Cornell & Diehl Haunted Bookshop

I hate to come down on a blend that is respected by many (on the other hand, it so happens plenty others don't like this blend either). So far, C&D's burley based blends do not resonate with me. Speaking for myself, when it comes to burley's, it's all about expectations. Burley's, in my book, need to be nutty—this isn't what you're getting here.

This blend was harsh, sharp as all get out, and strong. The tobacco combo's here just don't make it for me. The perique put an unhealthy bite on my palate and the burley's lacked nuttiness. A rather rank, tinny taste in my mouth developed as I was smoking it. Very unpleasant. I didn't find the room note very pleasing, either. I will be giving this one away. It's possible, I suppose, this blend may smooth out over time, but I'd rather not wait around to see. I don't regret trying this blend out, but I'm disappointed with this one (I'll give this one a 1.5 stars. I always round down).

Keep on pipin'

First impressions—aroma in pouch very subtle, burley (of course), a touch of sweetgrass, fruity–figgy overtone. Seems very dry almost stale. Burns hot & quick but no tongue bite. Quite strong. I don't detect the Périique.

Burley to me is THE pipe tobacco (I suspect my father smoked it). Interesting dichotomy: many reviews here liken it to cigarette tobacco, I presume US. Here in Canada cigarettes are almost exclusively Virginia Bright, which is also the only commercially grown tobacco in Canada.

I expected something a little more exotic or perhaps whisky-cased from the name, but what the heck? Burley is a burley is a burley, as Gertrude Stein might have said. I can see this being an all-day smoke for those like me who like strong. I expect it will be a good blender, too, as burley generally is; I will experiment with black stoved Virginia & more Périque.

3rdGuy

I would call this the Frog Morton of vaburper or even vabur's in general. It is a great starting point in this category for those new to the components but you will eventually advance on to better blends. A solid C to C- and there is nothing wrong in that.

I like the coarse cut of this blend with the broken flake mixed in.it. It makes every bowl Slightly different. The bag aroma is honestly the worst smell of any blend I've smelled. I dont want this to sound gross but honestly it smells like feet and throw up. Its sounds terrible but the flavors really make up for the bag aroma though.

First light I get a big pop of a brown sugar sweetness with a cocoa like flavor. It carried all the way down but lightens the further it goes down. The cocoa became less sweet and more nutty. I can pick up on the perique here and there with a slight spiciness. The dark burleys start coming out more with its earthy, spicy, cigar like character. Burns cool and clean with no bite.

This is a great example of burleys at their best. I purchased 7 different blends this past week and Haunted Bookshop has taken the lead of all of them. I like it enough that I've ordered a half pound. C&D does burleys very well and I will be getting into more of them as I go on.

Just sampled a little bit of this, haven't been through a whole bowl yet. This baccy is uniformly medium brown/suede color in the tin, and has a salty note. Someone mentioned the bowl resembling sweaty socks partway down, and the salty tin note makes me believe that. When smoked is is downright rough or raspy. Room note is on a par with boiled cabbage.

Low rating for this one, but I can't blame the tobacco. I just plain don't like Burleys. Burns well though. I will try it again after this tin ages a while. Would not feel bad if this review was removed...

I recommend GL Pease 'Barbary Coast', I have had a bit of bad luck with C & D, On a trip to Arkansas I had Bar-B-Q Possum colon, and I gave it 2 stars!

You gotta love the name of this tobacco. And I am a big fan of a number of C&D blends. But for me this starts off quite sharpish at the match. It is an acceptable smoke for about two thirds of the bowl; it has a light smokey quality with mild tobacco flavor, but nothing that rings my bell. It does not convey a strong burley flavor. For the last third of the bowl it becomes a bit bitter. It may be that I have been away from this type of burley blend too long and just cannot get into the swing of it. As with all C&D blends, the quality of the tobacco is first rate. It should be worth a try for burley lovers. Paddy.