Your Top Five Burley Blends

[RonB]

McB Old Dark Fired
McB bold Kentucky
C&D Pegasus
Solani Silver Flake

 

[mso489]

Tabac-Mania Semois
Peterson 3-P
Peterson Irish Flake
Amphora Burley
C&D Bayou Night
C&D Dark Burley
C&D Big'n'Burely

 

[autumnfog]

Thanks for the suggestions gentlemen!

 

[spicy_boiii]

Now you made me want to bust out the Haunted Bookshop. Just had some mixed with another good old Va/Bur: Half and Half.

I'm a big fan of that combo.

 

[RonB]

Tabac-Mania Semois
Peterson 3-P
Peterson Irish Flake
Amphora Burley
C&D Bayou Night
C&D Dark Burley
C&D Big'n'Burely

I forgot about Peterson Irish Flake.

 

[SmokeClouds]

Watch City Slices, Uhle's 00, LJ Peretti Cuban Mixture (a blend of many varietals and styles of tobacco, an excellent 'kitchen sink' blend), Vincent Manil La Volute and C&D Pegasus are some of my favorites.

 

[anotherbob]

My experience with 5 Bros exactly. Pack it tight, give it the slightest light, and sip.

it really opens up into something wonderful when you smoke it like that. It becomes much more then people claim it is when you smoke it like that. Lots of little flavors start coming out.

 

[--dante--]

HH Burley Flake
Old Dark Fired
Watch City Slices
Crooner
Pegasus

VaBurs deserve their own thread IMO. You get into stuff like GH Brown and Rum Flakes all the way into stouter fare like GH Dark Flake, 1792 and Rattray's Stirling Flake and I really can't talk about them in the same breath as Burleys. VaBurs are an indispensable sub-category and I usually end my day with one.

it really opens up into something wonderful when you smoke it like that. It becomes much more then people claim it is when you smoke it like that. Lots of little flavors start coming out.

Agreed, it's night and day difference from just smoking it down mindlessly. More so with 5 Bros than others I think. Semois is the same way.

 

[CoffeeAndBourbon]

In no particular order:
Pegasus
Haunted Bookshop
PS 41 cube cut
Old Joe Krantz
C&D Burley Flake #2

 

[renfield]

HH Burley Flake
PS Cube Cut
C&D Pegasus
HH Classic Burley Kake
WC Deluxe Crumb Cut.

In no particular order.

 

[dcon]

1. Sutliff Ready Rubbed Match
2. Mac Baren London Burley
3. Manil Semois, any cut
4. Mac Baren Old Dark Fired
5. Stokkebye 41 Cube Cut

Some special mentions, to include the great burley flakes:

1. Mac Baren HH Burley Flake
2. Solani Aged Burley Flake
3. Mac Baren Navy Flake

I’m sure there are more. For an easy inexpensive introduction, Amphora Burley can’t be beat.

I am going to be lazy and say that, you cannot go wrong with @Casual’s list.

 

[GCW]

HH Burley Flake
Old Dark Fired
Watch City Slices
Crooner
Pegasus

No Semois? Pourquoi?

 

[Chasing Embers]

No Semois? Pourquoi?

I find it unpalatable and at $7.98/ounce, it exceeds my personal limit on what I will pay for tobacco.

 

[GCW]

I find it unpalatable and at $7.98/ounce, it exceeds my personal limit on what I will pay for tobacco.

You don't like any of them from Manil?

 

[Effortlessdepths]

Curious about exploring more burley blends.
Would appreciate to hear about your top five faves.

All the burleys mentioned so far are excellent. I will posit that Cornell and Diehl Burley Flake #1, #3, & #5 are amazing. #1 & #3 will knock you flat if you're not acclimated though, so beware! If you want something lighter on the nicotine, then go with Solani Aged Burley Flake, it's absolutely lovely.

 

[Chasing Embers]

You don't like any of them from Manil?

I was gifted some Le Petit Robin LA Brameuse last year and really didn't care for them in a pipe. Being a primarily Virginia/Oriental smoker, I like burley as a component, not the star. Semois makes for an excellent chew though.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Eight States Burley
MB Golden Extra
MB Old Dark Fired
Solani Silver Flake
HU Dockworker

 

[GCW]

Eight States Burley
MB Golden Extra
MB Old Dark Fired
Solani Silver Flake
HU Dockworker

ESB is already among your favorites. Damn, that was fast.

 

[pip01]

Solani ABF
Wessex Burley Slice
GLP Barbary Coast
MB Old Dark Fired
GH Dark Birds Eye
MB Golden Extra
MB Burley Flake
Peterson Irish Flake

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

ESB is already among your favorites. Damn, that was fast.

Two reasons. I'm not much of a Burley fan so there's not a lot of competition. ESB is a great blend. Ray choice.