Uhle's Blend 255
(2.88)
Cube cut for long and cool smoking ... excellent aroma ... just a little on the sweet side. This blend was created in 1937, has never changed, and is right up there as a best seller.
Notes: The current description in Uhle's menu and at their website reads, "Slow-burning, this lighter aromatic smokes earthy with a subtle hint of licorice. Ingredients: Cube-cut burley with Cavendish."
Details
Profile
Strength
Mild to Medium
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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2.88 / 4
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| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 27, 2015 | Medium | Mild | Medium | Very Pleasant |
This blend is truly delicious - if- you are a fan of Anise or Licorice. The burley is strong, soft and tasty. It also provides the smoker with plenty of old fashioned licorice flavoring that many blends back in the 1960s used. Because of the strength, the cool burning qualities of the Burley, and the taste of Licorice, I quickly ordered several more tins and they have been in my cellar for a couple of years. Time to take one out!
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| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 2006 | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Medium | Pleasant |
The only similarity between this and Mixture 79 is that they both have licorice in them. Whereas 255 indeed has hints of "soap", Mixture 79 tastes like the whole bar.
The other flavor I detect is maple, and in that sense, 255 is like Field & Stream. In theory.
The reality is that 255 blows the others away, and is a whole order of magnitude better in quality. As oldmanpipe points out, 255 is first and foremost excellent tobacco. The casing enhances the experience.
I don't usually care for the strong licorice taste, but in this blend it is sublime. The cube cut is a cinch to pack, and this stuff burns remarkably cool and dry. The aroma is delicious.
This only the first blend in a sampler I picked up from this shop. The people were very friendly when I called. The samples show up in zip-loc pouches, with wonderful retro style labels. To insure freshness, each pouch is then heat sealed into yet another polyethylene pouch. A nice touch. Their prices are quite reasonable.
It's very easy to see how these folks have stayed in business for so long. I only wish I lived near Milwaukee. I'd love to see the shop. Highly recommended!
The other flavor I detect is maple, and in that sense, 255 is like Field & Stream. In theory.
The reality is that 255 blows the others away, and is a whole order of magnitude better in quality. As oldmanpipe points out, 255 is first and foremost excellent tobacco. The casing enhances the experience.
I don't usually care for the strong licorice taste, but in this blend it is sublime. The cube cut is a cinch to pack, and this stuff burns remarkably cool and dry. The aroma is delicious.
This only the first blend in a sampler I picked up from this shop. The people were very friendly when I called. The samples show up in zip-loc pouches, with wonderful retro style labels. To insure freshness, each pouch is then heat sealed into yet another polyethylene pouch. A nice touch. Their prices are quite reasonable.
It's very easy to see how these folks have stayed in business for so long. I only wish I lived near Milwaukee. I'd love to see the shop. Highly recommended!
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Oct 11, 2006 | Medium | Medium to Strong | Medium to Full | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Uhle's brochure says that this blend was created in 1937 and "has never been changed." I have been a customer and admirer of Uhle's for a quarter-century, but either Blend 255 has changed or I have. Unlike most tobacco blends, 255 has changed for the better. I only wish I could say the same for myself.
Medical science established long-ago that as we age, so our senses of taste and smell go the way of all flesh. Though I am willing to concede that possibility, I am more confident in saying the blend has been toned down since 1981, when I first tasted it. Even the look is changed. In the old days it was a consistent deep brown Burley cube (memory is the second thing to go) and the aromatic was much more evident in pouch aroma and in the smoke.
Every reviewer has likened 255 to Field&Stream, and so it is...in the current House of Windsor incarnation. Never having smoked F&S in its original form, I cannot go back to "original intent." All I know is that Uhle's 255 is a wonderful smoke.
A surprising strength of aromatic (floral, herbal, old-layd-soap- like) comes at you on first light (more-so with F&S) and rapidly subsides into an entirely pleasant smoke--aromatic, to be sure, but only enough to keep things intersting for the smoker and acceptable to those around the smoker. In Field & Stream the aromatic NEVER lets up; you either like it or you don't.
