Blockade Runner or Black Frigate?

mikethompson

Lifer

Jun 26, 2016

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23,496

Near Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Jul 4, 2018

• #1

I'm building a nice little cart on smokingpipes, and want to give one of these a try. The reviews for both are quite similar. Does the extra Latakia and Turkish make the Stoved Virginia's pop? My understanding is that Blockade Runner serves as the base and latakia and Turkish are added to make Black Frigate.
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Thanks in advance to the crew

 

Chasing Embers

Captain of the Black Frigate

Nov 12, 2014

43,445

109,364

• Jul 4, 2018

• #2

Both are good in their own right. Just depends on what you are looking for. BR is a sweet Virginia rum bomb, and BF is a nicely balanced blend with Latakia far in the background with a sweet rum edge. I keep both on hand and enjoy both very much. And you are correct BR is the base for BF.

 

olkofri

Lifer

Sep 9, 2017

8,049

14,666

The Arm of Orion

• Jul 4, 2018

• #3

I just bit the bullet cannonball last nite and ordered a tin of BF.

 

condorlover1

Lifer

Dec 22, 2013

8,066

27,360

New York

• Jul 4, 2018

• #4

I purchased a tin of BF and really didn't care for it. I am sure it has its fans and devotees as I have read here but it just wasn't for me. I said I would try it out on another thread and Jim Inks was absolutely right when he said to me those immortal words...'Your not going to like BF as I know your taste in tobacco' but as they say nothing ventured, nothing gained. Maybe its just me but unless it is something I have to cut up myself from a plug or a twist it just seems to burn too damned hot for me to gain any form of enjoyment from these much talked about blends.

 

smittyd

Part of the Furniture Now

Feb 7, 2018

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907

45

Pennsylvania

• Jul 4, 2018

• #5

My vote for BF!

 

bnichols23

Lifer

Mar 13, 2018

4,131

9,554

SC Piedmont

• Jul 4, 2018

• #6

What Duane (embers) said. Frankly, as I think it was Webster said about Dartmouth, "It's a small place, but there are those who love it." Some tolerate BF, some hate it, & we are "those who love it." If you don't like it, Blockade Runner & Belmont Station, both also from C&D, are great choices also!

 

lightmybriar

Lifer

Mar 11, 2014

1,315

1,838

• Jul 4, 2018

• #7

I have had Blockade Runner and it isn’t to my taste at all. All I taste is rum, with a cigarette undertone. This has been what has kept me from trying Black Frigate. There are plenty of people here who like both, so I’m sure it is a fine tobacco, it just isn’t to my personal taste, which is strange because VaPers are my main smoke. I’ve got a tin with about 3 years of age on it stashed away. I’m hoping to revisit it someday and perhaps have a new appreciation for it.

 

Chasing Embers

Captain of the Black Frigate

Nov 12, 2014

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• Jul 4, 2018

• #8

I'll add Speakeasy Navy Blend to that list as well.

 

mso489

Lifer

Feb 21, 2013

41,210

60,459

• Jul 4, 2018

• #9

This is an good reminder of the closeness of the two blends. I enjoy BF and suspect I'd like BR as well. Rum and bourbon or Irish whiskey are my favorite flavorings as long as a blend is tobacco forward. I want the flavoring to bring up the tobacco and not the other way around, to my sense of taste.

 

anthonyrosenthal74

Lifer

Jan 8, 2013

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733

• Jul 4, 2018

• #10

Black Frigate, to me, is like when it's really cold in the house and you just put on a warm pair of underwear fresh out of the dryer :mrgreen:

 

olkofri

Lifer

Sep 9, 2017

8,049

14,666

The Arm of Orion

• Jul 4, 2018

• #11

How exactly does tobacco taste like? Is there a 100% tobacco taste blend? Are cigars' taste the true tobacco taste?

 

mikethompson

Lifer

Jun 26, 2016

11,339

23,496

Near Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Jul 5, 2018

• #12

Well I suppose the most prudent thing to do is to get both, then decide.
I might be leaning towards BF because it seems to be less of a booze bomb.

 

btp79

Can't Leave

Jan 27, 2018

436

711

Sugar Land, TX

• Jul 5, 2018

• #13

As far as I know, BF is the only blend I've seen resulting in the posting of a psychedelic unicorn. So I bought 3 tins based off of that alone.

 

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olkofri

Lifer

Sep 9, 2017

8,049

14,666

The Arm of Orion

• Jul 5, 2018

• #14

Guess I'll use my smallest pipe and pack no more than 1 gram of BF then.

 

mikethompson

Lifer

Jun 26, 2016

11,339

23,496

Near Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Jul 5, 2018

• #15

I was under the impression you should be smoking something else if you'd like to see a psychedelic unicorn.

 

Chasing Embers

Captain of the Black Frigate

Nov 12, 2014

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109,364

• Jul 5, 2018

• #16

Guess I'll use my smallest pipe and pack no more than 1 gram of BF then.

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I actually commissioned a big one just for it.

 

bnichols23

Lifer

Mar 13, 2018

4,131

9,554

SC Piedmont

• Jul 5, 2018

• #17

"I don't know where I'm-a gonna go when the volcano blow!"

 

anthonyrosenthal74

Lifer

Jan 8, 2013

7,493

733

• Jul 5, 2018

• #18

As far as I know, BF is the only blend I've seen resulting in the posting of a psychedelic unicorn. So I bought 3 tins based off of that alone.

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Oops! Did I do that? :mrgreen:

 

bnichols23

Lifer

Mar 13, 2018

4,131

9,554

SC Piedmont

• Jul 5, 2018

• #19

Who, YOU, anthony? Nah, I just thought it was reverb from Jay's avatar. [I've abused you enough about the cf. Even *I* show *some* mercy occasionally!] :twisted:

 

anthonyrosenthal74

Lifer

Jan 8, 2013

7,493

733

• Jul 5, 2018

• #20

Having a CF flashback! Gaaaahhhhh!