Tobaccos Cult - Blood Red Moon

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	FenneckFox (9)	2014-07-12		Mild to Medium	Medium to Strong	Full	Pleasant to Tolerable

This is a wonderful cherry aromatic. Not your typical blend. This is in my opinion a perfectly balanced blend of flavors. The cherry flavor is great. Not artificial tasting. The chocolate is very creamy and mixes perfect. This is a harmonious smoke. I love this blend more and more every time I smoke it. It is easily my favorite aromatic. Most aromatics don't taste as good as the description, this one does. The tobacco used is also top notch and is not hidden under all the casing and flavor. It is a wonferfull mix of tobacco and flavor. If you had given up on cherry in the past, heck, if you had given up on aromatics period, this may change your mind. Best flavor ever.

Pipe Used: All grades of briar, MM cobs

Age When Smoked: fresh tin and aged. its all good

Purchased From: PipesandCigars

Similar Blends: Can't think of a comparable blend..

43 people found this review helpful.

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	SmokeDawg (82)	2014-10-02		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Medium	Very Pleasant

I'm impressed. Right off the bat this is the best cherry blend I've smoked and I'm not a big cherry blend lover. It's a blend all it's own. It gives me the impression of "old school" yet it's like a modern day twist. It's as if that blend your grandfather smoked was updated and brought into this century. Or something like steampunk, the old mixed with a futuristic twist on realilty. The only negative thing I find is in the tin there is a strange medicine like smell along with the cherry. However it doesnt carry over to the smoking experience. Although not much the bottom of the bowl was wet.

This blend is similar to Drew Estates "7th Ave. Blonde" in the since the fragrance packs a whallup and it's rich sweetness stays with you. The taste and fragrance? Imagine a rich cherry and chocolate flavor. It's as if they mixed 7th Ave Blonde with the chocolate of Central Park Stroll. It's good and holds a great flavor along with it's cherry profile in both taste and room note. I recommend this to any pipe smoker who likes aro's or use to smoke aro's and gave up on them. This is a good one to have around. I couldn't imagine a cherry blend getting better than this one.

Pipe Used: Corn Cob. Washington

Purchased From: pipesandcigars.com

31 people found this review helpful.

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	JimInks (3047)	2017-02-03		Mild to Medium	Medium	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

The nuttiness from the burley is not very noticeable; the earth and wood are a little bit more so. The Virginia is processed in the cavendish style with a little grass, honey, toast, and tangy citrus, and plays just a little lower than the burley does. There's a little brown sugar from the black cavendish as a supporting player. The cherry flavor is okay, but not deep, and I got a sour note or two, plus a little syrup near the finish. The chocolate underscores the experience. Won't bite, but can get slightly warm if puffed like a steam engine. Barely has any nicotine. The strength almost reaches the center of mild to medium, while the taste is a step past that mark. Burns at a moderate pace with a fairly consistent sweet flavor, though the toppings weaken just a mite as you get toward the finish, It will leave some moisture in the pipe, but no dottle, and requires a few relights. The after taste is okay, but the syrup distracts. An all day smoke. Two and a half stars.

-JimInks

30 people found this review helpful.

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	lostdog13 (2)	2014-05-09		Very Mild	Strong	Full	Very Pleasant

I have tried aromatics in the past, and decided that other than an occasional smoke when the mood hits me; I would avoid them. Cult came as part of a sampler pack, and I knew nothing about the blend. I chose it out of curiosity from the name, and later learned it was a cherry blend. I decided to crack it open, and was quickly blasted with the smell of cherry cordials. The tobacco packed easy, lit easy, and burned all the way down to fine ash. There is a little goop left over, but it is very little compared to most aromatics. The room note is absolutely amazing, and unlike most aromatics I've smoked; you taste cherry and chocolate. I suggest this blend to anyone wanting to try an aromatic, and highly suggest this blend to aromatic smokers.

Pipe Used: Dr. Grabow Savoy

Age When Smoked: New

Purchased From: Pipesandcigars.com

22 people found this review helpful.

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	StevieB (2081)	2016-09-06		Very Mild	Medium to Strong	Mild	Very Pleasant

Cult - Blood Red Moon.

Like many, I first heard of this through the Dagners on YouTube, and as I've recently been enjoying more aromatics compared to usual (especially Lane's Dark Red) I thought I'd give this as bash.

There's no confusing what this is flavoured with: I always crack a fresh tin open over my waste paper bin and even at that distance my nose got a strong assault of cherries! It comes as no shock (with it smelling so strongly) that it's too damp, but as that's nothing out of the ordinary for a stronger aro I won't hold that against it.

On with the smoke: if a top end cherry aromatic is what you're looking for you've found it here. Although the cherries are the more formidable of the extra flavours the taste isn't bitter: the chocolate takes any harshness out of the scene and replaces it with a silky creaminess. Other than the Cavendish I can't really detect much flavour from the other two tobacco's, it's quite a gloopy/sticky taste: vanilla-Cav, chocolate, and cherry. The nicotine's exactly as you'd expect from a cherry aromatic: very mild, and the room-note is also to be expected: cherries!

I think everyone should try this at least once; the best cherry blend ever.

Highly recommended.

Pipe Used: Peterson Kapp Royal #03

Age When Smoked: New

Purchased From: Smokingpipes.com

18 people found this review helpful.

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	strongirish (249)	2015-12-01		Mild to Medium	Medium	Medium to Full	Very Pleasant

About once a year I get the urge to smoke a cherry blend for something different. This time I picked this blend as I just kind of liked the name and it has been getting decent reviews. It comes in a 1.75 oz tin and upon opening the tin aroma just bursts out into the room, a rich chocolate cherry note that smells like a cherry liqueur or like cherry cordials. It is pretty moist but will dry out somewhat by leaving the tin open in the room a few days. It is also a nit sticky so needs to be packed somewhat loose or you lose the draw. It is a loose riff cut in a mix of browns from medium up to very dark. This is one of the mildest cherry blends as far as tongue bite, you would have to puff like a mad man to get tongue bite so that is a large plus over other cherry blends. It is fill of flavor with a base of cherry and the chocolate giving it a rich fullness. It does not get too strong burning down and leaves a fluffy light grey ash. It does get rather moist towards the bottom of the bowl but if patient it can be smoked all the way down. Now, here is the great thing about this tobacco, the room note. It is very pleasant, it does hand heavy in the room but it smells great. You can smell the cherry and the chocolate and yet you can smell the base tobacco. It is not cloying at all. I would recommend this tobacco to both aromatic lovers and non aro lovers. It is a great after dinner smoke as it can become a desert. The only thing I don't like about this blend is it is way to moist and sticky. Other than that it is one of the better cherry blends on the market.

Pipe Used: briar, meers, corn cobs

Age When Smoked: 3months

Purchased From: pipesandcigars.com

16 people found this review helpful.

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	oldorder (22)	2014-05-08		Very Mild	Strong	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

I used to smoke Cherry tobaccos years ago. So I thought I'd give Cult a try. There's not too much goo and it burned well. It is very Cherry and I guess that's good for those that are looking for that. The flavor is so strong I have begun blending it in other offerings to make a more acceptable room note for my wife. Probably won't be smoking it much on it's own, though it's not bad at all. Just not my cup of tea.

Pipe Used: Cobs and occasionally briar

Age When Smoked: Fresh from the tin

Purchased From: Pipes and Cigars

Similar Blends: Similar to many of the Cherry blends. But not as hard on your tongue. For those looking for Cherry it's what I would recommend..

12 people found this review helpful.

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	cigrmaster (4)	2018-02-12		Mild	Strong	Very Full	Very Pleasant

If anyone would have told me that after so many years of pipe smoking that I would be smoking a cherry blend, I would have told them they were nits. I have been a flake smoker for years and even the thought of smoking something not a flake was a reach, but then a cherry blend that was not a flake, forget it.

This stuff tastes great, I am not going to wax poetic about this flavor or a hint of boysenberry or such, the flavor is pronounced and it keeps getting better the longer you smoke it. The cherry flavor starts right off the bat and the chocolate shows a little later. The flavor lasts the entire bowl, no weak spots at all/ It burns very cool, there is no moisture left in the bowl and it burns to a fine ash. People around you really enjoy the room note. If you ever thought about trying an aromatic, this is the one. If you are an aromatic lover, grab some quick.

Pipe Used: Various Willmer AAA Straight Grains

Age When Smoked: Fresh

Purchased From: smokingpipes.com

11 people found this review helpful.

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	Ambush1964 (19)	2016-04-11		Extremely Mild	Very Strong	Full	Pleasant to Tolerable

I'm not sure my tin was filled with the same tobacco as all the other reviews? Upon opening the tin, the cherry topping was very....there. It smelled nice, lets give it a go. Perfect moisture right from the tin, packed well, lit well, burned well all the way to the bottom nice and dry and no tongue bite. Gobs of thick white smoke. Only thing is the "cherry" was like a strong air freshener, soapy, perfume laden, wax candle.......terrible.....nasty.....and I enjoy aromatics, usually. The most artificial cherry flavor and aroma I have yet smoked. I would say don't believe the hype, but almost all of the other reviews done so far have a very different slant to their comments. Maybe I'm doing something incorrectly shrug?

Pipe Used: Vintage Meerschaum bent egg

Age When Smoked: About 1 year

Purchased From: Smokingpipes.com

Similar Blends: My guess-Cherry Room freshener candles, if you could smoke them..

10 people found this review helpful.

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	The Sunday Evening Pipe Smoker (54)	2016-12-17		Mild	Medium to Strong	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

Pipe tobacco smokers seem to invariably fall into one of two camps: those who enjoy aromatics and those who don't. The reality is more complex. What it comes down to, I find, is that there is a very vocal anti-aromatic crowd who tend to view aromatics as somehow "impure."

Now I am one who enjoys a good straight Virginia,. I also enjoy Latakia blends, from Frog Morton's Cellar, original Frog Morton, Plum Pudding, etc., but I also enjoy a good aromatic.

Now, there are indeed many poor quality aromatics that leave one wanting, feeling like one has smoked a bowl of hot air that only has the effect of biting the tongue. But they aren't all like that. (I've also had some Latakia and other blends that have left me feeling like I have a sinus cold and a sore throat, but there too, they aren't all like that.)

Cult Blood Red Moon is an example of a really good aromatic. What's more, it's a good example of a good cherry flavoured aromatic. In fact, it was unbelievably good -- though with the caveat that it was only good for the first half of the bowl; after that it degrades.

It is worth noting that when I say "cherry" what I mean is sour cherry or possibly black cherry. There is a certain tart sweetness to it, both in terms of the room note and in terms of the flavour -- and yes, it absolutely translates into the flavour, at least for the first half of the bowl.

As for that room note, it's delightful. Pretty much that classic pipe smoke scent that most people think of with pipe tobacco.

It isn't easy to get tongue bite with it, so that's a plus -- and I can't say the same for MacBaren's cherry offering. Like I say though, you could porbably just pack half a bowl of this and that would be all you'd want, since after that, it loses it flavour and becomes a little ashy.

9 people found this review helpful.

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	A. Morley (97)	2018-01-02		Extremely Mild	Extra Strong	Medium to Full	Very Pleasant

If you are a pipe smoker in America, the ghost of cherry aromatic tobacco haunts every aspect of the hobby. You cannot escape cherry flavored aromatics. You probably smoked one shortly after you took up smoking a pipe. A cherry aromatic may well have been the first tobacco you ever smoked. I know almost no regular pipe smokers who kept smoking a cherry tobacco after that first encounter, but we've all smoked one at least once.

I cannot say why there is this link in the mind of tobacco companies between pipe tobacco and cherries. It almost never works. Still, though, blenders keep trying. They put out a cherry blend. We all laugh. We smoke one bowl or, at most, one tin. We complain about our pipes being ghosted and our tongues being burned. We say "never again," and then we wait until the next weird cherry blend comes out.