As with ALL Uhle blends, 255 never lets you forget that you are smoking TOBACCO! There was a time when the sound of a well-tuned engine was part of the pleasure of driving a fine car; now auto makers brag about the utter silence in the cabin. Blend 255 harkens back to a wonderful era of plugs and points and timing lights---and an honest, cool and dry smoke...in any pipe
Overwhelmingly Recommended.
4/20/13
I have lately become reacquainted with this blend, and I would like to pass on a suggestion: For 70z., blend 3oz. 255 with 2oz. Crushed White Burley and 2oz. Blend00...and 'tis very heaven!
Medical science established long-ago that as we age, so our senses of taste and smell go the way of all flesh. Though I am willing to concede that possibility, I am more confident in saying the blend has been toned down since 1981, when I first tasted it. Even the look is changed. In the old days it was a consistent deep brown Burley cube (memory is the second thing to go) and the aromatic was much more evident in pouch aroma and in the smoke.
Every reviewer has likened 255 to Field&Stream, and so it is...in the current House of Windsor incarnation. Never having smoked F&S in its original form, I cannot go back to "original intent." All I know is that Uhle's 255 is a wonderful smoke.
A surprising strength of aromatic (floral, herbal, old-layd-soap- like) comes at you on first light (more-so with F&S) and rapidly subsides into an entirely pleasant smoke--aromatic, to be sure, but only enough to keep things intersting for the smoker and acceptable to those around the smoker. In Field & Stream the aromatic NEVER lets up; you either like it or you don't.
As with ALL Uhle blends, 255 never lets you forget that you are smoking TOBACCO! There was a time when the sound of a well-tuned engine was part of the pleasure of driving a fine car; now auto makers brag about the utter silence in the cabin. Blend 255 harkens back to a wonderful era of plugs and points and timing lights---and an honest, cool and dry smoke...in any pipe
Overwhelmingly Recommended.
4/20/13
I have lately become reacquainted with this blend, and I would like to pass on a suggestion: For 70z., blend 3oz. 255 with 2oz. Crushed White Burley and 2oz. Blend00...and 'tis very heaven!
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Aug 12, 2006 | Medium | Medium | Medium | Very Pleasant |
I recently discovered Uhle's and sure wish I had a long time ago. They are a small manufacturer/blender and appear to focus on old-time Americana style blends. Extraordinarily high quality leaf and processing. Far better IMO than some of the super popular "boutique" blenders out there today.
#255 is what Field & Stream is supposed to be but missed. This tobacco is far superior. It is a beautiful small cube cut with a few flakes. Comes on the dry side. At first light, there is a blast of old-fashioned floral-type aromatic which quickly subsides. The entire bowl then becomes creamy, nutty Burley which is slightly sweet. Never a gurgle and never bitter. If this is too aromatic for you - try #300 or Perfection Plug which are both fabulous Burleys without the floral aromatic. They also have Burley/Latakia blends if that is your preference.
I very much urge each of you to call Uhle's and order a sampler. Their tobacco is an art form that has been lost. Their Burleys in particular are wonderful. I hope to see other reviews of Uhle's tobaccos in the future.
#255 is what Field & Stream is supposed to be but missed. This tobacco is far superior. It is a beautiful small cube cut with a few flakes. Comes on the dry side. At first light, there is a blast of old-fashioned floral-type aromatic which quickly subsides. The entire bowl then becomes creamy, nutty Burley which is slightly sweet. Never a gurgle and never bitter. If this is too aromatic for you - try #300 or Perfection Plug which are both fabulous Burleys without the floral aromatic. They also have Burley/Latakia blends if that is your preference.
I very much urge each of you to call Uhle's and order a sampler. Their tobacco is an art form that has been lost. Their Burleys in particular are wonderful. I hope to see other reviews of Uhle's tobaccos in the future.
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