Details
| Brand | John Middleton, Inc |
| Blended By | John Middleton, Inc |
| Manufactured By | John Middleton, Inc. |
| Blend Type | Burley Based |
| Contents | Burley, Virginia |
| Flavoring | Sweet / Sugar |
| Cut | Ribbon |
| Packaging | 1.5 ounce pouch, 14 ounce tin |
| Country | United States |
| Production | No longer in production |
Profile
Strength
Mild
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Mild
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Mild to Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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2.87 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 41 - 50 of 60 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 06, 2010 | Very Mild | Mild | Mild | Pleasant |
There has been a lot of interest in this old Codger OTC blend of late so I decided to revisit it after over 30 years of not smoking it. I had a forum meber send me a nice sized sample of it and I have to say right off this is a very smooth, creamy non biting blend. I don't taste the Virginia in this but it is a very nice burley with a flaked cube cut that is very easy to light and keep lit, unlike a lot of cube cuts. It really reminds me of Kentucky Club Blue Mild with a brown sugar casing on it. It is a pretty tobacco, ranging from very light almost tan in color up to a dark brown, and it smells and tastes a lot like a good old burley mix. It comes with a good moisture content, just right for smoking right out of the tub and it is very easy to light and stays lit well. It is very light on body and for me is a little too mild, but it is a cool smoking blend without any bite at all and the room note is pleasant. It does leave a cigarette aroma on you after smoking it which I don't like but it disappears fast. This could be an all day blend for most people and would be a great blend for new pipe smokers. It burns pretty dry and leaves a lite gray ash with little dottle in the bottom of the bowl. The brown sugar taste mixed with the nutty flavor of burley stays consistant from first light all the way to the bottom of the bowl. If puffed too fast it can get a little ashy tasting at the very end but not enough to prevent me from smoking it all the way down. I think this one would be a good mixer, a good one to cut down a blend that smokes hot or too strong. All in all, this is a nice old time blend that I recommend trying, but it did not wow me into a four star rating.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 04, 2010 | Mild to Medium | Mild | Mild to Medium | Pleasant |
This is a nice, solid old school pipe tobacco. It has a slightly nutty taste, ala Carter Hall, but finishes with an ever-so-slightly amount of sweentness, much like a Captain Black, but no where near as sweet. Someone mentioned brown sugar and I'd have to concur. The sweetness though, is subdued and not in anyway cloying or overwhelming.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 23, 2010 | Mild | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Pleasant |
Similar to Blenders Gold Golden Burley. The same almost buttery taste and mild burley, but of slightly better quality.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 19, 2010 | Mild | Mild | Mild | Pleasant to Tolerable |
When my 1 oz sample of this arrived, I took a big sniff of the pouch aroma and rolled my eyes, thinking "Oh boy - this is going to be a gooey and sticky mess!". Happily, I was wrong.
This is a sweet tobacco, to be sure, but not sugary sweet. Definitely more buttery, as the previous poster noted. It absolutely didn't taste as it smelled in the pouch. This is a good old fashioned OTC burley with a bit of casing to sweeten it, rather than a goopy aromatic. It tastes like tobacco rather than an artificial flavor, and it's mild and tasty enough to be smoked all day without tongue problems. This would be a good start into OTC burleys for anyone, particularly those who smoke sweetened black cavendish and other aromatic mixtures.
Sugar Barrel is going into my rotation. 2 more tubs on the way!
This is a sweet tobacco, to be sure, but not sugary sweet. Definitely more buttery, as the previous poster noted. It absolutely didn't taste as it smelled in the pouch. This is a good old fashioned OTC burley with a bit of casing to sweeten it, rather than a goopy aromatic. It tastes like tobacco rather than an artificial flavor, and it's mild and tasty enough to be smoked all day without tongue problems. This would be a good start into OTC burleys for anyone, particularly those who smoke sweetened black cavendish and other aromatic mixtures.
Sugar Barrel is going into my rotation. 2 more tubs on the way!
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 24, 2010 | Mild | Mild | Medium | Pleasant |
My 12oz tub arrived friday and I've been smoking this stuff for 4 days straight. Smoooooth and sweet. Excellent cube cut burley with just enough "sugar" to enhance the buttery sweet burleys. This is barely an aromatic - more of a codger burley with a slight tweak to bring out the flavour. At times it tastes like carmelized sugar (duh), but mostly just good tobacco taste like PA.
Burns perfect right out of the tub. Only needs a single tamp and relight mid-bowl. No bite. Does NOT taste like vanilla (as someone suggested).
Definate candidate for an all dayer. I gave this one "highly recommended" because it is one of the nicest in its class - and a great value at that! If you like PA but found it needed a little something then try this tobacco.
Edit: Found an old add that states Sugar Barrel was created accidentally when well aged bourbon burleys were stored in old sugar barrels containing damp sugar. There you go.
Burns perfect right out of the tub. Only needs a single tamp and relight mid-bowl. No bite. Does NOT taste like vanilla (as someone suggested).
Definate candidate for an all dayer. I gave this one "highly recommended" because it is one of the nicest in its class - and a great value at that! If you like PA but found it needed a little something then try this tobacco.
Edit: Found an old add that states Sugar Barrel was created accidentally when well aged bourbon burleys were stored in old sugar barrels containing damp sugar. There you go.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Aug 25, 2009 | Mild | Mild | Mild | Pleasant |
I smoke primarily non-aromatics (Virginians, Burleys, English, etc.) therefore, I was surprised by Sugar Barrel. It tasted sweet, but not overly sweet. The room note was nice. It was cool and did not bite or gum up the pipe. It is also inexpensive. If one is looking for a delightful change of pace, try it. I would give it two and 3/4 stars. It certainly will stay in my rotation.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 10, 2009 | Mild to Medium | Mild | Mild to Medium | Very Pleasant |
I sincerely enjoy this blend very much, its become my morning/afternoon burley smoke and it behaves itself all day. I think this is the best cased burley out there.It never bites, the topping is not overpowering, it is amazingly complex for a drugstore blend and the flvour and room note are pleasant from both ends. Call me a drug store cowboy, but i love it!
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 29, 2009 | Mild | Mild to Medium | Mild | Tolerable |
A sweetened burley. I enjoy a number of sweet blends, but could just not get into this blend. This is not an aromatic, by my definition, as room note is reminiscent of cigarettes. The sweetness is almost of a ?fermented? nature - reminded me of the aroma of steeping barley in a malt plant (OK, I know not many of the readers here are into grain milling). In its defense, not in the least sticky or goopy smokes cool with nary any bite.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 23, 2009 | Mild | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Pleasant |
I smoked 1/2 bowl and dumped the entire tub into the trash. It's that bad.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jul 16, 2008 | Mild | Mild | Mild | Pleasant to Tolerable |
It's too bad that Sugar Barrel is not more widely available, because it is tasty and a great value. The moisture level is perfect, so you can just scoop it up, mash it down, and light up. The flavor is straight burley with some brown sugar sweetness. The nutty/sweet combination suggests cookies, but there doesn't seem to be much flavoring added. My only complaint is that Sugar Barrel seems to have the cigarette ash flavor that is common to all JR Middleton blends. Often it is faint, but when it pops up it's annoying.
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