Tobaccos CAO - Cherry Bomb

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	DaBadMan (5)	2015-06-07		Mild	Medium to Strong	Full	Very Pleasant

Two words; Cherry & Bomb. The "Cherry" stands for harsh chemical and the "Bomb" stands for Fail.

In the tin this smells great. In the pipe however it's a different story. This blend lights easily and smokes consistently to a fine ash although I wished that it had never lit at all. I tried this blend several times in several pipes both self made and store bought, from block meerschaum to briar to mulberry and all with the same result. Cherry Bomb tasted strongly of a nice vanilla on the char. After only a few puffs the cherry kicked in. It was a horrible cacophony of chemical flavors. It was almost as bad as moontrance mixed with bulk vanilla. Even when smoking cautiously this blend will bite.

There is an upside to this blend. The room note is delicious and draws compliments from smokers and non smokers alike. Also Cherry Bomb blends very nicely with bulk vanilla. 1oz Cherry Bomb to 1lbs vanilla smokes much more nicely, no trace of the chemical cherry taste and it's bite is reduced to naught.

Pipe Used: briar, meerschaum, cherry, apple, mulberry, morta

Age When Smoked: fresh

Purchased From: P&C

Similar Blends: CAO - Moontrance.

9 people found this review helpful.

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	Redd (117)	2011-05-20		Medium	Strong	Full	Pleasant to Tolerable

Now I will start explaining why I gave this 4 stars I am not a fan of cherry blends they smoke to hot and usually give me a headache. But this is the best Cherry blend I ever smoked/ But let it sit after opening. I picked it up on sale. The name caught my eye. So I tried it one day while running low oin my other blends. The first time i didnt like it at all. So it sat about three months in the tin. So with the price of tobacco today I didnt toss it. So I gasvr it another try. Not bad at all. If you know how to smoke it nice and easy it is really enjoyable. It has a good Nicotine level and as far as strenght it is a full black canvendish very smokey. I will surley pick up a few more tins. It is a departure from my main blend Old Dog & London MIxture.

8 people found this review helpful.

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	Capt Morgan (8)	2020-11-06		Mild	Medium to Strong	Medium	Pleasant

I am a big fan of cherry flavored tobaccos. This one is at the top of my list. Now, I will say the cherry in this is more like a cherry jolly rancher than actual real cherry. From the tin the cherry scent hits you (KAPOW), makes me think of cherry slushies and long summer days. The flavor is amazing It's sweet, and juicy with a clean crisp finish. The flavors remains from beginning to end of the bowl. From the tin it was ready to smoke, this one will be in my regular rotation.

Pipe Used: Peterson 221

Age When Smoked: Fresh

Purchased From: P&C

4 people found this review helpful.

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	HabaneroHardy (395)	2022-07-11		Mild	Medium	Medium	Pleasant

Upon the process of us moving, we gave this nice lady Maria a lot of our potted outdoor plants, pavers, etc. She noticed that I was smoking a pipe and said that she would bring in some pipe tobacco to me that her dearly departed Uncle had. I was expecting a few open tins of Captain Black, etc. but was gifted a shopping bag of 12 unopened tins and 1 pouch of various blends. This is one of them. I took it to the club and smoked it in my Chacom Volcano pipe. The tin note was very cherry and this smoked with consistent flavor and without any bite. Cherry blends, seem to get a lot of mixed reviews but I found absolutely nothing wrong with it and did not seem artificial tasting either. Another member of the club smoked some and liked it also and I did not get any complaints regarding the room note. All in all, I found this to be a well-made Cherry blend and will add it to my summer rotation. A nice gift from a nice lady.

Pipe Used: Chacom Volcano

Age When Smoked: Unknown

Purchased From: Gift

3 people found this review helpful.

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	Green Leaf (15)	2019-10-13		Very Mild	Mild to Medium	Very Mild	Very Pleasant

When I opened the tin my nostrils were attacked with harsh chemicals that stung my nose. Little did I know this was a warning of what was to come once I lit my first bowl. I’m reminded of cherry flavored Cola, can’t decide if that’s a bad thing. On one hand I’m quite fond of Cherry Cola, on the other hand I’m not sure I enjoy smoking it. The tin says Vanilla Cherry I think that’s why this reminded me of of the aforementioned Cola. The taste is not complex and honestly doesn’t have a lot going on. I’ve been told Cherry smokes too hot and this blend is no different. It’s unfortunate as I’ve said before I’m fond of cherry flavored things but it’s looking like I’m going to have to keep searching for a Cherry Blend that I enjoy.

