Cornell & Diehl Opening Night

A mans smoke. Excellant. I like the moisture level.

This is one of the finest flakes I have come across, the sidestream reminds me of a good incense. Good mouthwatering, musty, pungent, bitter red virginia tobacco. Abracadabra this flake should be called every night!

My favorite Virginia right now. This is the third English I have tried, and I would recommend it, highly. I do prefer Latakia, but this is a good change from it. I found the tin to be a little moist for my preference, but I tend to load the pipe, char light it and then let it sit for a few hours before lighting for real.

"Life is a Flat Bitch. Then you get to Die."

I want to die from an overdose of Opening Night. What a great way to go. Great Virginias seasoned with....more Great Virginias!

There's a party in my Pie-Hole!! (Keep the noise down, I'm trying to get some sleep here.)

Could do with some aging, but in order for that to happen, I'll have to have them put up a 55 Gallon Drum of this great weed. When it's empty, you can bury me in it....along with the big shit eating grin on my face.

I love the way the virginias play tag all the way down the bowl, especially in my Autograph that has a bowl about the size of that 55 Gallon drum referenced above.

Very nicely done.

The fine folks at Cornell & Diehl have another winner. O.N. comes in a nice flake. I like the "all tobacco" aroma from the tin. As with most C&D blends I fully rub out the flaks after drying. This gives me an easy pack, light, and burn. The taste is pure, simple unaltered, Virginia..... slightly sweet, and "grassy". Someday this may be "my desert island" blend, but for now I'm having to much enjoyment in my mad dash down the Virginia hiway. This blend gets a solid * * * *

I find no pleasure in giving a one star to a tobacco, as I also feel strange seeing how many historic members of this forum consider this tobacco an excellent Virginia while I am quite disappointed by it.
I've tried it in many pipes: those I dedicate only to Virginia, those in which I smoke Virginia and Perique and those magic pipes that smoke well with everything.
Nothing, not an inch of pleasure, just few and rapid glimpses of what I'd expect from a straight Virginia, leaving me with a short illusion and a burning delusion.
Maybe this mélange belongs to another class, like the two elegant people on its etiquette, maybe I'm not supposed to be there, at the opening night.
It's not that bad, I always preferred the backstage anyway...

A nice slow smoke. I'm not a Virginia enthusiast but I'd place this 3rd on my list of Virginias just behind capstan yellow and glp union square.

Not getting alot of sweetness but maybe gets better with some ageing. The citrus notes are there, mostly getting orange and maybe some pepper on retrohale. A nice nic hit and aftertaste.

I like it and would recommend it but I will probably let this one age a bit and go on with other regular VAs

This is the definition of all-day every-day straight uncased Virginia. Nic hit is on the stronger side. Smoke is completely hassle free. I usually manage to smoke the entire bowl without any relights. After-taste is short lingering and mild. The taste is mild-to-medium tilting towards the mild side. I get toasty oat flavors, very little sweetness and earthiness. This has a perfect place in a rotation between sweet VAs and spicy VaPers or DFK. Almost like a palette cleanser. The pipe smoking community asks for more uncased blends and I would like to see more myself, especially considering how good they can be as evident from Opening Night. Because this is a mass produced blend I have horded quite a bit of it. While I am more partial to full-flavored VAs, I have become fond of a robust rotation and Opening Night has a permanent place.

My experience differs from most of the reviews I read here, but I end up at the same conclusion. This is one of the best uncased Virginia blends, if not the best.

Tin aroma is very different from most straight Virginias. Very strong grape and plum notes, with some other pungent aromas I cannot place. To be honest I am not a fan of the tin aroma. However, the smoke aroma is heavenly. This is the best smelling Virginia I have ever smoked in my life, forcing me to take a lot in through the nose. This above all else is why this tobacco makes such a great case for being one of the best.

I put the flavor at mild, not medium or even mild to medium. The flavor is everything you expect from pure Virginias in a muted form. I have spent the past year smoking nothing but SPC Hogshead so that may skew my rating, but I just don't see this as a medium VA.

Zero tongue bit and burns cool which is incredible for an uncased VA. I was expecting to wrestle with this one, but there was no wrestling to be had. I agree with others that this may be the perfect tobacco for new pipe smokers to start with. Only possible problem for beginners would be the nic hit which I found to be on the stronger side.