Cornell & Diehl: Brigadier 2oz Pipe Tobacco

Just had a bowl of this in my new Savinelli Miele Brown Rusticated (316). This is the first time I've smoked this tobacco and first time I've smoked this pipe, Not sure how much the pipe had to do with the taste since the bowl is coated with honey. But the two together was a very delightful experience. I just wanted to share this experience so maybe someone else may enjoy them as much as I did....Read More

I saw the reviews on tobaccoreviews.com and was a little hesitant, but i said hey why not. The initial note was fruit, i thought plumb but once i though apricot a lightbulb went off but perhaps that is perique, minor latakia note with small creaminess, there was this strong bitter taste which i swore was orientals but it doesn't have any. There also is a minor nuance of nuttiness which rounds it out. This blend makes your pallet dry as a Toscano cigar with next to no sweetness and i thought maybe that was it was most like, but then i remembered the Lakeland styled English blends and i immediately thought bullseye. American English blend for sure. Its is a well crafted homage. Pipe used was a Missouri Meerchaum Cobbit Shire, age of tin 3 years...Read More

I have been trying to find a good tasting tobacco for about 6 months now ( new pipe smoker here) I saw this and wasn’t sure but I figured I’d give it a whirl. This is the first tobaccco I’ve experienced where I can taste all the direct flavors I always see people talking about. It’s fruity up top, nutty in the middle and spicy on the bottom. It’s a good addition to my evening sit outside....Read More

Superb top note that really grows on you. You can smoke straight from tin but let it dry a bit and it really shines. Top notch smoke with a decent nic hit that comes on strong at the end.

On my trip to experiment with different blends and different tobaccos, gave this a try. Nice smoke.

I think I’ve finally found a C&D tobacco I would buy again and again. In my opinion it needs to dry just a bit before loading. Has a great English flavor with just a hint of fruity top note.

This appeared moist in the tin, but it smoked so well, billowed out of my calabash. The perique is notable in on the palate. The nicotine builds so that by the end I was quite mellow. As far as the fruity nature, I’d suspect more of date than citrus or typical stone fruits. I wouldn’t classify this as aromatic nonetheless. Solid offering from C&D...Read More

It took me a bit to figure this blend out as it’s neither strictly an aro or English. At first I wasn’t a fan, but that’s because I think I was trying to place it in either camp rather than let it stand on its own. After a couple months I’ve realized I love it. Brigadier marries the best of both worlds into a unique and tasty smoke....Read More

I decided to try this because I liked most of the components of the blend. However, of all of these, I have never tried Perique and I thought something new would be interesting. On the tin, it was stated that the blend had a light fruit flavor. When I opened the tin, I was greeted by an aroma the could best be described as fruit that was well past its' prime. I also found the mixture to be a bit over moist. None the less, I forged ahead and filled the bowl of a churchwarden and lit it up. I tasted the Latakia with what seemed to be a sharp underlying note I assumed was the Perique. Overall, this was a different taste but not unpleasant. In the background was a fruity note different from many of the aromatics I have tried in the past. I smoked the bowl about two thirds of the way down and then found that it seemed to be too moist. When I cleaned the pipe, I found a lot of unburned tobacco in the bottom that was quite wet. Overall, it was not a bad smoke but the next time I smoke this mixture, I will let it dry a bit first.

Drying it a bit does the trick. It now burns all the way down with a fine grey ash. ...Read More

几个月后，我意识到我喜欢它。准将娶了两个最好的人。将烟雾浓缩成独特而美味的烟雾。