| Author | Message | ||
     Dan Bryant Member Username: Bryantm3 Post Number: 46 Registered: 03-2009 |
i like the natural burley taste of prince albert, but it has too much PG in it for me, making the smoke have a chemical taste at times, or sometimes tasting like sweaty socks. since i've finished my pouch of PA (the last bowl being particularly unpleasant and 'sweaty' tasting), i'm looking for an unflavored burley out there that doesn't have so much junk on it. any suggestions? | ||
| Gerry Schulz Member Username: Learning_to_puff Post Number: 51 Registered: 12-2007 |
You might want to try Peretti BPC or their Cuban mixture at http://www:ljperetti.com there are many others as well as I'm sure you will find from other posts. I have found that when PA smokes sweaty it is because I have ether packed to tight or smoked to fast or both. | ||
| Chuck Wright Member Username: Truckerchuck Post Number: 1169 Registered: 05-2004 |
Try Guy Wallace's Blue Grass Melody. www.affordablepipes.com | ||
| Tightwad Member Username: Tightwad Post Number: 166 Registered: 12-2006 |
It will hard to find a tobacco that is PG free. PG is used industry wide to preseve moisture in the tobacco for extended shelf life. Why not do as many do and "dry down" the tobacco a bit before you even try to smoke it. For day to day use the tobacco should be just dry enough to "springy" when pinched but not cling or go to dust. Try that before you give up on the Prince. | ||
| Tedd Barrett Member Username: Teddy Post Number: 37 Registered: 08-2005 |
TRY C & D'S BURLEY'S , I FIND THEM VERY GOOD. TEDDY | ||
| Israel Member Username: Israel Post Number: 374 Registered: 10-2004 |
Most people say the can is much better than the pouch. If you haven't tried a can, maybe that is a good idea before you swear off the Prince, if you have only been smoking it out of the pouch. | ||
| Harvey Click Member Username: Fafhrd Post Number: 1448 Registered: 03-2006 |
Dan, you might like Sir Walter Raleigh regular. I can't believe PA uses very much PG. Pouches of PA (unlike sealed tubs) are often bone dry, while certain PG-laden blends stay limp and goopy long after they've been opened. | ||
| Dan Bryant Member Username: Bryantm3 Post Number: 47 Registered: 03-2009 |
They don't use a *ton* like Altadis, but it's enough to bother me a bit. Altadis uses so much in their 'natural' blends like Fox and Hound that it tastes like air freshener. | ||
| burro Member Username: Burro Post Number: 70 Registered: 02-2008 |
i've smoked PA from the pouch for many years and have found it is one of the few tobaccos that doesn't need a lot of "air" time prior to smoking. most tobaccos are too wet to smoke upon opening, but PA is not. is there PG added to this blend? i don't know for sure, but i don't get a "chemical" taste from this blend and i've never smoked a sweaty sock, so i don't know about that "taste". if anything, PG should add a slightly sweet taste, if you can even taste it at all before it burns off. | ||
| Dave Alton Member Username: Northernpiper Post Number: 6 Registered: 02-2009 |
I'll throw in my two-cents worth here. I agree with Gerry, Peretti's BPC is a great Burley, it's the base for most of their Burley blends. They also have a Blend #333, which as a fairly plain unflavoured Burley comes highly recommended, though I've yet to sample this one. | ||
| Harvey Click Member Username: Fafhrd Post Number: 1449 Registered: 03-2006 |
--...i don't get a "chemical" taste from this blend and i've never smoked a sweaty sock... I agree. I suppose PA contains some PG (nearly all pipe blends do), but IMO it seems to contain very little. I think Middleton maintains a surprisingly high quality in all their blends. | ||
| David J Hodge Member Username: Djh985 Post Number: 69 Registered: 02-2008 |
Peretti 333 is a great burley. Uhles also makes several great pure burleys as well. | ||
| carlos beceiro Member Username: Rambler Post Number: 67 Registered: 09-2007 |
I'll second the Uhle's suggestion. I've been smoking Perfection Plug Burley almost exclusively since I found it. Highly recommended. Little cubes of burley mixed with some loose leaves. Sir Walter Raleigh is another favorite, although I generally let it get very dry before smoking, I just think it tastes better that way. | ||
| Terry Ginn Member Username: Terryg Post Number: 6 Registered: 04-2009 |
Prince Albert is a mixture of burley and orientals with a mild chocolate casing. 4 Noggins makes a similar blend called Bald-headed Teacher that has a stronger chocolate casing and is made with better quality tobaccos. I like them both and recommend BHT to anyone looking for a higher-end Prince Albert. The two would blend well, but PA blends well with virtually any tobacco. | ||
| carlos beceiro Member Username: Rambler Post Number: 68 Registered: 09-2007 |
I like Bald Headed Teacher, but be forewarned that it does contain a small amount of latakia, in case you're not into that. It's a very small amount, about the proportion you find in Walnut, which I actually think it might be more similar to than it is to Prince Albert. Don't be put off though, Bald Headed Teacher is really great too. I'm not a huge latakia fan, but I enjoy both Walnut and Bald Headed Teacher. | ||
| Lawrence Bobrowski Member Username: Lawrence7208 Post Number: 2 Registered: 08-2009 |
An entry in the "Tobacco Time Line" (Google it) from 1913 indicated that P.A. is a blend of Piedmont Bright (which I think is a variety of Virginia), flavored and sweetened Burley, and 10% Turkish. I enjoy P.A. a lot, and have taken to adding 3% McClelland Perique. Wow! Very similar to C&D's Haunted Bookshop. Increase the Perique and it resembles Old Joe Krantz. | ||
| Larry Bobrowski Member Username: Lawrence7208 Post Number: 10 Registered: 08-2009 |
Here's the actual quote that hints at P.A.'s recipe: "Camel, like Prince Albert before it, consisted of a then-unique blend of 3 tobaccos, piedmont Bright, a flavored and sweetened burley from Kentucky, and 10% Turkish leaf." --from Gene Borio's Tobacco Timeline Notes |