Yeah, after seeing it at a local smoke shop for a while and reading about it here, not being able to get Cotton Boll locally, I finally figured I would give it a try.
First, a little history. Lately I've been liking Burley a lot. I get whole leaf Burley and mellow it various ways, honey, pressing, lightly toasting. My favorite thing now is very lightly stoved Burley pressed, then with a little Bright Leaf (Virginia) mixed in. I even smoke straight, unaltered Burley here and there, which will put hair on your chest. So I thought I might like this straight Burley with a little molasses.
When I lit it up I started thinking, "Wow, cool, this is good". It definitely had a nice straight Burley taste. Upon further smoking another wild, not exactly rank but something like it, taste came through. It kept the Burley taste but the other was forward as well. I have had unaged, unfermented Burley and this was slightly similar (albeit much less strong, fresh 'baccy is unsmokable) but different. Maybe the tobacco wasn't completely aged and the molasses changed and mellowed the rankness some, totally a guess.
I really wanted to like this. At first, and throughout, there was a taste I liked. But I couldn't smoke this much, or even add Virginia. I'm going to try to moisten it and lightly stove and press it. If it tells you anything, I threw away what was left on the cutting tray.
Didn't know if I should resurrect one of the neco-threads on it so's there would be more data points, but just figured I'd start a new one
First, a little history. Lately I've been liking Burley a lot. I get whole leaf Burley and mellow it various ways, honey, pressing, lightly toasting. My favorite thing now is very lightly stoved Burley pressed, then with a little Bright Leaf (Virginia) mixed in. I even smoke straight, unaltered Burley here and there, which will put hair on your chest. So I thought I might like this straight Burley with a little molasses.
When I lit it up I started thinking, "Wow, cool, this is good". It definitely had a nice straight Burley taste. Upon further smoking another wild, not exactly rank but something like it, taste came through. It kept the Burley taste but the other was forward as well. I have had unaged, unfermented Burley and this was slightly similar (albeit much less strong, fresh 'baccy is unsmokable) but different. Maybe the tobacco wasn't completely aged and the molasses changed and mellowed the rankness some, totally a guess.
I really wanted to like this. At first, and throughout, there was a taste I liked. But I couldn't smoke this much, or even add Virginia. I'm going to try to moisten it and lightly stove and press it. If it tells you anything, I threw away what was left on the cutting tray.
Didn't know if I should resurrect one of the neco-threads on it so's there would be more data points, but just figured I'd start a new one
