ATTENTION: CB Pipe Tobacco Review Bombing Run Version 2.0

[GWBowman]

I smoked the other three I have and would like to know about them too, especially the Pink N I'm smoking blissfully. Pink N even came as a brick of vaccum pressed flake. I don't think it's going to last through the night, really good flavor and characteristics. I got a strong Lakeland sample too, those always remind me of getting in trouble for swearing and having a bar of Dial rubbed very hard on my toungue! Some fellas love it, and Deer tongue. Not me , I prefer a good solid blend of complimentary or single leaf processed to bring the best forward.
Good luck on the reviews @Tobias, I didn't pick up my samples until yesterday from the PO so I won't be winning any review contests with sorry and sweet like mine.
Good luck to those guys that wrote mini novels!
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I would love to hear your thoughts on those. Straight to the point works great for me.

[Branzig]

I just opened up my Lakeland one as well. Smells great! Not as strong as some I have on hand, but still smells great. Can't wait to light this one up.

The world really needs some more Lakeland Snot in it. Keeps things balanced and right

[Tobias Lutz]

If you have reviewed anything up until this post, go back and look to see where the tobacco name has been revealed

[Tobias Lutz]

And now for the two winners...

This was harder to judge than I expected- I actually had it down to four pretty easily, but then I hit a wall. After much consideration, in no particular order (other than incidentally alphabetical), your winners are:




@Alligator Gar
@JustTroItIn

Pete, they're all yours

Congrats gentlemen!





@NeverBend

[Lostmason]

Congrats !! @Alligator Gar And @JustTroItIn

Great job !

[JustTroItIn]

Wow, quite humbled here as I don't consider myself much of a reviewer. Congrats to @Alligator Gar and Thank you @NeverBend for the contest and @Tobias Lutz for organizing everything!

[Madbricky]

20150419_152353.jpgI didn't get my samples in hand till Saturday. For the benefit of some of you that might want to compare impressions here is the last 3 samples I reviewed Sunday aft. I wrote this in my notes so here it is.

Details
Date 4/20
Name pink H G&H Scotch Flake Aromatic
Tobacco variegated blend of dark brown and yellow pressed into cake and cut into long strips
Pipe MM Country Gentleman(not Mizzou shown)
Indoor / Outdoor: indoor

Observations
Examination (how it looked, felt and smelled): This was a very moist combined stack of sliced strips smelling strongly of sweet baking cocoa
Preparation: (how did you prepare and pack it): I seperated strips, cut into 1/2" pieces. They where rubbed out and then dried in my warming tin, then cooled dry. They where packed with the Frank method lightly as they still had a good bit of moisture.
Burn: Charring light and relight was all that was needed until the sides needing tampering like a big bowl may require. No other relights required.
Flavor: This tobacco opened with a blast of Dial soap. Ugh! It settled down but without the promised cocoa in the prelight aroma. It really did not present any definitive flavor other than some characteristics I associate with Burley. I had hoped for more after getting punished for swearing.

Comments and conclusion. Not much to say, I'm not a Lakeland fan. Wish I could say more but there was no overwhelming flavor profile.

[Madbricky]

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Details
Date: 4/20
Name: madbricky
Tobacco: yellow U C&D Exclusive
Pipe: MM Flame finished Mizzou
Indoor / Outdoor: indoor

Observations
Examination (how it looked, felt and smelled): This came out of the bag fairly "squishy" like a sponge flake. The ribbon cut exuded an aroma of Sweet floral, vinegar, and hints of cocoa.
Preparation (how did you prepare and pack it): I warmed it up in my ever present drying tin and was welcomed with an eye watering vinegar chemical fume. So much for sticking ones nose into a warming pile of mystery baccy,! After it comes dry from the tin I loaded it first with a musketball twisted into the bowl, smoked it and then a 2 step pack and smoked that. Results where nearly identical with a stronger flavor coming from the musketball load.
Burn: lit and burned really nice thanks to drying prep I use with nearly every tobacco.
Flavor: I was greeted with a very strong blast of tobacco right off. Flavor was Nutty like Burley? Also got a good Nicotine hit from this. It was too harsh to retro so I was contented to just hold it in my mouth and roll it around the palate. More nutty! The finish was a bit of baking Cocoa. This must be Little Debbie nutty bar blend, lol

Comments and conclusion: This would be a good after dinner blast for a relaxing full in your face smoke session. I'm sure it would be more mellow in a larger pipe.

[Horsefeathers]

Congrats Gents! @Alligator Gar And @JustTroItIn

Thanks for the great time Pete!

Edit: Didn't realize that the names of the samples were up. Really interesting to reread the reviews and see what other folks had to say about the same samples.

[Madbricky]

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My last sampler review! A day late thanks to the USPS.
I CAN'T BELIEVE SOME OF YOU GOT BALKAN SASSIENI TO TRY! $16 an ounce too. I had a great blind review time, thanks!
Details:
Date 4/20
Name madbricky
Tobacco: pink N Newminster 400 Superior Navy Flake
Pipe: MM Legend
Indoor / Outdoor: indoor

Observations
Examination (how it looked, felt and smelled). This came like the other cake cut strips fused by vaccum into one chunk. It was much coarser and variegated with a larger amount of lighter yellow bits. It was pretty dry already so it was not prepped in the warming tin. It had a light smell of cocoa.
Preparation (how did you prepare and pack it). I peeled a strip off the chunk and rubbed it out into a fluffy pile. It was packed in the Frank method.
Burn: It lit easily, char, tamp, relight. The burn was nice and slow with no relights other than after tamping.
Flavor: The first draws where a tad harsh after which it settled into a sweet hay flavor, very full in body with a rich tobacco flavor to the end.

Comments and conclusion: I wouldn't kick down the door of your cellar for this. Lots of cake and plug out there just like this to smoke. I had to sip this slowly to keep it mellow and my style is more like the little train that could. Lots of big puffing for big clouds of rich smoke that I could not get from this gentlemans blend.