Care To Recommend A Good Burley?

[badbriar]

I recently purchased a very good English-Burley from Wilke and am looking to branch out to try more Burleys.
Appreciate some recommendations on good, medium to strong Burley blends. Also, maybe some with a light topping.
Thx - RR

 

[Simmerdown☕️]

Pegasus
Sutliff RR Match
Uhle’s 00
Wessex Burley Slice
Solani Aged Burley Flake
Five Brothers
HU Makuwa
Haunted Bookshop

The thing to do is go to Smokingpipes and search the massive Library of burley they have. Read through some of that and pick a few out that speak to yas. C&D does burley right. ️

 

[thesmokindragon]

+1 on Solani , Wessex and Five Brohers; you won't find the Solani and Wessex around much / always out-of-stock

I do really enjoy University Flake from time to time, nice VaBur as well as C&D's Night Train. I have heard good things about Mac B's HH Burley Flake ( Can get it by the 1lb at SmokingPipes...damn you TAD! ) also some others to mention that you might want to try Mac B's Old Dark Fired ( smoked lbs of this stuff ), Peterson's 3 Ps Perfect Plug, C&D's Billy Budd and GLP's JKP &/or RR. That should give you a nice spectrum and need those master blenders that "know" how to use Burley otherwise harsh, bitter and edges that will rip you apart, haha

 

[Mrs. Pickles]

Uhle’s 00 is easy to overlook but don't sleep on it. It's a knockout. Also, it fits your criteria for medium taste and lightly topped,

 

[sardonicus87]

• Mac Baren HH Burley Flake (easily in my top 5 burley)
• LJP makes several that are supposed to be good, haven't gotten around to them myself.
• C&D Old Joe Krantz (the original brown one, might also like the blue label one, but I can't personally recommend it as I haven't tried it)
• Mac Baren HH Old Dark Fired

Not exactly BURLEY burley, but Mac Baren Navy Flake is burley based, and it's kind of like the burley version of PS LNF.

 

[brooklynpiper]

It’s all about what you want—what makes a good burley to you.

If you want rough around the edges, haunted book shop, krantz, 5 bros, peg—these are rugged alkaline unflavored air cured dominant.

If you want cocoa notes, one of the codger burleys. I would include ABF in the flavored camp and recommend it.

Then there’s dfk

 

[thesmokindragon]

I hunted this one back in the day like a Big Game Hunter - Got a few lbs to enjoy. It is one of those love/hate blends IMHO but if you have the patience to get the stars/planets/pipe(s) to all line up then you are talking about one heaven-like smoke out of this one.

 

[canucklehead]

Mac Baren London Burley - milk chocolate

Peter Stokkebye Cube Cut - dry cocoa, rich burley

Sutliff Ready Rub match - cocoa, bread, cedar pencil shavings

Low Country Natural Virginia&Burley - Dark burley in combination with red Virginia, no flavours added. Kind of like OJK or HB without perique.

Daughters and Ryan Two Timer - unadulterated toasted burley

 

[Steddy]

Lightly topped- C&D Burley Flake #5.
You might enjoy straight burley like C&D White Burley and C&D Dark Burley. They have clear flavors with nuance. It’s also an educational experience.

 

[minerLuke]

I agree with trying Mac Baren HH Burley. Easy to find, always in stock, reasonably priced and a very decent Burley flake.

Sutliffs Edgeworth Ready Rubbed Match is also a good one to try.

Old Joe Krantz if you feel like trying something stronger.

 

[makhorkasmoker]

I second c&d dark burley.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Cornell and Diehl Crooner

 

[wolflarsen]

Carter Hall and Old Dark Fired Ready Rubbed are regulars for me.
Crooner looks interesting. I hope to try that one soon.

 

[smokeystache]

Watch city American Cut Plug mixture!

 

[telescopes]

Sutliff Ready Rub is an excellent choice. OLK is as well, but it might have a bit of a kick.

 

[rsshreck32]

LJ Peretti Burleys are excellent. Based on your parameters, I highly recommend LJP Blend 333. C&D Pegasus may also a good choice based on what you're looking for.