LITTLE topping adding for a hint of dessert flavor and a compliment-winning room-note (My wife passed by me smoking this and her direct quote was "D**n that smells good!").

The real tobacco taste is in the forefront though, especially in the 2nd half of the bowl when most of the berry/vanilla casing has worn off. This is very tasty, burns extremely well, and only bites if you get WAY TOO eager with your puffing. I'm not much of a burley-phile generally, but Berry Good! could change that for me.

A great aromatic that I am glad I found, and would recommend. Love the berry flavor, my first of that type of flavor.

The tin note is strong and delightful, I was able to smell rasberry rather easily, and hints of others that I couldn't place but recognized. A little on the dry side, but no issues. Packed well, lit easily, and stayed lit. Not a goopy mess.

The flavor is a little strong in the beginning, but blends nicely with the tobacco, for a great, tasty smoke. The room note is very pleasant, and I received some compliments of the smell.

Did get a small amount of tongue bite, but I believe that it was more self inflicted from smoking too fast, and not inherent to the tobacco.

Excellent mild burley! Great nutty tobacco taste with some sweetness from the cav and the topping. The topping is applied very lightly, unlike most aros, lending a slight sweetness and sublte flavor. This is almost more of a classic codger style burley than an aromatic. Great flavor. Great burning qualities. No Bite. I always give this to friends or co workers that want to start smoking a pipe because of how forgiving and enjoyable this tobacco is.

This is berry good (lol). Bought this as part of their sampler ,when opening the tin nice dark colors popped out and no coffee filter in the can. My wife also enjoys the smell.The best time to smoke it is after dinner in my opinion but all day fine also. The tongue burn is to a minimum.



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If you like burley, want something to smoke around non-smokers, but don't like strong toppings/casings, "goop" and propylene glycol, this seems perfect. It has a light berry flavor at first and then tastes like good burley with a bare hint of topping farther down the bowl. I smoked this in a bar the other night and the two non-smokers who were with me said that it smelled very good to them and I had no complaints from anyone else. I usually try to pick something with a nice room note when I am in public, partly so that I'll be allowed to smoke a pipe and partly out of consideration for others, but have not found anything that non-smokers like the room note of and that I enjoyed this much. As far as smoking it on a regular basis for pure enjoyment, I'd probably give it a 3.5, as it's tasty but not astounding, but it's worthy of a 4 overall with the room note factored in.

English? Or Aromatic? I think this is one of Cornel & Diehl's best achievements. There isn't anything I can say about this blend that has not been said here already. I prefer aromatics but this particular blend to me has a touch of the English tobacco style flavor and in this case thats fine with me. Its simply a wonderful smoke. Not too strong and not too mild. Its balance at its finest.