Pipe Used: Corn Cob

3 people found this review helpful.

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	ParamedicGentleman (4)	2019-01-23		Very Mild	Mild	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Pleasant to Tolerable

Well the tin note is nice. Right off the bat I was hopeful. It smelled strong of cherry as the name imparts. Very dark, moisture content was perfect. Charring light was nice, no relight needed. Smoke had a bite if you were not patient. But the flavor.

This is where it lost me. The flavor is bland. Its missing a lot. Even the cherry was not great. It just had......nothing. I was waiting through the bowl, and still nothing showed up. I was pretty disappointed. Will try to age a bit and see what happens.

Pipe Used: Roma

Age When Smoked: 3 months

Purchased From: Wabash Cigar Shop

3 people found this review helpful.

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	SkySoldier (9)	2018-01-14		Mild	Mild to Medium	Very Mild	Tolerable

Cherrybomb is a pipe tobacco I noticed many people were harsh towards in their criticism. In fairness to this tobacco I decided to try it, after all in a world where everybody is a critic it's best to try things for yourself right? Well... this is one instance where the critics were right. Cherrybomb has a weird smell to it, it smells very faintly of a weird cherry and vanilla flavouring that does not smell good or compliment the tobacco. But hey, don't knock it until you try it right? Cherrybomb burns very quickly and has the same weird taste you get from the tin. Honestly I feel like this blend tries too hard to be a nice versatile blend of cherry and vanilla but fails at both. In the end I gave this one away. Try at your own leisure.

Pipe Used: IMP Meerschaum

Age When Smoked: New

Purchased From: SmokingPipes.com

3 people found this review helpful.

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	Glorfindel (86)	2016-11-16		Mild	Medium to Strong	Mild	Very Pleasant

Well folks I like this one 4 stars,,,, and why you might ask? Well its a solid well flavored cherry aromatic. The black cavendish is of the best quality too which makes all this possible. CAO knows how to choose a base tobacco for their full cherry topping. There can be vanilla undertones at times which is simply wonderful. This one has also smoked better and better as the tin empties and the remaining tobacco becomes more dry. I have always enjoyed aromatics as well as some English and straight VA blends, and this one will be in my rotation from now on. It may be one of the best aromatics I have ever tried. I am now excited to try the other CAO blends and plan to order a tin of each of them soon.. Cheers All..... !!! :)

Pipe Used: Peterson Christmas 2016 Full Bent

Age When Smoked: New tin, drying a little

Purchased From: pipesandcigars.com

Similar Blends: None I've tried.. But it's a good one,, :).

3 people found this review helpful.

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	Bbrown626 (150)	2015-03-04		Very Mild	Mild	Mild	Very Pleasant

Cherry Tobacco's take me back to my childhood, my dad smoked Cherry exclusively. I tried his favorites - Middleton and Paladin which only left me wondering why my dad choose these to smoke. I ventured out and started looking for something else. BOOM! I found Cherry Bomb. A room note reminiscent of my childhood in a tobacco that doesn't bite with a mild taste. smoked the bowl to the bottom with 1 relight and no bitter taste at the end.

Age When Smoked: New

Purchased From: pipes and cigars.com

3 people found this review helpful.

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	StevieB (2075)	2017-11-20		Very Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant

CAO - Cherry Bomb.

This one perplexed me. With a name like Cherry Bomb I'd expected a one sided smoke of insuppressible cherries. That couldn't be further from the truth.

The ribbons are jet black and the first giveaway that this wasn't to be what the name implied was the aroma. It smells like a simple vanilla cavendish. It's a little damp, but nothing that impaired imminent smoking.

Now, I'm confused as to whether the weight of flavour varies tin to tin. Some reviews say it's strongly flavoured with cherry, yet others not so much. Well, my tin lacks any cherry flavour, but has a straightforward vanilla Cavendish one. So maybe Vanilla Bomb would be a more apt name! I like it but it's not what I asked for. The aromatic smoke I get is pleasant enough, albeit it's like any other sticky vanilla aromatic out there. The burn from it's quite slow, the temperature's cool, and it doesn't bite.

Nicotine: very mild. Room-note: pleasant; pleasant, but there's no cherries!

