4noggins Thomas' Blend

A fantastic Black Cavendish blend that smells like heaven when it starts to burn. 4Noggins says vanilla and maple but it starts to remind me of pie crust coming out of the oven when it gets going. I like to give it a little drying time (as one would expect with Black Cavendish) so it behaves well in the pipe, but the payoff for that is a long, cool smoke.

Very pleasant and mild cavendish with light flavouring. Not sure if it really is pure black Cavendish or a mix of Cavendish with Black Cavendish (possibly only differing in the degree of stoving). There are light brown strands mixed through with the dark brown and almost black ribbons.

The pouch smell is clean and mild, with nice maple aroma, apart from tobacco and a slight hint of vanilla. Although typically moist, it lights well and stays lit. Good flavour from the start, with vanilla as an undertone and with maple present throughout the bowl. No particular variation in tobacco flavour through the bowl, just a well mannered sweet dark cavendish. No bite, good consistency of aroma, and a crusty white ash. An easy daily smoke that makes you feel like all is well with the world.

This is easily a new aromatic favourite. It beats an expensive alternative like Davidoff "Red" blend hands down. Superb new offering from Rich Gottlieb, and a sibling to his "Otter Creek" and "Catamount".

I think Rich is probably the best blender for my tastes. Every blend I've gotten from 4noggins has been of the highest quality tobacco and the work of a true artist. This one keeps up the tradition. I can smoke this blend year round. Each component plays its part but blend together to produce a smooth smoke with little or no dottle. A truly wonderful blend that I highly recommend.

I'm a rope, flake, and cake guy with some occasional Five Brothers. But this is my go to aro. Haven't tasted better and superb room note...wife is always asking me to smoke it...

Without a doubt one of the very best aromatics I have ever smoked. The flavor stays consistent from start to finish. It burns well down to a fine ash with a round very pleasant taste. I taste the maple just about as much as the vanilla. The room note is very good. It seems that with 4noggins aromatics the pouch note and the flavor are very close to each other. This is a sweet aromatic but that is the way I like them. I think that this blend like most should be enjoyed fresh or only moderately aged.

I recently ordered an aromatic sampler from 4Noggins, having never tried any of their products. WOW! This is likely the best maple tobacco is have tried. The pouch note is a mild vanilla/maple. The base tobacco is high quality, it burned very well and to the bottom of the bowl with little effort. All that was left was a fine ash. The taste was very pleasant, with an ever so slight vanilla/maple flavor. Not overpowering and biter like so many maple blends. The aftertaste was better than most. The room note was pleasant. GOnna have to order more of this one! This would be a good all day smoke. 4 stars...

The first time I smoked Thomas’s blend was around 2012. I was more of a cavendish smoker then and loved the vanilla, maple and hints of nutmeg. What’s double wonderful is when you’re at the end of the bowl and it tastes like a root beer float from a good old soda fountain. It reminded me of cookies being baked and was the first tobacco my wife allowed me to smoke in the house. As long as it was downstairs. But she loved the smell and even would steal my shirt and wear it so she can smell it. Now a decade later I can still say it is my favorite aromatic. It pairs great with a good coffee in the morning and even smokes well with a nice whiskey at night. This blend can be smoked early in the morning and can be used as an all day smoke. It does leave a bit of moisture in the bowl but it dries quick enough where you can use the same pipe through the day without it sounding like you are sipping through a straw. Some heavy cavendish can leave goop, this leaves none. I highly recommend it. I did let it sit for three years in the bag, although the notes mellow with age they are still strong enough to have a great experience.

Many use the term 'all day smoke' . This one fits that proclamation perfectly, quite tasty with tremendous smoke volume. One of my favorite aro's. I can also puff hard and fast and it remains very enjoyable.