Five Brothers Burley

[onestrangeone]

I smoke quite a bit of this, I keep a pouch in the glove box, one in my briefcase and another in my nail bag pretty much at all times..

 

[anotherbob]

1st crack at Five Brothers Burley in my little Stanwell 86. I’m no tobacco reviewer, so please forgive an amateur attempt at it.

This tobacco has a reputation for being very strong and absolutely untouched with any toppings or additives. Out of the pouch, it is super long fine shag. It’s almost like pulling steel wool apart in order to get a bowls worth. I also understand that this cut is probably made more for RYO, than a bowl.

The pouch note is very strange to me. Although I get that super fresh black tea like freshness, it also has a pungent note of celery to me. Like dried celery in a spice jar.

I bought this tobacco specifically for running through my estate pipes that have either ghosting or just funk from being old. It is very easy to light, as you can imagine with a super fine wool like texture. It has that super clean fresh pure tobacco flavor and smell. It leaves a strong black tea flavor coating in my mouth. It tempts me to take an inhale bringing back my memories of smoking cigarettes, but this was a mistake. I haven’t purposely inhaled in many years and gives me a sharp punch in the lungs. The exhale is that sweet tobacco goodness that we all used to look for in the first drag of a cig in the morning. Alas, it will be my last attempt at inhaling because I’m not looking for that.

As for strength, it lives up to its reputation. I have a naturally highish resistance to nicotine, but after a 1/3 of a bowl, I’m feeling the buzz and it’s not going away any time soon. Strong enough to have put the pipe down and walk away at around the half bowl mark, which comes pretty quick. If you want this tobacco to give you a long smoke, you need to pack it tight and fasten your seatbelt.

The nicotine hit withstanding, I really like the flavor of this leaf. Super fresh and a pure and leaves a clean taste in my mouth. I will have to be careful with this stuff and only smoke it periodically or I’m afraid it will build my tolerance and craving for nicotine very quickly.

I’m a burley lover so its not a huge surprise how much I like this. I have some pouches of Ken Byron Ventures Burley and Burlier Morning pipe that are way too aromatic for me and I will be using this to build up some stoutness to those blends.

one of my favs but I get a touch of molasses from it that disappears when completely dry. I tend to smoke this one pretty much almost every day. Usually in a smaller pipe.

 

[AppalachianPipe92]

I love the stuff. Usually smoke it straight, but have also added it to blends from time to time. Great morning smoke with a strong cup of coffee

 

[romaso]

Is it available in bulk? If so, where?

 

[coming to_falling too]

Is it available in bulk? If so, where?

No not offered in bulk. Only by the pouch

 

[makhorkasmoker]

I like the flavor and the kick, but it bites me. And I mean bites as if a big ol dog latched onto my jaw. For this reason I stick to the only other pure dark (un toasted) burley I know of out there: c&d dark burley. I mix it with a pinch of their white

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

based on my experience with two to 3 pouches of this very weed' I have come to realize that G&H dark bird's eye is stronger in nicotine ,very sneaky tobacco in deed

 

[5star]

Ahhh . . I saw this thread & my first thought was to load up a MM General with 5 Brothers (a regular combination for me)

 

[jpberg]

I used to smoke a lot of 5Bros. But as @PaulTheScandinavian said, there’s a few GH shags that put it to shame.

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

I used to smoke a lot of 5Bros. But as @PaulTheScandinavian said, there’s a few GH shags that put it to shame.

Then there are these horrendous Tabacs Gris' (Dark tobacco)from France and Italy, namely Scaferlati,Caporal export and Comune Forte (Toscano Fire Cured kentucky

 

[justscience]

Better and more effective than colonoscopy juice. "How much can one tuchus HOLD?" -Debbie Wolowitz

 

[dadbobcat77]

I bought a pouch of it from somewhere, pipesandcigars I think. dryer than a popcorn fart.