Had to try Captain Black for myself.....

[condorlover1]

Good old Captain Monochromatic! They find pouches of the stuff in ancient Egyptian tombs and its still fresh! :rofl:

 

[davet]

They find pouches of the stuff in ancient Egyptian tombs and its still fresh
Good to know, the tins in my cellar will be good for years!

 

[jkrug]

I bought my first pouch (white one?) a couple weeks ago just to give it a try. I found it to be quite alright and the folks around me as I walked the streets of Nashville all commented on how nice it smelled. Not sure if it will become a regular in my rotation but I will no doubt enjoy the rest of this pouch. ::

 

[ray47]

The Lane Limited bulk equivalents are much better IMO. Less of that chemical taste in the Captain Black blends.

 

[disciplewalk]

Captain Black Dark is my go to these days - that and Sutliff Black Kathy

 

[seacaptain]

CB Dark is probably the best of the CB lot, it's very similar to Lane BCA.

Funny you should say that. I just discovered BCA a couple of weeks ago and it will probably replace CB Dark in my rotation.

 

[cobguy]

It's been a long, long time since I smoked any CB ... early 90's.
However, for you fans, P&C has it on special all month long:
http://www.pipesandcigars.com/brands/1084/captain-black/

 

[ben88]

I like CB Royal, Cherry was not too bad either

 

[mortonbriar]

My one pouch of CB gold quite a few years ago got dried out in a hot tent/open pouch scenario and smoked horribly, I never went back for more even though it was not the captains fault, i think i also stumbled across latakia at the time.
Isaac

 

[jackswilling]

It is all I smoked for about 20 years

I did not realize what this was all about. For an aeromatic, it ain't too bad.

 

[sparrowhawk]

When I first started pipe smoking, I chose Captain Black Gold. It seemed to taste good, unaccustomed as I was to the good stuff. But I got terrible tongue bite and wondered, do all pipe smokers go through this? Do they get used to it? Then I joined the forum and discuvered that certain tobacco, primarily aeros, will bite, and Captain Black bite like a rabid rattlesnake. Since then I've found more forgiving tobaccos; my current favorite is 5100 Red Cake, although I get tins of several other blends, including some aeros. But with the exeption of something like Carter Hall, I'll never trust an OTC tobacco again.

 

[4noggins]

Cobguy,
It sure is funny how those specials work. The normal price for 16oz of bulk was $2.00 per ounce. Now with the special running, it got upped to $2.25, then take your discount.
Amazing how some companies operate, and most customers are completely oblivious.

 

[pipebuddy]

Good old Captain Monochromatic! They find pouches of the stuff in ancient Egyptian tombs and its still fresh!

Well, Simon, I have a story on that topic. I met this lady in university smoking a pipe, about 25 years ago. I asked her what she was smoking and she said Captain Black White. Then she told me she hadn't smoked a pipe for 5 or 6 years until she found this opened pouch under one of the cushions on her sofa. She said the tobacco was still smokeable.
(Sparing any elaboration about the 5 - 6 years part under the sofa cushion, for obvious hygienic considerations) I still grabbed the pouch and checked the tobacco out. It wasn't moist; but it wasn't even dry. :mrgreen:
No, I did not go on a date with this lady.

 

[condorlover1]

Did she have hairy legs perchance 'pipe buddy' and was wearing high heel combat boots? :rofl:

 

[cobguy]

Cobguy, It sure is funny how those specials work.

Yeah ... I've noticed that before.
Same with the "buy one, get one" offers ... usually up the starting price. :roll:

 

[wyfbane]

I got CB dark and liked it ok. Devil's Holiday, Larson Signature, and BCA are my go to aros.

 

[allan]

For years I smoked Capt Black in all of their varieties, Amphora, some other names that I just can't remember. This was in the late 1970's.
That's all I knew and i can clearly remember that no one complained about that 'awful stink'.
Now that I'm smoking the 'good stuff', complaints, complaints, complaints...
I found a pouch of some drug store aromatic in my cellar that must have been there for years, and when opening it up, sure enough, it was ready to smoke.
No, I did not smoke it.

 

[buster]

Th Captain is not very remarkable. Smells great, tastes like steamy sugar, not much else.i tend to enjoy it when walking the dog, driving between errands and what not. Mostly when I don't want to pay to much attention to the smoke.

 

[sablebrush52]

I used to smoke Captain Black white almost exclusively for years. I absolutely loved it. A year ago I picked up a pouch to see how I would respond after a separation of 15 years. It tasted like chemicals and I absolutely hated it. Funny how tastes change.

 

[andrew]

I got a pouch of CB white from someone before, on it's own I wasn't too crazy about it, but it was free, but I found mixing it with McClellend's Fragrant Matured cake it was a really good smoke. I think mixing it with PS LTF would probably have similar results.