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Fencing_Phoenix	02/22/2010	Mild	Mild to Medium	Medium	Tolerable
What more can I say about this one that hasn't already been said? Tastes a bit sweet and candy-like right at the beginning, but quickly turns to a salty dull play-doh taste. Even if I had been able to finish the bowl, this one would be a two-star at best. I was more concerned about the cheap corn cob that I was smoking it out of than I was about wasting tobacco, and I am a man who hates to waste consumables.
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Shawn_M	02/12/2010	Very Mild	None detected	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Pleasant
Another blend I bought when I was on a fixed budget, it's hard to describe. I never got much out of this as far as flavor, but I never got anything bad either. Neutral would be the best I can come up with.
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SpaceCowboy	01/31/2010	Mild	Very Mild	Mild	Tolerable
I didn't find anything particularly off-putting about this smoke, it's just a bit plain. There is a slight hint of flavor, maybe like dr pepper with a bit of cherry. Neither the tobacco or aromatic additions have much presence, but at least it isn't overpowering. Most of the time i smoke near non-smokers they compliment the pleasent pipe tobacco smell, however i feel as though this stuff lacks that note. The room note isn't stinky like cigarettes or as overpowering as a cigar, it just isn't pleasant. I can't say i would really recommend this as it has very little going for it, while there are many better blends for around the same price.
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ruffinogold	12/04/2009	Mild	Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable
Tastes like play dough to me .Just couldnt get past the flavoring . Weird .
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strongirish	09/09/2009	Mild to Medium	Mild	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant
I decided to revisit this old timer as I have not had any in over 25 years. I love the package design, it always catches my eye. This is one of the OTC blends and it is nothing fancy, a crimp cut burley with a sweet fruity pouch aroma, like a cherry twisler. Not life saver cherry but there. It is an all brown blend and packs in the pipe very easy, it is a little moist but nothing an hour sitting in the pipe can't take care of. It lites very easy like PA does, and it rewards one with a nice sweet burley taste, mild and for me no bite at all. The room note is exceptional, creamy, smooth, and sweet, and this pretty much describes the taste here. I agree with with others that one can get a pack and it will be harsh or you can get one that is spot on. I was lucky and got one of these. This is a delicious blend for burleyphiles. I have no idea why I have not smoked this one in so long but I will be ordering a large tub to keep on hand. It burns down to a clean grey ash with no gunk at the bottom of the bowl. It is not expensive at all, and for what you get, it's a bargain. Try it!
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Robert	08/25/2009	Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable
This is a tobacco that is not always consistent. One time it will be very smooth with no bite and the next time it may feel like a t-rex is gnawing on the inside of your entire mouth. When you get a bad batch like that simply cellar it for a year or two and it will improve considerably. It amazes me how many people throw away tobacco that can be fixed with simple aging. Generally speaking Prince Albert is a better smoke but when you get a good pouch it can be worth it. When you open the pouch you will find the old playdough smell is still there. Thankfully it doesn't taste that way. This is another one of the old tobaccos that can be rolled as a cigarette and at one time it came with it's own rolling papers. Don't expect a heavy tobacco out of this. Like many of the really cheap tobaccos if you can find an older box get it. The older the better. Many times in small towns you can find these brands in grocery stores sitting on the shelves for years without being touched. Both the flavor and quality can improve with age.
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Marian	08/18/2009	Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant
I recently traveled to the bad river indian reservation and bought a 14oz can of Velvet pipe tobacco. The can looked very intruiging. It was recommended by many natives that this is a good tobacco to use in pipes and ceremonies. Many of you probably never heard of this but this is a great tobacco to mix with Kinnick-kinnick: a smoking mixture used by native Americans when tobacco was scarce. After I bought it I opened it up and it smelled of chacolate and vinilla. I smoked a bit of it in a couple of my briar pipes and I thought that it lived up to its name: it was so smooth I could barely detect its flavor. I was expecting a more of a punch like Sir Walter Railiegh. It smells good and has a light aroma. All in all, it is a nice and enjoyable smoke. The downfall of this tobacco is that it does come with toungebite. I would recommend this tobacco to anyone who likes a light smoke.