Cult Blood Red Moon decided that it was going to be the ultimate cherry aromatic. It was supposed to be the cherry aromatic that nobody wanted but that, contradictory as it seems, everybody was looking for.

Don't look for tobacco. This doesn't even want to be tobacco. In the tin, Blood Red Moon consists of little shreds of sticky sweetness. It smells as gooey as it feels. Close your eyes and sniff and you won't know if you're smelling bonbons, cough drops, or tobacco, but you will know you're smelling something cherry.

Once you load the pipe it might take three to four lights to finally get it burning. Puff as fast as you like because it will not become hot or harsh. For just a moment, with each puff, you will get a short, sharp blast of synthetic cherry/chocolate that instantly evaporates and leaves you tasting and feeling nothing. The only other thing I have ever tasted that was like unto Blood Red Moon was a red Tootsie Pop. Fake cherry candy shell. Fake chocolate center.

There is what might as well be zero nicotine strength. Any actual tobacco had been cooked and sauced right out of this oh so postmodern, gutless, homogenized aromatic. It's so inoffensive its's almost offensive. I was perversely impressed by how much this didn't taste like tobacco. Whatever tobacco is there has been hidden very, very well. Don't worry, though. It's as forgettable as it is inoffensive. The only thing that might help you remember it after you smoke it is the syrupy smelling ghost that will linger for a week or so in the bowl of every pipe you smoked it in.

Go ahead. Smoke it if you think you want to feel like a kid for a while, but there's a reason you can't go home again.

8 people found this review helpful.

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	KJJern (1)	2015-03-01		Very Mild	Mild to Medium	Medium to Full	Pleasant

My experience with this blend is identical to Cen-Tex's -- it was just OK fresh out of the tin, but after letting it sit in my tobacco cabinet for a couple months it came alive. The flavor is full on creamy cherry. Not too sweet and not just a fruity after taste like other cherry tobaccos I've tried. It's smooth and delicious. While not my favorite tobacco of all time, it's in my rotation and will stay there unless it gets discontinued like a lot of "new discoveries" seem to end up lately. But I don't think that will happen to this blend. It's a keeper.

Pipe Used: Molina Sera

Age When Smoked: 2 months

Purchased From: pipesandcigars.com

8 people found this review helpful.

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	natibo (169)	2017-01-21		Mild to Medium	Strong	Medium to Full	Pleasant to Tolerable

This is by all means one of the best cherry blends I have ever had. It packs a lot of flavor without being artificial in taste. No bite that I can detect. Mix it with some cube cut burley for some more nic and yes it's wonderful.

7 people found this review helpful.

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	JustinCarcerated (99)	2016-03-13		Mild	Medium	Medium	Very Pleasant

Just found out I have two favorite cherry blends, this lovely concoction as well as G&W Top Black Cherry. Two, from me, an English Lat lover, whaaat?! What amazes me is that Cult's Blood Red Moon delivers a light cherry subtly (deftly perhaps ) while TBC does by direct on your palate black cherry flavor.

Here BRM takes a well managed base of burley, tops their Cav with a fantastic cherry -cocoa topping and uses bright Vas to add character and longevity to the smoke. So here its volumes of a thinner, lighter smoke, where the flavor doesn't stay with you but briefly, demanding I partake in another draw.

It lights easy, requires little maintanence while fired up, and the only draw back in my case was the need to clean the stem on my meer poker after every bowl -due to moisture. No worries there, we'll worth the price of admission. I'm gonna get more of this, gonna try the whole line for that matter.

Even if you infrequently partake in aromatic blends (like myself) I'd highly suggest this Toby to yall. If your a seasoned Brother -or Sister of the Briar [insert meer/cob/clay pipe here] you'd likely find this a treat!

Pipe Used: Meer Poker-high walled

Age When Smoked: Ner

Purchased From: Pipes&Cigars

7 people found this review helpful.

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	CenTex (18)	2014-11-18		Medium	Strong	Full	Very Pleasant

When I first got this, I did not like it. It wouldn't burn and puffing to keep it going produced a serious bite.

I set it aside and have let it dry quite a bit. Now I like it very much. Oddly, I don't get a lot of cherry in the flavor, but more of a spicy/incense taste. The room note is a hit with my wife. She thought it was incense. Produces thick clouds of smoke, nice flavor. I recommend to anyone who likes aromatics.

Pipe Used: Savinelli 413 KS, Jirsa Poker

Age When Smoked: 2 months

Purchased From: pipesandcigars

7 people found this review helpful.

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	O. D. Jones (25)	2021-06-03		Strong	Extra Strong	Very Full	Pleasant

Robitussin cough syrup and urinal cake. Haven't actually tasted urinal cake, but if you've ever made a 2:00 a.m. trip to a public restroom and had that smell linger in your nose for 45 minutes after leaving... well that's what I mean. The first half of the pipe contains the cough syrup/urinal cake flavor, the second half is cheap tobacco. A lot of Lakeland tobaccos and European aromatics manage to retain their flavor to the bottom of the bowl. The pipe bowl, that is... since this is the Internet, I figured I would put my completely unasked-for opinion in here...

Similar Blends: vintage cough syrup, tidy bowl.

6 people found this review helpful.

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	Pryhosm (248)	2017-08-17		Mild to Medium	Extra Strong	Overwhelming	Very Pleasant

I started off as an aromatics guy. I lost my passion as I found most aromatics are all smell and no taste, or at least no differentiated taste, the all tasted the same. Well let me tell you, this Blood Red Moon is different. This stuff out of the can has a massive cherry/chocolate cordial aroma out of the tin...maybe a shot of rubbing alcohol to boot. Very strong stuff. The taste is no joke. This stuff filled my mouth with a Robatussin like flavor which took me back to days home from elementary school with the flu. The medicinal cherry taste was overpowering. Smoked well with few re-lights and surprisingly didn't leave a gloopy mess in my bowl. It also left my office smelling great, the room note was appreciated by many. This is too overpowering for me. The worst part of it is I had to toss my pipe after smoking this stuff (thankfully a MM Cob). I smoked 3 more bowls of other aromatics in the pipe and all I tasted was cherry medicine with other, normally enjoyable tobacco's. If you like strong aromatics, this is for you. For me it made me realize that I am an English, Balkan smoker and aromatics are a roll of the dice.

Pipe Used: MM Country Gentleman

Age When Smoked: out of the tin

Purchased From: Pipes and Cigars

Similar Blends: Robatussin.

6 people found this review helpful.

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	downinit (2)	2017-01-17		Mild	Medium to Strong	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

A lovely cherry-chocolate blend with some actual tobacco flavor too. For an aromatic it burnt easily straight from the tin. The flavor lasted throughout the bowl. Very similar to Sutliff's Black Cordial but only comes in a tin. Black Cordial is milder in tobacco strength/flavor.

Age When Smoked: new

Similar Blends: Sutliff Black Cordial (bulk).

6 people found this review helpful.

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	TigerSoul (5)	2015-10-22		Mild	Strong	Very Full	Very Pleasant

I am primarily an English blend smoker but I have a weakness (and a guilty pleasure) for cherry tobaccos. No other aromatic or sweetly-flavored variety appeals to me, but there's just something about a good cherry that hits the spot. And Cult-Blood Red Moon hits that spot in a very big way. First off, it is one of the coolest-burning blends I've yet experienced, with virtually zero tongue bite. The cherry flavor is extraordinary in that it lasts throughout every draw on the bowl fill and is quite intense, but not in artificial or 'cloying' way. And the blenders have not forgotten that 'man does not live by cherry alone' therefore this blend has a complexity to it, with the quality Virginias and burleys to provide the backbone. No other cherry matches up to it, in my view.

Pipe Used: Peterson Killarney Red Fishtail

Age When Smoked: New tin, day of delivery

Purchased From: Pipes and Cigars dot com

6 people found this review helpful.

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	dixcreek (184)	2014-03-19		Very Mild	Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

When the tin is first opened you get the feeling that this is going to be a sugary chocolate cherry mess. Smells like a box of cherry cordials. Lights easy and smokes easy, did not gum up my pipe as I thought it might. If you are looking for a good cherry blend this may well be your tobacco. I will most likely smoke it as a dessert.

Pipe Used: Cob, Grabow bulldog

Age When Smoked: just out of the tin

Purchased From: pipes and cigars

6 people found this review helpful.

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	HabaneroHardy (403)	2020-05-26		Mild to Medium	Medium to Strong	Medium	Pleasant

Once in a Blue (Red) Moon, I get the hankering for a Cherry blend. Over the years every time I would see this in catalogs, I would think to myself maybe I should try it. I finally bought a tin a few weeks ago. Cherry blends to me are an Enigma, I have tried some that bit like a rabid dog and others that are fairly decent. I opened this up last week and was blasted with a strong cherry smell that on first thought reminded me of Luden’s Cherry Cough Drops. Heck, as a kid I would buy them and eat them as candy. Guess we were poor, just kidding about the poor part. The description says it is flavored with Royal Ann Cherries which I had to look up. Also called Napoleon Cherries, a yellow sweet cherry. I am smoking this again today and my Claw Meerschaum still smells like Cherry so I would advise a dedicated pipe for this puppy. It smokes of a strong cherry with a little chocolate fading in and out. I was enjoying this with a Jarrito’s MCXN COLA and thought to myself, hum, I’m having a cherry coke. I find this a really pleasant blend, most of the tobacco in the tin was I presume black cavendish. I have noticed quite a few reviews complaining about medicinal cherry/artificial flavor of this blend and others of the cherry genre. I personally do not know if this flavoring is natural, artificial, or a combination of both. It is a strong-tasting cherry in the beginning but I find it tames itself down toward the end of the bowl. A second observation I have noticed is the complaints of people smoking an aromatic and not being able to taste the varietal of tobaccos in the blend. Sorry, but for me if I buy a cherry blend, I want to taste cherries, if I want to taste Virginias, etc. I will buy a blend accordingly. This took me a couple of years to get around to buying and I am glad I did. After this tin, I may not smoke a Cherry blend for a few more years but it is always a nice option to revisit from time to time.

Pipe Used: A dedicated Meerschaum now.

Age When Smoked: New

5 people found this review helpful.

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	Bibliopiper (9)	2019-09-16		Extremely Mild	Very Strong	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable

Unlike a lot of folks, I find this blend to be full of medicinal cherry flavor. The tin note is fairly pleasing and if you’re into aromatics will likely excite you. The extra chocolatey notes set it apart from most other cherry blends. Try as I might, it is another overly topped miss for me.

Pipe Used: Briar, cob

Age When Smoked: New to 1 year

Similar Blends: CAO Cherrybomb.

5 people found this review helpful.

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	Rick778 (13)	2018-06-06		Mild	Medium	Medium	Pleasant

Cherry explosion! From the char light to the last sip there is cherry flavor. Chocolate is muted until toward the end of the bowl where it slowly creeps up on you. Other than the cherry / chocolate, I got nothing, no tobacco flavors.

Pipe Used: various

Age When Smoked: 1 month

Purchased From: Smoking Pipes

5 people found this review helpful.

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	OkieSmokie (20)	2018-02-13		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Medium	Very Pleasant

What a delightful smoke. Honestly I think Cult hit this one out of the park. The tin note is absolutely exquisite. "You can just sit that out and let it freshen the room" - Wifey. Wonderful scents of cherry and cocoa on opening that are not at all unpleasant. Smoking is the quintessential cherry pipe tobacco experience. The cherry and cocoa flavors are present and bring to mind a cherry covered in dark chocolate. But make no mistake it's not in a syrupy artificial way. There's a subtlety so there's no syrupy medicine taste to the top. There's also a hint of earthiness in the smoke. It packs well and needs minimal relights. The room note is the classic cherry pipe smoke smell that has please so many for so long. My wife loves when I smoke it in the house because it brings back memories of great grandpa who smoked a cherry blend.

Pipe Used: Basket Bent Apple

Purchased From: Pipesandcigars.com

5 people found this review helpful.

