Burley With or Without Smoke (Pt1)

Following on from the Cavendish videos in my series on Base Tobaccos. I am now trying to explain the differences with Burley both sun & fire cured. Armed with  Burley & Kentucky (fire cured Burley) from Gawith Hoggarth, i smoke them pure in both pipe and cigarette. Up first Burley

Mr Webb in 1864 in Ohio. The tobacco is cured much like a cigar & as a result the tobacco is stronger, less sweet, cooler and smoother. Can be used in any style of pipe tobacco, rolling tobacco & cigarettes.

Producer – Gawith Hoggarth
Product – Burley
Tobacco – Burley
Cut – Fine Shag Cut

In a pipe

• Cocoa aroma unlit
• Has a cigarette like flavour (well der)
• Chocolate notes on the finish, with a creamy texture. Reminds me of Dutch cigars a little too
• Cool & smooth with a good nicotine balance
• Too flat to smoke neat
• Take a few mins of nursing to get going, but once its going burns very well.
• Becomes a lot like a Connecticut wrapped cigar. Subtle spices and sweet cedar

In a cigarette (hand rolled)

• Burns slow in a medium weight paper, thinner (OLD) shag cut
• Strong smoke, but lacks the complex & subtle flavours found in the pipe
• Has the distinct dry & creamy smoke of most cigarettes/rolling tobaccos
• Needs some brightness from Virginias or fire cured leaf really

Burley With or Without Smoke
Pt 1
Pt 2
Pt 3