Curious about exploring more burley blends.
Would appreciate to hear about your top five faves.
Would appreciate to hear about your top five faves.
Your Top Five Burley Blends
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Five Brothers is my top burly blend. It's a nearly daily smoker for me. There are others that I may enjoy more when I enjoy them. But I enjoy it regularly. It's got more nuance and character then it gets credit for. Also just love the way it smokes. You just wave match over it and sip on the smoke. I suggest with such a fine shag to cram it into the pipe right up to the point it where it's about to restrict the draw. Otherwise it will burn it's self, and the flavor becomes much sharper then if packed like you would a ribbon.
Forgot to add the burly flakes by C&D. They're tied for second place.
Forgot to add the burly flakes by C&D. They're tied for second place.
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HH Burley Flake
Old Dark Fired
Watch City Slices
Crooner
Pegasus
Old Dark Fired
Watch City Slices
Crooner
Pegasus
I don't know whether they'd be called blends, but I like both SWR and Stokkebye 312 Toasted Burley.
HU Makhuwa
HU Dockworker
HH Burley Flake
John Patton Storm Front
I'll leave spot #5 blank because any Runowski blend from C&D or the classic drug store Burleys fits
HU Dockworker
HH Burley Flake
John Patton Storm Front
I'll leave spot #5 blank because any Runowski blend from C&D or the classic drug store Burleys fits
There are lots of good premium Burleys out there, but I mainly go for Lane Burley LWAB, Butternut Burley, Peter Stokkebye 702, and then I like Va/Burs, like Peterson Sherlock Holmes, or Tinder Box Norse Gold. I put Burley in my name the day I signed up because I think I was smoking LWAB that day.
Tried a few burleys so far.
Stokkebyes Cube Cut.
Liked it, but it's a bit tricky smoke.
C&D Haunted Bookshop.
Didn't like it at first but it grew on me.
MacBaren Bold Kentucky.
Really like it. Will buy more.
Stokkebyes Cube Cut.
Liked it, but it's a bit tricky smoke.
C&D Haunted Bookshop.
Didn't like it at first but it grew on me.
MacBaren Bold Kentucky.
Really like it. Will buy more.
VaBurs deserve their own thread IMO. You get into stuff like GH Brown and Rum Flakes all the way into stouter fare like GH Dark Flake, 1792 and Rattray's Stirling Flake and I really can't talk about them in the same breath as Burleys. VaBurs are an indispensable sub-category and I usually end my day with one.
- Sutliff Ready Rubbed Match
- Mac Baren London Burley
- Manil Semois, any cut
- Mac Baren Old Dark Fired
- Stokkebye 41 Cube Cut
Some special mentions, to include the great burley flakes:
- Mac Baren HH Burley Flake
- Solani Aged Burley Flake
- Mac Baren Navy Flake
Granger
Burley London Blend
Pegasus
Prince Albert
Carter Hall
Burley London Blend
Pegasus
Prince Albert
Carter Hall
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My favorite burley smoke is Sir Walter Raleigh.
Oh, I should have mentioned Haunted Bookshop. I do like it, when the mood is right. It's a very fall tobacco.
My experience with 5 Bros exactly. Pack it tight, give it the slightest light, and sip.
I primarily smoke burleys myself, so I'll give a top five (for me), in no particular order (some are burley-forward blends):
Five Brothers
Reserve du Patron (or any Semois burley from Vincent Manil)
Old Joe Krantz/Haunted Bookshop (same blend, different proportions -- former is stronger and spicier)
Kelly's Coin (warning, not many like it, but if you want a strong burley, give it a try)
Granger (had to include an OTC codger blend since we're talking burleys here).
Honorable mention: Any of C&D's Burley Flake #1 thru #5
Five Brothers
Reserve du Patron (or any Semois burley from Vincent Manil)
Old Joe Krantz/Haunted Bookshop (same blend, different proportions -- former is stronger and spicier)
Kelly's Coin (warning, not many like it, but if you want a strong burley, give it a try)
Granger (had to include an OTC codger blend since we're talking burleys here).
Honorable mention: Any of C&D's Burley Flake #1 thru #5
Amphora Burley
Solani ABF
Rattray's Stirling Flake (when I want a kick in the pants)
Five Brothers
C&D Pegasus (one of the few C&D I like)
Solani ABF
Rattray's Stirling Flake (when I want a kick in the pants)
Five Brothers
C&D Pegasus (one of the few C&D I like)
PS Cube Cut
Semois
McB olden Extra
D&R Two Timer
C&D Pegasus
C&D Burley Flake #1
Semois
McB olden Extra
D&R Two Timer
C&D Pegasus
C&D Burley Flake #1
Since you're exploring, I have to also recommend Mac Baren ODF and Bold KY. It's worth trying both, IMO.