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Sailorjack	04/19/2009	Mild	Very Mild	Mild	Pleasant
The good news is that the aroma is quite nice and you can't make this blend bite no matter how hard and fast you puff. The bad news is the flavor is lacking,flat and actually unpleasant to my tastes. I enjoy many of the Old Codger blends such as Carter Hall and Sugar Barrel a lot more than this. I have come to the conclusion that I like a little Virginia mixed in with my Burley. I added a good bit of McClelland's 5100 Red Cake and it made the blend much more round,interesting and satisfying.On it's own I don't much care for this.The price point is right but I think that it is better suited to use as a blending tobacco.I will not be purchasing this again.
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AcworthAl	04/09/2009	Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant
I find myself smoking more Virginias and Burleys?non-aromatics. 'Blue Grass Melody' from Affordable Pipes, is one of my favorites, I love the nicotine. I carry a little fabric lunch bag to work, stuffed with a few pipes and several varieties of pipe tobacco. The other morning I was rummaging through my lunch bag and found some Butternut Burley. I liked it. If you smoke burleys, do yourself a favor and try this. It is a great change of pace. It is a nice easy smoke, and it smells good.
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Old Puffer	04/08/2009	Very Mild	Medium	Mild	Pleasant
This is a very pleasant blend but with nothing really standing out to brag about. The pouch aroma is very sweet and IMO it really needs drying out to be perfectly usable. It packs well, lights easily, stays lit well, and has an unassuming pleasant taste. It smokes to the bottom without any gurgling or harshness or hint of a bite or bad odor to the pipe. The slipstream is pleasant but almost unnoticeable (at least, no wifely complaints). There is ample nice white smoke without having to chug. The only negative I can offer for this blend is a definite burley bitterness that lingers on the tongue well after the pipe is finished. This bitterness starts about mid-bowl and gets stronger closer to the bottom. This may be accented by a casing that I believe to be present since it is not easy to get this dried out and is somewhat sticky fresh out of the pouch. All in all, I still recommend this for 3 stars due to the overall friendliness of the smoke.
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Pipe4ever	03/18/2009	Mild	Medium	Mild	Pleasant
I ordered 4oz of this blend, The first 10 bowls that was a wonderful Aromatic and I was very happy, the next 10 bowls it was so-so, after 30th bowls things started to get complicated, there is an "oily" after taste and the casing was less than acceptable for my palate, I still have few bowls of this blend in the jar that I just can?t finish it. Finally this blend is enjoyable up to 2oz maximum, there is an obvious diminishing return eftect Try McClelland 900-Refined Tennessee Ribbon, much better than this one.
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Quick_nick	03/16/2009	Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild	Pleasant
Downgraded to two stars, its boring. Half way through a bowl I wish I was smoking something else. I'm giving BB 3 stars just because it does it's thing really well. Most aromatics try to be something they are not. BB is a good bit of burley with a tasty sweet topping. It' s not a revelation to tobacco and it's not a goat either, it's just a good sweet smoke, and it burns really cool as well.
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Plex	02/21/2009	Very Mild	Mild	Very Mild	Very Pleasant
Sorry, but this wasn't at all what I was expecting. Not horribly bad, presented no issues whatsoever in preparing, packing and smoking, but didn't get the flavor rush or bowled over by it at any stage. True, there was no tongue bite at the beginning or near the end no matter how I tried. But where is the tobacco? Where is the flavor? Won't be getting more, but won't throw what remains away, at least not yet.
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pipe dream	02/04/2009	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant
this is one that caught me by surprise.burns cool tastes good,stays lit,no bite,smokes all the way down to a fine ash.in my rotation now.I have been piping 48years there is never just one tobacco,this is close.it does not let you down, is consistent, an all day smoke, many are looking for. thank you pipes and cigars(habana pipes)a winner with 4 stars.
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krumpelman	11/26/2008	Extremely Mild	Very Mild	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Pleasant
After all the "Butternut Burley" hype, I decided to order a few ounces to see what it was all about. I just don't get it! It's just boring. First 1/4 of bowl was enjoyable because it was so different. Very light in flavor, but I could taste the butter/pecan flavor. It isn't bad flavor, just way to mild for my tastes. Almost so mild that it is boring. I would recommend and have sent this blend to new smokers, but do not recommend to the semi-seasoned piper. At best this is a very early morning smoke, with an extremely light cup of coffee! To the credit of this blend, It did not bite at all! I tried to get it to bite... nothing! Blend may serve as a base for a personal hybrid blend. However if you like mild blends, not much to them, this is your blend.
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JC Foote	10/25/2008	Extremely Mild	Very Mild	Very Mild	Pleasant
The good news: Burns great and leaves a pretty decent smelling room note. The bad news: two words flat and boring. If you are a fan of burleys then give it a shot and see for yourself. The taste is somewhat almond/nutty/vanilla and maybe a hint of toffee. All in all a very mild blend that didn't do anything for me and lacks any substance.
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damtender	09/18/2008	Mild	Strong	Medium	Very Pleasant
I really like Russ and Scotty's blends but aromatics are just not for me, period. I bought a pound of Butternut Burley a year ago and still have well over half. The best I can report is that the wife likes the room note so I smoke it while begging for money to send to Bass Pro Shops. Works every time. If Scotty blended a pure burley, without the goop, I'd bet it would be great. Meanwhile, if you want a really good burley, try 'Blue Grass Melody' from Affordable Pipes.
