Uhle's Blend 71

I bought a one and a half ounce pouch of Blend #71 about a year ago and smoked a couple of bowls, lost interest, then tossed in it a drawer and forgot about it. Now, about a year later, while cleaning out the pipe room, I came across it and gave it another shot. Blend #71 is a well done, light English style blend. It smokes nice and cool and its very smooth with no bite. The flavor is not very complex and like all Uhle's tobaccos it is made with high quality leaf. #71 is the kind of blend that you can smoke all day without the need to pay much attention to it. The high quality Uhle's Burley comes through nicely and I think many folks will enjoy this blend. It just lacks the depth I'm looking for and I find it just gets boring for me. #71 is a two star blend for me, but it is so well done, I think it would be unjust to rate it under three stars.

Man is this an interesting tobacco. Maybe it is because I am a 2 yearish pipe smoker and still consider myself "new" but his is a very unique English and has helped me understand what people mean when I read "American English" . The tin note is vibrant and lively. Nutty Burley and sweet Virginia's and some sweetness from the Perique (a faint fig smell).Woody Orientals are in the background and just a hint of Latakia smoke. The smoke is Burley with Virginias and Oriental/Turkish rounding them out. The Latakia and Perique are used very sparingly used as a condiment and really compliment the blend. A heavy Latakia English this is not. This is a fresh lively smoke that is toasty, nutty and woody and with just enough sweetness to make it "English". I have really struggled to put words to the flavors but what I came up with are: Aromatic woods (Cedar and Pine nuts) almost a chocolate/maple like flavor that is very subtle. In the last third of almost every bowl I get the creosote like flavor from the Latakia, very lightly and very subtle but it hits consistently at the end of the smoke. Uhle's is living up to it's reputation with Burley in my humble opinion. Great smoke as a light "American English".

Barking Dog with Syrian Latakia. Very nice Burley based blend and the sweeter, milder Syrian leaf added interest. Not a lot of depth here, but that's not a negative. It is a clean burning and easy to smoke all day blend that I am sure many pipers would enjoy. And with Uhle's, you know you are always going to get quality leaf.

I do not normally smoke English blends but do from time to time at night. This mild English is unique in that it has burley and Syrian latakia for added flavor. I think the description is right on about having a steak like flavor, picture salt and pepper with a charcoal grilled aroma and taste. Really hits the spot if you enjoy mild to medium English blends that don't hit you over the head with latakia. As always Uhles uses the finest ingredients. A+ stuff here and a nice change from traditional English Blends.

Uhle's take on the American-English blend, particularly Middleton's Walnut. The two tasted similar - very smooth, with a fair bit of sweetness and a dash of spice to top it off. This was a chop-type cut. I saw some small cubes and some narrow ribbon, so it was sort of a mish-mash. Loaded very easily and burned properly.

This one smelled more like a haunted bookshop than the blend of that name from C&D. If there is such a thing as an "OTC aroma", this has it, along with C&D's Americana. The bag aroma reminded me of old books, musty and inviting. As I said above, the taste was a take on Walnut, at least the first half-bowl.

The 2nd half of the bowl is where things got interesting. This tobacco really evolved! The taste became very spicy as the sweetness burned down and the complexity of the blend really shined. This is a smooth blend, but the 2nd half shed some of this and the blend became more earthy and brazen. Yes, brazen! Stupid reviewer word, but it's what kept coming to my mind when I smoked this. It was showing off... cocky... and that was totally unlike the top half, even though the differing flavors themselves weren't that different. The 2nd half didn't get "stronger" as much as it simply grew more confident.

Interesting blend. I'm sticking with Bishop's Move, but this is definitely one to try if you want to experience Uhle blends. This one seems like a statement blend to me. Fun to smoke.

An intensely good after dinner smoke. The smoky latakia blends perfectly with the sweet and peppery perique to make a flavor like a steak. This was my first purchase of Uhles and I'm very glad to have it. It came out of the bag a but dry so I rehydrated it and bam, one of my favorite tobaccos. The nic is petty light but I still feel it. There's nothing more delightful than having a nice hearty meal and having this tobacco. The after taste is very light but still meaty. Another beautiful blend by Uhle!

blend 71 is pretty good for a mild english smoke and I think it is not bad to blend with other of uhles blend also. The burley goes with latakia in harmony and keeps the smoke dancing on my tongue .I got no tongue bite, but on the bad side and my wife does not care for the smell at all.

Lord help me if I should ever lose my taste for burley or become so hardened by English mixtures that I could not appreciate a tobacco like this! The predominate taste is a wonderful, nutty burley, with overtones of latakia and a bit of sharpness, perhaps from the Virginia. The room note is pleasant for a non-aromatic. It is rather finely cut so not a problem to keep lit. If I were an all-day smoker this could fit the bill. As it is I content myself with one or, at the most, two pipefuls per day, and this is a very satisfying smoke when employed in that manner as well. If you enjoy a non-aromatic burley blend with enough latakia to add interest, then you can't go wrong with this one.

Jar note of peaty vegetation, mild cocoa and molasses. Tobacco is a Coarse Cut of brown and dark brown with a little tan and black. Moisture content is good. Burns slow with a few relights. The strength is mild to medium and nic is mild. No flavoring detected. Taste is medium and mostly consistent, with notes of herbal vegetation, sugar, molasses, tart dark fruit, dry cocoa, tangy zesty citrus, spicy, savory, wood, sweet grass, rich earth, slight musty hay, slightly bitter toast, a spiced smoky plum background note, and a peppery retro. Burley is leading with Latakia, Oriental/Turkish and Perique supporting. Room note is pleasant to tolerable, and aftertaste is great.