Cornell & Diehl #412A Billy Budd - Pipe Tobacco Reviews

[python]

My review of this blend:

Cornell & Diehl #412A Billy Budd - Pipe Tobacco Reviews

 

[admin]

Great review Bob. I can't wait to smoke all day and all night with you two weekends from now.

 

[python]

I can't believe how fast time is going and the show is already less than two weeks away. It seems like just a couple of days ago we were talking about making plans to go and now it is almost here.
I can't wait!

 

[jkkaumanua]

I ordered one ounce of #412A Billy Budd to sample and was not impressed at all. It was so dry that it actually sucked all the moisture out of my throat every time that I exhaled it through my nostrils. So far I have sampled 3 Balkan blends, and this is the only one that I did not enjoy.
The rest of the tobaccos that I ordered from this supplier were in fine shape, but I think this batch of Billy Budd may have been a very stale sample and therefore not a good representation of this tobacco at its best.

 

[onizuka]

You should call them up an let them know. From what I have heard, C&D will take care of you. Also, PipeFriendCHS complained of the same thing very recently on YouTube and they did indeed replace his Billy Budd.

 

[krgulick]

Great review, Bob. Not sure if I'll try this or not. I haven't been really impressed with the C&D blends I have tried thus far. They just don'e seem to be for me. Of course, YMMV.

 

[python]

Jkk, when I first tried Billy Budd, I didn't care for it too much either. But it ended up being one of those blends for me that the more I smoked it, the more I liked it.
I wouldn't classify Billy Budd as a Balkan blend. I would call it more of a latakia/cigar leaf blend.

 

[searock]

C&D, the only brand in almost 50 years I ever had a mold problem with... twice. And they wouldn't replace it.

 

[jkkaumanua]

I probably won't bother calling C&D for a replacement, but thanks for the advice Onizuka. If I had ordered more than one ounce I might make the effort, so I will remember that option in the future.
Bob - You're probably right that I might like it more if I smoked more of it. That is what happened with the Westminster that I tried. But like I said, I'm pretty sure I got a bad batch of this tobacco, so smoking more of it would probably not make a difference in this case.
Thanks for all the advice eveyone. I appreciate it.