Details
| Brand | Lane Limited |
| Blended By | Lane Ltd. |
| Manufactured By | Lane Ltd. |
| Blend Type | Aromatic |
| Contents | Cavendish |
| Flavoring | Other / Misc |
| Cut | Ribbon |
| Packaging | 1.5 ounce pouch, 12 ounce tin |
| Country | United States |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Mild
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Mild
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Mild
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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2.15 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 31 - 40 of 52 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 29, 2011 | Mild | Medium | Mild | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Out of the pouch, Capt. Black Gold is steeped in Vanilla maybe not as much as the White version, but not as defined either. The vanilla here smells more like a Vanilla cookie or cake batter, but there's something more artificial in the pouch aroma with this version. Like the White version, there is no discernable aroma of tobacco from the pouch.
Packs and burns OK. Careful puffing helps the bite somewhat.
Very mild, quite sweet, vanilla fades significantly as the smoke progresses. Chemical taste is worse than Capt. Black White, and this stuff coats the mouth with some unidentified substance - not pleasant. Simple flavor - not unpleasant at first - goes downhill pretty quickly. Mild notes of clove, burning paper, even plastic, creep in halfway down the bowl. Room note is OK, but not as pronounced or as pleasant as CB White. Seems to get sweeter near the end.
If you are in a pinch, broke, or cheap as hell. Stick with Capt. Black White. The Gold blend is not worth messing with at any price. However, good or bad, life's too short for drugstore tobacco. Support your local (or online) tobacconist, and do yourself a favor.
Packs and burns OK. Careful puffing helps the bite somewhat.
Very mild, quite sweet, vanilla fades significantly as the smoke progresses. Chemical taste is worse than Capt. Black White, and this stuff coats the mouth with some unidentified substance - not pleasant. Simple flavor - not unpleasant at first - goes downhill pretty quickly. Mild notes of clove, burning paper, even plastic, creep in halfway down the bowl. Room note is OK, but not as pronounced or as pleasant as CB White. Seems to get sweeter near the end.
If you are in a pinch, broke, or cheap as hell. Stick with Capt. Black White. The Gold blend is not worth messing with at any price. However, good or bad, life's too short for drugstore tobacco. Support your local (or online) tobacconist, and do yourself a favor.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 12, 2011 | Mild | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Pleasant |
Room note is very nice. You'll get compliments from just about anyone. But if thats why yer smoking a pipe then you shouldn't be smoking a pipe.
First off i cannot reccomend this for a new smoker unless they like pepper tongue (not tongue bite) A new smoker will tend to try and puff this out like a chimeny and ruin their palate. Its considered an armoatic and armomatics are just not a good place to start. (read reviews on Carter Hall if you are a new smoker having a bad start) Then get some Carter hall.
If you are moving into cheap frills, drugstore aromatics then knock yerself out. Enjoy your pepper tongue. There are a ton of better aromatics out there to cut your teeth on besides this.
I'm sorry to Capt Black tobacco company, I just cannot recomment this blend and brand and I think with your international success and reputation as producing a cheap armoatic line then I think you have the experience to do much better and get back into the real pipe tobacco competition.
First off i cannot reccomend this for a new smoker unless they like pepper tongue (not tongue bite) A new smoker will tend to try and puff this out like a chimeny and ruin their palate. Its considered an armoatic and armomatics are just not a good place to start. (read reviews on Carter Hall if you are a new smoker having a bad start) Then get some Carter hall.
If you are moving into cheap frills, drugstore aromatics then knock yerself out. Enjoy your pepper tongue. There are a ton of better aromatics out there to cut your teeth on besides this.