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	arpie55 (77)	2016-11-12		Mild	Strong	Overwhelming	Pleasant

Had to try this due to all of the hipe and glad i did, now have a new favorite aromatic, velvety smooth with no bite at all, super sweet (smoke your desert rather than eat it), requires practically no relights, great room note, super tin aroma (maybe just a little heavy), smoked clean burning to nice grey ash even with minimal dry time, slightest of ghosting to pipe. best cherry blend I have ever had!!!

12/12/16 update- simply had to downgrade rating due to fact that this is "over the top" aromatic that gets tiresome and has a much higher "ghosting" affect than i originally thought. Be careful what you put it in! Go for the cobb or the pipe dedicated to aromatics.

Pipe Used: Ascorti

Age When Smoked: Fresh

Purchased From: Tobaccopipes.com

5 people found this review helpful.

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	dbl-bbl (45)	2016-03-25		Mild to Medium	Medium to Strong	Medium to Full	Very Pleasant

I begin this review with the following proclamation because me thinks an aromatic guy should more fairly judge aromatics & a natural tobacco guy is going to do the same for those blends which are low or lack casings & top notes. But when all is said and done .... personal tastes are well "personal". I've been a fairly dedicated aromatic pipe smoker for 35+ years (although I occasionally like a Vaper or mild Latakia blend for a change of pace). This aromatic is a very good one. Excellent Burley tobacco taste with a good cherry/chocolate casing. Burns well with consistent flavor to the bottom of the bowl. IMHO, me thinks this is one of the best (if not the very best) cherry blend on the market today. I will surely use this one in my rotation of aromatic blends.

Pipe Used: Briars & Meerschaums

Age When Smoked: Fresh from tin

Purchased From: PipesandCigars.com

Similar Blends: Red Sky (but slightly different flavor).

5 people found this review helpful.

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	Bassrep (25)	2014-12-05		Mild	Medium to Strong	Medium	Very Pleasant

Not an expert but both feet are pretty "wet" at this point. I have tried some very interesting (and some NASTY) non aros and I am definitely an aro guy. I have had some very decent Cherry styles, some I would buy again some not so much. THIS is the blend I have been wanting but it took me wading through a bunch of others promising very cherry, mild, "no tongue bite" (man, you do get tired of hearing that, huh?), with that super pleasant room note. I gotta say that as much as I was awash with memories of my dad's pipe when I was a kid, the first time I fired up Peter Stokkebye 302, Cult - Blood Red Moon was that on steroids, in a very good way. The room note and taste was just SO over the top. I LOVE this stuff!

Pipe Used: Bros with 9mm filter

Age When Smoked: Freshly opened tin

Purchased From: Pipes and Cigars

Similar Blends: Peter Stokkebye 302 Black Cherry Cavendish.

5 people found this review helpful.

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	Knight Wolf (3)	2020-12-16		Medium	Mild to Medium	Medium	Very Pleasant

It is a good tobacco very smooth and Mild with a hint of cherry which is a natural Cherry not an artificial cherry flavor. The black Cavendish shows up with just a little bit of earthy Virginian. I would wish that the Cherry was a little stronger in flavor in my mouth however when you smell the smoke with your nose you can detect the Cherry.

I gave it is a low star rating because I wished the Cherry was stronger and more pronounced in my mouth. If left me wanting more and not in a good way. It left me wanting more cherry for those of you that like the taste of tobacco more so than an aromatic Cherry this is a good smoke that being said I would prefer the cherry flavor to be the hero of this and it was not the black Cavendish was the hero that stood out.

I might be in the minority on this site when it comes to my tastes, but I am an aromatic smoker and I prefer and enjoy the taste of a flavored tobacco when you can truly detect the flavoring of the tobacco.

Pipe Used: Missouri meerschaum Legends corn cob

Age When Smoked: Brand new

Purchased From: Pipes & Cigars

4 people found this review helpful.

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	UncleSquinty (27)	2018-04-03		Very Mild	Strong	Full	Very Pleasant

Cult "Blood Red Moon"

This American-style aromatic is heavily topped with rich chocolate and a very natural but sweet and pronounced cherry. It tastes like chocolate covered cherries, but the good ones bought at a candy store and not the cheap prepackaged ones on the drugstore shelf.

The tobacco is quite moist from the tin and will benefit from an hour or so drying time during our typical early spring Minnesota weather. It loads easily and evenly into a pipe; I initially used a cobb, as I was afraid of leaving behind The Pipe Ghost from Hell in any of my briars. The flavoring is quite strong, to the point where there is no tobacco flavor left in its wake.

Do I like it? Yes, but only because I got the tin on sale. I found Black Cordial to be as good and at 1/4 the normal retail price of the Cult tin.

This behaves very well in the pipe and burns down to a mottled grey ash with a small amount of dottle and just a little bit of sludge. Slow smoking cadence of course, helps reduce the dottle and goop...but this still smokes wet and sticky. Not a problem for users of cheap cobbs and/or those who don't mind having to do vigorous maintenance of the pipe after each bowl. Burned to the heel with a total of 1 charring light, one initial light and three relights in a large bowl meerschaum billiard. And yes, this tobacco was made for meers and cobbs.

For me, this tobacco was tongue bite hell. If one gets a little careless and overpuffs, the tongue will fry. Slow and gentle with this one. I suspect the tongue bite comes more from my reaction to the chemistry of the casings than to the steam this weed generates when smoked. It took two full days of not smoking to heal from one bowlful's tongue bite. This however might be attributed to my body chemistry as much as to the tobacco itself, and other smokers might not have the same problem.

The artwork on the tin is cool. The tobacco is beautifully presented in the tin and smells appetizing as one could ever want. The tin aroma translates completely to the flavor of the smoke. It's good, but I don't think it is worth the tin price. These days, I buy tins for aging and bulk for smoking right now. As I can't see this tobacco as being one which would benefit from aging, the two tins I bought will be the last two tins I'll buy. Even so, I give this 3 stars; it is a quality product for fans of super sweet and flavorful aromatics. I can't give it four stars, because I don't find it to be a great value for what it is, and because the tongue bite (possibly my fault or that of my chemistry) was too much to handle on a regular basis.

Pipe Used: Meerschaum billard and cobb diplomat

Age When Smoked: About one year

Purchased From: Online

Similar Blends: Sutliff Tobacco Company - Black Cordial Z50.

4 people found this review helpful.

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	Maughold (1)	2018-03-24		Mild to Medium	Medium	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

One of my favourite aromatics. This blend features a sweet, almost cherry cordial-like taste while not overpowering the the tobacco flavour. Most aromatics taste like hot air, especially cherry aromatics. Not this one! This is an exceptional aromatic and one of the few cherry aromatics that gets it right. This blend produces thick clouds of smoke that are very pleasant to the nose (good for smoking inside!). The flavour of this tobacco is about half cherry and about half milk chocolate, which is why it reminds me of a cherry cordial. The casing doesn't overpower the natural tobacco taste, which is also present within the blend. Overall, I'd rate this one of my favourite aromatics, up there with Lane Dark Red.

Pipe Used: Dr. Grabow Riveria

Age When Smoked: New

Purchased From: Tobaccopipes.com

4 people found this review helpful.

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	canvas (337)	2017-11-20		Very Mild	Very Strong	Medium to Full	Very Pleasant

Let me begin by saying the idea of cherry flavoring horrifies me, as the flavor takes me back to when I was a kid and my mom mixed my medicine with Kool-Aid to cover the taste. The result was a distaste of all fruit flavored candy as an adult. Since cherry is a common pipe aromatic, I figured I better try at it at least once.

Upon opening the tin, I could actually see the flavor vapors rising up. The cherry sledge hammer was so strong, I just assumed I bit into a nasty fruit filled chocolate from a candy box. It is no stretch of the truth when I tell you this was the strongest topping I have yet encountered on an aromatic.

The cut is very thin, moist, and spongy. It burns quickly and lights up worry free. As expected the cherry flavor lasts the whole way through, though an added caramel sweetness develops to dial back the fruit flavor when smoked. It is strong, but not artificial candy strong. While still not my thing, I was a bit surprised I didn't hate it. Unlike the flavor, the nicotine is very light. Also, it has an amazing room note I'm told.

** Use a non-sentimental pipe with this stuff, as it will surely ghost the pipe.

Purchased From: pipesandcigars.com

Similar Blends: Cherries x 100.

4 people found this review helpful.

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	Pat1075 (2)	2017-06-24		Mild	Strong	Medium	Overwhelming

This has a strong cherry taste with a note of cocoa to it as promised. If you have been looking for PS-308 in a tin look no further, here it is with a gimmicky label!

Pipe Used: peterson aran canadian

Purchased From: pipes and cigars

Similar Blends: Peter Stockebye 308.

4 people found this review helpful.

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	Jason h. (51)	2016-03-24		Mild	Medium	Medium to Full	Very Pleasant

This was a very aromatic blend, the cherry was kind of "candyish", and it seemed to burn pretty good. The taste was somewhat mild, and the room note was outstanding. This is something that I would probably purchase again, but not something I would want to smoke daily.

4 people found this review helpful.

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	TXBulldog (74)	2015-11-28		Mild	Medium	Medium to Full	Very Pleasant

This summer I went on a cherry exploration. I love cherry and thought I'd try and find something in that genre that was a pleasant smoke and agreeable to the palate. I worked my way through about a dozen offerings and was gravely disappointed with exception of two - this blend being one of them. It offers a great balance with the cherry note and it doesn't come across all artificial like so many cherry aros. It is thoroughly enjoyable beginning to end with a nice mixture and balance among the tobaccos. It doesn't let you forget your smoking tobacco at the expense of the flavoring. It also has a more natural nuance to a soft and smooth cherry note. A thoroughly enjoyable aromatic!

Pipe Used: bjarne, rossi, la strada

Age When Smoked: 3, 6 and 12 months

Purchased From: P&C

4 people found this review helpful.

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	Fougaros (1)	2021-02-24		Mild	Very Strong	Overwhelming	Pleasant

This is how you can make your own BRM. Get some straight Burley, spray it with Febreze, soak it in Robitussen or your favorite cherry medicine, sprinkle some cocoa powder and cherry candle wax and there you have it. This thing is so strong and overwhelming I don't understand how it got these great reviews that made me purchase it. I even mixed it with some strait burley and Virginia to make it taste less tense but it tastes the same even if you put a pinch in a straight tobacco. I had 2 bowls and gave the rest away, definitely not for me.

Pipe Used: Corn cob

Age When Smoked: Out of the tin

Purchased From: smoningpipes.com

Similar Blends: Robitussen, Nyquil, Febreze.

3 people found this review helpful.

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	snow901 (12)	2020-09-30		Medium	Extra Strong	Extra Full	Tolerable

Cherry, that's it. Just a mouthful of black cavendish and cherry. If you got Covid-19 and can't taste or smell anything, you will have no problem tasting this tobacco.

Pipe Used: Briar

Age When Smoked: Fresh

Purchased From: Smokingpipes.com

3 people found this review helpful.

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	Wally Frank Collector (46)	2020-06-30		Medium	Medium	Full	Very Pleasant

This was a gift of a friend. I had several bouts with cherry tobacco almost 40 years ago and my tongue came out on the worst end of it all. But, I have heard a lot about this and I was thrilled he gifted me with some!!!

Opening the humidor I was greeted by the smell of delicious cherry cordial and chocolate. Sort of reminded me of chocolate covered cherries. The tobacco was slightly moist so it was placed on a paper towel for a little over a half hour. The coarse cut loaded easily into the bowl and after the char light it lit right up splendidly. It burned at a medium rate and would get slightly warmed if pushed but it never came close to biting. The smoke was medium, creamy and hung in the air and what a mouth watering room not of cherry cordial it gave off. The aftertaste is of sweet chocolate covered cherry during the smoke and after the smoke is finished this aftertaste lasted for about 45 minutes. This burned down to a dark gray ash, left no goop but did leave some moisture. The stayed mostly consistent except at the very beginning and for the last 1/4 of the bowl when it weakened a little bit but remained pleasant.

