Burley Makes Me Loopy. I Just Want To Lie Down For Awhile.

scloyd

Lifer

May 23, 2018

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12,083

• Nov 6, 2018

• #1

Wow! I am such a lightweight when it comes to Burley blends. I just finished a bowl of C&D Corn Cob Pipe and a Button Nose and I just want to lie down and take a nap. This also happened when I smoked some 19 year old Mac Barens Symphony, C&D Burley Flake #5 and C&D Dreams of Kadath. I ended up selling the Symphony and sent another forum member the Burley Flake #5 and Dreams of Kadath (they were Chicago Pipe Show samples). This only happens with Burley blends...must be the high nicotine. I'm not smoking on an empty stomach and I usually drink water or iced tea while I smoke.
Does this happen to anyone else?

 

npod

Lifer

Jun 11, 2017

2,942

1,024

• Nov 6, 2018

• #2

It gets better. I am digging Burley blends lately. It wasn't always like that. I had similar symptoms as yours at first. Now it's all good.

 

timt

Lifer

Jul 19, 2018

2,844

22,730

• Nov 6, 2018

• #3

No, you're not alone. I can smoke bowl after bowl of virginia flake and vapers and be fine, so I don't consider myself to be a nic lightweight but I have to be careful with burley too. My favorite pipe loaded with Aged Burley Flake instead of any vaper or virginia flake leaves me a little urpy. Dreams of Kadath did the same thing to me too, although I did smoke a couple big bowls back to back because it was good.
Recently I bought 3 big cigars on a whim - haven't had a cigar in years. It took 3 hours to smoke one and I enjoyed it quite a bit, especially about midway through but I should have stopped there. I gave the other two away. I'll be content as a nic lightweight and smoke burley in small bowls. Aged Burley Flake is good stuff and I'll keep it around for a change of pace, I just can't overdo it.

 

Chasing Embers

Captain of the Black Frigate

Nov 12, 2014

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109,340

• Nov 6, 2018

• #4

Once again, jealous. No nic hits here.

 

pepesdad1

Lifer

Feb 28, 2013

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675

• Nov 6, 2018

• #5

Chasing Embers said: "Once again, jealous. No nic hits here." Try some 5 Brothers if you are looking for a nic hit.

 

Chasing Embers

Captain of the Black Frigate

Nov 12, 2014

43,436

109,340

• Nov 6, 2018

• #6

I have.

 

mso489

Lifer

Feb 21, 2013

41,210

60,459

• Nov 6, 2018

• #7

What's wrong with me? I'm not much of a nic addict. My mom never bought a pack of cigarettes that didn't go stale; mostly she liked to gesture dramatically when smoking, but apparently didn't get hung on the nicotine at all. My dad smoked Granger daily, most of the day, for decades. I just like most burley leaf, single leaf or blends, including Semois Tabac-Manil and so-called American English blends with burley. I guess there are burley blends I don't like, but few. I like non-burley English, Virginias, Va/Per, and other genres, but burley just stands out for me, makes me feel like I'm home. Big meals make me groggy. More than a drink or two -- beer, wine, bourbon -- can make me sleepy. But burley just sets me up. It's just individual chemistry, I guess.

 

dottiewarden

Lifer

Mar 25, 2014

3,053

57

Toronto

• Nov 6, 2018

• #8

Irish Flake still buzzes me out.

 

samuelgawith01

Lifer

Apr 2, 2018

3,167

36,015

Idong,South Korea.

• Nov 6, 2018

• #9

C&D #1 Burley. I only smoke this now in a small bowl and on a full stomach.Made the mistake of smoking this in a large pipe,fully loaded,and with a wide open draw,prior to leaving for work @ 0530 in the morning.........my head was swimming by the time I got to the interstate 264,about six miles from home.If smoked again in a large pipe,it will be on a full stomach,not a couple slices of toast and jam.And I thought I was a veteran smoker.you learn something new every day.GREAT flavor,all the same.

 

snoopy311

Can't Leave

Dec 21, 2016

402

155

• Nov 6, 2018

• #10

Try some Five Brothers, that should settle you down. Just a nice smooth dark burley smoke. ::

 

weezell

Lifer

Oct 12, 2011

13,653

49,165

• Nov 6, 2018

• #11

Try some 5 Brothers if you are looking for a nic hit.

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Smoke it, inhale it. No ill effects. Nic immune... :twisted:

 

thefishguy

Can't Leave

Jan 17, 2017

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1,237

• Nov 6, 2018

• #12

G,H,&Co’s dark plug will still do it to me but not much else.

 

Chasing Embers

Captain of the Black Frigate

Nov 12, 2014

43,436

109,340

• Nov 7, 2018

• #13

Smoke it, inhale it. No ill effects. Nic immune...

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Sounds like me. It tastes nice, but no nic hit noticed.

 

jaytex1969

Lifer

Jun 6, 2017

9,520

50,598

Here

• Nov 7, 2018

• #14

Getting jacked up on some C&D Burley Flake #3 right now. Slow and easy in a tall morta.