On Burley

[olkofri]

Well, I finally dipped into the MB Golden Extra jar from my latest TAD. What am I s'posed to taste here? Is this representative of how burley blends taste? I was unimpressed. It doesn't taste bad, it just didn't taste world-shaking to me. This blend s'posedly has a cocoa/chocolate flavouring... choco my arse, it tasted more like a VA to me, and at some point it was quite cigarettish.

I smoked it in a cob. I read somewhere here that burley 'sings' in a cob . More like screeching.

Is this how 'real' tobacco tastes? Mid-bowl, I was frankly screaming for an aromatic.

Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not walking away from burley-forward blends; I want to like this (especially since I ordered a tin of MB London whatever), but I'm not really sure what I'm supposed to taste or look for. ?‍

 

[alaskanpiper]

I felt the same way for quite a while. Smoking Va/burs got me on burley though, which led to a greater appreciation for burley based or straight burley blends.

They still arent my favorite by any means, but I enjoy them. Particularly HH Burley Flake, Solani ABF, Tabac Manil Le Petit Robin, and for vaburs Briar Fox and Tilbury.

 

[workman]

I truly appreciate your frustration Olkofri. It's both enlightening and entertaining, and I say this with the utmost sincerity.
And I have not tried that blend, so I can't help you ?

 

[olkofri]

I've had LBWB, which I kinda liked. But then again, LBWB is from Lane's, so it might be quite topped. ?

 

[sasquatch]

Burley tastes like cardboard to me, not sure if it's a body chemistry thing or what, but I've had GREAT burleys sent to me, aged Stonehaven, Solani, whatever, it's all gross. Slightly nutty cardboard.

 

[tobefrank]

Sounds like you’ve had a similar experience to me that I posted about a while ago
What Am I Looking For In Burley Tobacco

I have stuck with Solani Aged Burley Flake and recently had a great smoke where I got some of those chocolate flavours.

 

[Chasing Embers]

What am I s'posed to taste here?

Tobacco

 

[Saintwilliam]

Agree with you here though I have only tried a few... HH Burley Flake tastes like curry to me...

 

[olkofri]

Tobacco

So, that's the fabled true tobacco taste? Is that what some complain they can't find in an aro?

 

[Chasing Embers]

@olkofri
You know I'm laughing hysterically right now.

 

[BROBS]

I’m with you bro... not a burley fan.

 

[Chasing Embers]

So, that's the fabled true tobacco taste? Is that what some complain they can't find in an aro?

I get unsweetened chocolate, nutty oatmeal.

 

[olkofri]

@olkofri
You know I'm laughing hysterically right now.

Hope it's with me and not at me!

 

[BROBS]

i do get a nutty taste but not a good and sweet nutty taste, it’s like the shell of a funky hickory nut. A little bitter.

however Granger tastes good to me, which is odd. Seems sweeter.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Hope it's with me and not at me!

It's with.?

 

[olkofri]

Can you smoke burley blends in the same pipe that's 'dedicated' to VA/VaPers without ghosts or flavour interferences? (Not that I think I can taste the damn difference, but... just saying...)

 

[Chasing Embers]

Granola may be a better description of what I get.

 

[BROBS]

Not bad. I can sometimes taste the burley if I smoke Va right after. But that’s true with anything that has a stronger flavor smoked before something lighter.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Can you smoke burley blends in the same pipe that's 'dedicated' to VA/VaPers without ghosts or flavour interferences? (Not that I think I can taste the damn difference, but... just saying...)

Burley is a good exorcist.

 

[olkofri]

Burley is a good exorcist.

K. I just don't want to rededicate the VA pipe to burleys.