Lighting the bowl the brought forth a wonderful cherry flavor that was mouth watering. It stayed that way for about 10 sips and then in came a light creamy chocolate. The Cherry played the lead role with the light chocolate singing in the second role and they balanced and complimented each other wonderfully. In the background danced a very slight nutty flavor with a touch of grass and a perfect very slight tangy flavor each complimenting each other and harmonizing well with the Cherry and Chocolate. The Chocolate picked it up a notch from a 1/4 way into the bowl till around the last 1/4 of the bowl where it and the other flavors except the Cherry faded slightly although they remained delicious till the end of the bowl

This is a wonderful blend that has the Cherry dominating with a strong backup by the lite Chocolate and still has room enough for the tobacco flavors to shine lightly through. Sweet and pleasant this is a great advancement over the old cherry tobacco of 40 years ago which burned the skin off the tongue. Delicious and pleasant I would definitely buy some and use it on special occasions. If you like Aromatics, Cherry, Chocolate with a creamy smoke give this a try. A true beauty of a smoke I give it a 3.6 our of 4 stars.

Pipe Used: GBD Compact

Age When Smoked: new

Purchased From: Gift from friend

3 people found this review helpful.

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	Sweet Daddy K (2)	2017-09-02		Medium	Very Strong	Overwhelming	Very Pleasant

God this was awful. I haven't figured out what I like yet, but I know what I don't like. This. A few puffs in and my mouth felt like it was coated in burlap soaked in chemicals. The taste is fine if you like drinking peroxide after a few cherries have soaked in it overnight. Maybe the worst thing I ever smoked, Well, I take that back. Definitely the worst thing I ever smoked.

Pipe Used: MM Cob

Age When Smoked: New

Purchased From: Pipes & Cigars

3 people found this review helpful.

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	ruffinogold (112)	2015-05-10		Mild to Medium	Medium	Medium	Pleasant

There's good cherry blends and bad cherry blends ........ this is a good one for sure ! The flavoring isn't overdone and the blend lights easily , burns well , tastes good and the Room Note is great . It's has a smooth quality to it and it's basically a blend that has some thought behind it . It is medium flavored and not a high aromatic but not a mildly flavored aromatic . If you've been leery of trying a cherry because you got waylaid by some awful overly flavored horrid cherry blend , have no fear ... this isn't that blend . Another good cherry blend to try , which is even a little less flavored is MacBaren 7 Seas Red , which is exceptional

Pipe Used: About a half dozen

Age When Smoked: Fresh Tin

Purchased From: Gifted

3 people found this review helpful.

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	slashes (16)	2015-02-28		Mild	Medium	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

I have had a tin of this stuff sitting in my cellar for some time now. I decided to open it up and give it go. Man I was blown away! This is a really good aro. It actually tastes as described on the tin and the flavor lasts through the entire bowl. Flavor wise it’s cherry, but it’s not overwhelming or cough syrupy. There is also a nice chocolate flavor that accompanies the cherry, making it taste similar to chocolate covered cherry candy. It’s definitely a sweet smoke but not in an overwhelming way. It’s a very smooth smoke with no bite at all. It does leave a little goop in the bottom of the bowl but not as bad as some other blends that I have tried. This one is definitely worth trying.

Pipe Used: Briars

3 people found this review helpful.

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	Drummerguy (5)	2015-02-06		Mild	Medium	Medium	Very Pleasant

Tin aroma is amazing. Cherry cordials and rich vanilla tobacco. Long ribbons of VA, hulking cubes of Burley and big leaves of Cav make a slightly awkward pack in anything smaller than big. A little effort required to get an even light but once established, it keeps going. Moderately sweet, rich and fruity, not always obviously cherry, in a good way. Initially reminds me of lemon and black bulk blends but quickly settles in to more than that. The chocolate bass notes weave in and out. A little spiciness shows up halfway through. Smokes cool and dry but could probably be a torcher if pushed. Amazing room aroma. Delightful, any time in any weather. I usually smoke flakes and other naturals but will keep this around for a change of pace.

Pipe Used: 1970s Jellin, medium bent apple

Age When Smoked: new tin

Purchased From: pipes and cigars

Similar Blends: Black and lemon.

3 people found this review helpful.

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	Exiled Michigander (26)	2022-02-26		Very Mild	Mild	Mild	Very Pleasant

The tin note is overwhelmingly powerful and quite interesting: sweet cherry cough drops or hard candy. The room note is wonderful and will be a crowd-pleaser for sure. The smoke is very gentle and mild, and won't bite harshly like some other aromatics. Unfortunately, I don't get a great deal of flavor or pleasure from smoking it--this is one of those tins of tobacco I'm having to force myself to finish. It's just kind of "meh" for me, and I find myself passing it over for almost anything else in my current stock. I think this is worth trying for sure, and if you need something with a pleasant room note when company is over it might be okay to have around. But I don't see myself buying another tin.

2 people found this review helpful.

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	manxman (82)	2020-12-10		Medium	Medium to Strong	Very Full	Very Pleasant

The best cherry blend I have tried. Had Captain black, Middleton's, and Paladin in pouches. And several bulk blends. Cult showed me why it can be worth it to pay a premium for a tin. The cherry flavor is genuine, not at all like cough syrup, as other blends taste. It DOES taste like a cherry cordial, so I suppose there is some dark chocolate in there. No nicotine, but I never find that in aromatics. No tongue bite. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

Pipe Used: Savinelli with balsa filter AND meer filt

Age When Smoked: Fresh to 5 months

Purchased From: www.cupojoes.com

Similar Blends: Surpasses the others..

2 people found this review helpful.

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	WorkingClassChap (197)	2020-08-09		Mild	Medium to Strong	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

I love cherry tobaccos with whiskey and Blood Red Moon is either my favorite or second favorite that I’ve tried.

Rich strong cherry vanilla aroma from the tin. Heavy black cavendish. Packs great. Smokes great. Not an overwhelmingly sweet or artificial cherry flavor. Subtle hints of cherry, vanilla, and chocolate. You’ll defiantly know you’re smoking a cherry tobacco. Retrohale is fantastic on this. I went thought this tin asap it was that good.

update 15 Jan 2022

Opened a fresh tin. Smells like cherry vanilla chocolate. Moisture is above average but smoked fine from tin.

The taste is a smooth mild sweet tobacco flavors and a bomb of cherry. By far the best cherry tobacco out there. Does not smoke harsh or burn. Multiple bowls in a sitting and no bad mouth taste or tongue bite. Impressive. Room note is great. Highly recommend.

Pipe Used: Briar

Age When Smoked: Fresh from tin

Purchased From: P&C

2 people found this review helpful.

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	Caffeinated Piper (1)	2020-07-12		Mild	Medium to Strong	Medium to Full	Pleasant

Fantastic blend, tin note reminds me of cherry coke. Strength is mild but flavour is med. To high med/low full Cocoa notes come into play after a couple of puffs wich add a nice creaminess to this blend along with some slight nuttiness, woodsy and earthiness to it. The main flavours off the hop are the cherry/cocoa notes followed by the earthy, woody nuttiness on the retrohale keeping the flavour's separate from the cherry/cocoa flavours. On the Stevie scale this gets an 8 out of 10. I highly recommend this blend if you have not tried it yet, this is one tobacco I will definitely buy again.

Pipe Used: cob, country gentleman

Age When Smoked: 44

Purchased From: smokingpipes.com

Similar Blends: Cannot compare this to any other blend. If you're looking for an aromatic that does not have a chemical flavour or tounge bite this is it..

2 people found this review helpful.

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	PiedPiper1010 (16)	2019-05-15		Mild	Medium to Strong	Full	Very Pleasant

I will start by saying that it is very seldom that I smoke an aromatic blend. For a couple of reasons- primarily, because they lack the depth and complexity of other styles, like Virginia blends, such as VaPars and VaBurs and English and English style blends. Just like many of us, I started off with Aromatics, but pretty quickly I found that I like the aforementioned styles better. The other reason for this would be the flavor of the 'said' aromatic, or shall I say.. the lack thereof. I rarely found a blend that truly tasted like anything it said on the tin or in the large glass jar at my local tobacconist; unless of course, it was vanilla. And even those could turn out to be a letdown. Furthermore, many were just different variations of vanilla. And, lastly cherry was never really my thing. So, you are probably saying well what the hell would you bother with Cult 'Blood Red Moon' for? The answer is simple- the reviews on this site are what compelled me to try this blend, and I am glad I did.

=REVIEW= Opening of the tin: If you ever opened a box of chocolate covered cherries, this is what the tin note reminds me of. A pleasant cherry aroma, with a subtle smell of chocolate lingering in the background. Upon the charring light, I knew that I was going to get big cherry flavor, and that is exactly what I did get. The cherry flavor is present immediately, needs no time to develop, and is strong from start to finish. There is certainly a chocolate flavor present just as is promised on the tin. By no means, however, is the chocolate as measurable as the cherry flavor. The flavors of the tobacco were noticeable on a much smaller scale but nevertheless were present. I picked up on some grassy notes from the Va and nuances of hay from the burley. This is easily the most flavorful cherry blended ARO I have ever smoked. The flavor of the cherry or the cherry flavor is bold. It lingers long after you stop smoking the bowl. I am not a huge fan of cherry ANYthing, as I said so this wouldn't be an all-day smoke for ME.

Notwithstanding, the point of a review is to rate the tobacco in terms of how the tobacco performed, and not to underrate it because of a personal dislike of the flavor of the blend or anything else you "personally" dislike. And, I certainly DO NOT underrate an aromatic blend because it is aromatic, it's supposed to be, for God sake. How does anyone find that to be fair? Fair to those who truly enjoy AROs, or fair to the blend in general. What I mean is, my review, your review, anybody's review...also weighs in on the overall score for the blend, so accuracy in all areas is important; it is for me, anyway. So, on that notion, I give this aromatic blend four stars. It deserves four stars because all aromatics should be as accurate in flavor as Blood Red Moon.

FINAL WORD: If you enjoy ANYthing cherry, by all means, this one you do not want to miss. If in the past you were turned off by the taste of cherry aromatics because they tasted like cough syrup or something medicinal, but would enjoy a cherry blend if it wasn't off-putting; you have found your blend. To me, it smelled like and tasted like a chocolate covered cherry. Chocolate covered cherries taste mostly like cherry, the chocolate (much like this blend) is there but the syrup and the cherry bursts in your mouth somewhat distracting you from tasting the dark chocolate in its entirety; well that is what you have here. Give it a shot; you won't be disappointed. (Unless you dislike cherry then don't bother)

Pipe Used: Peterson (Shannon) Bent Dublin

Age When Smoked: Fresh

Purchased From: Smokling pipes

2 people found this review helpful.

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	gentleanachronism (10)	2019-02-08		Mild	Medium	Full	Pleasant

This is my favorite blend, and the first offering I had tried from the Cult lineup. It is a rich aromatic that shies away from the chemical-laden tastes some other cherry-flavored aros seem to be saddled with. The cherrry flavoring is present without bullying the tobacco, and the room note is pleasant without being cloying. This blend is a must for any fan of aromatics, or any piper smoking in mixed company. It is certain to be a crowd-pleaser.

Pipe Used: Straight Rhodesian

Age When Smoked: fresh and 3 months

Purchased From: smokingpipes.com

Similar Blends: CAO - Cherry Bomb.

2 people found this review helpful.

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	tamentis (9)	2018-11-05		Mild	Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

After a couple of disappointing aromatic experiences, I thought I would have to at least try cherry aromatics to be certain before taking an extended aromatics break. I left that tin alone for months, until one evening, in the mood for something different, I cracked it open. The notes of chocolate are clear on the nose, slightly less on the taste but still present. The cherry taste lingers in the mouth, but a somewhat synthetic or dry cherry flavor, like cherry candy or cherry tea, not like cherry pie.

