What Are Your Favorite Virginia / Burley Blends?

[RonB]

I've been on a VA / Burley kick lately and I've been enjoying them immensely. Of course, many are not pure VA / Burley but have other tobaccos as well. Pegasus, although more than 50% burley, has black cavendish too. Delicious IMHO. Cumberland has Perique as do many others. It is another favorite. I've tried Watch City Slices but I need to smoke more bowls before I judge it. The same with Three Friars. I just smoked my first bowl of HH Burley Flake and I loved it.

What are your favorite Virginia / Burley Blends?

 

[cosmicfolklore]

GH&co Bright and Burley, PS cube cut, MacB Golden Extra, Briar Fox, and there are more, I just can't think of them at the moment.

 

[beezer]

Briar Fox for me as well...

 

[seanv]

Keep smoking Three Friars, it is really good.
Low Country Virginia Burley is also really good and really cheap.

 

[pantsBoots]

Solani 660
Rattray's Stirling Flake

 

[RonB]

Briar Fox for me as well...

I had an aged tin of Briar Fox but now I can't find it. Darn.

 

[haparnold]

Three Friars.

 

[RonB]

Solani 660
Rattray's Stirling Flake

I forgot about Solani 660 Silver Flake. Another great one.

 

[beezer]

Three Friars.

I love love love Three Friars. Does it really count as a VA/BUR? It always tasted like a VA/PER to me.

 

[beezer]

I had an aged tin of Briar Fox but now I can't find it. Darn.

I know the feeling. I spent an hour this morning digging around looking for an aged blend that I was craving and couldn't find it. Lol.

I bought a 16 oz brick of Briar Fox back in 2012 that I'm still slowly smoking through. I don't smoke this blend all that often, but when I do it really hits the spot.

 

[briarbuck]

Solani Silver is tops for me.

Some other highly rated Va/Burs

G. L. Pease - JackKnife Plug (New World Collection)

142

3.4

Virginia/Burley

Mac Baren - HH Old Dark Fired Ready Rubbed

41

3.8

Virginia/Burley

Cornell & Diehl - Oak Alley (Cellar Series)

24

3.7

Virginia/Burley

John Cotton - John Cotton's Double Pressed Kentucky

11

3.6

Virginia/Burley

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I don't consider blends with dark fired in them to be VaBurs. To me, those are all VaPers.

 

[haparnold]

I love love love Three Friars. Does it really count as a VA/BUR? It always tasted like a VA/PER to me.

That's a good question. I definitely taste the Burley, and it's more than a VA/Per to me, but the Perique is a major player in the blend.

I mentally categorize it as a VA/Bur, but not a pure one.

 

[RonB]

I don't consider blends with dark fired in them to be VaBurs. To me, those are all VaPers.

Aren't there blends with Dark Fired but without Perique? HH Old Dark Fired? What about Cumberland? It only has a small amount of Perique and Dark Fired, I think.

I know it is hard to categorize a lot of blends. They "blend" into various categories haha.

 

[lukasstrifeson]

How do you feel about Lakeland blends?

Some of my favorite burley forward blends are Lakelands, took me a few years to warm up to them though.

 

[mso489]

I have a number of favorites, but since it may not be mentioned otherwise, I'd say Sir Walter Raleigh Aromatic, which is burley based, with Virginia as a condiment, flavored with three liqueurs, pretty chi-chi for a codger pouch/tub blend, and nicely balanced.

 

[shanez]

If you want to try a Burley based blend with VA in it give Haunted Bookshop a try. It also has some Perique.

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

Gawith Best Brown no.2

 

[maduromadness]

St Bruno is delicious if you've never tried it.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Aren't there blends with Dark Fired but without Perique? HH Old Dark Fired? What about Cumberland? It only has a small amount of Perique and Dark Fired, I think.

I know it is hard to categorize a lot of blends. They "blend" into various categories haha.

It's just my own classification process. I also call "yellow" blue. This was it keeps us on our toes, so that we don't just start taking words for granted.
It's my own mini rebellion against those who don't call VaPers with dark fired, VaPers... even though they are.