Borkum Riff Mixture with Bourbon Whiskey (Bronze)

I really did not like this and put it away but decided to try again before trashI gotta It was much milder, taste was;ow. I added a big splash of bourbon and let dry and it’s not all bad, in fact, I like it. It has to be given a chance.

I’m still a Boswell fan.

I've tried this tobacco recently and I like it. There is not too much of a bite, it has a good taste and mild whisky flavoring. It's not the best of Borkum Riff, but it is a good blend.

I am surprised with the low average this received. No bite, no gurgle. Some nicotine. Stays lit well and burns right to the bottom. I liked this from the start, no need to wait for it to grow on me. Pouch aroma is fabulous. Nice thick smoke. I like to retrohale, and this was a little too strong to enjoy doing that. I find that it does burn fast.

I had never smoked this. I heard that it was the series most popular Borkum Riff.The tobacco was a ribbon cut that smelled more like rum to me than bourbon.I liked the smoke taste and the room note was okay. I know why this is their most popular blend now.

I tried a pouch of this back in 2008. Pouch aroma was enticing. The tobacco was very dry. Taste was sub-par. The room note was quite pleasant. I ended up adding some cloves which helped improve the taste. I haven't purchased any since then. That is until today. My experience this time was quite different. Pouch aroma was still enticing. The tobacco had good moisture content this time around. The taste was actually pleasant. Decent tobacco notes with a slight sweetness. Room note was quite pleasant. It burned into a light grey ash and left only a slight amount of moisture in the bottom of the bowl. Maybe my first pouch years ago was stale or just plain junk. ? Some love this, some hate this. I would definitely purchase this again assuming the next pouch would be similar to this one. It's worth a try regardless, or even a second try.

This is a blend that I pick up weekly in the pouch. Scandinavian Tobacco sends me weekly coupons for this for $1.00. So I tend to unpouch it and throw it in a bulk mason jar. I pull it out after a short sit and smoke it when I need something different. In short it is a mild smoke with little bite. I smoke it in a Dutch over size pipe. It burns well if not over packed. Taste is very mild. No tough bite to speak of and it last for an hour and a half. As for taste it is very mild. I never get any of the whiskey taste. Leaves a good room note. For a buck it's a keeper and stays in my rotation. I will say it does not get better if let sit to long. I have jars 2, 3, 4 and five years old. I say no more than a year. I blend the older stuff.

This is one of the first pipe tobaccos I ever tried (together with Capt. Black, Amphora Red and Clan). In my opinion, this is the best of the Borkum Riff range or, if you so prefer, not as bad as the others in this German-Swedish family. It is not as goopy or cased as either the Black or Cherry Cavendish varieties, and it does have more body and presence than the Ultra Light or Champange versions.

Evidently a popular tobacco, and readily available almost anywhere, it has enough Virginia flavour to fight back the Bourbon whiskey casing, and the Burley adds a certain sharpness which I find rather enticing. To put it briefly: it does taste of tobacco. The samples I remember were not particularly moist, and the famous (or infamous) riff cut (long thin strands) were never an obstacle to pack and light it easily. I assume it must contain some humectant or artifical substance to keep it fresh, and that tends to give it an industrialised undertone. But it's not that bad. I would rate BRW a mild to middle strength smoke, not really sweet, and if smoked slowly it won't bite. Not a particularly cool smoke, it does leave a tolerable room aroma.

Within the range of highly commercial brands, this blend is pretty good and can be smoked safely by both aromatic and non aromatic smokers. Definitely not an exceptional tobacco, but if stranded somewhere in the wild, it can become a passable option. __________

NB: I just tried the new, Danish blended version. It is much better than its previous German version. The taste is fuller and rounder, and the casing seems to be now a topping, providing a more defined and richer tobacco flavor, with a stronger Burley presence. Hence, one more star for this readily available blend. Smoke it slowly, though, because the tongue bite is still there...(January, 2007)

Not as bad as people says...When i first tried it, i was expecting a traditional aromatic blend, which means, full of preservatives, artificial flavors, too wet, or that kind of appearance most aromatic has.

I was totally wrong, in a good way, bc this blend has the perfect moisture IMO, doesn't smell artificial, barely noticeable topping or casing, this is what i can call neutral tobacco, i can´t feel any whisky in it, only tobacco flavor.

Concerning the tobacco, the crumble is easy to break, easy to pack, easy to keep it lit. The mix i had in hands were Virginia and black Cavendish, really well balanced, doesn't bit, doesn't make bubbles when finishing the bowl, i have only good things to say, since my first pouch it become my favorite 'drugstore' tobacco.

Borkum Riff Bourbon Whiskey was a present surprise compaired to the MANY NEGATIVE REVIEWS. To start with, this is not a typical goopy aromatic and it burns great with no issues. Appearance is a mix of brown with some black cavendish about 60-40 or so.

The flavor is not overpowering but is mildly sweet with some citrusy Virginias making themselves known. This is a tasty blend and was much better than I would have thought from the MANY many negative reviews which I'm guessing are from the older blend pre-reformulation since this blend has excellent taste, not goopy, and no Tounge bite.

The only reason I did not give this all stars is the price. It has creeped up in price over the years and at my local B&M a pouch is over $11 making it (aside from St Bruno) one of the most expensive pouch blends I have tried. With all that into consideration, I'm very glad I tried this blend and would recommend this to anyone that may be interested and would encourage people to try it again since the blend has been changed:)