Are VaBurPers a thing?
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three syllables is a bit much, lets make it have more flair and get it to one syllable.
Simple recipe then. Start with a heavy dose of Rustica and add a pinch of perique. There's your 3 ingredients and you'll soon have an onomatopoeia for a name: "Oof."
I could stand behind that blend. Very solid name. Really has a selling point of “can you handle it”
How soon could the Oompa Loompa’s get it started?
Smokingpipes.com Tobacco Locator shows 144 blends with Va/Per/Bur
I've always been annoyed at how many C&D blends start out with a great VaPer or English base but then for whatever reason they always throw in a bunch of stinky Burley.
I've always been annoyed at how many C&D blends start out with a great VaPer or English base but then for whatever reason they always throw in a bunch of stinky Burley.
I've been mixing various burleys with various VA's and a few different sources of blending perique for about 10 of the coming up on 11 yrs I've been at this.
Adding perique to either burley or VA always enhances the flavor imho.
I think burley helps keep the mix burning, adds nicotine and flavor contrast. VA is often broken flake lately, which is flavorful and burns somewhat slower.
Ratios vary according to which base tobaccos you're using. I don't measure and I mix about an ounce or two at a time.
This sort of mix is typical of what I smoke most of. (end with a preposition, whatever that is?)
Adding perique to either burley or VA always enhances the flavor imho.
I think burley helps keep the mix burning, adds nicotine and flavor contrast. VA is often broken flake lately, which is flavorful and burns somewhat slower.
Ratios vary according to which base tobaccos you're using. I don't measure and I mix about an ounce or two at a time.
This sort of mix is typical of what I smoke most of. (end with a preposition, whatever that is?)
I enjoy the va/per/bur combination quite a lot. It was actually haunted bookshop which made me want to try blending with whole leaf. If you get lucky, sometimes the perique/burley reaction yields a raspberry flavour.
I quite like triple play, granted it’s dark fired and not burley. Also my stash is a decade old, so I’m not sure what it’s like fresh.
Though not containing perique, you might like to try Peterson’s 3Ps. I find the pressing of va/bur does something similar to adding to perique. You may also enjoy smoking some GH brown twist. Also newminster 403 coins. While these aren’t the exact blend recommendations you asked for, they might scratch a similar (or better) itch.
What I inevitably settled on as a garden smoke was buying gran croupiers double down and then mixing some blending perique or a heavy VaPer blend into it to taste. As much as I love the genre, i found it was a blend type I lost enjoyed smoking while doing something else.
I quite like triple play, granted it’s dark fired and not burley. Also my stash is a decade old, so I’m not sure what it’s like fresh.
Though not containing perique, you might like to try Peterson’s 3Ps. I find the pressing of va/bur does something similar to adding to perique. You may also enjoy smoking some GH brown twist. Also newminster 403 coins. While these aren’t the exact blend recommendations you asked for, they might scratch a similar (or better) itch.
What I inevitably settled on as a garden smoke was buying gran croupiers double down and then mixing some blending perique or a heavy VaPer blend into it to taste. As much as I love the genre, i found it was a blend type I lost enjoyed smoking while doing something else.
depending on if you count Kentucky within the burley umbrella, Sixpense is nice.
If you don’t mind a dash of rum, GLP Windjammer fits the bill.
The late great Stonehenge Flake!
C&D Oak Alley fits the bill but adds some Oriental. I’ve only smoked it with 10 years age so I don’t know how it is fresh.
I don't at all, and I have some that I'm sitting on a while before trying, thanks!
One of my absolute favorites is composed of these.
Rattray's Hal o' the Wynd is great, and after about 6-8 years is sublime.
I’m just finishing an 11 year old tin. The tin was bulging and had that great fermentation smell, like wine.
Not a lot of nuances. A very sturdy back bone, faint bits of the Katerini, the Burley dominates. Not any sweetness to speak of. Smooth for a Burley blend, I’d give it a 4/5.
I wonder if it would’ve been more interesting around 5 years.
I’m curious to hear other people’s impressions.
C&D Burley #1 is pretty tasty. I had a tin a while back but I think I was hoping for a little more Perique. I’m smoking 3 Friars off & on now & I’m enjoying it.
I’ve been dipping my toe into burley & trying to see what all the fuss is about. I find I like it as a component more than just on its own(sorry Haunted Bookshop
).
I’ve been dipping my toe into burley & trying to see what all the fuss is about. I find I like it as a component more than just on its own(sorry Haunted Bookshop
).
I like it, burley forward with the Virginia and Oriental playing back up. I’ve smoked it in three different pipes and the fairly wide Meerschaum (21mm) seems to show the nuance the best. Earthy, spicy, a little sweet, floral, over all a little rustic and strong nic.
I do remember that and it is still one of my least favorite shapes. Which frankly can't complain when someone else is buying pipes you don't want to own.
