Cornell & Diehl Night Train

Make sure you have eaten well before you prepare to smoke this tasty crumble cake, made of Burley, Virginia and Perique, otherwise the massive amount of nicotine may make you dizzy. Complete and full flavor that will totally satisfy you. Very sweet at the beginning, as the bowl smokes down the sweetness progressively grants its place to other flavors of dried fruits. I believe this is more of a Burley tobacco and less of Virginia. Perique and Cavendish do not participate with high percentages in the Night Train. Just in order to provide a spicy and simultaneously sweet flavor. It cannot be smoked as an all-day tobacco. It requires calmness and relaxation in order to take pleasure in it. Ideal for those who seek something very “strong” in morning, so that they fill up their nicotine “deposits”.

Good American/VaPer. Forward facing Burley, but the Virginia is noticeably present and sweet. Comparatively, the Perique is in the background. Must be smoked slowly, with a full burn, to receive a great deal of complexity in the flavor. The blend of sweet and bitter is well balanced, rich and strong...more toasty and creamy in last third of the bowl. Best fully rubbed out, and not left in chunks.

Recommended, and would order again.

A companion infusion: a bottle or two of Oxford Class Organic Amber Ale.

I have to give Night Train my seal of approval. This is some hardcore stuff here. It has a wonderful aroma and can be almost overwhelming. I am usually a fast and hot smoker but this slowed me right down. The nicotine content does seems to be quite high and the aftertast can be rough but well worth it.

This is a great smoke. I love the flavor. Pure enjoyment to smoke this blend. I highly recommend it! I used to chew strong tobacco like copenhagen and Grizzly. This is good for me as it actually has a decent amount of nicotine in it.

This is one of the best VaPers I've had to date. The virginias provide a velvety base to the tempering burley and accenting Perique. I would have this as an all day smoke, but I don't want to get my tastebuds into a rut. I have a couple of pounds in the cellar as a hedge against an unfortunate future. A truly wonderful blend from an exemplary blender.

No doubt this is very good tobacco. The blocks are easy to break up and are not overly moist. There is some bite in the first third of the bowl but after you get about half way through the bite seems to go away and what you are left with is a very enjoyable smoke. There is a very high level of nicotine, so towards the end of the smoke you definately feel it. All in all, I do like the blend and think it is one of the better product from C&D.

19 reviews and still a four-star rated VAPER from Cornell & Diehl. I do not wonder why, because this is one of C&D's very, very best offerings. If C&D scaled back and removed some of the rundancy from their menu, Night Train must stay on track, so to speak.

Surprisingly sweet and well-behaved for a blend this deep, earthy and that delivers a real Perique-whomp. I think that somehow the extreme pressing helps the Perique exchange some of its venom and absorb some manners from the rest of the leaf. Still, this is no blend for those who eat mild salsa, take the salt off their pretzels or drink lite beer. If you are not allowed to play with knives, NT has an edge.

I enjoyed Kajun Kake and the various cubed Burley blends with Perique of the last few years from C&D, but Night Train has taken the spotlight. Just be careful that your friends don't mistake NT for a "Berkeley Brownie" and gnaw off a bite. It will make them high, but also clean-out their upper GI tract.

This one is a "keeper". Whats not to love. The brick arrives intact. You only have to pinch off a portion, rub it out(very easily done)load, and smoke. The ease of preperation is secondary to the quality of the tobacco. The sweetness of the Va's and cavendish's are balanced with the cool burning burleys. The taste is sweet, and mellow. The minor role of the perique adds a little tingle. Night Train burns well,never too hot.No bite. What more can one hope for from a VAPER blend? Great taste, good burn, nice ash. I just orderd two more pounds of this to cellar. Can it get any better?

A 1" x 4.25"x 8" inch pressed brick of C&D's Night Train arrived a few days ago. I cut open the plastic wrapper and was greeted with a true yet subtle Virginia aroma. The block is light brown in color with tiny specs of dark and light mixed in. There's plenty of thin blonde Virginia flakes and ribbon in this brick having the texture of dry oatmeal once rubbed out. I pried off a corner plug and rubbed it up, this didn't take much effort. I've smoked four bowls of this tobacco in different shaped pipes with varying bowl sizes since its arrival. It is my experience that the ideal pipe be a Canadian with a larger bowl capacity, read on to find out why. Once loaded in the bowl and settled in my assigned seat the train pulls out of the station with no problems at all. The charring light went fast, in fact I had to let up to get it to die down enough to tamp. This tobacco, like most bright flakes burned very hot the first quarter of the bowl with not much initial excitement. Patience on this journey is paramount; this train will bite you hard if you race down the tracks puffing away. Easing off the throttle about a third of the way into the trip, the city scenes gave way to beautiful Virginia country vistas. First, the mild sweetness of the Virginia bright flakes are in the front, and the slightly heavier ribbon added to this. The subtle Cavendish Cut Burley gave the Virginias it bottom note that they couldn't have achieved on their own, and the combination was seamless. What really makes this blend so special is the role that the small amount of Perique played acting as the caboose on the palette. Halfway into the journey I discovered what Virginia smokers live for, it's sheer bliss, and with a larger bowl and a longer stem on your pipe the trip is non-stop; a fulfilling array of flavorful Virginias. Night Train is a dry mixture to be sure, but your destination can be reached if a large enough bowl is used. Once Night train reaches a metered cruising speed it's a smooth trip indeed. She smokes all the way to the bottom with a bluish white ash, no dottle to speak of. Considering Virginias age so wonderfully, I'm rubbing up 3/4's of this pound for a glorious return trip at a later date, and will be commuting daily with the rest. The quality of the tobacco C&D employs is evident here. This is a first class blend for the Virginia aficionado that enjoys bright to middle Virginias.