Top 5 Burleys

[philobeddoe]

Solani ABF is my favorite by far, with Wessex Slices a distant second. As for the codger Burleys I prefer Kentucky Club above the rest.

 

[werdna]

Burley London Blend, Golden Extra, and Carter Hall are tops for me.

 

[instymp]

+1 Scotty's Butternut Burley

 

[thomasw]

Hmm, my current top 5 burley forward blends would be:
-ABF

-ODF

-JKP

-OJK

-Semois
Some honorable mentions would be:
-uhle's 00

-BK

-IF

-BF#3

-Doblone d'Oro

-Storm Front

-BnB

-Silver Flake

 

[mso489]

There are many. My favorites include Tabac-Manil Semois thick and medium cut, a burley variant from Belgium; Peretti's #52 sent to me by lasttango; C&D Old Joe Krantz, Billy Budd, Big 'n Burley, Dark Burley and others (C&D is the burley blending master right now); PC Chestnut and Log Cabin, both Russ O. blends; and many others. Some tobacco forward aromatic burley blends include Iwan Ries Three Star Blue; Edward G. Robinson; and Sir Walter Raleigh Aromatic. If you like burley, many burley blends will please you, and if you don't, few if any will.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Burley Flake #1

Semois

ODF, although I think of it as a Virginia Blend

Big and Burley

Five Brothers

...in that order.

 

[scrumpyjack]

Not all are strict Burleys but my list is:
OJK

Haunted Bookshop

Three Friars

Bald Headed Teacher

Carter Hall

 

[kodos44]

I've yet to really delve into burley blends but scrumpys listing of Bald Headed Teacher caught me. I just picked up a sample of this from 4 Noggins. Amazing blend!

 

[deathmetal]

This might be a little ordinaire for what you have in mind, but Lane's Burley Without Bit is both pleasant on its

own and a good tobacco to mix with Va, Cavendish, etc

I followed up on this recommendation and checked out BL/WB, which is like a mellower version of every Lane aromatic, meaning that it has less goop and more Burley flavor. I mix it with some dark and white Burleys to dilute the aromatic nature further, and end up with something that smells like it's a quarter vanilla Cavendish and the rest a neutral Burley. Tastes great, smokes beautifully.
Cosmic's recommendation for Burley Flake #1 is also excellent, but I have to speak up for Cotton Boll Twist as well here, because that is a solid and wonderful Burley, and contrary to lore it will not kill you but relax you thoroughly.

 

[aquadoc]

Chatham Manor

Semois

Billy Budd

Butternut Burley

 

[cosmicbobo]

Top five burleys:

Latakia

Perique

Oriental

Malawi

EastBumF

 

[perdurabo]

Haunted Bookshop

Haunted Bookshop

Haunted Bookshop

Haunted Bookshop

Haunted Bookshop...... You see where this is going.

 

[bassbug]

I've tried Golden Extra and Carter hall. I like them both.
But reading this thread I'm going to try the London Burley.
Has anyone tried the Lane Burley and Black?

 

[josephcross]

I like Carter Hall, I'm trying to get a taste for burley, but it's so hard when VA's call to me like they do. I think it's a great constituent to most blends and is usually appreciated by my buds!

 

[cosmicfolklore]

but I have to speak up for Cotton Boll Twist as well here, because that is a solid and wonderful Burley, and contrary to lore it will not kill you but relax you thoroughly.

Yes, Cotton boll Twist, I had that one mentally chocked up with the rest for the twists as Virginias, but DM is right. That would be my number three, dropping the rest down a notch. Good stuff. It puts hair on your pipe.

 

[noquarter]

My top 5 burley/burley forward blends, also happens to be my current rotation.

1. Morley's Best

2. Happy Brown Bogie Twist

3. Big n Burley

4. Haunted Bookshop

5. Five Brothers

 

[alexnc]

C&D Big and Burley or Burley Flake #2 for a trial?

 

[mso489]

Five Brothers is a good old pouch brand with a nicotine jolt. You can use it to kick up blends that are a little tame. Good by itself too.

 

[deathmetal]

Haunted Bookshop, Old Joe Krantz and Burley Flake #1 form a sort of continuity. Very similar flavors, just in ascending intensity.

 

[thomasw]

I find Burley Flake #3 very much like OJK, just a bit less sharp, like a little sibling to the bigger brother.