Looking for More Burley Blends
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I have only tried the tried and true PA, Carter Hall, etc. After the first few bowls I have found they have a chemical taste to them (at least for me) I will have to give the blends you mentioned a try.
Georgetown Tobacco (GT) has a fantastic all burley blend that is one of my favorites, GT #1261.
Its a square cut burley mix with a light chocolate topping. It starts of with a nice chocolate flavor in the top of the bowl, and by the time you get towards the bottom, the natural nuttiness of the burleys really comes out. It's a great tobacco that you can really smoke all day (I usually can't resist having at least two bowls). I've also used it 1/2 and 1/2 with it on the top and FMC on the bottom. I really like this combination and enjoy the transition from the light areo to the near-areo whiskeys flavors in FMC.
You can get 1261 from GT's website, although they recently stopped taking Mastercard
- good thing I can still walk down there in person. Another plus, they still take orders over the phone.
Its a square cut burley mix with a light chocolate topping. It starts of with a nice chocolate flavor in the top of the bowl, and by the time you get towards the bottom, the natural nuttiness of the burleys really comes out. It's a great tobacco that you can really smoke all day (I usually can't resist having at least two bowls). I've also used it 1/2 and 1/2 with it on the top and FMC on the bottom. I really like this combination and enjoy the transition from the light areo to the near-areo whiskeys flavors in FMC.
You can get 1261 from GT's website, although they recently stopped taking Mastercard
- good thing I can still walk down there in person. Another plus, they still take orders over the phone.
MacBaren Burley London is excellent stuff. I am also quite fond of Hearth and Home Beverwyck,which is a nod to the long-gone blends such as Country Doctor and Revelation.
I tried several of the Hearth and Home burleys last summer, and found them to be of quite high quality. You might also want to check out C&D, which is noted for their burley forward blends.
I tried several of the Hearth and Home burleys last summer, and found them to be of quite high quality. You might also want to check out C&D, which is noted for their burley forward blends.
My all time fave is Wessex Burley Slices. Greatness. Right now i am smoking Solani Aged Burley Flake and it is just ok. WBS is an absolute homerun IMHO!
For straight burley's one of the best will be the Solani Aged Burley Flake - Blend 656. This is my opinion at least
That's interesting, I'm just the opposite! I like WBS well enough, but Aged Burley Flake is like burley ambrosia.
Another good burley is Blend 00 from Uhle's in Wisconsin -- just straight burley ribbon, but it's very smooth, leathery and barn yard-ish.
I personally don't like the MacBaren burleys -- they're OK, and smell great, but I always get a candle-wax taste from them.
Edgeworth Ready Rubbed Match from Altadis is pretty good for a simple, lightly sweetened burley.
Some of my favorites are: Cornell & Diehl Pegasus, McBaren London Burley Blend, Carter Hall, 4Noggins Bald Headed Teacher, H&H LJ Heart Burley, 4Noggins Down By The River, Solani Aged Burley Flake.
I'd have to second Down by the River by 4noggins. In my limited experience with burleys, I would say that is my favorite one.
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