Lane Limited Black Raspberry

This is a good aromatic blend. Not too wet but a little dry time is needed. The Black Raspberry casing is present through the first 1/2 of the bowl but then moves more to the background and can only really be tasted on the retrohale. It is a sweet but not overly sweet blend the tobacco flavor is very very mild but that is the point of this aromatic to let the casing shine. However, the reduction of the taste of the casing at the mid bowl point really takes away from the smoke itself since there is not much tobacco flavor behind it. It smokes fairly dry although the very bottom of the bowl is starting to build moister it stops short of the goopy mess that many aros make. A nice change of pace on a hot summer afternoon. I doubt I will need to revisit this but when August comes this might really hit the spot once in a while.

Everything you would expect from Lane, with a raspberry casing. Very sweet. Many will love it. Many will hate it. In bulk it is pretty inexpensive, if you are so inclined give it a whirl. It's goodin a cob, with a nice cup of unsweetened hot tea... No really! Why are you running away!?! (Cowards...)

Sceny covered the bases pretty well already, there's really nothing to add in that respect.

This is a tobacco that won't bite you, no matter how much you try to provoke it. It is nothing if not consistant. The pouch aroma, taste, and room note are all the same: Very Raspberry. It does get a bit boring.

But, you don't have to smoke it 'straight'. I had a wonderful time with this tobacco. I mixed it with a chocolate blend - excellent. Tried it with a 'vanilla creme' - very nice. Just mix them together in about equal parts and smoke immediately. If you let them sit to 'marry' the flavors, it isn't nearly as good.

This is a 'fun' tobacco for once-in-a-while. Definitely not an all-day smoke.

OK, I admit it. No one gave it to me, I bought it myself. Will I by more when this is gone? Probably not. Will I finish this 2 oz sample? Probably. I had low expectations for this product, and they were met.

Yes, it is goopy. And no amount of drying would probably change that. I have smoked goopier, more heavily topped blends. The black raspberry DOES taste like black raspberry jelly. No chemical overtone like Lane's Cherry.

I basically use this as a blend: equal parts Skandinavik Full Aroma (which has no aroma) and Black Raspberry. This gives a tobacco base to the mixture and helps it burn. Kind of.

The mixture described above is a hit with those in the room and is kind of like eating candy to the smoker. I never try to burn this all the way down. I know better.

Would I recommend this to anyone else. It is a Lane's American style Aromatic. 'nuff said. Buyer beware.

I was sent this in a small bag with a new pipe I ordered, so I decided I might as well try it. On the plus side, the smoke is very smooth and bite-free and is an excellent crowd pleaser. On this minus side... can you say GOUPEY?? The smell is very strong, sweet rasberries with perhaps a hint of chocolate, and is obvious from a couple feet away. The leaf is mostly dark black, with an occasional dark brown strand also presant. The moisture level is very high, making the tobacco greasy and somewhat sticky, and letting it sit out to dry helps only a little. It does light easily and pack well, but due to the moisture content, many relights are needed, especially toward the bottom. Don't smoke this in anything you don't want to smell like rasberry for several bowls! In the first third of the bowl, the first, last, and overwhelming taste is rasberry: it tastes like I'm smoking a rasberry liquor, full strength! It's not a BAD taste, if you like rasberry, but it is *rather* one-dimensional. I can't taste any tobacco flavor at all. In the second and last thirds, the taste is unchanged. At no time do I sense anything beyond sweet rasberry. The smoke is remarkably smooth and *totally* bite-free, produced in large volumes that leave a very pleasant scent in the room (or the entire house!). As a crowd pleaser, this blend is outstanding; but I very quickly got tired of smoking a rasberry. Also, there is a great deal of moisture; I had to use a pipe cleaner several times during each bowl, and the last bit of tobacco in the bottom is too wet to burn. Overall, I can't see myself ever smoking this as more than an occasional sweet treat. Even if the moisture problems could be solved, the taste is so one-dimensional that more than one bowl at a time would be extraordinarily boring. If you like American aromatics (and rasberry) and don't mind about 50% PG content, try this one; but if you prefer natural, dry-smoking toabcco, RUN AWAY!!

This week’s entry comes from the large assortment of aromatics offered by Lane Limited. If the savory flavor of dense berries sends your salvatory glands into absolute ecstasy, then this one is definitely made just for you. A heavy impregnated mass of fragrant ebony Cavendish, ribboned Virginia, and rough-cut Burley.

Visually the tobacco presents a splendid display of lush darkness as the weave of varietals come ornate with an impactful aroma of luscious raspberry opulence. The charming pouch essence leaves no doubt as to the sweet delight waiting inside. This all-powering fruity note profoundly rides on the overall nose as just a desperate nibble of citrusy grass and soft wood scratch on the bottom surface for proper registration.

Striking the flame, bountiful raspberry flavor immediately embraces the senses. Tastefully bold and well centered, the quality of Lane’s mixture presents a smooth, delectable representation of the classic sugary-slightly tart berry affection. I reminds me of that good Smucker’s preserves that I love to slap on top on my buttered toast. This stream holds its character for completion of the smoke as some sweet zesty spice from the Cavendish, buttery brown sugared Burley nuttiness and a little tangy Virginia move in the background in that sequence.

Generally, the room fills with a lofty cloud of strong perfume (literally) marked of sugared berry. Additionally, there is a nice supportive band of native earthy spice supplements this overt sweetness. My wife however did not care for its powerful presence as she shunned me to the confines of my den to finish the smoke. Oh well.

Black Raspberry’s burn is steadily cool with no bite whatsoever. Straight up, Lane’s blend is monochromatic in nature, pleasant and poignantly sweet all the same. As an added treat I mixed a dash of it with some Sutliff Vanilla Custard producing an enjoyable creamy alternative. Option two, blended with some Sutliff Chocolate Mousse, the combination brings a similar cocoa-raspberry flavor one finds in the analogous Ghirardelli candy squares.

For what it is, I’d give this one 2.5 pipes, placing it on par with comparable berry flavored blends that I’ve smoked. A fine dessert mix for all practical purposes. If this humble review sparks a note of interest, then it’s worth a trial as you just might discover comforting gratification to that berry compulsion that lies within you.

The Better 1/2 bought me a couple of ounces of this as part of a Christmas package - I immediately jarred half under heat, smoked the remainder quickly.

I appreciate the quality of the cav in this blend, as well as the interaction between the Cavendish and Burley... smokes cool to the point where there is a menthol -like component (only as it pertains to the coolness that comes along for me as the bowl burns).

Great raspberry smell, not as much translation as it relates to actual favor, but would be a very respectable all day smoke.

Good for aro lovers as well as burley fans.

I really really like berry flavoring. Iwan Ries Dr. Bradley is one of my all time favorites. I enjoyed this tobacco, but it just did not have enough berry flavor and what there was tasted artificial. Two and half stars.

It's very berry, that's for sure. Perhaps a bit too much for me to smoke on its own all the time, I'd say it's ideal in a narrow gauge pipe or cob. Great as a blender if you want to "fruit up" your home mixtures, room note is that of a jam factory and wouldnt be found offensive by even the most shrewd anti-smoker. It's a 2 star blend to me, only because it's a bit overbearing in the berry flavour dept, but I could see how a stable aro smoker would enjoy this