Boswell Pipes & Tobacco Cherry Smash

The sweet, deep cherry flavor mostly dominates the Virginia cavendish, so you'll find very little of that taste here outside of a blade or two of grass and a drop of honey. The cherry has some creaminess, though it has a slight syrupiness in the second half at times that I found a little distracting. I do get occasional minor vanilla notes from the black cavendish, which I found rather pleasant. May need a little dry time. Burns cool at a slow to moderate pace with no bite or harsh moments, along with a consistent flavor to the finish. Will leave moisture in the bowl and needs relights. The room note is wonderful. Not quite an all day smoke.

-JimInks

Not a real cherry cavendish fan but love the room note of most cherry tobacco. A friend from the pipe community recommended this blend for people like me who want the aroma but not the sickeningly sweet overpowering flavor of the casings used in most berry blends. Cherry Smash is a nice smooth burning and smoking tobacco. Cherry Smash has the cherry roma I love and a rich tobacco flavor with a sweet and nutty finish. A pleasant smoke for a sitter and is sure to please the people around you. I would buy this blend again.

This is one classy aromatic pipe tobacco. It was my first cherry cavendish purchase, thanks to positive reviews on this forum. Bought a 1 oz sample and right off the bat was delighting in the pouch note; a sweet rich cavendish bottom end crowned with a pleasant cherry top note. Boswell's splendid Virginia tobacco taste peeks in and out, and Cherry Smash's fragrant clouds of smoke are a thing of beauty. The room note is on the sweet side as well and a crowd-pleaser. It wants to burn a tad hot and tongue bite can sneak up on you if you're not careful, but that's fairly normal for cased aromatics. Some relighting is needed, just pack a little more tightly, go slow and pay attention to your tampwork, no worries. Alternatively, 10-15 minutes drying time can be a good thing.

I think this is a smoke that would appeal to someone who wants to taste top-quality tobacco as well as a nice cherry casing. Those wanting a stronger cherry-flavored punch might be disappointed, but only by a little. Shared the whole 1 oz sample with my friends and then bought 4 oz more, which we are working through in a most enjoyable fashion. Happily, the second batch was identical to the first. If you like to have a few cherry tobaccos in your stash, Cherry Smash is a good one, and a keeper.

Very subtle and smooth flavours...did get a bit of tongue bite but overall a nice smoke.

All the Boswells are top notch, but this is presently my favorite. some of the reviewers think that this casing is too weak, but I find that it is perfect since it does not overwhelm the Virginia tobacco taste. It is mild with no tongue bite, smokes cool, and has a nice taste. It leaves a nice flavor to the pipe. I was tending towards straight Virginias but love this combination. Stays lit, no goop, and burns to a nice ash. Four stars for sure.

Like the other reviewers have said it need more cherry punch to it. Good quality tobacco tho and I wouldnt say I regret buying two ounces of this.

I had a forum friend send me many samples of Boswell and Drew Estate aros to try out as I had tried neither of these companies' offerings. Overall, I would give the nod to the Drew Estate aros overall as I felt they were done better and I felt a little disappointment in the Boswell aros as I guess I had high expectations from the many reviews that I had read. Perhaps it was due to the comparison with what I felt to be a superior offering.

Of the Boswell blends that I had tried, I was surprised to find that it was this blend that was my favorite of the lot. Surprised because I typically don't like the cherry aros, at least what I would consider what should be representative of a cherry aro. For instance, I love GH top black cherry, but it is so different than just a cherry flavor with GH's unique Lakeland sauce taste that the result of cherry added to that just tastes much different that someone looking for cherry may not like it.

This is a cherry aromatic and it is the best offering of such that I have tried. I smoked this up in a day or two. Many smokes were out of my Country Gentleman while putzing around the garage. It made my workplace and my mustache smell great. A real enjoyable smoke that kept its topping flavor throughout that entire smoke.

I would put this at a notch over three stars, not quite four. Good stuff.

After a couple weeks of having it around it seems the cherry flavor has grown richer, and fuller but still subtle and refined and not overwhelming...and now the cherry seems to stick around the whole bowl. It's also not a strong or sour cherry, it's soft and only slightly tart. I like this one because it's not just straight cherry, it seems to be more than that...maybe a cherry with a vannilla finish. And that is why I keep it around. I may not smoke it much but when I'm in the mood for some cherry...it's really tasty. Sometimes I forget that I do like cherry blends, but I have to be in the mood and this is one of the best I've smoked. It burns well, and smokes great...no bite and smokes dry. It has a good balance and the tobacco flavors are not overpowered. The only other thing I can say is I felt this blend has a bit of a nicotine kick to it and stronger tobacco flavor. I noticed the same with Boswell's Apple Struddle, which is also great. Not a bad thing, just more than I'm used to. Good stuff for a change of pace, it's a once in a great while smoke for me. I'm not big on cherry, but this is good for those times and a way better cherry blend than the others out there.

I was told to stay away from aromatics, but I decided to try a few anyway.

This was one I will NEVER try again. Tastes terrible, Bites like crazy, and leaves my mouth very upset.

Was rough on my throat and tasted like hot garbage hinted with cherry cough syrup, Don't bother.

Probably the best cherry pipe tobacco you can find. It's a "perfect cherry" blend in my opinion and I'm a fan of aromatics. No chemical taste and seems all-natural flavoring.

Burns cool and stayed lit. Flavor remained throughout.

Reminds me of homemade cherry cobbler at 1 pm at a family diner with a bit of a Graham-cracker finish. Truly remarkable. It does lack a hint of depth and richness, but seriously, of the 50 some-odd cherry tobaccos I've tried, this is THE one.

MacBaren's Cherry Ambrosia has too much vanilla flavoring as does Sutliff due to the Cavendish process but this one is pure cherry without being chemical-synthetic or rude. Just perfect.