Borkum Riff Mixture with Bourbon Whiskey (Bronze)
(1.64)
Selected quality, bright aromatic Virginia and rich, cool smoking burley tobaccos are blended to give an exquisite taste and aroma, enhanced by the finest Kentucky bourbon whiskey traditionally matured for over eight years to develop its full complex flavour. Serious yet dynamic, Borkum Riff Bourbon Whiskey has a unique, captivating taste and aroma. Infused with eight year old Kentucky Bourbon, it combines the natural flavour of the tobacco with a distinctive aroma that is both traditional and discreetly masculine.
Notes: Used to be Virginia and burley. Now is Virginia and black cavendish. The new pouch description relates: The Bourbon Whiskey recipe consists of 35% black cavendish from Africa, Europe and the Philippines mixed with 65% Virginia from Brazil and Africa. And as a final treat genuine Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey is added.
Due to EU regulations this is now known as "Bronze".
Details
| Brand | Borkum Riff |
| Blended By | Scandinavian Tobacco Group |
| Manufactured By | Lane Limited |
| Blend Type | Aromatic |
| Contents | Black Cavendish, Virginia |
| Flavoring | Bourbon |
| Cut | Ribbon |
| Packaging | 42.5 grams (US) 50 g (Canada) pouch, 250 grams tin |
| Country | Denmark |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Mild to Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Mild to Medium
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Tolerable
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Mild to Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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1.64 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 21 - 30 of 186 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 08, 2014 | Medium | Mild | Mild | Pleasant to Tolerable |
This is just a plain drugstore variety. I got a coupon in the mail to try this for a dollar so i did. It wasn't that bad but there was really nothing good about it. Lots of tongue bite. The smell was somewhat pleasant and the flavor was bland. I had the hardest time keeping it lit however. I smoked 3 bowls, I packed one my regular way, one very lightly and for the last I really jammed the tobacco in tight. Surprisingly that last bowl stayed lit the best. Bottom line.... Don't get it.
Pipe Used:
MM corn cob
PurchasedFrom:
CVS drugstore
Age When Smoked:
straight from the store
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 08, 2014 | Medium to Strong | Mild to Medium | Medium to Full | Pleasant |
Ok, 1st I open the package I can smell a thin bourbon scent but when I smell the tobaccos, it smells just like a ordinary cigarrete ! This blend is totally bad, give me a tongue bite for many days, and when I try to smoke it again, my lips is very hurt and my tongue gets bleeding. Is easy to pack and 1st draw is still good but nothings specials. It taste just like an ordinary cigarrete. I got this blend for my friend, he give me a package and ask me to try it. But the good news is this bacchy is very good when I mix it with my local Indonesian tobaccos. Give a new color and taste because of it's bourbon scent. Perhaps I needs lot of alcohol drinks to enjoy this bacchy by it own.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Dec 22, 2013 | Mild to Medium | Extremely Mild | Very Mild | Pleasant to Tolerable |
This was my first tobacco. I really hate it. I can't taste the whiskey. I smoked a full pouch, it was a true misery to my tongue.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Oct 13, 2013 | Mild | Mild to Medium | Mild | Pleasant |
So, a one star for me says at least that the entire pouch was smoked. There have been a few that didn't get reviewed because I simply could not persevere in the smoke. This one smokes like a VA and I detected no burley flavor (because I'm pretty sure that the burley is the cavendish component.) There are some nice flavors in this one, but it can bite and burn hot. I respect skandanavik for their more discreet use of toppings. The bourbon is mildly detectible in the smoke. Not recommended but finishable.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 13, 2013 | Very Mild | None Detected | Extremely Mild (Flat) | Pleasant |
You can only smell the whiskey, just only at opening pouch. Then nothing about whiskey. After that it is just a Virginia-Burley which you can find everywhere. Smoke it slowly, unless you want a tongue bite. I would rate it one and a half star , but i can't.
And also i don't like bourbon, i prefer scotch.
And also i don't like bourbon, i prefer scotch.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jul 20, 2013 | Very Mild | Mild to Medium | Mild | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Flavorless, heated smoke. Packs well, burns well, burns quickly but who cares? If it isn't a good smoke then the rest is unimportant. There can be a bite. Even at the drugstore price this stuff simply is not worth it.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jul 17, 2013 | Overwhelming | Strong | Full | Extra Strong |
Bitter and untasty, Smokes like a pyre. Extremely unpleasant with no bourbon taste at all. If mixing some bourbon into this blend wont change or mellow the taste at all Im throwing this shit away
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| May 18, 2013 | Mild to Medium | Very Mild | Mild to Medium | Tolerable |
I received a pouch of this as a gift and was looking forward to giving it a try up on opening I can not detect any whiskey at all might just be me but I can not smell it at all.Up on smoking it tasted like a pair of old sweaty socks and it bites like a hungry crocodile not for me this one 🙁
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| May 17, 2013 | Mild to Medium | Extremely Mild | Extremely Mild (Flat) | Unnoticeable |
Seems like nothing but pure tongue bite. Definately not a fan, and I probably would not recommend this to highly. .02.
Mike
Mike
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 17, 2013 | Mild | Medium | Mild | Tolerable |
This just might be the absolute worst tobacco I have ever tasted.
I am amazed that this is even on the market, let alone so commonly available in seemingly every drug store and smoke shop in America.
One should have to search hard and wide for a tobacco this bad. One should have to work at it. It should be a challenge of sorts - a quest.
Instead, every year new pipe smokers stumble onto this tobacco and give up the pipe shortly thereafter.
We should start some type of petition to get this tobacco taken off the market.
And we should take up a collection to send some decent tobacco to those fond of this vile mess.
I am amazed that this is even on the market, let alone so commonly available in seemingly every drug store and smoke shop in America.
One should have to search hard and wide for a tobacco this bad. One should have to work at it. It should be a challenge of sorts - a quest.
Instead, every year new pipe smokers stumble onto this tobacco and give up the pipe shortly thereafter.
We should start some type of petition to get this tobacco taken off the market.
And we should take up a collection to send some decent tobacco to those fond of this vile mess.
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