Update: I've smoked this three times now, and every time I woke up with a headache. I've never felt that with any other tobacco, which makes me wonder what looms in the leafs. I'm somewhat hesitant to try again, but I think I have to, for science.

Pipe Used: Savinelli Straight Apple Clone

Age When Smoked: Fresh from a new tin

Purchased From: Thee Tobacco Store in Verona, NJ

2 people found this review helpful.

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	RonR (85)	2018-10-16		Very Mild	Very Mild	Very Mild	Pleasant

3rdguy

One of the better aromatics I have tried. Does not quite match up to the tin note which I think in a cherry note lends to itself. Many of the others are over the top.

Burns well, nice room note and affordable. What more can you ask for? Not an every day or even every week for me but a monthly for sure.

Pipe Used: All

Age When Smoked: 1 year

2 people found this review helpful.

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	grimstuff (14)	2018-03-25		Mild to Medium	Strong	Full	Very Pleasant

This one knocked me for a loop. Hands down, this is the best aromatic I've tried. It's an aromatic that actually translates its tin note all the way through to taste, aroma, and room note. It also smokes like a non-aro, doesn't bite, and isn't temperamental.

2 people found this review helpful.

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	TheTroutLaw (8)	2017-08-17		Mild to Medium	Medium to Strong	Full	Very Pleasant

I've strayed away from cherry blends because, in my experience, things meant to taste like cherries often taste like cough syrup. I didn't find that to be the case with this blend.

The tin note smells just like dark chocolate-covered cherries; not in a syrupy, chemical way. It's very pleasant.

The taste was very pleasant. The first half of the bowl gave a very distinct, but not overly-powerful cherry taste. Again, it actually tasted like cherries, not a chemically cough syrup. The cocoa or dark chocolate sort of underlied the cherry flavor. More subdued than the cherry but still present.

The second half of the bowl was very interesting. The cherry and cocoa notes remained; however, interestingly enough, the flavors of the tobaccos themselves began to emerge, somewhat sporadically. The flavor from the topping periodically would give way to the cavendish and Virginia flavors.

It didn't bite me; smoked very smooth. Needed the normally-expected amount of relights. Came out of the tin perfect dryness.

In summation: a great aromatic with a natural cherry flavor that won't bite. Very taste, very pleasant to smoke.

Hell, I enjoyed it thoroughly. Will have to smoke some more. Could be a go-to aromatic.

Pipe Used: Morganpipes Blackjack Timberwolf

Age When Smoked: Fresh

Purchased From: Pipesandcigars.com

2 people found this review helpful.

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	Mr. Big (321)	2017-02-13		Mild to Medium	Medium to Strong	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

Upon opening the fresh tin, you are HIT with a strong medicinal cherry tin note with a blast of strong "Paint Thinner" fumes. You definitely want to allow these "volatile" vapors to dissipate prior to packing. I didn't and thus I had to dump my first bowl. When I say "Vapors", it's like breathing "Nail Polish Remover or Paint Thinner" fumes ! Ok, 30 hours of an open tin and we have the "nail polish remover " down to a smokable level, you're left with a vanilla/cherry tin note. What's strange, is that initially you would expect the tobacco to be overly damp from the topping, it's not, and after 30 hours open, it's not real dry either?

The initial taste, after 30 hours, wasn't bad, but you have to sip this real slow or bitterness creeps into the smoke. I got a Cherry Chocolate flavor, more cherry than chocolate. I think if I were an aro smoker this might get 4 stars, but since I'm not, I'd give this 2 with an extra star for respect of my Aromatic Pipesters. You may ask why I even bought this blend? Well, I was looking for a change of pace, but this was too much change

Pipe Used: cob

Age When Smoked: 2 weeks open

2 people found this review helpful.

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	Der Pfeifenraucher (71)	2017-01-20		Mild	Medium	Full	Very Pleasant

I'm not generally an aromatics fan but this is a fantastic smoke. Perfect out of the tin packs lights and burns like a champ. Flavor is cherry/chocolate and Cherry/cola. I get both and both are great. Under the moderate amount of flavoring you also get the tobaccos making themselves known. The flavors of the casing and the flavors of the tobacco compliment each other like very few other blends can do. This blend has a complex flavor profile and deserves to be analyzed. Chemistry is what is to be expected from an aromatic, noticeable but mild. It's been a while since I had a bowl of BRM. Better place an order.

Pipe Used: cobs

Age When Smoked: ??

Purchased From: gift from a piper in texas

2 people found this review helpful.

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	usafvol1 (16)	2017-01-17		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Medium	Pleasant

This stuff is solid, but seems to be way overrated. Smells great in the tin, although the cherry is more of a cherry flavoring akin to candy, soft drinks, chap stick, etc., not the warm, deep, low-noted black cherry. I got some chocolate/cocoa notes from it, but they were overpowered by the cherry. Good cut and moisture. Tried to bite, but just kept a high-pitched tingle, instead.

Addendum--I went back to it a week later, and liked it a lot better. The bite was much less, and the cherry/chocolate were richer and deeper.

Pipe Used: Viking 301, Nordstrom, Calabash Meerschaum

Age When Smoked: Fresh, 1+ weeks.

Purchased From: P&C

2 people found this review helpful.

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	Bbrown626 (150)	2016-09-04		Mild	Mild	Mild	Tolerable to Strong

The perfect way to start a morning! My dad was a cherry Aero smoker, but his blends were nothing like this, smooth, not bitter at all even at the bottom of the bowl. A very pronounced cherry tin and room note and a first rate tobacco. I am a big fan of adding a little Virgina to the mix and this does it perfectly. Best cherry I have smoked!

Pipe Used: East german briar

Age When Smoked: New

Purchased From: pipesandcigars.com

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	Philo Beddoe (221)	2016-08-28		Extremely Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

Having heard so much good word of mouth about this blend I tried a tin. I really want to like a cherry aromatic and Tinder Box's Anniversary has been the best I've tried thus far. Blood Red Moon was very tasty for the first 1/4 of the bowl, I actually tasted a little bit of tobacco flavor and I tasted the cherry topping. Then...I didn't; the cherry just disappeared and I was left with some very decent tobacco, but not one I will revisit. I tried to smoke this in several different meers, both large and small but the flavor pulled its vanishing act at about 1/4 of the way down no matter what. In conclusion, it's a very decent base tobacco, but once again, the topping just doesn't stick around.

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	Planet Scott (66)	2016-07-23		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

Interesting blend. Cherry is the feature, however it does not dominate. The chocolate and cocoa are subtle. The Cavendish is toasty with some vanilla. Burns cool, albeit moist from tin. Room note is nice. The cherry is proximate, but not too strong. No tongue bite.

I rarely desire a cherry blend, but when I do, I like this one. I wish there was a little more tobacco richness.

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	Fazby (66)	2015-12-08		Mild to Medium	Medium	Medium	Very Pleasant

I tried a lot of cherry blends this year and this is one of my top three. It comes a little on the moist side, but it is good. Excellent aroma and flavor. I recommend opening the tin and letting it air for a while. Then close it and let it sit for a few weeks. No clue why, but it improves. Excellent.

Pipe Used: Various

Age When Smoked: new tin

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	Polaris82 (22)	2015-08-19		Mild	Mild	Very Mild	Very Pleasant

I will admit that I'm very leary of aromatics. Most in my opinion have the " I just licked a car battery post" taste and don't really live up to the hype. A lesson learned quickly in my 10 years of pipe smoking. But once again a blend pops up that gets a lot of buzz, and once again I find myself hoping to find an aromatic that stands apart. So when I bought a tin in Dec 2014 it was my intent to let it sit(six months) and age. To my surprise Cult is very very smooth and doesn't have a "heavy taste" associated with most aros. Burns cool and no swamp mouth the next morning are a plus. It's a mild social smoke with a wonderful room note, plain and simple. Good, but not great. I'll keep looking.

Pipe Used: Dr. Graybow Starfire

Age When Smoked: 6 months

Purchased From: Pipes and Cigars

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	bobbysmokes (15)	2015-05-13		Medium	Medium	Medium	Very Pleasant

Good cherry blend but a little too sweet for me. Easy to light and smoke. The Burley and Cavendish are a little covered up by the topping. Not something I would buy but would smoke again if offered to me.

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	Old6String (27)	2014-12-21		Mild	Very Mild	Mild	Pleasant

Well done in all aspects IMHO. Balanced and quite tasty. Will not remain in "constant" rotation but will visit often enough. Great aro to enjoy in between all the English that I smoke.

Pipe Used: David Jones 14, long-stemmed,bent apple

Age When Smoked: Fresh tin

Purchased From: P&C

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	guitar2mw (92)	2014-10-08		Mild	Very Strong	Very Full	Very Strong

I love aromatics, but I've been "burned" one too many times by cherry blends in the past (pun intended). I was a bit skeptical, but decided to give it a shot. I have always WANTED to like cherry blends. However, they have all tasted like cough medicine or gunked up my pipe. I opened this tin and was immediately greeted with the strong aroma of cherries and chocolate. It reminded me of cordial cherries. I loaded up one of my cheap briars dedicated to aromatics and gave it a good charring light. The initial taste was intense cherry zest. It was spicy, sweet, and not artificial in any way. As I smoked, I noted the taste of chocolate becoming more prevalent, along with creamy vanilla and a touch of liquor. I expected there to be a catch. It was too good to be true. Fortunately, the flavors lasted all the way to the bottom of the bowl, with the chocolate becoming the more dominate flavor during the last quarter. It burnt down to a thin, white ash. Overall, it's everything that most people have been wanting in an aromatic: wonderful room note, bold flavor, creamy smoke, and no mess! I'll definitely be keeping some around from now on.

Pipe Used: Italian briar

Age When Smoked: Fresh from tin

Purchased From: pipesandcigars.com

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	Fialdj (3)	2023-04-15		Medium	Medium to Strong	Medium	Very Pleasant

One of my favorites. Best cherry smoke. Smooth and easy to stay light. I carry this one everytime I take pipe away from home. Good room note no bite in short to Churchwarden pipes

Pipe Used: Savinelli

Age When Smoked: 60

Purchased From: Smokingpipes.com

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	Diesel Fumes (11)	2023-03-24		Mild	Strong	Medium to Full	Very Pleasant

Although I predominantly smoke an English or VaPer, and typically smoke an aromatic around others as a courtesy; I am definitely impressed with BRM! Because this has been reviewed in excess and so much redundancy, I will stay with a simple bullet point review. This truly is bite free from the top to the bottom of the bowl. Even a novice pipe smoker couldn’t burn their tongue! As for the flavor, it really does in fact taste as its room notes depict; like a cherry and chocolate milk shake. My final thoughts are - if you don’t like an aromatic, definitely this isn't for you; but if you do, I would urge you to try a tin.

Pipe Used: Several Briers

Purchased From: Pipes and Tobacco

Similar Blends: Nothing I can think of comes close. Not even Captain Black..

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	Sosakan (33)	2022-11-12		Very Mild	Medium to Strong	Medium	Very Pleasant

I don’t like aromatics, mostly because they are only that…AROMATIC. Zero flavor and the only enjoyment you get is sniffing expensive potpourri.

Not CBRM! It tastes like it smells, and I can count on one hand the aros that meet that standard. It is Cherry, but not like cough syrup, but more like a Cherry cordial. You have the Cherry, backed up by the chocolate, which gets rid of the bitterness and rounds out the flavor, and then you get an undertone of vanilla which borders on caramel for me. Think of a Cherry cordial (chocolate covered cherry) with a caramel/vanilla drizzle and you have Cult Blood Red Moon.

Honestly the best aromatic I have ever had, and I’ve had well over 100. Do yourself a favor and buy a tin, but dry it the best you can and smoke slow for maximal flavor.

Pipe Used: Author, cob, bent apple

Age When Smoked: 1-3

Similar Blends: Nothing.

