Cornell & Diehl Exhausted Rooster

I haven't tried a new blend in a while and when I found this in a pass-around-box I thought I'd give it a try.. I love C&D Burleys, and the Bayou series also isn't too bad to my palate, so, why not?! 😉

Opening the tin note makes it very clear this is a flavored blend! A fruity and sweet scent welcomed me, quickly to be followed by some sour-smoky dark fired leaf, as well as some very nice and warm bready quality that I really like. It's hard to pin-point the added flavoring, but after the tin aired out for a moment it's not too strong and it somewhat contributes to the warmth of the tin note.

First few puffs tickled my nostrils as I blew out the smoke and a pleasing aroma started developing. Bready and nutty sweetness (an interplay between the burleys and Virginas?) with some nice fruitiness inbetween (Perique?). The initial sweetness fades a bit and leaves room for a pleasing spiciness to show. The flavoring may contribute to the fruity-sweet notes, but it's definetly far less obvious than in the tin-note, well done! Notes of earth and pepper linger.

Interesting enough for me to consider smoking it again and see, if this could become a companion to me. Not burley-ish enough for me to instantly fall in love with it. Yet I can see its fruity-sweet and bready/nutty and spicy aroma could be a nice change of pace for warmer summer days.

Exhausted Rooster.

Also this one blend is different from what I could expect. Just mellower than Bayou Morning Flake, but stout nevertheless. Plus I would never imagine it was scented in some way. I would dare some liquor (brandy?), applied with light hand, so that it disappears after the first third.

As per the Bayou Morning Flake, this is a masculine smoke with strenght and body. It likes moderate sipping, but never turns hot and/or bitey, it turns unpleasantly bitter instead... The Perique is applied as a seasoning component, the Virginia is the star of the show but, again, sweetness is quite little. The dark Burley adds woody tones, no nuts o cocoa.

Again, I have experienced a blend of very good quality, but miles different from what I’m used to smoke.

A couple of years old tin that smells of rum and raisins or eggnog. That's a surprise, I thought it had no topping! So this is a good, strong aromatic, the nicotine is quite present. The flavor profile is earthy, spicy and surprisingly cigar like but not at the same time. The topping is there most of the time, raisin sweet rum molasses.

I prefer to smoke it a bit dry so that the topping recedes a bit as I'm not an aro smoker. I certainly highly recommend it to amateurs of strong aromatic tobaccos.

Virginia lover

Sweet red virginias complemented by burley and a barely noticeable amount of perique, everything here is done with restraint I won’t say that the flavors interweave each other but I would say that this one was probably made to be as unobtrusive as possible nothing here distracts your attention if you’re doing something else i would not call it boring either it’s just there, the nicotine is barely noticeable, great on a size 3 to 4 pipe kinda meh in something bigger, Would I buy it again...don’t think so , C&D has so many other blends that are more interesting and cheaper.

A slow somewhat spicy smoke. The burley is definitely present and is a little bitey on the tongue and in combination with the Perique makes this disimiliar from your typical va/bur/per. The Virginia is there but take a back seat role, just providing a bit of sweetness. For my tastes, this isnt well balanced with the burley perique very forward. I'm going against popular consensus with this one and saying it's only ok and will not be reordered.

This review was done after opening, having a few pipes and then letting the tobacco rest for a year to mellow and re-trying. It mellowed a little but not much.

This was hard for me. I was stuck between 2 or 3 stars, but I am rating it by its lack of Burley vs the Virginia. This is much more a VaPe blend vs the usually classic awesome Burley blends C&D is known for. If I was rating this off a Virginia blend, I probably would have given it 3 stars. It definetly leads with the sweet grassy notes of the Virginia. The Burley lends just enough to give it more taste than a typical VaPe. I love strong Burley blends, and this just did not deliver. The tobacco is quality, packs and smokes well, no tongue bite for me. The nicotine level is nice. If you are looking for a Burley led blend, move on. If you enjoy a VaPe with a bit more kick, you can try this.

The tobacco seemed to be a bit under-developed. The smoke was quite harsh and had an acidic quality against the throat and nostrils. The finish was undesirably rancid. The only upside was the extreme jolt of nicotene.

Not bad. Not great either. Just OK. Very moist so you have puff slow to manage the bite. Tin note is nice. Has some type of alcohol casing. Virginians are sweet. Not enough perique and too much burley. Leaves a cigarette aftertaste in your mouth. I'll let it dry out a bit before I take another stab at it.

I'm kind of caught in the middle with this tobacco. I opened my 50 gram tin about a month ago. I enjoy the tin note of rasin like others have said kind of like a fruitcake. I also like the taste and smell of the bacco but it likes to slightly sting my tongue. Its not a harsh bite and its not so bad that I have to put the pipe down but it is noticable. This is my first experience with perique and I'm sure that's what is stinging me. Iv had the tin opened for a month and still have to dry the rubbed leaves for about 15 minutes. It seems like the rooster needs to be packed more loosely than others and needs a few relights but once it gets going it is not a bad smoke. I would like to try another blend with perique to see how it compares to exhausted rooster. I think I will put the other half of this tin up for around christmas time and see if my tastes have changed.