Lane Limited 1-Q

Like others I discovered this doesn't dry out. It has the hydrodynamics of a liberals brain. No matter.

It smokes readily enough. Stays alight with ease.

I detect a tenuous taste of tobacco through the artificial caramel and vanilla. A lot of things use artificial flavouring. Shampoo, candy, deodorant. I can live with it.

I wouldn't say there's a burn at a particular spot on the rear roof of my mouth, more an unpleasant acid sensation.

All in all, not very nice. It needs to be really cheap. If it was the only baccy left on earth I would smoke beedis.

An hour after each smoke my mouth had the feel of the underside of a witches tit.

After reading lots of great reviews and even a video of someone purchasing and cellaring 5lbs of the stuff, I ordered 2oz and was terribly disappointed. For those who say it's the same thing Lane Captain Black Royal, it's very close indeed. The tin note is nice but when you smoke it, it's extremely artificial or chemical. I gave it a shot 3 times and no pleasure here, whatsoever. Makes me wonder how such a bad tobacco can be so popular.... There are much better aromatics out there, stay away from this stuff but if you do like it, give Mac Baren 7 Seas Royal a try. It's a better version of this blend and will deliver the taste that you're looking for.

The old farts love this stuff (I say this with respect and veneration- one day too I shall qualify as a Pipe-Smoking Old Fart and will be quite proud to be one) and it’s easy to tell why; bright Virginias give it a nice light and airy feel with lots of soft vanilla throughout embedded in the sweet Cavendish.

Sweet but not overly so the Tanginess of the Virginias keep it at an even keel.

This is a Tobacco-shop standby and the stuff usually moves by the pound-full.

Is it amazing? No, but if you’re driving or doing some chores—there’s’ nothing better.

Well, I finally tried the famous 1-Q and I was less than impressed. I guess there is some diasagreement of whether this is a Captain Black blend in bulk or not. I guess to me it doesn't matter. I have now tried this, CBW and CBR. I won't reorder any and I would put this in the middle and would say it is slightly better than CBW, which I abhorred and a little less enjoyable than CBR, which I found alright.

CBW turned me off by the overwhelming sweetness and the highly chemical taste. This was a lot like that to my taste, but less sweet. With the less sweetness, it seems that chemical taste was stronger. The topping seemed to even lessen as the bowl progressed and I just seemed to taste more chemical and hot air.

I know this blend has its fans which makes me want to go two stars, but I just can't see anyway I could recommend this. I hate to use price as any justification on a blend, because to me it is the last chance of salvation for a review. I thought about bulk Aromatics and what I like. That being the Peter Stokkebye blends. I really liked PS's Nougat so I thought I would price check the two for a comparison. The PS, to me, is far superior to this and is cheaper.

Thus my justification to the one star review. To me, there is no redeeming quality to his blend.

Lane Limited's 1-Q? I've got good news and bads new about this popluar traditional blend.

The bad? It's a super-cheap-dime-store-tobacco masquerading as a quality smoke at your local tobacconist, that taste like cardboard, is loaded with chemicals and juiced up with Vanilla flavor to mask the cheap Virginias and fool the masses with a pleasent aroma.

The good?? Theres plenty of it!

New to pipes, I looked around online and this seemed like a favorite. I'm not sure why. It smells nice and it's cheap, but that's about it. The plastic, chemical undertone and aftertaste, while not nearly as bad as Captain Black Regular, is still unpleasant. It's also one of the more difficult of the tobaccos I've tried (five so far) to keep lit. I'm glad I tried other tobaccos, otherwise this and CBR would have made me give up pipes at the start.

Room note is ok but it has very little flavor. It seems Lane has relied on the glycol for furnishing the flavor as well as serving as a humectant. It is so soaked with propylene glycol it is nearly impossible to light. Surprisingly, it doesn't bite and it leaves little goop in the bowl considering how wet it smokes. I suppose I could have tried to dry it out but it had so much glycol in it that I could have set it on a sunlit rock for decades and it would remained imcombustable. I like aros but this stuff is awful.

I was excited to try this since it was recommended to me buy a guy i bought a pipe from and the guy at the tobacco store said its a top seller. basically bought enough for a couple bowls. tried one right away. lit it up meh its ok i felt like it got worse as i went on. not a really good flavor it smelt decent tho just really nothing to write home about. i didnt even finish the whole bowl. just really didnt like it. gave me kind of a sick feeling like after you eat something thats not that great but you eat it anyway thats what i got just overall not that impressed. i give it 1 star just because it started off alright and no tongue bite. maybe someday i will give it another whirl but not something im buying anytime soon.

This was the first blend I ever tried, so it is appropriate as a first review.

This is a thoroughly mild blend all the way through. There will be no complaints about the aroma or the pouch smell. This is one that non-smokers will ask to sniff. No complaints there. Nicotine is there, but only just. Even as my smoking methods have gotten better, I find this leaves a horrid goop in a pipe at the end. I only smoke this in my 'daily Grabow', and typically use a filter to try and cut back some of the impact of the sweeteners.

Hindsight being 20-20, I wish I had not started on this blend, as it is overly sweet beyond the natural flavors, and leaves the pipe a syrupy mess. I came to expect this as a default in pipe tobaccos, and almost dropped the hobby until I tried some better quality blends. I have an ounce or so left, and may smoke it occasionally in the future, but only on a reminiscent whim and only on a filter. I will not make a concentrated effort to keep this around.

I would recommend other Lane blends such as Cavendish Slices, or even BCA, for a bulk Cavendish-rich but not so sweet experience.