Cigar Bum Drugstore Pipe Tobacco Reviews

[BryGuySC]

Tobacco: Borkum Riff Vanilla Cavendish
Age: 6/11/2013
Blend Contents: Burley, Cavendish, Kentucky, Virginia
Pipes: “The Pipe” full bent and a Missouri Meershaum
Tin Note: Vanilla
Prep: No drying time. I pinched some off the brick, and loaded the pipe using the Frank method.

Notes:
The aging time has melded the tobacco into a brick. It broke apart easily into a nice mix of multicolored strands of tobacco.
The pipe loaded well, and I headed outside to light it up!
I got the char light done and began to enjoy this gifted jewel of the grocery store!
Well… that’s about as far the enjoyment went.
My tongue went numb almost immediately. I couldn’t pick up a note of anything, save a little vanilla and a bit of chemical.
On the positive side, it did burn, and it did make smoke! The smoke was of a good consistency.
I can't, in good conscience, suggest this to anyone.

[spyder]

Tobacco blend: Borkum Riff Mixture with Cherry Cavendish
Age: 2/19/2013
Blend Contents: 50% black cavendish from Africa and the Philippines mixed with 50% Virginia from Brazil, Argentina and India
Pipe used: MM Cob
Aroma in the tin/pouch: Maraschino cherry overload
Prep: Open the seal on the pouch and load 'er up

Loading + smoking Notes: Shag cut, mostly dark to medium brown with a few strands of blonde. The moisture level feels right, doesn't clump together with pressure. After the initial lights and tamps to get things moving, my first impression of flavor is a very thin artificial sweetness with a bit of a tingle on the front of my tongue. The tingle fades quickly but the flavor stays this way till about 20 min later when I start to get a bit of pine / menthol flavor on the retrohale. I think I get a tiny hint of cherry now and again. Sort of like when you eat a sweet cherry pie for dessert; then a few hours later a scrap of cherry skin dislodges from between your back molars, hits your tongue and causes you to quickly think "What the heck was that flavor?" Then it's gone before you can figure out what it was. This blend really demands a slower smoking pace, otherwise your pipe will soon be glowing like a cherry. It's very mild in body and strength. Hell my 91 yr old MIL could kick this tobacco's butt without breaking a sweat. The room note was pleasant.

I'll try this again in a meer and maybe a briar to give it a fair test, but I'm not expecting any vast improvement. Overall I'd give this 1 out of 4 stars. Thank you Tobais for providing this for review.