Lane Limited Edgeworth Ready-Rubbed

This is the cubed version of one of my all time favorites. The slices version every time for me as the ready rubbed has very odd properties. When you light it the cubes swell to at least twice the original size spreading fire and ash all over the place. Devotees of this have know doubt worked out how to deal with this. Keeping a fire extingisher handy would be a useful tip.

Burley blends in general are heavily scorned, although when done right they are very good and seem to be gaining interest but as far as Edgeworth goes stick to the slices.

I find this to be a harsher and bitier blend than Edgeworth Slices, despite the alleged presence of a Rum casing. If you really like Burley, you may like this, but I think you would like Edgeworth Slices a lot better. I do. I won't be buying any more of this.

This is most definitely a burley tobacco; that is apparent from the first puff. I should also say here that I don't like most of the burleys I've tried, but I did attempt to give this a fair trial. I ordered a sample bag of this, so the appearance and smell may differ for you, if you buy a tin. In the bag, I can smell a rather ordinary, basic tobacco, with perhaps a hint of sweetness. Though the description says it is cased, I would not know that from just the smell. It is in a rather ragged cube cut, partially rubbed out but mostly in small chunks. It packs well, and appears to have average moisture content. On lighting, the smoke is a nutty, ordinary smell, very similar to other burleys I've smoked. It burns OK, needing a larger than average number of relights. For the first third of the bowl, I get hints of a sweet casing of some type, though I can't identify it. The strongest flavor, however, is the nutty, somewhat harsh burley. This is not a bad flavor, but there is some bite and the harshness is not appealing. Into the second third, the casing disappears, and the nuttiness becomes stronger and darker. Tongue bite is still a threat, lurking ever in the background. The final third is a repeat of the second, though the harshness does become more pronounced. If not for that and the bite, I might enjoy this, since the flavor itself is not bad. It isn't anything special either, however, and it's just not worth fighting the problems for what is a fairly ordinary smoke. Overall, not very impressive. If you enjoy burleys (and GL Pease's blends don't count!), then you may like this. I don't, and therefore will likely not be smoking this very often. NOTE: My first impression above was confirmed through trials in two other pipes; nix on this one.