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agentlemanfromindiana	07/21/2009	Mild	Very Mild	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable
Just another mass produced cheaply made sticky tobacco. Don't waste your time with it.
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Colby	06/25/2009	Mild	Mild	Mild	Tolerable
I picked up a pouch of this the other day because my great grandfather smoked velvet his whole life. Nothing else. The pouch was only 2 dollars or so. The box says America's Smoothest Smoke and in it's defense the tobacco did produce a lot of smoke, however with not much flavor. When you open the pouch there is an overwhelming smell of cherry and almost a rubber smell. Someone likened it to the smell of cherry nibs from twizzlers, and I could smell that similarity. However, once smoked there is little cherry flavor at all and more of a smoky "industrial" flavor. Some people say plastic, I kind of tasted rubber or motor oil or something. Don't know how my great grandfather smoked this stuff all day. For whatever reason, my bowl burned awfully hot from the start. If you really want to try it for yourself, it's not pricy at all, but my bet is you could find something you like for not much more money.
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NJE03	05/27/2009	Mild	Very Mild	Very Mild	Tolerable
I smoked some of this given to me by a friend. He went on to throw away the pouch. The bite that Velvet provides can be intense no matter how slowly it is smoked. It has never failed to leave my mouth feeling a bit scorched. In addition it tastes rather bland and does not have a pleasant room note by any means.
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Harpua0077	02/24/2009	Mild	Extremely Mild	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable
For a drug-store brand this is pretty decent, the flavors are basic and it stays lit easily. It smokes good no matter Sophmore smoker. My Personal Notes give this a 6.1 if you want a better starter go with Carter Hall. First there is something really bad about this tobacco, I could hardly stomach it, it started to taste very acidic in the back of my mouth, I kept wanting to drink something to get rid of the flavor, I had to downgrade this to a 1 star and a .2 out of 10. I have also done a video review of this tobacco. view it at http://www.myspace.com/elemental_pipes or at http://www.youtube.com just search Pinkerton Pipe Tobacco's Velvet
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tonalsmoker	02/04/2009	Mild	Extremely Mild	Mild	Pleasant
I must admit,this is a very different type of burley 'drugstore blend'.Velvet is a slight unusual burley that's slight topped with something that I can't put my finger on,if you smell the pouch it reminds me of cherry twizzlers which always struck me as odd.Now the taste is something interesting that actually has made this a enjoyable tobacco..it reminds me of the scent of bacon cooking on the frying pan in the morning and the tobacco is mid-range in quality.I wouldn't recommend Velvet as an all-day smoke but can be a nice change up for the burleyphile.
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wintermute	07/14/2008	Mild	Very Mild	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable
I am going to be kinder to this little tobacco than others have been. When you open the pouch there is a smell of something sweet added to the Burley. I don't know what it is, but it is not too strong and doesn't last long in the bowl. When lit, the first few puffs give off this same aroma. Again, the word is sweet. Not, mind you, like candy, but more like the sweetness from chewing tobacco or something like that. As you smoke, the flavoring disappears and the mild Burleys shine through. Now, the word is mild. Although the contents of the pouch seem overly moist when opened, the smoke is dry and cool. The taste does not change throughout the bowl. Even down to the last puff, the taste doesn't change. There is no bite. It burns cool to the end. The nicotine level is a little low for my taste, but that can be a real selling point to some smokers. And, speaking of selling points, this is the only Burley that I've found so far that the wife will tolerate. Most Burlies get tossed out with me in tow. Velvet is tolerated in small doses. The same cannot be said for Prince Albert, Granger, Half & Half, Sir Walter Raleigh, Carter Hall, or any Burley from the tobacco shop. Velvet does what none of these could do!
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SirShaggy	07/01/2008	Very Mild	Very Mild	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Pleasant to Tolerable
I feel there isn't much to talk about with this one. It is REALLY light & pretty bland. If you are in a pinch and need a quick smoke I suppose it would get you through. Just buy 1 pouch though......
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Big bad Jon	05/30/2008	Mild	Very Mild	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable
This blend is burly and nothing else. It is VERY mild and VERY bland. I tried it on the recommendation of our clubs president. He reportedly loves the stuff, and buys it every chance he gets. I was amazed how smooth the blend was and how cool the smoke was. It has absolutely no tongue bite, but also does not stimulate the tongue in any other way. Like many others, I use burly blends to break pipes in, but I will have to say Prince Albert is still king in that category.