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Benjamin Button	09/17/2008	Very Mild	Extremely Mild	Mild	Pleasant
I'm glad I gave this blend another chance. I had some not so good bowls when I first received my batch a few months back. I'll chalk it up to inexperience and poor packing because I'm really enjoying this now. It's got a real smooth buttery quality to it, not overly cased so the tobacco flavor is really coming through. My experience with burley is pretty much just with heavily cased aromatics, so I won't over analyze the burley in this smoke until I have more. The room note is pleasant, slightly sweet and not offensive. Overall, a pleasant surprise for a blend I almost gave up on!
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Satc001	05/04/2008	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Medium	Very Pleasant
There are few aromatic tobaccos which combine the taste of tobacco with natural flavorings to produce a great smoke, but this is one of them. Butternut Burley smells delicious in its pouch (it is bought in bulk). It packs, lights, and burns easily. It never gets hot and can be puffed on without any attention. The flavor is of almonds, bark, some slight cedar-like notes, and a mixture of chocolate/butter rum/vanilla type flavors. Its room note is wonderful. This blend is fantastic and has earned a permanent place in my cellar. I give it three stars, because like 1Q, it is my constant companion. This isn't quite the over the top blend I like at the end of the day though. This is definitely worth your time.
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CAM7411	04/14/2008	Very Mild	Very Mild	Mild	Pleasant
I have been searching for a blend to add to my rotational favorites. Based on the reviews here, I purchased a small quanity and after having smoked it several times over the last month or so...I feel this one may be what I have been searching for. I find this to be the tobacco I reach the most often as it is mild all round, and you really have to work at getting it to bite the tounge. Since I have only been smoking this blend a few weeks I gave it three stars, and will update this review at a later time.
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Benton	03/11/2008	Mild	Medium	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant
I have a 2oz. sample of Butternut Burley and I promised myself that I would finish it before I wrote a review, but this is too good to wait. Appearance - medium and dark brown rough cut ribbons, moist, and slightly sticky. Pouch aroma - light, sweet, and nutty. Flavor - very nice straight burley flavor with some sweetness. The taste is not as sweet as the aroma, which is a good thing for an everyday blend. The topping is wonderful as it goes well with the sweet casing and the slight bitterness of the burley; it reminds me of my mother's black walnut cake. As the bowl progresses, the sweetness fades and the bitterness increases, but it is not as bitter as, say, dark chocolate. Bite - this is the only completely bite-free blend for me, YMMV. Given the price, this should be compared to drugstore blends, but it is way better than almost anything you can get at the drugstore. Flaws - this blend is a little goopy straight out of the pouch, but drying it out fixes that with only a slight decrease in aroma. I found that 1 week of drying in a paper bag did the trick as long as I pack the bowl lightly.
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Archangel506	01/29/2008	Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant
I gave this blend a try on a recommendation from a gentleman on one of my pipe smoking web-sites. I was very pleasantly suprised. I found this blend to be very mild with no apparent bite. I found that it packs and lights easily with no relights throughout the entire bowl. I also noted that it does not appear to be heavily cased. A extremely pleasing butter pecan taste was detected throughout the entire smoke. I preceive this to be an excellent aromatic tobacco. I would recommend this to novice pipe smoker or as an all day smoke for aromatic lovers that like a milder tobacco. I give this blend 4 stars + a bullet.
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Argo	01/24/2008	Extremely Mild	Mild to Medium	Very Mild	Very Pleasant
This has a few things going for it. First the good: 1)Appropriate beginners tobacco 2)Non smokers should find it pleasant 3)Pleasant butter pecan flavoring Now the bad: 1)Unfortunately goopy 2)Absurdly mild. Hard to find tobacco taste. I recommend packing this tighter than usual to get flavor out of it an a more even burn. This blend was meant to smell full, not taste full. If -very- mild blends disappoint you this isn't one for you. If you're an aromatic fan it's hard not to find this a decent smoke. One last thing, I suspect the composition of this involves some mixture of Lane bulk tobacco. Perhaps the bulk form of captain black blue, since that happens to be the mildest, with Lane's BLWAB or some other bulk Burley. Just my theory.
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smokinj	11/21/2007	Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant
this one for the aromatic smokers
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al1	11/21/2007	Mild	Strong	Mild	Very Pleasant
If you like burley this one might be for you. I just like va and latakia more I guess. Not bad, I just can't enjoy this more than once and a while. Probablly good for a newer smoker or someone who likes wetter smoking aromatics. I prefer my tobacco more on the natural side. I also think burley bites too much and too hard for someone who smokes as much as I do and as often. If you like butter and burley it may work for you. Just be warned it will possibly give you the kind of bite that takes a day or two to go away if smoked too heavily or fast. Burley has a different ph that some people adjust to better than others. Leaves my pipe too wet for my liking also.
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Irishlefty	10/26/2007	Very Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild	Pleasant
I love my English/Balkan blends. I enjoy latakia and perique. It has been many years since I knowingly tried an aromatic blend so I was shocked, shocked to find that I actually like this one. Sweet, but not sickly so. Mild but flavorful. Easy to light and keep lit. No tongue bite (and I do get bite from many tobacco's). I couldn't believe that I liked this until I'd tried a couple of bowls in a couple of different kinds of briar pipes. Hmmmmm. Now I have to try more aromatic blends and see if my taste has adapted or if this is an anomoly.
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Stubshaft	09/19/2007	Mild to Medium	Extremely Mild	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant
I smoked 2+ pounds of this weed. It has a slightly sweet flavor that gently swirls in your mouth and surrounds your tongue. No hint of bite at all, and copious quantities of smoke.
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