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     Ken Wilson Member Username: The_pirate Post Number: 14 Registered: 12-2006 |
Upon my return to pipe smoking, I found the 'Tobacco Reviews' site. Since the C&D blends were among the most frequently reviewed, I orderd a sampler pack of mostly burleys, hoping to find a nice agreeable smoke. Gee, I was surprised to find many! Old Joe Krantz is my favorite but I also like Bailey's Front Porch, Easy Times, Haunted Book Shop, and Pegasus. Then on a whim, I orderd some Old Companion from Oulette's Hearth and Home series... excellent!! So now I am thinking that there may be many others available from many different suppliers. I am wondering what your favorite burley tobaccos may be. I returned to the 'reviews' site and saw many that looked good but could not get a handle on them when based on just a few reviews, some of which may not be made by burley lovers. Please tell me about your favorite burleys. All responses will be greatly appreciated. Ken | ||
| peter dove Member Username: Pdove Post Number: 4 Registered: 01-2007 |
i have tried 4 burleys. affordable pipes blue grass melody. full flavor. lightly sweet. lane burly light without bite. light flavor. lightly sweet. it does not bite. nice for a beginner or to break in a new pipe. pipe and cigar scotty's butternut burly. good flavor more vanilla. sweet. paperwork's and wilke nut brown burly. good flavor. a lot more vanilla. sweeter than Scotty's. you can get samplers from all shops but lane. they were all nice to deal with. my fav was blue grass melody | ||
| Harvey Click Member Username: Fafhrd Post Number: 576 Registered: 03-2006 |
Three of my favorite burley or mostly-burley blends are SG Kendal Cream Flake, Orlik Dark Kentucky Flake, and Mac Baren Burley London Blend. | ||
| Noah Stacy Member Username: Lawmonkey Post Number: 6 Registered: 01-2007 |
I have heard some very fine things about Pipeworks & Wilke's "Nut Brown Burley." I haven't myself smoked it... yet. Just received a sampler from Carole there and haven't tucked into it just yet. Edgeworth Slices used to be good, but I've heard some things about them going to a different blender or somesuch. Not sure what the status is. I think many of the House of Windsor ressurected old American blends are burley based. I've so far smoked only Country Doctor, but I enjoy it quite a bit (after a somewhat negative first experience). | ||
| Tightwad Member Username: Tightwad Post Number: 7 Registered: 12-2006 |
Ken, give this shop a try. The offer a burly honey blend (300) that is really nice as well as other blends that are only found in their shop. This shop now gets all my tobacco business due to their blends being superior to all I've tried to date. A good ol' fashioned tobacconist. www.uhles.com | ||
| smokey strodtman Member Username: Smokey422 Post Number: 397 Registered: 08-2005 |
You've picked some good choices. From C&D I can also recommend Morley's Best, which has some VA and Latakia. Another great choice is Nut Brown Burley, from Pipeworks and Wilke (www.vtpipes.com). L.J. Peretti has several great burley choices, including BPC (burley plug cut) and #102. www.ljperetti.com. | ||
| Felix Member Username: Felix Post Number: 87 Registered: 09-2006 |
Ken, since you like Old Joe Krantz best of all, I'm thinking you have an affinity for a touch of Perique mixed in with your Burley. GLPease tobaccos are distributed by C&D but blended by Greg Pease. There's a lot of similarities between GLPease and C&D tobaccos (in fact, the Two Friends label is a collaboration between the two master blenders) but also enough differences to warrant trying both. One thing I've found is that the tobacco descriptions on the Pease web site are right on the money. Suggest you take a look at Pease's Cumberland if you'd like to try another tobacco with a good measure of Burley and a kiss of Perique. Also, since you appreciate Burley, I might mention that Carole Burns at P&W has several blends which are heavy on Burleys. And her aromatics are second-to-none if you have a desire to branch out in that direction. Or Boswell's Hunter’s Choice is a nice Burley-centric blend although some view it as too mild. | ||
