Peretti - Blend No.333 pipe tobacco reviews

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SopwithCamel	11/24/2005	Mild to Medium	Mild	Medium	Very Pleasant
Burley/Virginia blends are my favorite, and this blend is simply exquisite! From the very first pipeful of this Burley lover's delight I have been smitten. I love everything about it. It is smooth, rich, cool, and nutty, with a hint of spice. I can smell it as I smoke, and it smells fantastic! There is just enough molasses in this to complement the superb, deep, earthy, roasted coffee flavors in the tobacco. It is pure pipe smoking pleasure to me. Try it, if you don't like it, send it to me!
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benhur	10/21/2005	Medium	Extremely Mild	Medium	Pleasant
Blend 333 is a non-aromatic cube-cut burley sweetened with a touch of molasses and enriched by a small amount of Virgina leaf. It packs, lights, and burns easily. The room note and flavor are rich and pleasant. This is an excellent blend and one of the few Burley blends I enjoy ? its similar to LJP?s BPC (Burley plug cut, which lacks the VA) and W (which is the same as 333 with Latakia instead of VA).
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Mr. Dottle	07/05/2005	Medium	Extremely Mild	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable
Having smoked several of Peretti?s burley blends, I think there is a ?fine line? that distinguishes one from the next. The one thing they do have in common is that they are all superb. What distinguishes 333 from the other of Peretti?s burley blends is that it has powdered deer tongue added. There isn?t a large amount and you probably won?t see it with the naked eye but if you have smoked C&D Crooner, where the deer tongue is quite evident, you will note the similarity. The Peretti burleys just beg to be scooped rather than packed, preferably in pipes have larger bores. It has good burning qualities and a solid, nutty burley taste and can provide herbal notes due to the deer tongue. Although largely one dimensional, the flavor can pleasantly intensify as you progress down the bowl. A cigarette is to be smoked. A cigar is to be enjoyed. A pipe is to be savored. I rate this tobacco 9.0 out of 10.
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Noorrmm	05/08/2005	Medium	Mild	Medium	Pleasant
Appearance: Definitely an American cut, a mixture of cubes and granulated pieces (sometimes called flakes by American blenders). The color is mostly ?burley brown? with some darker leaf present. Aroma: Burley smell with more sweetening than their Blend 111. Packing: This blend does not like to be tamped, except at the top and that only slightly. Just scoop it in and smooth out the top. Lighting:: Lights easily, but not too quickly. The usual two matches will get it going nicely Initial flavor: Good nutty burley taste with a bit of sweetness that I can?t identify. Nice mouth feel. Mid-bowl: Not very complex, but tasty and satisfying. Burns slow and cool and is great for being outdoors. Moderate nicotine level felt by me, YMMV. Finish: Just a tad stronger at the end, but clean. Does leave a residual aroma in the pipe, but its not persistent. Summary: An excellent outdoor blend, particularly in warm weather. Maybe better in a cob than in a briar, if you?re worried about the lingering aroma.
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Inquisitor	01/19/2005	Medium	Very Mild	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable
I got this tobacco on a blind trade, and smoked it resignedly in anticipation of a low-flavor aromatic. I was mistaken. As a prior reviewer mentioned, Peretti has a good handle on Burleys, and I am enjoying this. Medium in body, there is a pleasant back-of-the-throat edge to this. No bite, and a spicy note pervades. Very subtle toasty flavors indicate that this may contain a small amount of Virginia. While this is not an aromatic, there is a nice, light room note that compliments but does not overshadow the natural tobacco flavors. It doesn't get the ashy burley curse. Decent but not overwhelming nicotine level.
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BostonPipe	10/18/2004	Mild to Medium	None detected	Medium	Pleasant
Full-Bodied Burley, with a rich spicey taste that increases as one progresses the length of the bowl. Easy to pack, I just use the gravity method and gently tamp my way up to the top of the bowl. One false-light, then off to some quality down-time. The tobacco burned cleaned all the way to the bottom of the bowl with very little dottle at the end. It ends with a nice grey/white ash. A superb burley blend!
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fourshephards	01/08/2004	Mild to Medium	None detected	Medium to Full	Pleasant to Tolerable
My wife gave me half-pound tin of this stuff for Christmas. She purchased it based on the recommendation of one of the staff at LJ Peretti whom is familiar with my tastes in tobaccos. Seeing whereas I am a little finicky about what I like to smoke, I was a little skeptical at first. I popped the lid and found cubed cuts of burley, quite dark in color and oily to the touch. The tin aroma was intoxicating. I immediately packed a panelled billiard stack with some (it did not need much packing - just filled the bowl and pressed down gently) and set flame to it. At first, the taste seemd fairly subtle but about 1/3 of the way down the bowl, a rich and savory (though not sugary sweet) flavor came to the fore. This lasted throughtout the bowl. 333 produced nary a gurgle and burned down to a sandy grey ash with no dottle and the walls of the bowl remained clean. As I smoked this, my wife poked her head in from the kitchen and exclaimed,"WOW, what is that!? It smells very nice!" The description says that there are no aromatics added to this. I am not sure how this could be true since it smells so good. But I have to take Peretti's at their word. I simply cannot get enough of this stuff. It has struck a chord in me that I cannot deny. It is unlike anything else that I smoke in that I usually smoke matured VA's, VA/Perique blends and Burley mixtures like Old Joe Krainz (C & D) or Va mixtures like Easy Times (also C & D). I don't know how many others would enjoy #333 due to it's intimidating appearnace and sweet pouch aroma. These might scare some off. But, let me say that this stuff is like catnip to a cat for me. My German Shepherd Gretchen barks 5 times out of a possible 5 for #333.
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Darwin	04/20/2003	Medium	Extremely Mild	Medium	Tolerable
Peretti really has a nice touch with burleys and Blend 333 is one I enjoy regularly. As the description states, it's a full burley that burns slow and cool. Blend 333 is a rich brown tobacco that is composed of cubes that appear to be cut from a thick flake or plug. The flavor is rich and nutty. For the purpose of this review, I'm smoking 333 in an Ashton, but I think it really comes to life in a medium-sized or larger cob. Its smoking characteristics remind me of a Virginia flake, because it burns so slow. This would be a great alternative for the all-day burley smoker who wants to get away from those cheap drugstore blends and step up to a real high quality tobacco. There is little or no added flavoring; it's a real tobacco taste that I enjoy. Blend 333 is easy on the tongue and doesn't have a bitter taste near the end of the bowl like cheap burleys. Along with Peretti's 101, 102, 111, 33, and BPC, I smoke 333 regularly. Next to Wilke's Nut Brown Burley, Peretti blends the very best burleys.
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