Three Star's China Black Whiskey Pipe Tobacco Reviews

Although the pouch declares "Golden cavendish with Oriental," this medium-cut aromatic blend is overall quite dark looking, probably through liberal addition of black cavendish tobacco.

It has a pronounced sweet-musty aroma in the pouch that is presumably that of whiskey or some facsimile thereof. I'm not a whiskey drinker, but this doesn't smell much like whiskey to my nose for some reason.

Not only is it quite moist when the pouch is first opened, but it remains that way for a long time afterwards.

The taste is an even balance between sweet and earthy, without highlights, and with a decidedly musty aftertaste. This smokes smooth and is very mild, but it is a decidedly wet smoke that has little tobacco flavour.

If you can't cope with a wet smoke, you will not find this acceptable. Aside from its unfortunately high moisture content, the flavour is an interesting one in the way that it is aromatic, yet neither flowery, fruity, vanilla-saturated nor sugary.

A distinctive savory and slightly sweet aroma lingers in the room after smoking this.

It is often sold in buy-one-get-one-free, double pouch packs in the USA.