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	GeoffS (29)	2022-09-17		Very Mild	Strong	Medium	Pleasant

Curiosity and cool tin art finally got the best of me. Tin note is cloying cherry cough syrup. Thankfully, this doesn't translate to the smoke itself. I got a lot of cherry, not so much chocolate, although I searched hard for it. Tobacco is way, way in the background. Honestly, it's not horrible for this non-aromatic smoker. But I find it hard to get through a bowl, as I just grow tired of the sweetness and lack of depth to the blend. The most unpleasant part is cleaning a pipe after smoking this, the chemical smell just overwhelms. This will ghost so use a cheap cob or dedicated pipe. I'd give it one star but it earns an extra because as these super sweet aromatics go, it's well done. Just not for me.

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	jmrust (1)	2022-04-06		Mild	Medium	Mild	Very Pleasant

I’ve been smoking pipes off and on for 25 years, and had yet to find a blend that made me want to hoard it. Cult BRM is the first. Cool burning, forgiving to pack, aromatic but not a sticky mess, no bite, light on nicotine. You can easily smoke this all day. I give it four stars, and four pipes in rotation.

Pipe Used: Various Dunhill Billiards (xx03)

Age When Smoked: Fresh tin, I killed within a few days

Purchased From: smokingpipes.com

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	Pacific Captain (17)	2021-11-18		Mild to Medium	Medium to Strong	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

At first I was so excited to try this because of all the great things I heard. I did and I thought it was just ok, I was honestly disappointed. What a shame…..But then I kept loading a few more bowls over the following weeks. Took it to the woods to forage and then to mountains to get firewood, damn it was tasty and satisfying. I kept opening my jar and inhaling, so good. Not sweet sticky cherry but a rich sour cherry. Then dark chocolate. Now I do love the flavor of cherry so if you don’t you might want to go with something else. But for me, sour cherry chocolate with a touch of nicotine? Yes please. This one lives up to the hype, the king of cherry aromatics.

Pipe Used: MM cobs and estate pipes

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	Chojin (17)	2021-11-08		Mild	Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

A little too artificial. A strong scent of marzipan and cherry welcome you when opening the tin. Very moist dark flakes that need some drying. Strong flavour of artificial cherry that makes it no a favourite of mine

Pipe Used: Briar

Age When Smoked: New

Purchased From: CigarWorld

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	Smokolier (21)	2021-10-13		Mild	Strong	Full	Pleasant to Tolerable

Cult Blood Red Moon is a pretty legendary blend at this point and a great place to start if you're a new smoker. For the experienced smoker, it provides an exceptional and unique experience -- cherry with uncompromising tobacco flavor.

The tin note was of Hostess strawberry short cake snacks. I know, right? The moisture level was perfect and it stays rather fresh in the tin. I've had mine for over a week and it still tastes every bit as good as it did on arrival. It lights easily and burns well with no need for relighting. Tongue bite is minimal.

Black cavendish does the heavy lifting here, and it tastes strong and bold with light sweetness. Surrounding it is a light cherry casing reminiscent of, confusingly, strawberry shortcake. Blood Red Moon tastes dessert-like and avoids cherry Robitussin syndrome that alienates a lot of people away from cherry blends. On top of all that, the tobacco flavor punches through well. It's easy to see why this blend is so well-regarded.

Pipe Used: Missouri Meerschaum Mizzou

Age When Smoked: 1 Week

Purchased From: Pipes and Cigars

Similar Blends: CAO Cherrybomb.

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	PaulMcCoy (78)	2021-09-08		Mild	Medium	Mild	Very Pleasant

The room note is nice. Surprisingly, it didn’t bite, and it burned well. I don’t think it’s something I would sit down, and enjoy by myself, but if someone asked me to suggest a cherry blend, this would be a recommendation. Most others I’ve tried have bit pretty hard.

Pipe Used: Missouri Meerschaum Legend

Age When Smoked: Fresh

Purchased From: www.pipesandcigars.com

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	Big Tom (20)	2021-06-20		Mild	Extra Strong	Medium to Full	Very Strong

I don't smoke aromatics all that much. If I go for one, I reach for something like MacBaren Vanilla, because they use good tobacco. These days I usually go for a good English or Balkan blend, or an alcohol infused Balkan like the SPC offerings... I smoke lots of Va and VaPer flake.

So, I wanted to see what the hubub was about with the BRM by CULT. It sells out a lot and the reviews are great, but I take reviews of aromatics with a grain of salt, knowing that usually you don't taste what you smell.

Well, Scandinavian Tobacco Group has a winner here because the tin note of chocolate cherry codial smells good enough to eat. My wife was amazed.

So, I'm thinking, man this smells great I'm sure as usual it can't possibly smell or TASTE like this when smoked.

Lit it up. Mind... BLOWN.

This stuff is amazeballs.

It smokes EXACTLY as it smells in the tin/jar.

Smoked great. NO BITE! If you are up for a dessert aromatic or to please the wife, THIS IS THE ONE.

The underlying tobacco isn't crap, either. I can taste good base tobacco in this.

I hope they never stop making it as they stopped several of the other Cult blends.

Pipe Used: meer

Age When Smoked: new

Purchased From: P&C

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	rushm1n3r (20)	2021-05-10		Mild	Medium to Strong	Mild	Very Pleasant

Delicious. Each bowl is a smokey cherry devils food cake. The casings are strong enough to be easily noticed with each puff, but not overwhelming. Stays cool enough when puffed...no tongue bite.

Pipe Used: Missouri Meerschaum

Age When Smoked: New

Purchased From: Pipes and Cigars

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	DakotaHale43 (47)	2020-08-10		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Medium	Pleasant

This is a really good blend that satisfies both aromatic lovers, and people who like tobacco flavors. As someone with a "meh" opinion on burley, I get some good flavor out of it along with the classic tangy virginia taste. Highly recommend, even as someone who doesn't really love cherry flavor.

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	Ramo (14)	2020-02-24		Mild	Medium to Strong	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

Cult Blood Red Moon. Upon opening the tin, you are greeted with a hard candy cherry aroma. The tobacco was just shy of being goopy. It delivers on the cherry flavor, but It is very much an artificial cherry flavor. Sometimes with the artificial cherry flavor, there is a bit of off-putting acrid flavor, almost like a chemical. Unfortunately, this had it for me. I won't be purchasing again.

Pipe Used: Bones Squat Brandy

Age When Smoked: 7 months

Purchased From: smoking pipes

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	PaulMiami (6)	2019-10-30		Mild to Medium	Medium to Strong	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

The first aromatic in my return foray into Pipe smoking. I went with the previous reviews and decided to give it a go. The cherry aroma is apparent at the crack of the tin. It has a cherry cordial aroma with soft vanilla to it. Very moist. It packed and smoked well. I am not a cherry fan, but this grew on me. Four bowls later and as the tobacco dried a little I appreciate it a bit more. Not an everyday smoke but a good aromatic in the rotation. Compliments a whisky or bourbon to a tee.

Pipe Used: Missouri Meerschaum Cobbit Shire

Age When Smoked: unknown recent purchase

Purchased From: Pipesandcigars.com

Similar Blends: I have not tried other cherry aromatics.

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	Green Leaf (15)	2019-10-13		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild	Pleasant

I am quite partial to cherry flavored anything so I couldn’t wait to try this blend. Many people have said they don’t taste the chocolate, I have to disagree. For me at least this blend tastes like chocolate covered cherries. Which is a pleasant flavor however the chemical notes in this tobacco are strong, coating my entire mouth every time I smoke it. I don’t have to explain why this is problem. While the flavor and room note are pleasant it isn’t enough to save this tobacco. The Virginia’s do their part and nothing more. I guess my search will continue for a decent cherry flavored blend.

Pipe Used: Corn Cob

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	Shaun_Pearson (21)	2019-10-11		Mild to Medium	Mild	Full	Very Pleasant

This is by far the best cherry blend I have ever had. Very pleasant aroma and burns nicely. Honest to goodness tasted like chocolate-covered cherries. This isn't your grampa’s cherry tobacco. It's better.

Age When Smoked: New

Purchased From: Cup O Joes

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	Wulfheard (7)	2019-07-15		Very Mild	Mild to Medium	Very Mild	Very Pleasant

First of all I'm an aromatic smoker. I also more often than not enjoy a good aromatic/English crossover or a good simple burly based smoke. I really cannot stand pure English blends that have so much latakia that they taste and smell like a 5 alarm blaze at a wood pulp factory with a hint of wet dog. So suffice to say...my review might be slightly tainted..

As a young man, 40 years ago, I tried my hand at various OTC cherry pipe tobaccos...Most were just heavily cased blond cavendish offerings. All were nasty to say the least...All bit like a snake, tasted like cough drops and burned so hot that you could toast marshmallows off the surface of your pipe without even puffing to hard...Fair enough to say that experience turned me off from cherry flavored tobacco for decades. Recently after reading some online reviews, I bucked up the courage and decided to give Cult Blood Red Moon a try. Now I'm not going to say that this tobacco erased all my memories of past cherry flavored tobacco but it did tell me that there is at least one out there that is very smokable. The tin note while somewhat artificial is not terrible, the room note is very nice. The tobacco is moist but not sticky, it packs well and it smokes without any fuss or need for relights. It leaves no dottle and a minimal to almost no amount of detectable moisture. BUT the taste is still that artificial cough drop cherry. While it is nowhere near as bad as the stuff that made me gag so many years ago, it is still disconcerting to me. What makes it tolerable is the hint of chocolate in the background and the fact that it smokes pretty cool with no bite. Fortunately the flavor never gets too overpowering and remains that way from beginning to end. I believe that as far as cherry flavored pipe tobacco goes, this is about one of the best of the breed. So if you are into cherry aromatics, I highly recommend giving Cult BRM and try.

Pipe Used: Stanwell 612

Age When Smoked: Fresh

Purchased From: Pipes and Cigars

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	TheGCDoc (8)	2019-02-17		Mild	Medium to Strong	Medium	Very Pleasant

I've had the chance to try other cherry flavored tobacco's with not much enjoyment, but have heard this blend is a must try. The pouch note is definitely cherry containing mostly the sugary maraschino kind with a touch of dark cherry and slight aroma of dark chocolate. Definitely lights and burns well which was a surprise to me as the blend is rather sticky. The taste is mostly dark cherry and none of the sugary fake cherry the PN gives (thank God!). I also noticed some subtle hints of chocolate which is present for most of the bowl, and had no bite even after some heavy puffing. I can see how many like this blend as it does deliver a cherry and chocolate note quite well, but I was looking for some flavors from the tobacco's which I never found. 2.5 stars from me as I would buy another tin, but probably not something I would add to a daily rotation. I like cherry in my Manhattan but not in my tobacco.

Pipe Used: Eaton - Missouri Meerschaum

Age When Smoked: 6 months

Purchased From: pipesandcigars.com

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	tmonz (2)	2019-01-14		Mild	Medium to Strong	Medium	Very Pleasant

My first experience with a cherry blend was from my father back in the 70's. Needless to say, I have not smoked a cherry blend since. Or many other aromatics for that matter. However I heard of this while listening to Country Squire Radio and they recommended this blend as a must try. So I did. Cracking the tin, I was surprised that it was not as wet and sticky as I anticipated. The tin note reminded me of Chambord. I like Chambord. It packs easily, just keep it on the loose side. Not much of an effort to light and it stayed lit. It tasted like its aroma, much to my delight and I thoroughly enjoyed the bowl. Be advised she can be a temperamental lady so treat her gently and she won't bite you. If the other Cult blends are like this one, I may have some aromatics to include in my rotation. If anything the tasty diversion makes me appreciate my other blends even more

Pipe Used: bulldog

Age When Smoked: fresh

Purchased From: pipes and cigars

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	tleek (51)	2018-12-06		Mild to Medium	Very Strong	Medium to Full	Very Pleasant

This is an excellent aromatic smoke. The topping dominates the flavor, and an intense cherry flavor is evident throughout the smoke. this can sometimes taste a bit artificial, but it is never unpleasant. It tastes nearly exactly like how it smells.

