Looking for a sweeter, after dinner, burley based tobacco. I grabbed Haunted Bookshop, Crooner, and Easy Times, and I think I'm not one for Latakia and want something that shows the sweeter side of burley if it has one. Additionally a strong nic hit would be great. Those 3 I mentioned I probably won't be buying again. Any recommendations?
Burley Recommendation
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Pegasus is good and so is burley flake # 1
Peterson University Flake
Peterson Irish Flake
MacBaren HH Old Dark Fired
C&D Burley Flake #1 & #5
Peterson Irish Flake
MacBaren HH Old Dark Fired
C&D Burley Flake #1 & #5
I've really been digging Watch City's Original Crumb Cut lately.
Excellent suggestions so far. I’ll add:
Uhles Perfection Plug
Cobblestone Hiker
Sutliff Match Ready Rubbed
Hearth & Home Classic Burley Kake
Uhles Perfection Plug
Cobblestone Hiker
Sutliff Match Ready Rubbed
Hearth & Home Classic Burley Kake
I love the C&D Burleys, but they just don't have much sweetness. I'd recommend MacBaren's HH Burley Flake, Solani Aged Burley Flake and Watch City Slices. All of these offer a bit of sweetness, likely added, but are still primarily about the burley leaf itself. That said, the more I smoked C&D Burleys, the more I noticed how much was going on with them. They offer depth and richness and strength that is harder to find in some of the others I mentioned. They're just more rustic, and on the dryer side of the dry-sweet spectrum.
Watch City's Deluxe Crumb Cut was a game changer for me. Rich burley with a nice sweetness.
University Flake was another, with a sweet plum or stone fruit flavor. Irish Flake is a stouter burley with less sweetness.
I also find coffee blends to be burley forward with cocoa, anise, and other sweet toppings. Half and Half rarely disappoints.
University Flake was another, with a sweet plum or stone fruit flavor. Irish Flake is a stouter burley with less sweetness.
I also find coffee blends to be burley forward with cocoa, anise, and other sweet toppings. Half and Half rarely disappoints.
Sir Walter Raleigh
Sutliff Match RR
Uhles 00
If it's nicotine you want 5 Brothers
Sutliff Match RR
Uhles 00
If it's nicotine you want 5 Brothers
Burley just doesn't have any sweetness, period. If a burley does have a sweetness, it's a casing.
Solani Aged and Wessex and HU tobacco Docker flakes coming to mind, I don't not smoke these on a regular basis but if I do it'll be mostly after dinner.all these aforementioned ones do have casing.
Uhles 300 has a honey graham cracker sweetness. If you like it a bit less sweet, try Uhles 00.
Granger is sweet tasting to me but you’re mileage may vary. Velvet or SWR Aromatic will deliver sweetness, especially the latter.
Pegasus sweet? Yes, but it’s a weaving in and out ginger snap kind of sweet. This one is a bit more savory, almost a buttered popped-corn tannic walnut with, as I’ve said, a gentle sweetness that pays a visit. —a personal favorite because of its complexity. It’s a VaBur.
Granger is sweet tasting to me but you’re mileage may vary. Velvet or SWR Aromatic will deliver sweetness, especially the latter.
Pegasus sweet? Yes, but it’s a weaving in and out ginger snap kind of sweet. This one is a bit more savory, almost a buttered popped-corn tannic walnut with, as I’ve said, a gentle sweetness that pays a visit. —a personal favorite because of its complexity. It’s a VaBur.
I’m with @cosmicfolklore here: In wine terms, burley is, by nature, a “dry” smoke, not a sweet one. Any sweetness will come from added flavorings/sweeteners or other leaf (such as a Virginia).
Right now I'm big on GLP Barbary Coast, which is cubed burley, red Virginia, Perique with a touch of brandy. It requires a few relights, but it is worth it to me, and it does have a sweetness wrapped in with lots of tobacco flavor.
Pegasus
Erik Stokkebye 1931
Peter Stokkebye ps41 cube cut
MacBaron HH Burley Flake
Uhle's 00 (only available on the Uhle's site)
Any of the C&D Burley Flakes 1-5
Erik Stokkebye 1931
Peter Stokkebye ps41 cube cut
MacBaron HH Burley Flake
Uhle's 00 (only available on the Uhle's site)
Any of the C&D Burley Flakes 1-5
Lot's of possibilities my choices would be, in no particular order:
PS41
Deluxe Crumb Cut
HH Burley Flake
ABF
Golden Extra
From left field would be Bob's Chocolate Flake, not strictly burley but it has some and the chocolate may provide the bit of sweetness you're looking for.
PS41
Deluxe Crumb Cut
HH Burley Flake
ABF
Golden Extra
From left field would be Bob's Chocolate Flake, not strictly burley but it has some and the chocolate may provide the bit of sweetness you're looking for.
ABF and Wessex are both good suggestions so +1 on them. But if vitamin N is what you are looking for, I can heartily recommend Savinelli Jupiter. Similar flavor profile to the others but much stronger.
Peterson Irish Flake and 3-P are delicious burley blends but not particularly sweet to me. C&D's Stratfordshire and Tuggle Hall are good English blends with burley. Sir Walter Raleigh Aromatic is burley based with Virginia as a condiment and flavored with three liqueurs, and has a definite sweet spin.