Sailing With The Captain

[finnian3]

I am a delicate flower. I love my aromatics. Of late I have been exploring the broad spectrum of aromatic blends.
Captain Black, one of the elder statesmen of tobaccos, was the first subject of my exploration. Of the seven seas of Captain Black, I sailed only five.
Captain Black - The Original
This was a calm sea with no wind to fill the sails. A literal horse latitude in tobacco. I like my aromatics to call forth a panoply of vanillas, chocolates, whiskey and cream. The Original of the seven seas, is a smooth smoke but nothing too exciting.

Captain Black - Gold
Another flat sea with a nice room note, but nothing special.

Captain Black - Copper
This was the best of the bland blends. Nice room note, and pleasant tobacco flavor. It lacked all the delightful fragrance of my usual blends, it wasn't without its pleasant cross breezes.

Captain Black - Dark
This blend had the room note I look for, but lacked the flavor. The sea was dark and choppy.

Captain Black - Royal
Royal? a lofty title for a lacking blend. Royal has a solid room note but it lacked power and authority of a "royal".

Captain Black - Red
Red sky at night, a sailors delight. Red sky in the morning, sailor take warning.......

Captain Black - Grape
Do not sail the wine dark sea.

 

[olkofri]

The Captain is never gonna be promoted to admiral, not even a yellow one.

Seven Seas? Yeah, I'll smoke that instead.

 

[Chasing Embers]

I like them all but the Original with Grape and Dark being the favorites. Sounds like you either have them packed too tightly or you're getting them too hot. If you don't care for Grape, steer clear of Visions of Celephäis.

 

[Grangerous]

At over $50 per tub those ships can sail. Owner of a local Golf range smokes only Capt White and crop dusts his acreage while driving his caged tractor to collect balls. It’s amazing the area one lit pipe can cover.... if it’s Capt Black.

 

[samuelgawith01]

I am a delicate flower. I love my aromatics. Of late I have been exploring the broad spectrum of aromatic blends.
Captain Black, one of the elder statesmen of tobaccos, was the first subject of my exploration. Of the seven seas of Captain Black, I sailed only five.
Captain Black - The Original
This was a calm sea with no wind to fill the sails. A literal horse latitude in tobacco. I like my aromatics to call forth a panoply of vanillas, chocolates, whiskey and cream. The Original of the seven seas, is a smooth smoke but nothing too exciting.

Captain Black - Gold
Another flat sea with a nice room note, but nothing special.

Captain Black - Copper
This was the best of the bland blends. Nice room note, and pleasant tobacco flavor. It lacked all the delightful fragrance of my usual blends, it wasn't without its pleasant cross breezes.

Captain Black - Dark
This blend had the room note I look for, but lacked the flavor. The sea was dark and choppy.

Captain Black - Royal
Royal? a lofty title for a lacking blend. Royal has a solid room note but it lacked power and authority of a "royal".

Captain Black - Red
Red sky at night, a sailors delight. Red sky in the morning, sailor take warning.......

Captain Black - Grape
Do not sail the wine dark sea.

Tried the Captain Black "Black Sea"? Latakia,and not bad.

 

[shermnatman]

Why not try the superior and cleaner Lane bulks - such as 1-Q, RLP-6, ect - to the Lane CB drugstore versions?

There is a list kicking around here somewhere giving you the analogs. I think you might be pleasantly surprised. - Shem Natman

 

[olkofri]

Even better than Lane's, my hinted at blends above: MacBaren's Seven Seas: Regular, Royal, Gold, Black, and Cherry.

 

[finnian3]

I usually by my tobacco from Arlington Pipe and Cigar lounge in Arlington Heights, IL. They have a huge selection of tobacco, but I wanted to review Captain Black as it is heritage tobacco. Besides, I have three Captain Black pipes, I thought "The pipes are good, what about the tobacco?"

 

[wyfbane]

Interesting post. I have yet to try any of the Captain other than the Black/original. It was ok.

Thank you for your take!

 

[Chasing Embers]

Besides, I have three Captain Black pipes

Made by Orlik IIRC.

 

[finnian3]

I think one of them is an Orlick, but not sure about the other two. Nice pipes...

 

[RainKing]

To each their own. I struggle enjoying the Capt. Don’t get me wrong, they offer a good nose and room note. Unfortunately for me that’s where it stops. Some great comparable blends out there that I feel taste better, have less gurgle and are even smoother. MacBaren, Lane, sutliff, etc. But at the end of the day, the heart wants what the heart wants , if you love it, smoke the hell out of it !

 

[STP]

You forgot Cherry... Nonetheless, I actually like their Original/White, and Royal is OK. I’ve tried Lane’s 1-Q (Royal) and RLP-6 (White), which are good, but prefer CB comparatively. Many focus on all the humectants... and the propylene glycol that CB uses to keep their tobacco moist as it sits on a shelves, but many others use the same or similar stuff. If going with an OTC, then you could certainly do a lot worse than CB IMO?