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Satc001	04/21/2008	Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Strong
This is the worst tobacco I have ever laid my hands on! My interest in drug store blends was recently spike, so I picked up a couple pouches of Carter Hall and Velvet to give these a go round. The CH was pretty decent, like I remember it. The Velvet, DISGUSTING! I've noticed that the reviews of this over the past couple of years have been bad. They are well merited. This tobacco stinks when you light it up. It tastes and smells of burnt plastic. Don't let the delightful scent in the pouch fool you, this stuff will ruin a pipe. I will have to give the cotton ball treatment to the pipe I tried this in. I only can hope it will forgive me. I only smoked a half-bowl, I used three pipe cleaners, all were pitch black when I was finished with them. DO NOT BY THIS TOBACCO IMPERSONATOR! The good side of this experience: it reminded me why I do not smoke OTC blends. They are only a few cents cheaper than most hi quality bulk blends and they cannot even hold a candle to them in quality. Folks, if you want a burley, go give Lane or MacBaren or Cornell and Diehl a try. Your pipes, tongue, and wife will thank you for it!
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Illinois Hick	03/15/2008	Extremely Mild	Mild	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Tolerable
Well, the package is right about one thing. It is a smooth smoke, though not the smoothest. That's about where the positives for this blend end. I really like burley, but this one is lacking in the naturally sweet and nutty character that makes that variety so lovely. In fact, there was hardly any flavor at all. What little there was (way in the background) alternately between a slightly sour tang, to something unnatural like plastic. But on the whole, it was smooth but flavorless; kind of like the tobacco version of Natural Lite, only instead of tasting aluminum can, you taste plastic. For a traditional American burley at drug store prices, Prince Albert and Carter Hall are MUCH better, with Carter Hall heading the class, IMO.
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Wriggles	10/13/2007	Mild to Medium	None detected	Mild to Medium	Pleasant
Update: I bought a package while visiting a distant city. I think it's been at least 15 years since I last smoked this tobacco. It has surely changed. I smoked several bowls before deciding to update my review. The current stuff bit like a bulldog, and a plastic taste overpowered the burley. I was very disappointed as I remember Velvet to be an excellent tobacco. I knew a very rich older gentleman who swore by the L&M offering. I'll stick with Half & Half and the Prince. Original review: I haven't seen Velvet anywhere in my area for a long time. I used to smoke it as a change of pace from my usual standby, Half & Half. Velvet seemed less harsh than some of the other burleys, although it had less flavor. A good tobacco, all in all. I will eventually purchase a can on line to reminisce about the days when drugstore tobacco counters had dozens of brands to choose from, along with excellent selections of pipes.
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WillardFan	10/10/2007	Mild to Medium	Mild	Very Mild	Pleasant
I'm not a big Burley fan, but this stuff ain't as bad as some other OTC's I've tried. Overall it's pretty mild all the way around. Flavor, heat, room note, all in all a mild smoke. Nothing to rave about, but it'll do for a budget priced tobacco. I didn't taste the licorice flavor mentioned by some others, though I was more aware of a cigarette-like tobacco type flavor. Definitely better than anything Borkum Riff makes. I like this better than Prince Albert. For price and availability, you could do worse.
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HongKongFooey	07/04/2007	Mild to Medium	Very Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable
As a burley fan, I was very pleased with Velvet. It was smooth and smoked cool, with no bite (with proper technique, of course). Some call this a "drugstore" blend, which makes no sense to me. What drugstores sell tobacco products? None I have come across and I'm in my late 30s. Anyway, it is very affordable and readily available down at the grocery store at the bottom of the hill. Much cheaper than the fru fru tobaccos available online these days (many of which I like). Velvet has a unique taste that I haven't really found in any other burley based blends. I feel it is due to fermentation rather than topping, but what do I know. The taste is a hair spicey and a hair licorice-y. It's pretty yummy. The wife doesn't have to go out on the porch when I smoke a bowl of this. She said it smells kind of good. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys burleys and who doesn't associate low-price with low quality.
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