Lane Limited HG-2000

I wouldn't be surprised to learn this is some combination of BCA and BLWB. I'm sure I taste the same flavoring as BCA, but its backed up by the burley. This is a quality aromatic. There is a pronounced tobacco flavor that melds nicely with the flavoring. It burns nicely, doesn't bite, and keeps its flavor consistently throughout the bowl. A very strong three stars.

Very plain cavendish.....



Kind of like 1Q without the brains.....



Or the flavor for that matter.....



Not that that's a bad thing.

My local tobacconist sells this as "1990's", a tobacco of the future.

This is a sweet smelling aromatic, reminds me of a chocolate or vanilla aroma. But as sweet as it smells, it has almost no flavor. It burns fairly wet, especially at the end of the bowl, make sure your pipe passes the pipe cleaner test. This is one of my first tobaccos that I tried, and I would recommend it to any beginner pipe enthusiast.

The room note is very pleasant, even to non smokers.

I keep this on hand to remind me of the flavors that I liked when I started, and also to give to visitors that would like to try a pipe for the first time (I keep a supply of corncobs on hand).

Lane Ltd. - HG-2000.

The blend includes a far higher quantity of brown Burley, to black Cavendish. As the pouch's from Cup O' Joes are quite roomy it's breathed a little and achieved a good hydration.

To me, the flavour's one of nuts and vanilla. The first part of a bowl has more sweetness than the subsequent part, not that the sweetness goes, but it levels out a bit. The Burley outweighs the Cavendish in flavour, although isn't too abrasive a-taste. It burns at a medium temperature, and I get no bite.

Nicotine: mild to medium. Room-note: pleasant.

HG2000? A good blend, but nothing spectacular. Two stars:

Somewhat recommended.

I stopped by a tobacconist while I was back home and popped open a self-serve jar that was labeled "Dunhill MM965." At the time I had not tried MM965 before and wasn't aware that the jar was mislabeled (whether it was purposeful or from laziness I have yet to find out).

The aroma I got was a pleasant sweet vanilla with a perfumey hint to it with some sour twinge and almost a leather smell hidden in there as well. It was a nice golden brown color and in thin ribbons. It immediately clicked and made my mouth water so I bought a few ounces of what I thought was MM965.

The smoke was delicious to say the least. Sweet, slightly perfumey, and the coolest smoke I have ever had. It leaves a fresh cool taste in my mouth afterwards and the smell left on me afterwards is very pleasant. After a few smokes I decided to get more to store for later.

Fast forward a couple months to when I bought more "MM965" and what I got was completely different. I realized that what I bought back home was something else. I spent a while scouring various tobaccos looking for similar characteristics and finally found the name to this great tobacco.

It is mild but there's still some vitamin N in there. Very cool smoking and satisfying plumes of smoke. It's pleasant enough to just sit and smell in the jar as well as the aroma when smoked (vanillla, leather, perfume).

This is a nice soft smoke. Lighter than I usually prefer, but this grew on me. Great aroma, nice tobacco under it. Many aromatics to too weak for me - I burn my tongue trying to get some flavor whether topping or tobacco. This delivers, and could be an all day smoke.