Lane Limited Captain Black Gold

It burns hot, it bites, and doesn't have much character or depth. Quite frankly, there's no point in smoking this. So do yourself a favor and don't.

I was up north ice fishing and lost my day pouch of VA flake so while I was in the local market buying supplies I picked up a pouch of CB Gold. I thought to myself Grandpa used to smoke it so it can't be all bad. I forgot Grandpa used to consider A&C Grenediers fine cigars.

This truly is not what I would consider horrible tobacco though I would never consider adding it to my rotation. It packs nicely and lights evenly. CB has very little true tobacco flavor and way too much vanilla topping flavor for my taste. Unless you allow it to dry out for a while it will burn very wet and require frequent relights.

I can only give this blend 1 of 4. I would only consider smoking Lane Limited Captain Black if I couldn't find any A&C Grenediers.

When I smoked it I felt like I was sucking hot air... no flavors or taste detected just warm air. I tried to mix it with cb white blend then could feel some smoke. The worst in CBs range.

When I was younger, I saw a cartoon where a giant rolled a huge cigarette out of a bale of hay. I tried this myself when I was 13 or 14 and it tasted like burnt hay. The experience with Captain Black Gold brought back those memories. Its only redeeming quality is to add tiny qualities to more harsh blends in order to take the bite out.

In what can only be considered a golden age of pipe tobacco, with a multitude of fine and even extraordinary blends a mere mouse-click away, the persistance of the Captain Black line continues to surprise me. Gold, like its cousin "White", is heavy on pouch and room note and weak in flavor. Smokes hot, with a pronounced chemical aftertaste, and will burn up the unsuspecting tongue.

Living as we are in a renaissance of excellent aromatics with such blenders as Pipeworks & Wilke, Boswell's, etc, and even the fine Lane and C&D bulk blends, it amazes me that so many pipers still flock to this PG-laden, weak sauce, chemical mess. The good news is that if there ever is a societal melt-down or zombie apocoypse, the enterprising pipe smoker will be able to enter a drug store 50 years from now and find this tobacco still moist.

I picked up a pouch for the low price and the rather good reviews and I dont think I could be more disappointed. the pouch smelled wonderful but smoking it I could find no flavour other than smoke. It tasted like smoke. not like tobacco but smoke. I found it to be stronger than other tobaccos. usually I feel nothing from smoking a pipe but smoking a few bowls withing a few hours has actually gave me a slight buzz, nothing bad or unwanted but still it was there. I cant say im a fan of it at all and will defiantly smoke something else given the chance. my only thought is that I got bad quality. Because when I opened my pouch it was absolutely dry, so dry that a stem was able to break my skin like a splinter. and there was what seemed like way to many stems. did anyone else have this problem?

Not for me. Might smell good to those around you but not a very good smoke. I Like CB silver better than this but nothing beats a good tobacco and yes they are out there

What can I say? Garbage! Adulterated crapola. If in a little town with a CVS and they have this I will buy woodchips and smoke them instead.

Smells good in the pouch but thats about it,there is little to no flavor while smoking,save your money and get something better.