If this was called Vanilla Bomb I'd rate it well, but for the fact it's nothing like it's billed as being I'll give it two stars:

Somewhat recommended.

Pipe Used: Chacom Atlas

Age When Smoked: One month

Purchased From: Smokingpipes.com

2 people found this review helpful.

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	atomicbuster (79)	2017-05-21		Extremely Mild	Extremely Mild	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Unnoticeable

People seem to fall on either side of the fence with this one. Either it is a lovely aromatic with good burning characteristics or it is more of what makes aromatics notorious. My experience was that it had no flavoring at all. Tasted like plain tobacco. Sure it has good burn characteristics. But without the advertised flavor, what's the point? Why not just get a blend that is advertised as a non-aromatic? And with a name like cherry bomb, I really expected a very pronounced cherry flavor. What a tremendous let-down. Not recommended.

2 people found this review helpful.

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	Selly501USA (8)	2014-08-13		Medium	Mild	Medium	Very Pleasant

Vanilla splashed with Maraschino Cherry

This tobacco gets an unfair shake because of it's misleading name: it's not a cherry-flavored tobacco in the main, rather, it's vanilla with a hint of cherry.

If you're after a nice vanilla, this one should definitely be on your list to sample. It's a rich tasting top-shelf dark Cavendish tobacco blend, first and foremost, with the occasional hint of unsweetened vanilla sweet maraschino appearing in the background. I think the cherry note gives it a little more dimension than other, more straight-ahead vanilla blends. A fun, good-time tobacco to have on hand for those who enjoy the flavor of good tobacco unencumbered by heavy flavored casings but packing a solid, rich room note. Hopefully for you a very pleasant departure from the usual vanilla blends. Thank you for your time.

Pipe Used: MM General Filtered

Age When Smoked: 1 - 4 months

Purchased From: Pipes and Cigars

Similar Blends: CAO Bella Vanilla, Mac Baren Vanilla Creme Loose Cut, McClelland M-27 Three Cherry Blend.

2 people found this review helpful.

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	colonel jpl (25)	2014-07-05		Very Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild	Very Pleasant

New and right out of the tin the tobacco lit easy and smoked down to a white ash. I was surprised. Maybe two relights and I finished a bowl. Taste is sweet but not overbearing and the room note is great. Go easy with this or it will bite you. Overall it's a good cherry blend to smoke now and then not every day for me.

Pipe Used: various

Age When Smoked: new

Purchased From: smoking pipes

2 people found this review helpful.

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	mightysmurf8201 (28)	2013-10-08		Mild	Medium to Strong	Mild	Pleasant

I have been searching for a good cherry blend, and I came upon this one at my local b&m and thought I would give it a shot. After all, CAO makes an excellent cigar. I was actually pretty disappointed with this blend. The tin smelled pretty good, a bit of cherry, but I got a lot of vanilla aroma from it. It was a bit on the dry side. First smoke was rather un-enjoyable. The only flavor I got was vanilla and I had a hard time keeping it lit. I thought I would try it in a different briar, but I ended up getting similar results. Not sure if I'll slowly smoke my way through the remainder of the tin, or just give it away. I'm sure there's people out there that like this, but I won't be buying it again.

2 people found this review helpful.

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	PaulMcCoy (78)	2021-12-20		Mild	Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

A friend of mine generosity gave me a sample of this a few months back. This is the first CAO blend that I’ve tried.

The name pretty deceiving. It’s not a cherry bomb at all. It’s way more vanilla forward, with some light cherry notes in the background. Its pretty tasteless, but I found drawing the smoke under my tongue, and the retrohale to help. The aftertaste isn’t very pleasant, but it’s not far off from other aromatics I’ve tried. It reminds me a little bit of wet musty paper towels. It smoked on the warm side, but didn’t get hot. Bite seemed to be an issue with some other reviewers, but I had no issues. I’d recommend this to someone looking for a cherry blend.

Pipe Used: Missouri Meerschaum Legend

Age When Smoked: Fresh

1 person found this review helpful.

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	Smokolier (21)	2021-10-13		Mild	Medium	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

Unlike Blood Red Moon, CAO Cherry Bomb doubles down on its cherry casing in an all-cavendish blend. As is titular, the blenders aimed to infuse this tobacco with as much cherry flavor as possible, and so its strong casing and topping will deter those who prefer a more natural tobacco flavor. As such, it presents with a strong "chemical" quality.

