Good catch, thanks. I don't think they're going to let me do that on a single string because of an implicit AND to multiple fields (those are "brand" not "blender"). I hope someone compiles The Russ List at some point.
Burley, Yay or Nay
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Russ must have a list somewhere, in some form, because one can't reach his level without taking good notes.
BTW, some of you are referring to the Ropes and twists as burleys, but some of them are dark Virginias. While Brightleafs are all from the "Virginia Gold" (commercial name for it) or orinoco seed stock, the African and dark Virginias are more powerful than most burleys. They've just acclimated to the climate and aren't flue cured.
We just "think" of Virginias as being the brightleafs, flue cured to light yellow to red to deep brown, but the dark (or Empire) Virginias are also in the Virginia family. The Virginias have a definite set to the way the leaves stand in the fields, so you can look at how a plant is growing to see whether it is a true burley or not.
But, I can see where the confusion comes from. If all you know about the tobacco is on the shelf in tins and pouches, then it gets confusing.
We just "think" of Virginias as being the brightleafs, flue cured to light yellow to red to deep brown, but the dark (or Empire) Virginias are also in the Virginia family. The Virginias have a definite set to the way the leaves stand in the fields, so you can look at how a plant is growing to see whether it is a true burley or not.
But, I can see where the confusion comes from. If all you know about the tobacco is on the shelf in tins and pouches, then it gets confusing.
As I recall, Brown Twist Sliced is a dark fired Virginia. Delicious. Dangerous. Wish I had more.
Browns rope is awesome! Flavor three times that of any other blend I would call full-flavored, and nicotine off the charts. I smoke it in a small cob, about a twenty minute smoke, and it kicks my ass everytime.
It's one of my go-to tobacco blends for hard days. I load it up in a big fat billiard and then milk it for two hours.
Cosmic,thanks for the added info,I was discussing this subject with one of my fried today,I name these Virginas as *colonial virginias,then I read somewhere some virginia tobaccoes may be fire cured but I don't know how this information corresponds the truth,
Any Virginia (even the burleys) can be fire cured. Some African dark Virginias are, but not all.
I bought a white burley based blend called Burley 101 from Milan Tobacconists awhile back. I honestly didn't like it much, until today. By itself I still don't look forward to it, but it really smoothed out the dottle I collected from the ashtray. In fact, I smoked three bowls back to back of this mix. I would guess abut 25% Burley 101 to 75% dottle (Virginia No. 1, Nightcap, Our Mixture 965 was the bulk of the dottle.) It gave it a creamy, professional mix flavor.
C&D Cube Cut Burley is pretty complex for a straight burley and a good pallet cleanser. I could smoke it all day like one person said, but it's pretty high octane stuff. Tons of smoke, burns cool and very long.
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