LOOK & FEEL OF THE LEAFCaptain Black Original is an approximately 60/40 mixture of black to tawny ribbon of average length and breadth. Athough Captain Black Cigars have been rebranded as Sail in Canada, the original brand is still available online through native reserve based companies such as Native Smokes 4 Less. We continue to stock and sell the original Captain Black Cigars. These cigars offer a smooth smoke with a sweet finish in flavors including cherry, full flavor, peach rum, sweet, and vanilla. Captain Black Pipe tobacco is a blend created during a time when pipe smoking was far more prevalent than any other form of tobacco smoking. Released in 1956, Captain Black pipe tobacco became and remains among the best-selling pipe tobaccos in the United States. Captain Black is suitable for both a beginner and experienced pipe smoker, depending on the pipe tobacco you choose. They come from a time where pipe smoking was far more prevalent so there would always be someone around to show a new smoker the ropes. They also came from a time where manual transmission was not just called standard but was the standard, when taxes were done by hand, and we were plotting our way to the stars with slide rules. I was shocked how much real tobacco flavor came through, mostly in the form of the Virginia, lending the lemon and hay notes. If I could figure out how to tame the mechanics this would be something I could find myself reaching for, particularly when I was smoking around company. The number one selling pipe tobacco brand in the United States has a fresh new look, but the same classic taste you’ve come to love. The origins of Captain Black can be traced as far back as 1957, when the brand appeared on a Lane Limited price list where it was sold in bulk form. Advertised as ‘slightly aromatic, slow burning, pleasant,’ it sold for 16 cents per ounce. The name itself came from Herman G. Lane, who was an aficionado of the notorious Captain Blackbeard, ships and Black Cavendish pipe tobacco. Captain Black is a brand of aromatic pipe tobaccos produced in the United States by Lane Limited, part of the Scandinavian Tobacco Group. A selection of cigars and cigarillos are also produced under the Captain Black name. Captain Black is probably the most well known pipe tobacco brand. Captain Black offers a variety of  flavored pipe tobaccos that are very well valued among their class. Pipe tobacco from Captain Black comes either in cans or pouches of different sizes. Captain Black Red has a cherry cough drop note folded into warm tobacco. This is one of the few cases where the room note is superior to the tin note. Captain Black Gold is well not quite gold, but in that direction. Most distinctly its much finer in cut than the other two Captain Black products reviewed here. It’s not shag but this will lead to a pretty quick burn without careful packing and puffing. Captain Black has stuck to a basic look for the last seven decades, a solid color background which indicates which blend it is, with a black silhouette of a tall ship.