| Bradley Owen Member Username: Thymaridas Post Number: 17 Registered: 09-2005 |
I've been on a burley kick lately, and more specifically, "drug store" blends. Of the ones I've tried, I like the following: Prince Albert: plain old burley, with a nice, subtle cocoa flavor. Granger: Just like PA, but no cocoa. Carter Hall: Similar to Granger. Edgeworth Ready Rubbed: Completely different. Very rough, chunky, broken flake. Some very dark tobacco mixed in. Full flavor with a touch of sweetness. This and PA are my favorites so far. One other I've tried is Half&Half. It has a berry topping that I don't enjoy. Bradley | ||
| Robert Bittner Member Username: Rmbittner Post Number: 176 Registered: 01-2005 |
Ken: First, I should acknowledge that I almost never smoke burley blends or aromatics. (So you may want to consider that as you read on...) But I have to praise one I just started on: Bob's Chocolate Flake from Gawith Hoggarth. It's a very thin flake of burley, Virginia, and -- so they say -- latakia, although the latakia is virtually impossible for me to discern. It is the driest-smoking aromatic I've ever had...and I'm not even really sure it should be classified as an aromatic, since the flavor and aroma are so subtle. But the burley and the cocoa work beautifully together. BTW, don't be put off by the very mild scent that will first greet you when you light up. Some describe it as soap or perfume, but it's typical of "Lake District" tobaccos, of which this is one. The scent quickly melds with the burley and the cocoa, and the whole experience is quite enjoyable. At least for a non-aromatic smoker like me. Bob | ||
| herbert thompson Member Username: Hap_thompson Post Number: 165 Registered: 01-2005 |
I started my morning with Morley's Best...I'm smokin a bowl of Peter Stokkebye's cube cut at the moment and it's long been a favorite as are Pegasus and Prince Albert.I also have an unopened tin of Baileys front porch and a mason jar of bluegrass melody nearby but, after almost thirty years as a piper,I still haven't gotten around to Half&Half. Herb | ||
| Markus Wischermann Member Username: Markus1970 Post Number: 523 Registered: 03-2005 |
Hello, I received Carter Hall and Prince Albert in a tobacco trade across the big pond, and I like them both. Considering how cheap and easily available they are to (most of?) you, I think you should give them at least a try if you haven't done so yet. To me, CH and PA taste very similar in the pipe, but in the pouch PA has a funny faint peppermint smell along with the chocolatey note. The peppermind doesn't get through when I smoke PA, though, and the room notes of both seem very unobtrusive to me. These blends may not disturb other people around you as much as e.g. a Latakia blend might. Best wishes Markus | ||
| Noah Stacy Member Username: Lawmonkey Post Number: 8 Registered: 01-2007 |
Following up: Wilke's "Nut Brown Burley" really is quite good. Smoked some in a cob last night. I had some initial problems with getting and keeping it lit that I suspect were due to pack and the moisture level of the tobacco, which could probably stand to dry out a little bit. Once things were going, though, it had a nice nutty sweetness that is the best of burley. Smoked right down to that bit of the wooden shank that extends into the bowl of a cob, which doesn't taste -nearly- as good as the NBB.  | ||
| Clarence Wade Member Username: Docsavage Post Number: 24 Registered: 09-2006 |
Bishop(s) Burley by Edward's is a quality, no nonsense burley that is quite the pleasure to smoke. One of their oldest and best selling tobaccos. Excellent moisture level, and an almost sweet Virginia taste. Edward's description leads one to understand that there is some other "rare' tobaccos contained in the blend but they aren't telling what those are.. its good smoke none the less... I keep a pound on hand for checking out my "new" estate pipes...good quality, good price.. Cw | ||
| Ken Wilson Member Username: The_pirate Post Number: 18 Registered: 12-2006 |
Thanks everyone for your suggestions! I really do appreciate it.I feel confident that many hours of burley pleasure await me. Ken |