However, if that doesn't bother you, then Cherry Bomb is a perfectly competent blend in its genre. Sweet black cavendish, which looks devilish in the tin, provides a nice and sweet foundation for thick cherry syrup. I found the casing to be so thick that I could literally feel it on my tongue, sort of like the maple in Autumn Evening. Similarly, in order to experience the full flavor, this blend needs to be smoked very slowly and deliberately. Sip extremely slowly and allow it to sit on your tongue for a few seconds.

Overall, the impression is somewhat like vanilla Dr. Pepper. Intense cherry is rounded out by vanilla syrup, on top of a bed of aromatic cavendish that gives it a more complex quality. This is an enjoyable tin and worth trying out if you're a fan of cherries.

Pipe Used: Missouri Meerschaum Mizzou

Age When Smoked: 1 Week

Purchased From: Pipes and Cigars

Similar Blends: Blood Red Moon.

1 person found this review helpful.

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	Theebuckeye (5)	2021-03-03		Mild	Very Mild	Full	Pleasant

I was pretty excited to try this tobacco. I've been looking for a cherry thats good or at least tolerable. Sadly this one isn't it. This one smelled really good in the tin and the room note was pretty nice. It wasn't too wet, and it burned really well. If those qualities are what matter most to you, then I would recommend you give it a try. I honestly felt like I owed my pipe an apology after smoking it though. It was very soapy in my opinion with hints of cherry that were not really good at all. It just didn't taste very good to me.

1 person found this review helpful.

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	MusicteacherLee (3)	2020-07-27		Mild	None Detected	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Unnoticeable

Out of the tin, this blend smelled amazing and I was really looking forward to trying this. This blend was chemical tasting and no cherry at all. It burned well and stayed lit. But I would not buy this again.

Pipe Used: Peterson Christmas Pipe 2016

Age When Smoked: Right out of the tin

Purchased From: Smoking pipes

1 person found this review helpful.

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	Rustedrailsmokes (293)	2020-05-22		Very Mild	Medium to Strong	Very Mild	Very Pleasant

This is another one I remembered smoking during my first round of pipe smoking years ago and recently decided to try again when some tins were on sale.

Opening the tin gave a pretty harsh chemical smell and cherry. It seemed much different than I remembered. It was also pretty moist and required drying.

I put it into a new cob pipe. The taste was similar to cherry cough syrup or a strong cherry coke from a soda fountain. Luckily, the initial hit died down and it became a little more enjoyable. The room note is nice, my wife complimented it.

After two bowls I scraped the rest in a Quart jar and filled the rest with 1Q. This made a decent cherry/vanilla blend and helped me smoke up the rest.

Pipe Used: Cobs

Age When Smoked: straight from tin

Purchased From: can't remember

1 person found this review helpful.

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	Mike Cronis (36)	2019-08-30		Medium	Mild	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable

Initial smell reminds me of Cherry SKOL chew-tobacco, which is not a good thing. Burns a bit hot. Cherry taste is fairly mild but oddly synthetic. Apparently there's vanilla in there but it's distant. I'd recommend Blood Red Moon by Cult or Cherry BonBon by Sutliff.

Pipe Used: Peterson Anniversary

Age When Smoked: 1 yr.

Purchased From: Cigars International

1 person found this review helpful.

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	canvas (337)	2018-10-10		Mild	Medium to Strong	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

I generally like CAO's products (especially Eileen's Dream), though I am not a big fan of cherry, so I guess that puts me on a neutral starting point here. Opening the tin, I was greeted with the expected sickly sour fruit smell doused over some very dark Cavendish. I guess there could be some of the advertised vanilla, but who can tell behind Captain cherry.

Packed and lit great, and burned fairly well (with an occasional relight and some bowl spittle). Fire reduced the cherries potency and turned the smoke into something sweeter (hmm... possibly vanilla?). It grew on me the more I smoked it, since it wasn't overly cherry the whole time, and I liked it more than my other cherry front runner Cult's Blood Red Moon for this reason.

By the end of tin there wasn't any excessive ghosting to the pipe I used, though I suspect that could change with even more use.

If you enjoy cherry aromatics, you ought to give this one a go, it will likely rank higher than a 2 star for your tasting palette.

Purchased From: pipesandcigars.com

1 person found this review helpful.

