Cornell & Diehl Nutty Irishman

Cornell & Diehl - Nutty Irishman.

Note: from bulk.

A blend comprised of mainly medium brown ribbons, with a smaller proportion of darker ones. My moisture's good, but as this was a bulk purchase I can't comment on a tin's.

Subjectively speaking, the toppings don't work well together for me. The Irish Mist would be better without the Frangelico: the creamy, decadent, flavour of the Mist is contested by the caustic Frangelico. It's a shame there's not more black Cavendish, this might smooth it out some, but seeing as I can't taste any, it doesn't. The Burley tastes good-enough, but nothing out of the ordinary.

Nicotine: mild to medium. Room-note: pleasant.

It wouldn't be fair to rate this with just one star, but it's certainly getting no more than two:

Somewhat recommended.

The blend smells nutty, a bit like a syrup for flavoring coffee.

The burley is nutty, and the hazelnut flavoring makes this taste even nuttier. The specific hazelnut flavor is very prevalent on the retrohale, while the smoke has more of a general nuttiness with normal breathing/puffing. I'm not a hazelnut fan so I found the flavor far too strong to enjoy much.

You can view my video review of this blend here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci9M7GnW5MA

Overall I would rate this as a delicious and decent quality aromatic. The tin note is wonderful and translates to the smoke well. I mainly get hazelnut above all and don't really notice the Irish Mist. I don't notice really any cavendish, and seems mainly thin ribbon shag-cut Virginias and Burley. The moisture content when I opened the 2oz peanut tin was just fine to smoke. Upon lighting you get full hazelnut flavor and a decently light tobacco. Later in the bowl I do start to get a bit of a chemical taste.. similar to the chemical taste I feel I get when smoking Molto Dolce... though not nearly as bad as that. The room note is really great and my wife fully approves. I would give it more stars if it didn't have this chemical note toward the bottom half of the bowl.. though I will most likely not buy more.

A light, relaxing, comforting smoke. Not very interesting or overly complicated. Not overly sweet or cloying in anyway. Named after the classic drink which this tries to mime pretty successfully. If you’re expecting more hazelnut and less alcohol, you might want to curb those expectations a bit as this is trying to accurately copy the drink.

Has a pleasant aroma and mouth feel with a bit of a soft creaminess to it that gets cut through by the occasional hint of whiskey. The hazelnut is pretty subtle but not unnoticeable. There’s an occasional hint of toasted nuttiness thats very pleasant.

Nothing about the blend is very extreme and it’s quite well rounded. It’s a bit wet and doesn’t fully dry for me, but it doesn’t get too hot if smoked at a moderately slow pace. If you push it too hard the alcohol will become more noticeable and start to bite. You won’t have to baby it and it doesn’t need too many relights. Very mild with not much nicotine. Not very full flavored but nice and subtle.

Not great, not terrible. Probably dead center for me. More of a 2.5 than a 2. Try it out and see how it fairs for you, as this one seems to be all over the place as far as reviews go.

No nicotine, no bite , no gurgle. Similar in taste to Erin Go Bragh in a pouch, which is Irish Whiskey flavored. Room note is OK, my truck had a nice smell when I got back in, not fabulous, but certainly acceptable. Didn't get any of the hazelnut flavor, I wouldn't reorder. Moisture content about perfect.

Pretty mild and creamy, tasting the burley and Irish creme topping. Smoked it in a new cob and had to relight 3 times. A little moist and hot burning. No real aftertaste and pleasant room note. Not bad but not the best.

I normally don't smoke aromatics, but an employee at my local tobacco shop said this was one of his favorite blends so I thought I'd give it a try. Very nice tin note reminiscent of hazlenut-flavored coffee. This flavor also comes out while smoking, but wasn't overwhelming. Especially toward the bottom of the bowl I could taste the burley as well. Very pleasant room note. Goes fine with coffee in the morning, but I likely wouldn't purchase it again. It's fine, but rather run of the mill and nothing to write home about.

Beautiful tin aroma. One of the few aros that can taste as good as it smells. Has a nice sweet almond-like taste and aroma. If you've ever smelled almond scented lotion it is kind of like that. Very alluring. It does kind of muddy and become ashy toword the end of the smoke. It burns a little hot as well.

This is the bulk offering. It smells like frangelico, boozy irish liqueur and coffee, oh boy! The taste, however, is wholly unremarkable, oh no! A basic or typical cavendish forward aromatic. There's some hazelnut, grass, nuts, a slight booziness. It's smooth and creamy, kind of tastes like Baileys at times. It'll get harsh/sour if puffed fast, but even with a slow cadance it has a bitter finish and I find the aftertaste routinely unpleasant. There is no chance of bite, which is nice. The tin-note is superb, the room-note is great, I have received several compliments from the dissidents around me. It has everything going for it, except a desirable flavour profile. I like it more than I don't, love it less than I'd like. 2 stars.