Kohlhase, Kopp und Co. KG No. 66

Kohlase & Kopp - Pipe 66.

Upon opening this I can see straight away it's in need of airing, it isn't soaked but it needs a moderate amount of time to minimize the water in it. The aroma from it is very Blackcurrant-esc, from the smell I imminently think to myself "this isn't one for non aromatic smokers"! The mixture contains a higher proportion of Black Cavendish to Virginia, it's about a 75%-25% split. There are some broken flakes in there but they don't require any extra rubbing, they are a great size to burn right away.

Once it's had time to air it lights well giving a cool smoke from the word 'go'. All the way through the burn is stable, it only needs sporadic touches with the tamper to maintain it. The flavour of the smoke is a 'very berry' one with a sharpness from the alcohol in there. To be fair, as the topping is very sweet and full it's tricky to discern the two different tobacco flavours, I know there is sweet black Cav' in there but I'm a bit like "was that sweetness from the Cav' or the liqueur?". This really is a blend for flavour only folks, even with a huge inhalation I find it tricky to get nicotine satisfaction! The room note is pleasing, there is a great berry addition to it.

If you don't like sticky/gloopy aromatics and you spy this on the shelf STEP BACK but if you want the quintessential heavy aro' I think Pipe 66 will serve you well!

Three stars.

Lovely blackcurrant aromatic. Smokes well. I use it as a summer smoke as it is fresh fruity and mild. Very expensive, but comes with a beautiful pipes covered tin box.

The double fermented black cavendish has a sugary creamy quality as the lead component. The hand torn dark and bright Virginias provide a lot of tart and tangy citrus, grass, bread, sugar, some floralness, vegetation, light darker fruit, earth, wood, spice, and a little acidity as secondary supporters. The potent blackcurrant topping suffers a mite from a few artificial alcohol notes and syrup. It controls the experience for the most part. The strength is a couple of steps past the mild mark. The taste is medium. The nic-hit is a notch behind the strength level. No chance of bite or harshness, and has no rough edges. Burns cool at a moderate pace with a very consistent sugary, fruity mildly floral flavor that extends to lingering after taste. Leaves little moisture in the bowl, and requires an average number of relights. Has a very pleasant room note. An all day smoke that suffers from the aforementioned drawbacks in the topping, so it gets two stars instead of three.

-JimInks

Average quality of aromatic. Taste disappearing after first third of bowl. Smoke is cool and dry but tasteless. Giving two stars just because its not worst aromatic tobacco.

Burns fine but I found the taste to be a little artificial. It was worth a try but not one to repeat for me. It smelt like hookah tobacco

You get what you paid for. A strong aro with very littel original tobacco taste. Is this bad? I say no! It's a very strong aro. Has a medium nik hit and the aro is great. You feel like Hercule poirot. Is it complex? No! Is it very enjoyable? Yes.

If you go for complex tobacco tasting and different flavours search another baccy if you want a digestive - c'est ca! I personally like it a lot even I tend to like more demi aros but this is a good one.

Ps: it's quite wet. Air it out definitely to get the perfect flavour and I prefer a 9mm filter to get a cool pleasant smoke.