Cornell & Diehl Pennington Gap

Yikes! I think that the repulsive flavor I get from this is a combo of the Bourbon topping and the dark fruit of the Perique. Both are fine by themselves, but the combo makes me want to gag. It tastes like sweet and sour rotting fruit. The second half of the bowl is somewhat bearable because the topping fades a bit, but the first half is just too much for me. Never mind whatever good qualities the Kentucky may have, I can't get past that rotting fruit.

Mild to medium in body. Medium in taste. Mild to medium in rotting fruit. Burns very well.

When I write this review, I have actually used half a pot of Pennington Gap. The first thing to say is that I don't like it too much. At first, the reason I bought pennington gap was because I love Lakatia, but I want to have a different flavor and can be used separately, so as not to have only the aroma of Lakatia in my mouth all day, so I hope I can try bourbon-flavored tobacco. When I just opened the can, I was very satisfied with its rich aroma, but I felt that the smell was not very natural. I checked it on the Internet and found out that the source of the rich aroma is fragrance. When it is ignited, it actually tastes good, the aroma is still strong, but it also has a very thick sweetness, which is far more sweet than any tobacco I have used in the past, maybe it is because of cavendish, it is very sweet , I felt unhappy with the sweetness, and then I added a little Burley. The situation has improved significantly and it has become more relaxed, so that I can continue to enjoy the imitated bourbon fragrance. However, there is another problem with the pennington gap. The pipe is prone to overheating. Even if I breathe carefully and slowly, the pipe itself is still not easy to maintain the proper temperature. Perhaps it is because of my lack of skills. The cause of overheating must be cavendish itself. It is rich in sugar. In addition, pennington gap is also very easy to make me feel dizzy, and after burning, it produces a lot of tar and water vapor. I don’t know why, but I have used pure Burley, which contains higher nicotine. Never felt dizzy, guessing that it might be caused by fragrance. In short, it is difficult for me to adapt to the pennington gap, but I still suggest you to try it, maybe you will like it. 當我寫這篇評論時，實際上已經使用了半罐pennington gap，首先要說的是，我並不是太喜歡它。 起初，我購買pennington gap的原因是，由於我熱愛Lakatia，但希望有不一樣的味道可以分開使用，以免一整天口中都只有Lakatia的香氣，於是希望可以嘗試波本威士忌味道的菸草。 剛剛開罐時，我對它的香氣濃郁非常滿意，卻又覺得聞起來並不是很自然，稍微上網查了才知道，原來濃郁香氣的來源是芳香劑。點火起來時，實際上味道還不錯，香氣依然濃郁，但是也同時帶有相當厚重的甜味，這種甜味遠超出過去我使用的任何一款菸草，或許這是cavendish的緣故，非常的甜，甜味多道我感到不悅，之後我加入了少許的Burley，這情況有明顯改善，變得和緩許多，讓我可以繼續享受這模仿的波本香氣。 然而，pennington gap還有一個問題，就是菸斗容易過燙，即使我小心而緩慢的呼吸，菸斗本身依然不容易維持適當的溫度，或許是我技巧不足的緣故，過燙的原因想必是cavendish本身所擁有豐沛的糖分之故。此外，pennington gap也極易讓我感到頭暈，以及燃燒後伴隨著生產出大量的焦油和水氣，這個原因我就不得而知，不過我也曾使用純粹的Burley，含有較高的尼古丁，卻也不曾感到頭暈，猜測或許是芳香劑所導致。 總之，我很難適應pennington gap，但還是建議大家可以嘗試，或許你會喜歡。

Man, I had high hopes when I ordered this stuff....I couldn't wait for it to get to me. I opened the tin, took a sniff, and thought I was in for the bourbon tobacco experience of a lifetime.....

What a letdown! All I got a taste of was the Burley, and Granger does Burley better. At about 1/4 the price.

'Nuff said.

Sometimes my taste seems to differ radically from that of some esteemed ASPers... I truly hated this tobacco! I was expecting something similar to Barbary Coast (cubed burley, booze topping, perique...), but how wrong I was! The tin aroma is something to die for: like bananas doused in good bourbon... very sweet, strongly alcoholic. I have never smelled so much alcohol in a tobacco! This, together with the high wetness of the tobacco and the presence of cavendish, made my mouth drool but also my brain to worry a bit. After all, Barbary Coast is much subtler when you first approach it by sniffing the opened tin. It was so moist that the paper in the tin was all heavily stained! Quite weird for a C&D product, maybe they messed up this batch? Anyway, the tobacco seemed to take fine to the light and burn well. Actually, in spite of the wetness and the alcohol, the burning rate was slow and regular, producing a cool smoke. But then where's the problem? The problem lies in taste: I find it watery, uninteresting, unsurprising. The burley is never as nutty as in Barbary Coast or other C&D blends, it just tastes like hot air. You can't even feel much of the alcoholic scent that is so evident in the tin! It's just a weak, "empty" smoke (maybe due to the Cavendish?), with some of the heavy notes which are so typical of Perique (and I don't like too much Perique!) and some hints of sweetness. Boring!

This one has a very crumbly, cube-cut texture which makes it a very even burner, and it smokes

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dry and clean to the bottom for me - in this respect outdoing its cousin Cross-Eyed Cricket, although CEC has a more flavorful taste.

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There's a noticeable bourbon flavor which gives it a unique smell, but which isn't overpowering at all in the smoke. Perique is noticeable,

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and the burley rounds out the offbeat flavor to a very enjoyable finish. This is an understated tobacco for me... When I first tried it, my

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reaction was muted, but with each subsequent smoke it has become better and better.