Lane Limited Captain Black Gold

I found a pouch of this I had forgotten about in one of my cases of pipe and tobacco accessories. It was atleast two years old and opened only once. I filled one of my Oom-Pauls up and fired away. What followed was a somewhat enjoyable hour. The tobacco still tasted fresh with nary a bite. It was the typical Capt. Black experience. Not bad, but I've enjoyed much better. I anxiously got back to enjoying an English blend after smoking the Captain.

I smoked a lot of cans of this puppy in my younger daze(sic). The only Captain Black I ever liked, Gold smells great, never bites and is a decent drugstore aromatic.

But alas, tastes change. I'd recommend this to a newer pipe smoker. CB Gold is probably too pedestrian for most veteran smokers.

this was the very first tobacco I ever bought, at the time I loved its heavy vanilla taste, and I still ocasionally do, but it's far from the place it used to have in my heart. I still will recommend it to anyone starting to smoke, as I believe it to be mild an nice tasting, just not complex or satisfying enough for more adult palates that crave for something stronger and more tobaccoish. I still use it to mixe it with more latakia heavy tobaccos. First great love, still gratefull, and one of the nicest room notes in the OTC brand of tobaccoes. I just out grew it I suppose...

The world's coolest cucumber, my Father, sent me a pouch of this in a shipment of baccies about two years ago. I smoked a couple bowls while driving from Tirol through Salzburg. The flavor was not bad at all, though it did glop up my smoking device. If the nicotine level were upped to the 10th power, it might have enough to notice. I haven't smoked it since and if fact gave him back the same pouch while visiting. I guess that says enough. Talking with Dad the other day about CBGold, I said it wasn't bad, just not my style and that it had no nic. He said, 'oh, wow, to me it's pretty strong, that's why I like it. Thanks for bringing it back.' So there's two reviews for free. For me, it's a one star blend, but gets an extra star for Dad. (he's a four star)

Maybe they should change the name two Extra Star and sell it in the little cat food cans. I think it would sell better.

This stuff smells wonderful, if you love vanilla. The sample I tried was a bit too moist, and there was definitely a tendency to nip at my tongue if I was careless. I left it alone for a week to dry a bit. The taste is very soft and sweet. A confection in a pipe. A bit too sweet for my taste these days. I lean more towards the natural tobaccos, and I had difficulty staying interested in it. It isn't as inexpensive as it once was, and I doubt I will buy any more of it.

I believe the pipes offered on the pouch have been discontinued, and in fact are now collectables, much the way the old RJ Reynolds Grabows are.

This tobacco has the presumable light flavor and strength of most captain black blends. Pretty much a constant flavor and predictable smoke. A lot better than something like captain black cherry, but not as good as white.

I also have a question (don't know if this is the place for it)... has anyone tried to order from the captain black pipe offers on the inside of the pouch recently? I saw mention of it in earlier posts, but they were from a while back. The website from which to order is no longer existent, and I cannot get through to the toll free number. I don't just want to send my money in to an order no longer being offered... Maybe I just have an older pouch?... I really don't know. Anyone who has any info on this would be of great help... Thanks

I usually never touch Captain Black, but recently I ran out of the good stuff and while waiting for a new shipment of quality leaf, I went over to the local drugstore in hopes of finding something to tide me over.

It was a choice between Borkum Riff and Captain Black, so I chose the latter, in the Gold pack. I prefer the Gold to the other Captain Blacks because the vanilla topping is more subtle, and because the ribbon cut cavendish without hunks of Black Cavendish is easy to smoke and less harsh on my throat.

The pouch that I bought was at just about the right level of dryness; not crispy and dusty, yet not goopy and sticky either. It smells nice and loads into a pipe with ease. This is a great cheap tobacco for someone to start out with because of the way it packs in the bowl. Packing a pipe properly is, in my opinion, one of the hurdles that a newbie has to jump in order to become a successful pipe smoker.

When first lit, CB Gold gives of a strong vanilla aroma and taste, but that soon gives way to a mild natural tobacco taste. The vanilla never goes away, but it doesn't utterly kill the tobacco flavor either.

This is a quick smoke. I averaged a bowl in about 15 to 20 minutes. And despite this pace, it never got hot.

Overall, it wasn't a very satisfying smoke. It took 3 or 4 bowls to satisfy the way one of my regular premium tobaccos does. After a while I got really tired of the vanilla flavor. Luckily the UPS truck showed up today with a tin of Marlin Flake and 4 oz. of McClelland 5100 Red Cake.

Not bad for an emergency replacement when nothing better is available, and a good choice for a first try at pipe smoking, but I won't keep any of this around unless I again stupidly run out of the good stuff.

Bugenhagen

I have to admit that I like to keep a selection of drugstore brands around, I prefer to reserve my better tobaccos for moments when I have the time to appreciate their complexities. Of the CB series I find the white too goopy and the others too bland. This blend burns well and consistently to the bottom of the bowl while having plenty of what I'd call a simple flavor. I find that after smoking this I can better enjoy what a Dunhill or Mac Baren blend has to offer.

The first thing i noticed about this tobacco is that you can find it everywere, so i figured " that means something". The first guy i saw smoking pipe had all the captain black series. So it was my turn to try it... I don't understand what is all about this very "funny" tobacco. It's so mild that i think i eat an ice-cream, the taste is so sweet and over-aromatic that is for me the better way to stop smoking pipe. Not for my taste, i give 2 stars only for the room note. I forgot to say that my pipe had this smell for 2 days.