The only codger blend I prefer to smoke in a briar is granger, every other codger seems to have better flavor and smoother smoke from a cob.i tried Prince Albert (my daily tobacco) in a briar just to see if there was any validity to the cob vs briar argument and I must say it tasted and smoked very different in my briar. Wasn't unpleasant but I definitely prefer it in a cob. For some reason though granger bites me hard in a cob but not in briar