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	Burnesy (4)	2016-01-10		Mild	Extremely Mild	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Unnoticeable

I had high hopes for this mixture. I generally like CAO offerings and I generally love Cherry-flavored tobaccos.

The tin note on Cherrybomb is odd. It doesn't smell of cherry or vanilla as much as much as it smells of harsh chemicals.

Happily, it doesn't taste like it smells. Unhappily, it doesn't taste like much of anything at all.

I think I'll stick with Cult's Blood Red Moon and Tewkesbury's Hobbit's Weed for my go-to Cherry Tobacco.

2016-03-05: I have pushed this jar to the back of my drawer for a couple months and tried it again. No change.

Pipe Used: Mr. Brog #14 Churchwarden

Age When Smoked: New

Purchased From: P&C Website

1 person found this review helpful.

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	Fazby (66)	2015-12-08		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

Good cherry flavor, burns well. This one will actually dry out of left open unlike many aromatics, so be careful. I tried a lot of cherry blends this year and this is one of the contenders. Not the top, but very good

Pipe Used: Various

Age When Smoked: new tin

1 person found this review helpful.

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	Old German puffer (106)	2015-07-22		Medium	Medium	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

Today I opened up a year old tin of cherry bomb. I am not a cherry fan. It was free. I always take it when it's free and try it. I had three tins. This is the third I have now smoked. I opened it at 7am. Smoked it at 1pm. Packed in light with half a pipe bowl. Lit it. Char was quick. Relight worked well. Flavor is heavily sprinkled in. Smoked it slow. Drank water and finished after 20 minutes. It had flavor of cherry. Very light. Smelled more than tasted. Folks next door came over to see what I was smoking. Loaded up two more bowls during the day. Put the rest in a jar to mix with something. Was ok. But had a strong chemical taste with it. . Smoked a little wet at the end. Same for all 3 tins. Might revisit in a month or two.

Pipe Used: KBB, Kopp,

Age When Smoked: Tin - 1 year old

Purchased From: Mannheim Germany

1 person found this review helpful.

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	King T (9)	2015-04-08		Mild	Medium	Medium	Pleasant

I like cherry blends but I definitely need to be in the mood for them. Cherry Bomb is no different. If I feel like it I'll smoke it. This may occur as much as once a week to once every two months.

Now to the Cherry Bomb. Opening the tin and smelling reminds me of the cherry car air freshener from the 90's. You know, the one they sell at the car ash next to the register. The tobacco is pretty moist and I'd say requires some drying time. But I packed some right away and lit it. The tobacco did cause my fingers to smell pretty good as it wssasather moist. And because it was moist it was a little more difficult to light And keep lit. It did burn hot. And I know it would have bitten if I smoked it quickly. Thankfully by now I know how to avoid being bitten. The blend tasted fine. Not much actual tobacco flavor. As for cherry flavor it tadted best smorking. Now after I smoked it a few times wet I decided to change the way of doing this. I took some out of tne tin to dry for a couple hours. This made a huge difference. Smoked better, cooler, smoother, maybe three relights and over all much more enjoyable. And finally a few more times I let this blend dry for at least 1.5 hourson up to 8 hours when I was si track ed on errands and house side projects. But every time I let it dry some made the blend taste better, and smoke better. A slow sip with a snork out the nose at a snails pace really brings out intricate flavors. The cherry is obviously tasted. Like a cherry powder cool aid. But very light, yet plasant. I even detect some sweet citrus and almost apricot notes. But only these notes with a very slow snork. When concluded I did have a wet heel in my pipe. A pipe cleaner inserted did the trick. It ashed fine. And I'd say about half the time there were a few flakes towads the bottom that never reached their destiny in burning. And all in all to me this blend is a 3.2 to me. So I gave it a 4 star as it's more deserving than the low score that's currently posted.

Pipe Used: various

1 person found this review helpful.

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	JLong (36)	2015-02-26		Medium	Medium	Medium	Pleasant

Because I prefer non aromatics, I was a bit reluctant to try this tobacco at first. The name "Cherry Bomb" implied a hot blast of cherry flavoring that would leave me with chemical after taste and a headache. I was dead wrong. Cherry bomb is pleasantly sweet and medium to full bodied. Most importantly, my wife loves the aroma. The tin note is impressive and smells of chocolate covered cherries.

Pipe Used: Jobey Billard

Age When Smoked: 2 weeks

Purchased From: Pipes and Cigars

1 person found this review helpful.

