Lane Limited Captain Black Original (Regular)

Why anyone would smoke this is beyond me, might as well stuff a marshmallow in your pipe and smoke that.

.... The Captain of the ship had decided. I was to walk the plank. I had made a seemingly small mistake.... or at least I thought it was small; but to Captain Black, it wasnt. To put it simply, I had made love with his woman. You see, Black always kept that fiery Spaniard, Isabella on the ship; always. She never left, so needless to say, she was rather lonely. And I, having seen nothing but gruff pirates and fish was often tempted with this forbidden fruit... But let me start from the beginning.

On one night the captain had left to lay raid to a Royal Navy vessel with the men, and left me to swab the deck. The nerve... I was one of the best guns on the ship... How could he? But shortly thereafter my abandonment, I wouldst reap a reward.

The opportunity struck as I was cleaning the captain's quarters as per my instruction. And there she was; the fair skinned Isabella, changing before my eyes, unclothing herself as her eyes pierced into mine. There she stood before me, fully unclothed, pleading with me to take her there in the Captain's bed; I gave in... to my great pleasure... 6 times on that moon's rise to be exact. I had never been with anyone quite like Isabella. She even remarked on my size, saying I "out gunned" that of the noble captain. As we lay there, sweating after making love like wild animals, I craved my vice, the only thing that could appropriately cap off the night. I had to smoke. The captain had always kept in his possession his prized pipe, and I concluded... Why not? I had already taken use of his woman; why not delve into his sacred stash? All I needed was the key around Isabella's neck, which she gladly gave me, due to the fact that my balls hung low, they wobbled too and fro as well.

I smoked the pipe tobacco wilts once again laying "siege" to Isabella's booty. The tobacco was mild and delightfully aromatic. Once the sun began to rise, I covered my tracks well, but not well enough for Ole Captain Black. He detected my presence in his chambers the moment he arrived on the ship. How, still remains a mystery to me. Never the less, he was furious. So I walked. At the end of the plank I turned to the crew and bid farewell, blowing a kiss to the Spanish beauty. Then to the captain, I turned and said "Seems to be that I was the captain of HER ship!!" Then I jumped, plunging into the depths of the sea.

A beautifully smelling tobacco; one that should not be mocked or overlooked by any pipe smoker. The tobaccos are quality and the cut is always perfect. Personally, it gives me zombie tongue flavor after just a few consecutive bowls, but if you enjoy this as an all day every day blend you are lucky because it's the greatest smelling tobacco out there.

Unfortunately, the nic hit is too low for my needs, but this is the tobacco I go to when a friend wants an introduction into the beautiful art of pipe smoking.

There is no other pipe tobacco around today that has brought more people into the wonderful world of pipe smoking than Captain Black and for that I am eternally grateful. To the experienced pipe smoker that has never tried Captain Black, give it a try. You will be pleasantly surprised.

My first blend. If you search real hard you can taste some tobacco. Mostly just sweetness. I guess it’s vanilla but the taste is artificial. I also get some overripe fruit on the retrohale. Very wet and soppy, even from a pouch that’s been open for many months. Burns hot with great smoke output, but doesn’t bite in any meaningful way. No nic hit at all. It’s tolerable in a pinch.

One of my favorite drugstore blend, it has everything that aromatic lovers wish it has.
One step ahead of the royal blend in flavor.
I love both of them!

The smell after opened the pack is wonderful, the tobacco color is beauty, it's too wet so it need dry out a bit, low nicotine and good smoke quality, it can overheat your bowl and bite your tongue if you sip like crazy.
A blend that i always keep in my rotation.

Not complex, easy to find, good choice for an all day smoking.

Purchased on recommendation as a newbie. Not really sure why this is considered a go to for beginners - it's just boring. 2 dimensional and bland. It tastes like faintly sweet steam. Stop telling new pipe smokers to start with this, it's not a good introduction.

The first time I started pipe smoking in 2009 or so, Captain Black Original was my first blend I went to as that was what my granddad smoked when I was a kid.

The roomnote was exactly what I remembered and at the time I figured that was what all tobaccos were like. Over time, I drifted away from it to smoke less aromatic blends, but it is still a trip down memory lane.

In a cob, it has a great vanilla background. I find it more moist than 1Q or other vanilla blends. If not smoked too fast, I can avoid tongue bite.

While not a part of my rotation now, I do always keep some around for those trips down memory lane.

To me this is the go to comparative for "aromatics". About 15 or so years ago I went on a "craft beer" drinking binge. Trying probably multiple dozens of "have to haves". My take away was 90% of them were horse pizz, trying to mimic an old timey standbye, but with a hint of citrus. If you didn't pull up a chrome stool, and savor every warm froth bubble of said horse pizz, then clearly you were a uncouth heathen. I've found on this site, not surprisingly, many of the reviewers I've read, have a glass of fresh squeezed horse pizz in their hands as they type. Bottom line, Capt. Black original, is like Genesee Cream Ale. Yeah it's been around a long time. But it's good. Period. Capt. Black original is probably the most copied flavor I've ever encountered. "OMG try this succulent kriss-kross jump cut, West virginia Klondike clover butter noodle McCavendish with cheese!! OMG it's like so smokey and a hint of..." *SMACK!* Sorry that was me smacking the Van Dyke off of someone who's trying to sell me a bowl of frothing horse pizz, TRYING to copy Capt. Black original.

Oh, I had to edit this review with at least mentioning the "blend-ability" of Capt.Black (White). Sometimes it tastes better cut back. Like 50/50 with Half and Half. (A personal favorite I call "Bad Math" lol). It cuts back good with some Cherry blends in the mix as well. I've always thought the mystery flavor in Capt. Black original was amaretto syrup. I may be wrong, but I swear I can taste that in there, which is why cherry blends off well with it I suppose.

Really a different smoke in a smallish briar. My large cob's are too air-ey for this, and just wash out. Must need a small tapered bowl to concentrate the flavor. 1Q, RPL6, C.B.Gold, others do that to me as well.

It also needs to air a bit as well, as most tin/buckets do. I think this has gotten C.Black a bad rep. Crack the lid, and let it sit like that a couple days, then put it in your jars.

12/21/20 Smoked a bowl of this while watching the planet alignment (Christmas star) with little pockets of people around also observing. Had many, "man that pipe smells good" comments. Considering the attitude of people towards smoking in general, was a pretty nice surprise.

This tobacco is probably responsible for attracting more new pipe smokers in the last 50 years than any other blend. The aroma of this stuff is legendary and I , like many others started with this blend because those around you ( especially the ladies ) just loved it. It’s a nothing to write home about aromatic, which you’ll soon tire of, wanting a more complex and tasty smoke, but I refuse to beat-up on the old Captain. It’s a simple aromatic that I recommend to the newer smoker if he has nothing else on the shelves, or to someone that wants to impress the people around them with the room note. If your lucky enough to have a fellow piper with some years on the briar, you probably get steered into something more meaningful. I smoked this drugstore blend for 20 years till I was fortunate to meet the late Joe Harb, the noted reviewer who helped guide me into the world of English blends. So for the next 20 I learned to appreciate both the worlds of Aromatic and English. Room-note Hall of Fame candidate.