This tastes like the cherry lip gloss my older sister would buy and I would try to eat like candy. After a few puffs a faint vanilla joins the cherry. Sugar water with a cherry flavored cough drop stirred in. About the halfway point the cherry captain black tobacco flavor has faded to just a tickle, but it’s very sweet now. There’s also a light vinegar and salt, bringing this somewhat close to Captain Black Original. A return of cherry lip gloss joins in with sugary-vanilla-salt-lemon-vinegar.
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This stuff burned effortlessly, a little too effortlessly. It burned my tongue fiercly despite all my efforts to smoke slow, cool, and dry. Yet like Captain Black Original I was quite impressed with the flavor. Again there was genuine tobacco flavor, even more than the original, with a measured touch of pleasant additional flavoring.
Captain Black itself made its first appearance in a 1956 catalog, where it was touted as ‘slightly aromatic, slow burning & pleasant,’ and sold for 25 cents per ounce. In summary for a new smoker with numerous options available to smoke, I would avoid these. For an old hand who is looking for an intro to aromatics, well, again I’d not recommend Captain Black at all. Soft vanilla, fruity, salt, with a light vinegar. I can’t tell if the nip on my tongue is pepper from the Virginia or tongue bite. It sweetens up with more salt and a strong lemon zest.
Its simplicity and room note make this a classic standby for everyday smoke. This brand provides me with mouthwatering pipe tobacco flavors in the form of a quick smoking 3.75 x 20 filter tipped stogie. There’s tons of little machine-made cigars on the market today, but from my experience, these cigars tops them all in taste and quality. I had quite a few relights trying to smoke this stuff. However I received the least amount of tongue bite smoking this out of these three tobaccos. The cherry flavor was not as offensive as the pouch aroma promised, and it melded well with the general Captain Black profile of spiced rum and vanilla.
This is one of the few cases where the room note is superior to the tin note. Captain Black Gold is well not quite gold, but in that direction. Most distinctly its much chacom tobacco pipes finer in cut than the other two Captain Black products reviewed here. It’s not shag but this will lead to a pretty quick burn without careful packing and puffing.
I think the Gold is technically superior, but it’s lemony-vanilla taste is so close lemony Virginias like MacBaren VA No 1 that I’d be more likely to reach for the latter. The Cherry was not for me, but as my first cherry it was good enough that I’m intrigued to try other, hopefully more forgiving blends in that direction. Captain Black Original certainly provides the sociable portion of the pipe smoking experience, emitting a warm tobacco and vanilla smell. If you buy a pipe tobacco aroma candle, you would want it to smell like this humble white pouch. The number one selling pipe tobacco brand in the United States has a fresh new look, but the same classic taste you’ve come to love.
Unlike some other aromatic tobaccos, this Captain Black Regular Pipe Tobacco stays lit for a long time, so you don’t have to worry about constant relights. It has a sweet vanilla flavor that isn’t overpowering and resembles a roasted marshmallow. Its undertones of vanilla, chocolate, and nuts make this a perfect slow smoke that you can exhale out your nose for enhanced flavor.
The best-selling pipe tobacco in the world is Captain Black Regular (White). A Beloved blend enjoyed by almost everyone who considers themselves a pipe smoker. Black Cavendish cased with sweet vanilla makes up the base, with Burley and Virginia playing their part perfectly. A creamy, smooth, and always fulfilling smoke has been the joy of every pipe smoker who has embraced Captain Black Regular (White). Captain Black Pipe Tobaccos come in a variety of flavors to choose from.