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	BuckW (4)	2014-11-16		Very Mild	Medium	Medium	Pleasant

I purchased this as in a package. If you like aromatics and cherries this is the one for you! Cherry Bomb is one of my favorites!

Pipe Used: Corn cob

Age When Smoked: 1 month

Purchased From: Cigar International

1 person found this review helpful.

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	gentleanachronism (10)	2014-08-01		Mild to Medium	Medium	Mild	Pleasant

If you are looking for a strong aromatic to smoke in mixed company, this is the one for you. Once you open the tin you are hit with a wave of cherry and black licorice scents. I couldn't really taste anything special as I smoked it. The room note was wonderful, but powerful. My wife had insisted that I should by a tin (after her mother had regaled her with stories of my father in law smoking cherry blends) but has since confessed that the cherry note was too powerful and lingered far to long for her pleasure. I'm back to smoking my usual blends now, but I would recommend Cherry bomb to anyone looking for a strong aro.

Pipe Used: bent billiard

Age When Smoked: fresh

Purchased From: the Nostalgia Shop; Columbia, Missouri

1 person found this review helpful.

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	Scupbucket (10)	2013-08-02		Mild	Strong	Medium	Very Pleasant

CAO Cherry Bomb has a super sweet cherry flavor and the room note is fantastic. Being one of my first cherry blends, I was happy to find it actually tastes like cherries. A bit moist right out of the tin but after and hour of dry time it's good to go. It starts off with a desserty sweetness with a very subtle hint of the vanilla. I noticed the sweetness eases off to a more smokey flavor at the half bowl point but was happy to find the cherry flavoring still stuck around. My beard smelled amazing for the rest of the day! Burned a bit on the hot side but no bite.

1 person found this review helpful.

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	Smoke_Ring (158)	2013-06-29		Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant

Cherrybomb, 50g tin

Star Rating = 3.0

Rating Scores - 10 is the Best and 0 is the Worst

Pouch Note = 8

Room Note = 8

Flavor = 8

Bite = 8

Burn = 8

After Taste = 8

Raw Score = 48

Rated Percentage = 80%

Comment = Smooth, Mild, big Cherry flavor but no vanilla Flavor, bitter at the end of the bowl

1 person found this review helpful.

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	The Conde (17)	2012-12-18		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

I thought it was a little ironic that a blend named cherry bomb would taste more vanilla than cherry. Smokes on the mild side, room note is nice, non-smokers commented that it smelled good even outside in the wind where I have to smoke. One of my first tobaccos and suitable for a beginner but not much cherry.

1 person found this review helpful.

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	brogreggblues (45)	2012-08-10		Very Mild	Very Strong	Very Mild	Very Pleasant

Smoking Cherry Bomb was one of the worst pipesmoking experiences I've had. Lots of chemicals, was like smoking a urinal cake.

After a couple bowls, threw the rest out.

If you're looking for a cherry blend, try Boswell's Pennsylvania Dutch Treat.

Not recommended.

1 person found this review helpful.

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	marosi (70)	2012-08-08		Very Mild	Strong	Mild	Very Pleasant

If you were a beginner and had not smoked a variety of tobaccos, you might pick this up and think that you had found something fantastic. It has a wonderful, rich tin aroma, and the room note is very nice. It looks pretty, and is not as funky (as in the existence of a chemical smell, and goopy use of humectants) as some other black cavendish blends. I find the vanilla is more noticeable in the tin aroma than the the taste or room note.

Where it falls apart is the smoking qualities, and this is where I think people are (or should) keep looking. It requires a lot of drying out, and this by itself is not a big deal. Even when pretty dry, however, this is still difficult to get going and keep burning without a lot of puffing, which of course heats things up. While the room note is rich and pleasant, the taste is pretty mild, and the cherry is nowhere near as noticeable on the tongue. It will bite with strong puffing, and sipping just does not keep this one going. This, and the need for regular fiddling and relights detracts from a relaxing and pleasant experience. If you are looking for a cherry aromatic, the Boswell cherry flavored mixtures offer much better smoking characteristics and richer, more well rounded flavors. If you really want to take the training wheels off and smoke a good berry aromatic that also tastes and smokes like a "man's" blend, then try Sillem's Red, a wonderful broken flake aromatic.

1 person found this review helpful.