The chocolate flavoring is not as upfront as the cherry, but it is especially evident in the aftertaste. This chocolate plays very well with the burley in the blend. The entire smoke has nutty chocolate layers and its sometimes hard to distinguish whether the burly or the topping provides these flavors. To me, it seems like Burley becomes more dominant about midway through the bowl.

I get tons of smoke with this blend. It smokes cool regardless of how quickly I smoke it. Leaves some sticky dottle at the bottom of the bowl and its ghost lingers a while, but the tobacco is not goopy or wet from the tin.

Overall, this has quickly become a favorite tobacco. It is one of the most well executed aromatics I have smoked and has really been a treat.

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	atomicbuster (79)	2018-09-29		Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable

Finally a cherry blend that’s worth a damn. I like this blend, but I wonder if that’s only because most other cherry blends that I tried were awful. I now have to find another good cherry blend and compare it to this one. Burns well, no real bite, needs some drying but not more than a few days. The flavor is toasted cherry, with some chocolate flavor sneaking in. Not syrupy cherry like an ice cream topping, not cough medicine cherry, not cherry scented candle, and not maraschino cherry. It’s “darker”, if that makes sense. Recommended for now.

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	EndoDan (1)	2018-08-19		Mild to Medium	Mild	Mild	Pleasant

Wanted to try a cherry flavored tobacco. I found Cult Blood Red Moon recommended by many pipe smokers. It was not overpowering for taste, very mild. Smoked well in my pipe and was dry enough to smoke out of the tin. It stayed lit and produced a pleasant room note. May be not an all day smoker, but very pleasant. Isn't that why we smoke?

Pipe Used: Savinelli Canadian

Age When Smoked: 68

Purchased From: Smoking Pipes

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	Cypher1014 (5)	2018-08-18		Very Mild	Mild to Medium	Very Mild	Very Pleasant

Tin note extremely pleasant. Smells strongly of cherries and chocolate, with hints of other fruits and some some spice from the tobacco. Takes a light well, but did struggle to stay lit after about 2/3 of the bowl. Smoke very mild without much nicotine. Cherry flavor is maintained in the smoke, but nothing else comes through strongly.

Pipe Used: Briar

Age When Smoked: 0

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	J.R. Patton (106)	2017-11-16		Very Mild	Medium to Strong	Medium	Very Pleasant

Super smooth, and about the most inoffensively cherry blend out there. It's decently priced as well. I'd recommend this one over Captain Black Cherry for sure. This stuff smokes cool with no burn problems. Recommended for aromatic lovers who want a properly done cherry topping. Cult has a solid handle on the boutique aromatic market. About all I would add is that you'll want to dedicate a pipe to this one if you plan to smoke a lot of it...it will ghost the hell out of your pipe.

Pipe Used: Sasieni 4 dot Walnut

Age When Smoked: Fresh from tin

Purchased From: Pipesandcigars.com

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	Rusty1 (3)	2017-11-11		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Medium	Very Pleasant

On a recommendation from a friend I bought a tin of this - despite having sworn off of any cherry blend. My wife loves the room note of a cherry tobacco, but I just have never found one that didn't leave my pipes a sticky mess. Opening the tin I did not get the usual strong cherry syrup smell - just a light creamy enticing aroma. I was also pleased to note that this was fairly dry relative to most American aros. Packed with the Frank method - good light on the second match. From there i needed only 1 relight to finish the bowl. I was waiting for the chemical taste, but it never came - just the same creamy flavor I smelled from the tin. Rare for the taste to echo the smell, but it did for me. Midway through the bowl the virginia hay and the nutty burley taste started to come through. Towards the end there was a little moisture in the bowl - but nothing extreme. A pipe cleaner in and continued to enjoy. Smoked to the bottom with fine white ash. No goop in the bottom of my bowl! If you are looking for a lighter cherry blend (think Danish aro) then this one is for you.

Pipe Used: Barling Canadian

Age When Smoked: fresh tin

Purchased From: smokingpipes.com

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	N.H. pipe smoker (4)	2017-10-23		Medium	Mild to Medium	Medium	Very Pleasant

I typically do not smoke many aromatics , a friend had me try a bowl and wow was i surprised this is very good stuff ,I now smoke it all the time when i can get my hands on some. Smokes well with a cpl. of relights ..

Pipe Used: Savinelli and Peterson

Age When Smoked: 2 months

Purchased From: 4noggins

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	BlooFlame (5)	2017-09-10		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Medium to Full	Very Pleasant

I've gone through one tin of this and loved it. Trying to find someone that sells it bulk. Only criticism is how moist it is. Definitely will benefit from drying out a bit prior to smoking. Don't be put off by the overwhelming smell in the tin, when smoked the flavours and intensity on the nose is much milder.

Pipe Used: Savinelli Alligator

Age When Smoked: fresh from tin

Purchased From: tobacco pipes

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	michaelc (40)	2017-04-26		Mild	Strong	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

I really enjoyed the very, cherry taste this smoke has. It did not bite and I recommend this to those who like their sweet smokes. I will possibly buy more,but I have a quantity of Lane's Dark Red jarred up so I'll work on that when cherry calls me for now.

Pipe Used: Various briars

Age When Smoked: New

Purchased From: Pipes and Cigars

Similar Blends: Lane Dark Red.

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	Theosprey247 (73)	2017-02-24		Mild to Medium	Very Strong	Full	Pleasant

Now here folks is a cherry blend that tastes like it smells. But be fore warned, it's quite powerful (flavor wise not nicotine). The taste remains throughout the smoke. Unfortunately, it gets rather boring. This is easily remedied by mixing in some SP Rich Taste or some other burley blend. Add some 5 Brothers or Kendal dark if you want a stronger smoke.

Pipe Used: Cobs

Age When Smoked: New

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	Rostercobburn (1)	2017-02-05		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

Was one of the best cherry tobacco I have had I will be buying more in the future it has a good room note and burns really well, has a very good room note my wife doesn't like my smoking but she really liked that particular blend.

Pipe Used: Mm devil cob

Age When Smoked: 35

Purchased From: Pipes and cigars

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	Nwpipesmker (27)	2016-12-14		Mild	Medium to Strong	Full	Very Pleasant

Wow! I'm not a fan of cherry flavored arromatics. I bought this for the tin art more than anything. After I opened the tin the note was a pleasing dark cherry aroma I never picked up on any chocolate notes. But from the first smoke to the last puff it keeps its flavor and is an arromatic that taste just like it smells.

Pipe Used: Cob

Age When Smoked: Fresh

Purchased From: Under the Bridge tobacco shop

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	LivingFreeinTN (24)	2016-05-24		Mild to Medium	Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

I was sucked into purchasing this tobacco based strictly on the tin art. Seduced yet again by creative marketing. Thankfully the contents of the tin were just as nice as the artwork. A good cherry/chocolate blend that doesn't bite, leave a mess in the bowl or lose its flavor. To my tastes, the chocolate is more of a slight cocoa note in the background that compliments the cherry. The cherry is nice, not harsh or chemical tasting. I could see myself keeping this around.

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	Prado1200 (5)	2016-02-11		Mild	Medium	Medium	Very Pleasant

I have tried several cherry aromatics but this one takes it. My favorite cherry hands down. It is a very pleasant smoke. It doesn't disappoint. Awesome room note and great flavor. It's a must try in my opinion.

Pipe Used: Peterson, Dagner, MM cobs, OMS

Age When Smoked: New

Purchased From: P&C, Tobaccopipes

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	Mike W. (9)	2015-12-11		Mild to Medium	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

I smoked a tin of this over a months time and at first thought it was pretty bland but by the last couple of bowls it seemed to find itself and I changed my mind. It became more flavorful and picked up a little more subdued cherry flavoring along with finishing with a clean taste. It also packed, lit and burned very well right to the end.

Pipe Used: cob,vauen and peterson

Age When Smoked: new

Purchased From: P&C

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	TheOtter (72)	2023-05-15		Mild	Medium	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

My low expectations of this wildly popular blend were immediately proven wrong after a couple puffs of this wonderful tobacco. This is a luxurious aromatic with notes of maraschino cherries and a dash of chocolate. The flavour of the black cavendish still shines through. The leaf burns clean and leaves a sweet fruity roomnote. Aromatic lovers will adore this blend.

4/4- Lives up to the hype

Similar Blends: Missouri Meerschaum - Great Dane.

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	bassicallybob (6)	2023-03-24		Mild	Very Strong	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

I wanted to like this blend, I really did. One of the most beloved aromatics, it does smell good enough to eat. First bowl was very wet, decided to let it dry.

Sat for an hour spread over paper, still unbearably wet. Sat for 4 hours. Dry to the touch but produces so much oil in the pipe and in the smoke I found myself spitting after every few draws. Flavor is fine in the pipe but not phenomenal. Don't understand the love.

Pipe Used: Vikings Assens Evening, Cobb

Age When Smoked: New

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	Quiggifur (99)	2023-03-01		Extremely Mild	Medium to Strong	Mild	Very Pleasant

20230313: Taking a star after realizing aromatics generally aren't my thing. I need some appreciable nicotine level out of a tobacco, this doesn't have it.

Very strongly of cherry in the scent and taste. Fairly moist, not especially sticky, lights and burns well. A ways in I do start to taste chocolate, but mostly cherry. Virtually no nicotine. One of the better cherries out there. Giving it a 4 for what it is; if you want to smoke cherry-flavored tobacco, I don't know that you could do much better than this.

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	delcrossv (5)	2023-01-29		Mild	Very Strong	Medium	Strong

I like my aromatics-for example "Autumn Evening" is a wonder to smoke. Blood Red Moon is not one of those aromatics.

Tin aroma is a very strong synthetic cherry like a children's cough syrup or fever reducer. When lit , it doesn't disappoint as that is the predominant flavor. As mentioned below it may work in small quantities mixed with a light Virginia to cut the potency of the cherry topping. Burned well, with a fair amount of residue. Smoke was dense. Room note was a cloying and very persistent synthetic cherry syrup as was the scent in the spent pipe. I'd worry about ghosting in a new briar with this, it's that strong. Gave the tin away .

Pipe Used: Old William Demuth Meerschaum Bent

Age When Smoked: 1 year

Purchased From: smokingpipes.com

Similar Blends: Robitussin, or Walgreens' children's acetaminophen ..

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	TheBeam19 (4)	2023-01-13		Mild	Extra Strong	Medium to Full	Pleasant

I gave in to the hype that everyone else did. Grabbed a tin for cheap on cbid like most new things that I try.

It's intense. It actually tastes like cherries. That's all you really need to know going into this. It tastes the way it smells and it smells great. How often can you say that?

Just try it.

Pipe Used: Various briar and cob pipes

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	Jwrenn18 (2)	2022-10-29		Extremely Mild	Very Strong	Very Mild	Very Pleasant

This is one for the aromatic fans. Very little to no actual tobacco detectable. The cherry comes through strong for me but not much else. It's a very mild smoke. I would recommend for anyone who is looking for a topping forward tobacco mild smoke. I enjoy it and will definitely have it in rotation although not as much as some other types of aromatics.

Pipe Used: Brair

Age When Smoked: Fresh from tin

Purchased From: Pipes and Cigars

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	Bearamedic (6)	2022-09-12		Mild	Medium to Strong	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

In the tin: strong smell of dark chocolate cherry cordials and maybe a hint a rum. Soft, velvety texture to the ribbons. Very moist.

Loading and first light: requires significant dry time but packs easily enough. careful not to pack too tight as it does not like to be packed overly tight. lights with some resistance but nothing exceptional.

all three thirds were essentially the same so I will review them the same: nice virginia cavendish with the cherry topping actually coming through in the flavor. The room note is one of my favorites. Wont come off as offensive to even the most discerning of peers. I am skeptical of all cherry aromatics but this is truly one to add to your rotation if you like cherry cordials. Burns well with no bite and only gets harsh if pushed.

