Lane Limited Captain Black Original (Regular)

I don't know why so many people knock Captain Black tobaccos. I rather like them, and I think extra points should be given for price and availability. The overall quality is better than most people judge. I don't smoke the cherry, but I do smoke the White, Royal and Gold. Of these Royal suits my taste best - it's a little more refined than White with a slightly deeper tobacco taste and less vanilla topping. However the White Regular is also a good smoke with a stronger vanilla aroma and slightly less obvious tobacco taste than Royal. Overall a very nice aromatic smoke, more complex and higher quality than most people judge. I like it and always have a supply in my cupboard. Smokes nicely in my Big Ben which has a slightly wider bore and therefore easy airflow. No wetness. Burns down to a nice clean ash.

Update 11/25/15. After bad experiences with Paladin, as well as the awful Captain Black little cigars I tried when I was 18ish, I swore off drugstore blends. Then I read the reviews on this site. I first tried this in 2010. It is an vanilla aromatic with various tobaccos used and delivers a nutty and vanilla room aroma. It has a high nicotine content and highly recommended for someone who wants to quit cigarettes. Not recommended as a beginner's blend for the same reason. It will color a meerschaum within a few years.

Note: It must be bought fresh or it will sour quickly.

I originally gave this 4 stars. However, I found PA and can actually taste the PG in aromatics now. I haven't been able to go back to aromatics since, even though I smoked them for 16 years. I smoked this particular blend for 5 years until my eyes were opened.

Honestly,

I find this the blend I enjoy the most. I've smoked from low end to high end as far as reviews go and if on a desert island I'd want this along.

Perhaps my tastes are different from most but I have no complaints. This consistently satisfies me ... and I guess in the end that's all that matters 🙂

Rev. Avery

The wife says it smells like cake. The taste is very smooth, not a bite in the bowl. I have enjoyed this often on since at least 1978. Highly recommendl, especially for beginners.

Since McLelland is gone, along with my beloved Frog Morton, I figured everything else is just tobacco, so in protest, I figured I would just go cheap and easy. I got a big surprise.

I was very depressed over the loss of the Frog, and was not expecting much, especially from a grocery store. But when I opened the pouch, a wonderful aroma of vanilla and molasses greeted my olfactory. The tobacco was just about right, moisture-wise, and appeared to be a mixture of burley, a little lemon Virginia, and Green River Black Cavendish. It is a cube-cut, so I figured it would burn nice and cool, which it did. It packed easily, and the stems were minimal.

It lit very easily and once it settled down, I was treated to a nice, almost creamy mouthfeel, and the taste was of burly, a hint of Virginia, and the wonderful sweetness of the molasses-like black Cavendish. The top-notes were of vanilla, pecans, and sweet, but not too sweet molasses. It smoked smooth, with no bite, never tried to go out, and absolutely no tongue-bite whatsoever. My wife said the room-note was incredible...as good as Sutliff Vanilla Custard, which is exquisite. It burned all the way to the bottom, to a fine grey ash with very little dottle, and never any gurgling, or goop.

I can understand why this is the #1 selling pipe tobacco in the US. I've never been fond of Aros before, but that may change. I can easily see this being an all-day smoke. And the best part is that it is available just about anywhere tobacco is sold, and relatively inexpensive. I still miss the Frog, but maybe the Captain can help me get over it.....

Seriously, for the price, and the availability, this is a great tobacco. I am ashamed I've never tried it before. Better late than never, I guess....

Ah, Captain Black White. To me this is much like Old Spice is to cologne. A old favorite in a white container with a ship on it that regardless of the more fancy stuff I buy to replace it, I always go back to it. Both were my introduction to their respective products. Old Spice being my first cologne and aftershave while Captain Black White being my first ever pipe tobacco. The aroma alone brings back great memories. But above that is just an all around great smoke. It has a slight vanilla taste that is just great never over powering. While not a complex tasting blend, I simply adore its honest simplicity that I never tire of. Perfect to smoke in my cheapest corn cobs to my most expensive Meerschaums. I actually use this to break in all my expensive pipes as it never builds up a lingering flavor or aftertaste and grows a nice even cake. I would recommend this for beginners too since you really have to try hard to get it to bite and when I first started smoking a pipe I was strictly a cigar smoker so I tended to smoke the pipe hot and hard that caused bite in almost every other tobacco I tried. Not with the Captain. Always smooth and inviting. The room odor is classic pipe and the odor that entices one to take up pipe smoking over cigars or nasty cigarettes. Very easy to locate and if bought in the can instead of the pouch, also one great bargain. I have spent more on tobacco and do have expensive blends in my rotation, but over all if I had to pick only one tobacco ever to smoke again this would be the one I would choose over and over. Consistently good, rich, aromatic and pleasing to the palate time and time again. Total pipe smoking perfection.

Captain Black is one of the most popular "drug store" tobbacos out there, and quite frankly, I'm surprised that I was the first to write a review on it.

Aroma right out of the pouch is unquestionably vanilla. Just the right humidification too. Packs easily and evenly. Easy to keep lit with vitually no bite at all, all the way to the bottom.

The tobacco is made of black cavendish and burley. The taste is a farly mild to medium tobacco flavor with a hint of vanilla, much like a toasted marshmellow at a campfire. The room aroma is just as tasty.

I find this to be a regular smoke for aromatic smokers, but not for those who like English blends. This is my everyday, all purpose, working in the garage, balance the checkbook smoke. It can be found just about anywhere and is inexpensive.

Everyone says that Capt Black white is a great tobacco for new pipe smokers. I *AM* a new pipe smoker (less than a year), and I *DO* like Capt Black White. I like that it lights easily, packs in my pipe well, stays lit once I get it going, smells great, and does NOT bite. I enjoy the nutty vanilla smell and taste. Yes, my local Walgreens drugstore carries this in the pouch size, which I suppose means that it is produced in HUGE quantities for the masses. Well, I am one of those masses, and being able to get it easily is not a drawback in my book. I may not smoke Capt Black white forever, but I will probably always have it around as a change of pace or as a "standard" between trying more exotic tobaccos.

Captain Black (Original) is good stuff! It has a bit of harshness around the edges and it’s not complex or nuanced. It is however very good. Of course I enjoy good aromatics. I could care less how CB is packaged. In my view there is a general dissing of aromatics on TR but whatever. This is as good as 1-Q or Molto Dulce or any number of others. It’s a 3.5 rounded up to compensate for the aro- haters.