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	ruffinogold (109)	2011-03-15		Medium	Medium	Medium	Pleasant

This is a good cherry blend . For all the ragging people do about hot cherry blends or chemical etc.. It's black , it dosent bite , it's not hot and burns fine for me . The cherryflavor isnt a natural cherry flavor and it isnt the flavor of those red cherries that are icecream toppings ... somewhere in between . I think they were smart . If youre only gonna make one cherry blend as a manufacturer ... they met in the middle .If yer looking for a super sweet " fake" cherry flavor then theres a ton out there .I've found this blend to be fantastic for blending . The flavor of the CAO cherry is up front and the room note is .. cherry . Btw , this is in no way a vanilla blend with a touch of cherry ... just sayin

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	lonefrog615 (4)	2010-06-29		Mild	Mild	Mild	Very Pleasant

This tobacco reminded me of a typical american youth. Basically a good kid but behavior is a problem.

The biggest drawback for me was the poor burning qualities. The cherry flavor was nice and the aroma in the room was excellent but the tendency of the tobacco to go out and the difficulty in getting a good pack with this one turned me off.

Will I put it away and never smoke it again? No. I'll definitely be trying this one again. Is it likely to be a tobacco I buy regularly? Also no. I enjoy the better burning qualities of other cherry aromatics I have tried over this one.

2 stars.

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	King Weed (228)	2021-04-03		Medium	Very Strong	Medium	Tolerable to Strong

Recently I launched a search for a current production cherry blend that I could live with, and, I found one - Blood Red Moon. Unfortunately, I still had one blend to test from my stash and that was Cherry Bomb by STG. I should have ended my search with Blood Red Moon. Although made and distributed by the same entity, these two blends are miles apart in quality. The tin opening revealed a dark blend that looked like it ought to be damp and sticky. Instead, my tin was rather dry compared to most aromatics that I have opened lately and ready to smoke. I didn't need a distant sniff test, as the aroma of this blend was already demanding my attention. Acidic and irritating, the tin aroma was like sniffing an artificial cherry odor in an acidic solution. This infusion was so strong that I had no desire to light it and set a sample out to air. It took about two hours of airing out to get to light up. The potent cherry odor persisted in the smoke to about the halfway point of the bowl and then faded. From that point on it smoked like a fair to middling Virginia and black cavendish blend that was okay but nothing to write home about. Apparently that is how show buyers feel, as I have had this tin on my show tables for the past three seasons (not counting our "lost" year of 2020) and no takers. Most of we reviewers have been done in by the industrial nature of the flavoring in this blend and see it as an unpleasant smoke. Unpleasant equates to two stars and offensive equates to one star in my view. Cherry Bomb is more like a one and a half star blend and is stuck between being unpleasant and offensive.

Pipe Used: Ser Jacopo 1/2 bent billiard 2002

Age When Smoked: unknown, but about five years old

Purchased From: an Ebay seller

Similar Blends: I honestly don't know. I've never smoked a cherry blend with this harsh of a flavoring before. The only pipe blend that I've enjoyed less is Mixture 79; my only one star review...

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	Emeritus Account (30124)	2012-12-15		Medium	Medium	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

This is the first cherry tobacco I've tried. And this is my least favorite CAO tobacco. That being said its still a good one. I'm just not a big cherry tobacco person. Additionally I would buy it again if my Tobacconist was out of the other CAO flavors. Now that I've tried all four of their pipe tobaccos I may try mixing several of them together. ie. Bela Moontrance, Eileen's Cherry Bomb, or Bela Bomb. You get the picture.

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	Emeritus Account (30124)	2012-07-25		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Medium	Pleasant

I havent tried all the cherries in the world, but this one is my favorite so far. I dont taste the vanilla and the cherry has a little spice to it but I like it. Tends to burn a little hot, and my tin was so moist the tobacco was in a giant cake, so I let it dry out a little before enjoying. But over all, as a fan of cherry blends, I would recommend.

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	Emeritus Account (30124)	2011-11-12		Medium	Strong	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

i have never reviewed pipe tobacco, but i signed up here just to do so. i was feeling hopeful and a little excited after reading other reviews on cherry bomb, especially because i would like to find a good cherry. the room note is the only good thing i can point out. to me, it makes a room smell rather nice. that is where the pleasantries end. i was trying think for the benefit of readers, how to describe the taste, and then it came to me- cotton candy, wrapped in a dirty sock. that is as honest as i can be. i am sure there is a cherry out there that is worth buying, but i tell you, it is not this. in fact, i am tossing out the entire tin, and good riddance. i only wish i could forget the experience and get my money back. unfortunately, it ghosts your pipe, so it still haunts me, and defiled my pipe. if my word is not enough for you, then you had better try it in a cheap corn cob pipe. you will be throwing it out.

