Cornell & Diehl Black Gold Maple

Smoking now: first impression.

Tin is a mixture black and tan pieces that is fairly moist like most aromatics you probably know. I let mine sit on a plate on top the toaster for a few seconds to dry out as I do with most aromatics of the sort. My review reflects that and drying tobacco out (not to a crisp though) will benefit you if you don’t already do it. The tin aroma is stoved Virginia and maple syrup. It’s very appealing.

The taste. This is like one of those dessert parfaits in a cup that has sweet whipped cream on top, vanilla pudding below that, then the not so sweet but still delicious sugar cookie on the bottom.

The maple is the dominant flavor and is quite nice. I like an aromatic that tastes how it smells and this one does the trick. I do get some nice sweet Virginias in here too and I suspect the sweet cavendish adds to it and helps mellows it all out. The first half of the bowl is a wonderful maple forward smoke. In the second half the maple flavor drops off completely and there’s a decent sweet Virginia and sugary cavendish flavor with a delightful retrohale. I did not get any tongue bite, chemical or harsh taste, nor any gurgling. Burned very well for an aromatic. Left a tad bit of moisture and dottle in the bowl.

Now for the obligatory “I don’t usually smoke aromatics but” part. Truth be told I do smoke aromatics but good ones are hard to come by. This one is good. I do recommend you dry it out a bit though. It’s an aromatic that tastes how it smells and gives you a subtle sweet tobacco taste. Well done.