Yuck

[eazye77]

Tried Captain Black today. Not me at all!
What are your thoughts? Is the newest version better?

 

[brdavidson]

I rather enjoy the CB Royal, have a pouch of the Dark coming to try. I have to be in a mood to have it though, it's only a once in awhile smoke.

 

[eazye77]

IC. Good room note. The taste is meh.

 

[brdavidson]

I use my Brigham pipes with the rock maple filter in and it helps I find, puff slow and I get the definite vanilla taste to it. The filter reduces the moisture so I think it helps find the flavour.

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

I like the CB Dark. I took advantage of that buy three get three deal at pipesandcigars.com and will definitely purchase more. I do kinda like the CB white, but I think the dark is a huge improvement.

 

[nsfisher]

Not a fan of Cap'n Black at all; but opinions vary

 

[eazye77]

Well. . .I have a 1.5oz for trade if anyone is interested. PM me!
::

 

[andrew]

Yes I find captain black to have this wierd chemical kind of taste, I really don't like any OTC drugstore blends, about the only one I like is Amphora red but even then I find it much too strong for my liking.

 

[jah76]

Tastes like metal to me. But honestly something about a lot of aros taste like metal to me.
Got the new version sitting at home waiting for me to try.

 

[thesmokindragon]

It is my Uncle's go-to blend...not for me...but the great thing about pipe smoking is there are (so it seems) endless blends for us to explore ::

 

[numbersix]

Jah:

Tastes like metal to me. But honestly something about a lot of aros taste like metal to me.

+1
Aros, even many in high regard here, taste like chemicals to me. You may want to give Pipeworks and Wilke rumcake a try (or any of her aros). Real ingredients, superb aros that are as good as they get.

 

[ciderguy]

I haven't tried it yet. On an ounce-per-ounce basis it costs more than quality tinned tobacco at my local B&M. I might try a pouch of the Dark when I place my next TAD order if it remains on sale.

 

[eazye77]

Hit it right on the nail. Chemical taste is what it is for sure!

 

[youngpiper1]

A friend is sending me a pouch of the captain black dark to try, i will let you know my opinion

 

[brdavidson]

Eazye, I'm thinking that the Brigham filter helps with that chemical taste, I dry the baccy quite a bit then use the filter and it's not bad at all, I mean it's not nirvana or anything but it's enjoyable. Of course it could be that it's just not your thing.

 

[jah76]

Six, thanks for the tip. My wife picked me up a tin of W.O. Larson's Signature Mixture. (I swear she's got a secret plot to get me smoking something with a good room note.) I've had a few bowls. It definitely likes wider bowls (seemed to want to run hot in narrower bowls). It's got a really mild taste, bit of blueberry's maybe an apricot here and there. Definitely something interesting. I'd like to smoke more of it before I make up my mind about it.
I take back what I said about her secret plot. She's a redhead. Subtlety is not her forte.

 

[boudreaux]

Tried my first bowl of Capt. Black Dark earlier tonight. Definitely needs drying time. My first reaction is to agree that the taste is not pleasant - at best neutral.
To date, my favorites are:

Pipeworks & Wilke's Rumcake

Sutliff's Molto Dolce

Frog Morton Cellar
All three of those combine good taste and nice room note for me.
To be continued...

 

[daytonsean]

Captain Black blends leave a weird film taste on the roof of my mouth. Like I just ate some Captain Crunch or something.

 

[andrew]

Actually my only experience with captain black was with a free pouch I'd gotten from a guy who brought it back from the states to roll cigarettes with, he saw me smoking a pipe at work and offered it to me so I obliged of course. I actually found by mixing in this tobacco from my local B&M I would describe as very close to amphora red, but not amphora red, it created a very nice pleasing smoke, that was kind of chocolate smelling and got really nice "wow, that smells great" compliments, plus it actually was enjoyable. But on it's own I didn't care for it. I don't even know what kind of Captain black it was, he just gave it to me in a container.