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	Emeritus Account (30124)	2011-07-04		Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

In search of a cherry tobacco, I came across Cherry Bomb by mistake. The smell when you open a tin, gives a very strong sweet cherry. The texture seemed to be compact and dry, but when you fluff the tobacco to get it ready for the load. You can see that it is just moist enough and perfect.

The smoke is a very pleasant one. It has a mild flavor, but hints of the cherry, and little vanilla in the background.

My wife said that it smelled like cherries, and she was in the other room from me. She really likes the room note of this tobacco compared to my other tobaccos that I have smoked.

I recommend this tobacco to Anyone looking for a Cherry tobacco that is mild and can be smoked at any time of day.

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	Emeritus Account (30124)	2011-03-25		Mild	Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

The tin aroma of this short-cut. fine ribbon is strongly of bright cherry with a distinct background of natural vanilla.

Expectedly, the black cavendish is smoothly monotone and, being VA-based, is extra rich and sweet. The topping tastes authentic, is almost sophisticated, and translates well into the smoke.

Cherrybomb is a quality blend that is quite pleasing, even if not deeply satisfying, and which is mellow enough for all-day puffing. This will ghost a briar and was best in a narrow gauge chamber.

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	Emeritus Account (30124)	2011-03-19		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild	Pleasant

the taste was pretty good but it did burn hot for me. every time i smoked it i would get complements on the smell of it. i think i would use it every once and a while just to change up the pace.

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	Emeritus Account (30124)	2011-01-23		Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant

better than bella vanilla but still burns hot. the bite was not as bad as bella vanilla. had a nice cherry taste with a bit of vanilla as a side note. would get a higher rating if i didnt burn so hot that alone would haave smoothed out the flavor making it better. the nice thing was unlike bella vanilla was the flavor stayed almost all the way through. will finish the tin but most likely will not buy another tin

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	Emeritus Account (30124)	2010-10-11		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild	Very Pleasant

The CAO brand is for most beginners its definitely nice for a room note or if you have some friends around or family that would complain about the smell of a non aromatic blend. It burns a little hot, very little if any bite.

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	Emeritus Account (30124)	2010-01-15		Mild to Medium	Medium	Mild	Pleasant

... for aromatics people. No bite, and a pleasant aroma. overall not a bad smoke.

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	Emeritus Account (30124)	2009-11-24		Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant

This is my first review. I am not very critical but this one deserves special note. I am sorry that this is the first CAO tobacco that I have tried. I hope I have the courage to try another.

My favorite blend is Dan's Da Vinci. I have Macbaren's Virginia #1 and Evinmore in rotation with a plumcake.

This will never gointo rotation.

When I say the room note is pleasant, I mean pleasant like the smell of a cherry scented urinal puck.

About halfway trhough the bowl this becomes less noticable. I finished the bowl and put the tin away. I had started into a new dublin shape with a nice horn stem. I have chastized myself and will try more of the tin but in a less beautiful pipe. I would hate the memory of this tobacco to make me dislike sucha beautiful pipe.

To be fair I have picked out several well reviewed CAO blends to make sure this is an abberation.

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	Emeritus Account (30124)	2009-10-19		Mild	Medium	Mild	Very Pleasant

The tin aroma is very cherry. I don't smell any vanilla. The tobacco is a little on the dry side. It packs well, lights well and stays lit without much effort.

The room note is incredible. It almost smells like potpourri instead of pipe tobacco. I've gotten rave reviews on the room note.

No tongue bite. I'm very susceptible to it and I got none.

The cherry flavoring is somewhat present in the smoke, but it takes on a slight chemical taste, maybe that's the cavendish, I don't know. I don't taste any vanilla in the smoke. There was no depth or structure in the natural flavors of the tobacco. It's a fairly one-dimensional smoke.

At this price point, I'm willing to bet that there are better cherry aromatics to be had. I gave this one a shot because my tobacconist carries it and doesn't have much of a selection anyway. If you're looking for a real people pleaser as far as room note goes, than this will fit the bill.

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