I'm sorry to Capt Black tobacco company, I just cannot recomment this blend and brand and I think with your international success and reputation as producing a cheap armoatic line then I think you have the experience to do much better and get back into the real pipe tobacco competition.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Dec 17, 2010 | Mild to Medium | Extra Strong | Medium | Pleasant |
Aaaaarrrrrgggghhhh... No offense intended to those of you who like this stuff but it is the absolute worst blend I've ever smoked. It's like smoking incense and it's even worse than Paladin. It is sticky in the pouch and it leaves globs of tarry goop in the bottom of pipe bowls. It tastes similar to the way coconut scented suntan lotion smells which would be alright if it brought visions of poolside bikini clad beauties to mind but the cloying artificial taste (of the tobacco - not the bikinis) gags me. If curiosity compels you to try it, use a cheap cob. It ghosts briar for a long time. Maybe the other Captain Black blends are better but I will never try them. If you buy some of this wretched crap I suggest you throw the "tobacco" away and smoke the pouch it came in.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Nov 22, 2009 | Extremely Mild | Extra Strong | Extremely Mild (Flat) | Pleasant |
Very pretty gold color. Hotter than the sun and burns the toung. The flavoring is SUGER and a lot of it. I is by far the Inferno of pipe tobaccos. Stay away from it unless you like it (-:
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Aug 03, 2009 | Very Mild | Medium | Very Mild | Very Pleasant |
Well it is one of other unfortunate experiences of mine when I was just a beginner.
If you are not thinking of your health and if you are smoking just to smell good, like a sweetshop, here you go! Lots of chemicals and sweet bonbons awaiting for you.
If you are not thinking of your health and if you are smoking just to smell good, like a sweetshop, here you go! Lots of chemicals and sweet bonbons awaiting for you.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jun 12, 2009 | Mild | Mild to Medium | Mild | Pleasant |
Having stepped away from pipe smoking for a year or two, I (foolishly)favored expediency over quality and went to a local gas station to acquire what I thought was tobacco but, unbeknownst to me, turned out to be what tasted like a harsh blend of wood chips and shredded underwear. Having tried Captain Black white in my younger years, I thought that the gold variety would be a step-up...but it was not the case.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Apr 29, 2009 | Mild | Medium to Strong | Mild to Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
This is possibly the best of the Captain Black series. Having stated that, one needs to note that CB are heavily cased, overtly artificial blends which don't qualify as good tobaccos.
As with the white one, this features in my own early memories of inhabiting the pipe-world and thus gets a star out of personal "affection".
If one finds oneself in a drugstore (or "periptero" in its greek version) the best choice among cheap aromatics would probably be CB gold. Burns and packs well (the cut is quite interesting- long ribbons) with significant bite. Avoid in any other context than that of necessity.
As with the white one, this features in my own early memories of inhabiting the pipe-world and thus gets a star out of personal "affection".
If one finds oneself in a drugstore (or "periptero" in its greek version) the best choice among cheap aromatics would probably be CB gold. Burns and packs well (the cut is quite interesting- long ribbons) with significant bite. Avoid in any other context than that of necessity.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 21, 2009 | Mild | Medium | Extremely Mild (Flat) | Pleasant |
It looks and tastes like Lane HS-3 with added humectant. Not something that I'll smoke twice.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 24, 2008 | Mild | Mild | Very Mild | Tolerable |
It's worth a try, you might like it and it won't exactly break the bank. I found it an easy baccy to pack and smoke. It burned ok, keep it slow and it nips only a bit, reef on it like a cigarette and you won't taste your chilly for a week. The smell hangs a bit, I find this with most aromatics, but particular CBG it sticks to you clothes, your pipe, everything. It gets nauseating after a while. I smoked a bowl and soon after got a sore throat. While I was smoking I found it had the flavour of light brown cav. and humectant. If you like aromatics, go find a B&M or website that has cheap house blends, they won't have nearly as much chemical flavour. This is just as bad as their poor excuse for cigarillos. If you are full bodied cigar smoker or a fan of "english" baccy this is a waste of time, don't bother.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 25, 2008 | Very Mild | Medium | Extremely Mild (Flat) | Pleasant |
The first couple of puffs are almost pleasant, but that is all that I find positive about Captain Black Gold.
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