Non-Aromatic Burley pass.

ShawnOL · January 17

Joel is busy working on the next pass. It will be non-aromatic burley and selected English blends. Anybody want in on this pass?

dirtdude · January 17

Sure

d_blades · January 17

I can do this one.

Hawks · January 18

I'm, WTH.

ShawnOL · January 18

Chris, Stephen, Jeff?

ShawnOL · January 19

@Yakster , @rsherman24 , @Ross_G89 , @Amos_Umwhat , @memento_mori , @OmgFrigginMike @Vision, @silvermouse ?

Yakster · January 19

I'm outie.

OmgFrigginMike · January 19

You can throw me on the end again. I don’t smoke pipe nearly as often and don’t wanna make anybody wait on me.

Hawks · January 19

@Hawks said:
I'm, WTH.

Supposed to say "In." 🤦‍♂️

Amos_Umwhat · January 19

Sure, I usually shy away from Burley blends, but hey, I might learn something. My fear is that if I do, I'll want to buy some new tobacco, and I don't need that. But, just for the experience, in.

ShawnOL · January 19

Same here, but you never know. You could find a new top 5 blend.

Ross_G89 · January 19

Gonna have to count me out of this one

Cheapsmoke · January 19

Ordered them today. Will update when delivered.

ShawnOL · January 20

@ForMud ?

ForMud · January 20

@ShawnOL said:
@ForMud ?

I appreciate the offer, but I need to pass....I have enough ( In stock ) to keep me busy for awhile.
Maybe in the future I'll jump in.

ShawnOL · January 22

Ok, so far we have:
@dirtdude
@d_blades
@Hawks
@Stubble
@OmgFrigginMike
@Amos_Umwhat
And myself.

I'm thinking this should go back to Joel so he can try any samples that are added along the way. Its up to Joel, though.

ShawnOL · January 23

Ok, the order looks like it'll go in this order:
@Stubble
@d_blades
@dirtdude
@Hawks
@OmgFrigginMike
@Amos_Umwhat
@ShawnOL
@Cheapsmoke

Does this work for everyone?

Amos_Umwhat · January 23

works for me

d_blades · January 23

Me too

Cheapsmoke · January 24

Yup

Cheapsmoke · January 24

@ShawnOL said:
Ok, so far we have:
@dirtdude
@d_blades
@Hawks
@Stubble
@OmgFrigginMike
@Amos_Umwhat
And myself.

I'm thinking this should go back to Joel so he can try any samples that are added along the way. Its up to Joel, though.

Yes thanks. I only smoke outside and won't be smoking much till the spring so works all ways around for me.

ShawnOL · January 28

First up from the pass is
Blend No. 52
[A distinct blend of burley, red Virginia and Dubeck brought back to life by the blenders at Peretti. This mixture offers sweetness and subtle piquancy.]

Not sure what Dubeck is but this is pretty good. Nutty, not all that sweet, just a bit. I like it.

Seems to leave very little moisture or dottle when finished.

ShawnOL · January 28

Blend No. 111
[The same unusual blending of eight quality tobaccos as in our blend number 101, except that a non-aromatic Irish tobacco is used. An excellent, non-aromatic mixture.]

Didnt get much nuttiness from the burley, no sweetness to speak of. Burned to ash, little if any dottle. All in all, unremarkable. Would not buy, there are too many good blends out there to spend money on than this.

Yakster · January 28

https://dutchpipesmoker.com/tag/dubek/ This page describes several Oriental tobaccos

Dubek (Dubec)
Another variety of Basma tobacco, Dubek comes from the Macedonian region of Greece. It has a light yellow leaf that is very aromatic and very sweet to smoke. Dubek tobacco is generally used to spice up pipe tobacco blends.

ShawnOL · January 28

Thanks, Chris.

ShawnOL · January 29

Blend No. 333
[A splendid blend for those who like a fairly heavy tobacco that is not aromatic but is full of flavor. It is very slow burning and cool.]

Decent dark tobacco, ok flavor, barely a hint of the distinctive nuttiness of burley, though. Would smoke again but wouldn't buy. Left little moisture, burned to nothing.

ShawnOL · January 29

BPC
[A splendid burley plug cut which smokes sweet and cool.]

Decent taste. Dark tobacco flavor, similar to blend 333 but with a little more nuttiness. Some sweetness on the back end. Would smoke again.

This and blend 52 are the real winners for me, out of the four.

ShawnOL · January 29

Moving on to the English sampler we have:
British
[One of our more full-bodied blends and similar to many highly priced English tobaccos. This mixture is so carefully constructed that it's perique and latakia components complement each other perfectly.]

First thing I notice is the dryness of the tobacco. Not dried out but sort of dry. I'm not an English guy so that may be normal. It seemed like an ok smoke, just not my thing. Disregard any negative comments I may make about the English samples, they're just not my style of smoke.

It burned to ash, no moisture in the bowl.

ShawnOL · January 29

Blend 500
[A real outdoor man's smoke with plenty of flavor and full strength. A unique blend of Virginia, Havana, Perique and Oriental.]

Tastes milder than the British, less latakia. Has a mild sweetness from the virginia, i'm guessing. Not bad, would smoke again.

ShawnOL · January 29

Royal
[A blend of the choicest matured Virginian and the finest Oriental tobaccos. It contains a high percentage of the finest Yenidje leaf.]

I'm not sure how this classifies as an English if it doesn't contain latakia but here goes. I would call it a less than medium strength blend. I can taste the virginia but the Orientals are the dominant flavor. This is not bad at all. Would smoke this again but not likely to buy it. This burned down to fine black dottle. Just about nothing left of it.

ShawnOL · January 29

Century
[This is the blend that was made especially to commemorate our 100th anniversary. A subtle mixture of Oriental lead and latakia, plus a rich, matured Virginian.]

Description says it all. Oriental in the lead followed by latakia. The virginia is in the background but it's sweetness is noticeable. This is pretty good for a blend containing latakia. It isn't the lead flavor, which i prefer. The bag note was heavy with it, though. Would smoke again but wouldn't buy more than a couple ounces of it, only smoking it occasionally.

Non-Aromatic Burley pass.

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