Pipe Used: cobs and meerschaums

Age When Smoked: <1 year

Purchased From: Smoking Pipes

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	willie b (37)	2022-08-29		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

as stated before, not a real aromatic smoker. this is a real keeper. in my 58 yrs this is the best to come along. most cherry tobacco smells great but burn harsh and lack the taste of the aroma. Not this one. flavor carries very well to the end. the folks around you will be pleased also. chocolate covered cherry cordials. a must try for all that like this sort of tobacco. getting harder to find so act quick.

Pipe Used: cobb

Age When Smoked: fresh and aged

Purchased From: tobacco pipes and smoking pipes

Similar Blends: none other of this quality in taste..

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	Amordad12 (14)	2022-06-01		Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant

One of the best aromatic blends for someone who like less nicotine tobacco. The taste is very mild. room note pleasant. I love this tobacco. Good luck

Pipe Used: Hedayat pipe, Jujube

Purchased From: Iran

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	Ray24 (8)	2022-05-10		Mild	Medium to Strong	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

Cult Blood Red Moon is an instant hit for me. A very strong candy cherry smell hit me when I opened the tin. This is one of the few aromatics that I've found that tastes like it smells. You'll get a taste of the Virginias here and there but mostly the strong cherry flavor is what you get. The blend burns well and requires few relights. The flavor is present all through the smoke, but you will lose some flavor at the end of the bowl. This is a fantastic aromatic and would be a great first tobacco for any new pipe smokers.

Pipe Used: Dr.Grabow Freehand

Age When Smoked: Fresh

Purchased From: Local Shop

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	CKC (15)	2022-05-03		Mild	Mild to Medium	Medium	Very Pleasant

Cloying to my taste, almost sickeningly sweet. Dessert type flavors - meaning cherry is maraschino cherry and the chocolate is fudge. From the reviews, I've read I decided to pick up a few tins and give it a whirl, but it's just not for me. Everyone around commented favorably on the room note, you don't have to concentrate too hard to reach the flavor profile - it's right there in all its very sweet glory :-) Putting this one in the trade pile and as my opinion is more odd man out, don't think it will be hard to swap.

Pipe Used: Peterson Bent Billiard

Age When Smoked: 6 months

Purchased From: Smoking Pipes

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	K.E. Powell, III (15)	2022-03-14		Mild	Medium to Strong	Medium	Pleasant

Full disclosure: this was my very first pipe tobacco, and as such, I cannot help but have a sentimental attachment to it. Like many tobacco neophytes, my first forays into this hobby counted aromatics as the bulk of their experience and interest. Still, coming back to this blend a year later, and I find myself enjoying it all over again, but for reasons I could not possibly appreciate when I first tried it.

The tin note is strong with cherry and chocolate, with the more earthy and nutty scents of the Burley and Cavendish only just barely reigning things in. The cherry flavor is dominant and sweet, but not artificial, with chocolate also being prominent. It tastes like a cordial you can smoke, but with just enough traditional tobacco taste to keep it from tasting like a goopy mess. To be blunt: this is the best of the cherry aromatics that I've tried, and I am hardly alone in thinking that. If you want a top-shelf cherry aromatic and that's all you care about, you can stop reading and buy yourself a tin. You won't be disappointed.

But what makes me appreciate this blend now that I come back to it with more experience, is that it toes a fine line that few aromatics can manage: it is an unapologetically aromatic blend that does not forsake its tobacco identity. Many aromatics I've tried are usually subpar tobaccos with topping to mask its shortcomings. Others are tobaccos where the aromatic flavoring is added carelessly as an afterthought, almost as if its blender was somewhat embarrassed to being making an aromatic blend in the first place. (I quickly learned that that aromatics often get snubbed by more experienced smokers, and though this dismissive attitude is not entirely unjustified, it does seem to occasion overly harsh and condescending sentiment.) But Blood Red Moon is unapologetically a cherry bomb, and it does so with gusto and without treating its choices of Cavendish and Burleys as an afterthought. This is aromatic tobacco done well, and it remains in my rotation after all this time.

Pipe Used: M.M Cob

Age When Smoked: Fresh

Purchased From: tobaccopipes.com

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	Weagle (2)	2022-03-09		Mild to Medium	Strong	Very Full	Very Pleasant

Cherry and dark chocolate. Rich and not overly sweet. Great room note of cherry. More complex taste than expected but is exactly as advertised. One of my go to's.

Pipe Used: Missouri Meerschaum

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	Arkansas Piper (47)	2022-02-11		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild	Very Pleasant

This is the gold standard for cherry tobacco. The aroma and taste are both natural compared to other artificial flavored tobaccos. the flavor and aroma both pushed a chocolate covered cherry. The balance between the chocolate and cherry is perfect, pushing a bit more cherry over the chocolate. Altogether, there's no other cherry tobacco IMO.

Pipe Used: Flogglewerks Gondor Pipe

Age When Smoked: Less than a year

Purchased From: Pipes and Cigars

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	Alexander Thomas (7)	2022-02-06		Mild to Medium	Medium to Strong	Medium to Full	Pleasant

Blood Red Moon is unlike the other aromatic cherry blends that I have tried of late. It produces a cool very dark cherry flavor with slight hints of cocoa as the label says. Boy, that cherry is an intense taste. This might be the only pipe tobacco i've smoked where the taste and the smell are nearly identical. It's damn good tobaccy. I can't see myself wanting it in my rotation or as a daily but for it's place - it's great.

Pipe Used: Local Pipemaker

Age When Smoked: 1 month

Purchased From: Cup O Joes

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	Bumble (65)	2021-11-04		Medium	Strong	Full	Very Pleasant

As a newer pipe smoker, I am mainly exploring the different blends (I favor aromatic blends, although I am dipping my toes into the non-aromatic blends now) to find what I like. Opening the tin, what I smelled was chocolate and cherry. The flavor I tasted was chocolate and cherry. If you are looking for a chocolate and cherry blend this is your ultimate match, from the tin and room note to the taste this is a excellent tobacco. I did not have any tounge-bite with this blend.

Pipe Used: Nording Signature Black Freehand

Age When Smoked: new

Purchased From: pipesandcigars.com

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	Poodlejuice (51)	2021-07-04		Very Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

I love the Cult tin art. Cool presentation and theme that's pretty unique in the world of pipe tobacco. Tin note as you'd expect, cherry cordial and a bit of cocoa. Comes quite moist, and doesn't dry much when left out for prolonged periods of time. There must be a hefty amount of PG in this stuff, however it actually smokes quite well right out the tin, which is surprising.

The cherry is somewhat subdued, and the cocoa is more in front. Dry-ish Cocoa, Sour cherry cordial, a bit of cream, a tiny bit of woodiness & grassyness. That's all I really get. Not super complex but the flavors that are there are not terribly artificial or cloying. It's also not syrupy sweet. I'm actually surprised by how decent & natural the flavorings taste, but that is all I can taste. Few tobacco notes if any. Burns like a typical goopy aro, but does not bite like one. Terrific room note.

Overall while the flavorings completely drown out the tobacco, they still remain quite enjoyable. I see why this would be high on the list for some folks.

Pipe Used: Falcon, billiards

Age When Smoked: Fresh

Similar Blends: Boswell Pennsylvania dutch treat.

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	FightingPipes (14)	2021-05-29		Medium	Medium	Medium	Very Pleasant

It's not a bad cherry blend. It's definitely worth a try if you like cherry blends. can be a bit "perfumy" at times. not something I would smoke daily but something I would keep around for special occasions.

Pipe Used: Peterson Pub Pipe

Purchased From: Tobacco Pipes

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	King Weed (228)	2021-03-20		Medium	Medium to Strong	Medium	Tolerable to Strong

During Covid19 isolation I had to amuse myself, somehow. One thing I began was a search for a modern cherry blend. Rummaging through a very large stash, I found several that were untried. Most were failures, or near-failures, and none really satisfied as a smoke - until now. Here, in Cult Blood Red Moon, we have a cherry blend that works. Beyond that, it is a really nice VaBur smoke in it's own right. I would have liked to light up right away, but, no way. My tin was so damp that the thought of lighting up was out of the question and, besides, you wouldn't have the slightest idea what the base tobacco under the cherry flavoring was about. So, I began a long and winding journey to try to air this stuff out. A big wad was spread out for drying about 5:00 PM. At midnight it was still wet and I went to bed. Next morning it still felt too damp to smoke. Two incredible days later I got fed up with waiting and crammed it into a pipe and lit up. All the preceding went away and I began one of the best cherry blend smokes I had enjoyed since the original Middleton Cherry Blend went south. Strongest in the upper third, it lasted well into the bottom third. As if that wasn't enough, I discovered that the base blend was an excellent VaBur; one of the best I've had in some time. Combine these things and you arrive at four stars and a high recommendation. Now, lets talk about that f-o-r-e-v-e-r airing out time. I don't understand the logic of sullying such a beautiful pipe blend with an organic humectant that, when you think about it, probably isn't doing very much of anything important anyway. Still, I recommend this blend highly.

Pipe Used: Northern Briars Sea Urchin

Age When Smoked: unknown, but at least 1 yr old

Purchased From: Pipes and Cigars.com

Similar Blends: To me, it seemed like smoking the old Cherry Blend by Middleton. They have the same base VaBur formula with the Cult blend having a bit of chocolate added just for the fun of it.

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	Robby the Belgian (24)	2021-02-06		Mild	Medium to Strong	Medium to Full	Very Pleasant

As cherry aromatics go, this is in a league of its own. Instead of a sickly sweet artificial cherry flavor, in Blood Red Moon the cherry serves more as a vehicle to combine all other flavors.

The other flavors I notice are vanilla, some nutty, woody burley flavor, and a boozy note that reminds me of a top-notch bourbon. As the flavor develops during the smoke, the virginias add some more sweetness and the boozy note is a bit more like a nice Irish whiskey.

A bit of drying time can be beneficial. I dried it in my covered wooden drying bowl for a few hours, and still got some tobacco juice coming up through the stem (though it must be said, even that tastes a lot nice than your average tobacco juice!) and I ended up with some moisture at the bottom of the bowl. Aside from that, it does burn nicely, giving a very rich smoke.

This can easily be an all-day smoke. It does not require much attention to be appreciated.

The room note is among the best of my tobacco rotation.

Pipe Used: Peterson 68

Age When Smoked: 1 year

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	BrokenRecord (124)	2020-11-18		Mild	Medium to Strong	Medium	Pleasant

I came to Blood Red Moon searching for a pleasant cherry aromatic and that is what I found. The cherry topping tastes very nice—much better than it smells in the tin. The addition of chocolate works well with the overall flavor profile. The cavendish is creamy the smoke is smooth, though I cannot discern any other tobacco components in the blend. There is quite a bit of p.g. in Blood Red Moon as with other Cult blends, but I do not mind.

*This review is based on a small sample and limited life experience.

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	Big T (5)	2020-11-13		Mild	Medium to Strong	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

This is precisely what I wish and hope for in an aromatic: 1. It tastes like what it smells like in the tin 2. It doesn't burn your tongue to cinders 3. Uses quality tobacco that doesn't leave a harsh taste in your mouth. 4. Doesn't require 20 re-lights. I'm not sure how, but Cult have achieved all of the above. Every cherry aromatic I've smoked in the past has tasted like garbage, so I avoid them, but this blend bucks that trend. The cherry flavor gives way to the chocolate about mid bowl. Not a strong chocolate taste, but a pleasant creaminess that lasts until the end. ZERO tongue bite.I smoked a whole tin and don't believe I ever had to relight more than once. If you don't like aromatics in general, then this likely won't convert you. If you're looking for an aromatic without all the drawbacks normally associated with them, then I highly recommend.

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