45 years ago when I began my pipe smoking journey I smoked only Borkum Riff Bourbon. At that time it was a wonderful tobacco that I could smoke all day and it had a wonderful room note. Over the years the formulation changed and it became a vile tobacco that guaranteed tongue bite. I eventually found that I enjoyed aged VaPer tobaccos much more and 2015 became my primary smoke. Yesterday I wandered into a store that advertised itself as a tobacco store (it was more of a vape/head shop) and I saw that they had pouches of Borkum Riff for sale. I heard that Lane Tobacco (who has taken over the Borkum Riff label) has tried to bring back a tobacco that was closer to the original. I picked up a pouch of the "new" Borkum Riff Bourbon just for old times sake and I am happily surprised. The pouch aroma is quite close to what it was 45 years ago. The tobacco was not goopy although it seems to be cut finer than I can remember it to be(maybe my memory is failing me). I loaded up a cob and was very happy to see that the tobacco does not give instant tongue burn. The flavor is very close to what I remember, and the room note seems to be very close to what it once was. The only real down side that I can see to this "new" Borkum Riff is the price. $10 for one and a half ounces is pretty much a deal breaker for me, but I can see picking up a pouch of this tobacco to help me relive the flavors of my early days of pipe smoking.