Lane Limited Captain Black Gold

The Good Old Captain Black Gold was my third tobacco I tasted after the horrors of Erinmore Mixture and a slight surprise with Captain Black Royal. I would say it's a nice welcome to the Captain Black Series. So here we go with the review.

Tin/Pouch Aroma: Excellent, not overpowering like Captain Black Regular and also fortunately misses that Chemical X smell I experienced with Captain Black Regular.

Smoking experience: I would recommend airing any aromatic for atleast 15 minutes before packing your bowl, it will allow extra moisture to evaporate giving you very few relights. The first light was really good and didnt actually required tamping or relights till I reached mid-bowl and after the second light it smoked perfectly till the end.

This tobacco is quite mild, tasty and a little bit complex. I would occasionally get taste of vanilla and something sweet without being overpowering like the Regular version. Very nice smoke for when you are relaxing and working on something and can sip on it slowly enjoying it with your mouth and yes with your nose. The bowl finished with relatively smoothness and ease and the only con I see in this tobacco is the black burnt cookie crust it leaves instead of turning into white ash. You can simply break it with a toothpick without touching your bowl and drop the ash in the ashtray.

One word of caution: Do not smoke this in a briar pipe, it will become bitter and the moisture will creep the stem into your mouth, instead, use a corn cob pipe with a medium to big size bowl and you will have a blast.

However, if you have better options like Lane's 1-Q, go with that. I reserve CB for when I can't get my regular tobaccos. It is not a third grade tobacco but rather a mild distraction when your main show is not available.

Get a tin and not a pouch !!

2.5 out of 4 stars.

Sweet mixture of Mild, Golden Cavendish Tobaccos. Excelent for people that enjoy sweet aromatic tobaccos, but with not so much strong in nicotine. This is for me the second between the better Captain Black Blends, after the Royal.

i liked this tobacco. much more than the white which gets consistently better reviews however is much more sweet than this one. the black has a better more full flavor and is very satisfying for a corner store brand tobacco.

This stuff is great its a nice sweet smoke, This is one of my all day smokes and the wife likes the room note.

This was the 3rd pouch I tried out of the Captain Black line and I must say I am satisfied with everything about this. Opening the pouch of ribbon cut tobacco you get a nice smell that resembles I hint of vanilla and gives a realistic preview to how it tastes. It has a hint of vanilla taste with some Mildley sweet undertones from the Golden cavendish. That reminds me this blend is 100% golden cavendish and nothing but. It packs nice and burns fine it's not a hot smoke so it's fine in my book. Room note is nice most smokers but some people (women) have told me it smells like cigas but screw them this tobacco to me couldn't smell better.

This tobacco seems to have the most flavor out of the lot of Captain Black pouches so if you don't care about the room note pick up this but if you want a happy medium of a good room note without much sacifrice in flavor then stick to Captain Black White.

I truly enjoyed this smoke, i have been stuck on CBW and have not been to apprehensive to try anything else based on other reviews i have read. However, I was yet again in Rite Aid and they had it and i just had to try. I was actually impressed. I thought it was going to be harsh with lots of bite. not the case!

Smell in bag is great, color is wonderful, packed loosely( which made for a better smoke)

the taste was mild and not a lot like CBW, but some hints of vanilla and i tasted a little bit of a trail mix flavor (which i wasn't expecting at all), but the taste of the tobacco was definitely present, some vitamin N kick in it. I smoked it slowly and got almost no bite. Room note is not bad, doesn't smell as great as CBW, but still smells quite nice.

had a hard time keeping it lit at the bottom of the bowl, but other than that it stayed lit through almost the whole bowl. The bowl surprising didn't get too hot, unlike CBW which burns the hell out of my fingers.

Doesn't get four because I've had better, but for a beginner or on a budget, TRY it. its not to shabby!

(addition) I would recommend not drinking anything carbonated after or during this smoke, your mouth mite feel a harsh bite. I would also recommend not mixing with this blend, it isn't very satisfying.

If you hate aromatics, keep walking, try some Amphora Full. If you want a good tart burley that is dependable, easy to find and hard to get bored with, you won't be displeased here.

Be SURE to dry it sensibly! This is not like a heavily topped aromatic that will lose all flavor when dry. It does get bland and tasteless if it is too wet!

This is less cloyingly sweet than the white label. I prefer this one. The burleys and bright virginias lend some very nice natural flavor. Burley takes the lead. The citrus or honey topping is so close to a tart burley that it does NOT seem heavily topped. The flavor seems VERY reminiscent of a fainter version of Dunhill Ready Rubbed.

The room note passes the wife test with flying colors. I can smoke this indoors right before bed with no complaints and usually seeing some mischevious grins from her.

I don't notice much PG goop in this which is great. At least there seems to be less than in C Black White.

Tongue bite is not so bad as long as you sip.

Heard mixed reviews, but mostly positive reviews for this blend. Knew it was a simple OTC aromatic, that had been around for a good while. People who smoked it tend to smoke it a lot, making it a daily smoker and a regular in rotation. I decided to try it, as it was cheap and easy to obtain, as well as the fact that I am a fan of aromatics.

In the pouch it does smell sweet, with what seems to me to be vanilla. Had no problems packing it or getting it lit. Stayed lit well for me in the bowl as well.

The taste is rather mild and sweet, but I found it enjoyable and not overpowering. It did not burn too fast or hot. I didn't notice any tongue bite, although it seems possible if smoked too fast.

The room note is pleasant, and has not offended anyone that I've smoked around, and a few people have told me that they rather enjoy the aroma.

Overall, it is an OTC, so not a premium tobacco. Yet it is a great smoke, and rather enjoyable. If you are a fan of aromatics, then you should try some out, and it shouldn't be too difficult to obtain for someone, at least in the States.

Ideal moisture level. I bought the 1.5 oz pouch, if that matters. My favorite of the 5 CB blends I have tried. I would buy this again, in bulk. No tongue bite. Pleasant when exhaled thru the snork. 3.5 stars. The best OTC drugstore aromatic I have found so far. The aroma always pleases bystanders.