Wilke Pipe Tobacco Nut Brown Burley
(3.34)
A distinctive blend of aged cube cut Burley. An old fashioned slow burning tobacco with a naturally pleasant aroma, and no added sweeteners.
Notes: Discontinued circa 2014.
Details
| Brand | Wilke Pipe Tobacco |
| Blended By | Carole Burns |
| Manufactured By | |
| Blend Type | Burley Based |
| Contents | Burley |
| Flavoring | |
| Cut | Cube |
| Packaging | Bulk |
| Country | United States |
| Production | No longer in production |
Profile
Strength
Mild to Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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3.34 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 11 - 20 of 23 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Oct 28, 2006 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Medium | Pleasant |
Update 10/28/2006:
This is one of my top three favs. I included a sample of this in a recent "deserted island" box pass and it received highly favourable reviews all around.
This certainly isn't Prince Albert, and to compare it so is a sad reflection of someone with terribly abused taste buds.
This is what burly is all about: depth, interplay of different burleys and nuances for the sophisticated palate.
Original:
I recently placed my first order with Carole Burns at Pipeworks & Wilke (a four by two ounce sampler pack) and Nut Brown Burley immediately emerged as my favourite.
This delectable, dark and rich tobacco is exactly what I have longed for my pipe and self to experience. This blend is far from monochromatic. Though not sweetened, I detect chocolate and coffee notes, and there?s a creamy richness to the experience that offers the similar gastronomical reward of finishing a well-served steak.
This is the only tobacco that I?ve ever experienced where I wish I had a pipe that could accommodate a one pound load. And from a fellow who sips his tobacco out of smaller pipes, this is quite the compliment.
Nut Brown Burley is certainly a burley smoker?s dream.
I?ve got a beautiful 100-year-old tobacco jar just waiting for a pound of this tobacco. The second pound of my order will cellar for a year. This tobacco is now a staple of my diet.
This is an exceptional, mellow smoke that I whole heartily recommend.
This is one of my top three favs. I included a sample of this in a recent "deserted island" box pass and it received highly favourable reviews all around.
This certainly isn't Prince Albert, and to compare it so is a sad reflection of someone with terribly abused taste buds.
This is what burly is all about: depth, interplay of different burleys and nuances for the sophisticated palate.
Original:
I recently placed my first order with Carole Burns at Pipeworks & Wilke (a four by two ounce sampler pack) and Nut Brown Burley immediately emerged as my favourite.
This delectable, dark and rich tobacco is exactly what I have longed for my pipe and self to experience. This blend is far from monochromatic. Though not sweetened, I detect chocolate and coffee notes, and there?s a creamy richness to the experience that offers the similar gastronomical reward of finishing a well-served steak.
This is the only tobacco that I?ve ever experienced where I wish I had a pipe that could accommodate a one pound load. And from a fellow who sips his tobacco out of smaller pipes, this is quite the compliment.
Nut Brown Burley is certainly a burley smoker?s dream.
I?ve got a beautiful 100-year-old tobacco jar just waiting for a pound of this tobacco. The second pound of my order will cellar for a year. This tobacco is now a staple of my diet.
This is an exceptional, mellow smoke that I whole heartily recommend.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jul 23, 2005 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Medium | Pleasant |
Impressive! A completely different world from the other burley blend I've tried in the past. Absolutely not bitter, slow burning, nutty, almost sweet at times, smooth like few tobaccos around. Truly top class, magnificent, a real masterpiece.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 19, 2003 | Medium | None Detected | Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Nut Brown Burley (NBB) is my favorite burley blend. I even like it better than Barbary Coast(this is a major statement for me, because I love Barbary Coast). The pouch aroma is out of this world; it almost smells good enough to eat. After realizing how good a burley can be after trying Barbary Coast this past summer, I went on an extensive search for the perfect burley blend. I found mine in NBB.
The taste is classic burley: nutty, rich, and satisfying. The description claims that the blend also contains some Virginia and Turkish tobacco. I believe them, because this blend is more complex than you would expect from a burley. NBB could also be described as slightly sweet, which might stem from the Virginia, because I don't find any clues of a topping.
Upon visual inspection, there appears to be several types of burley present, dominated by small brown cubes. I also find longer strands of light leaf and even green leaf.
If you're like me and enjoy a great burley, give NBB a try.
The taste is classic burley: nutty, rich, and satisfying. The description claims that the blend also contains some Virginia and Turkish tobacco. I believe them, because this blend is more complex than you would expect from a burley. NBB could also be described as slightly sweet, which might stem from the Virginia, because I don't find any clues of a topping.
Upon visual inspection, there appears to be several types of burley present, dominated by small brown cubes. I also find longer strands of light leaf and even green leaf.
If you're like me and enjoy a great burley, give NBB a try.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Oct 16, 2011 | Medium | Extremely Mild | Medium | Pleasant |
Great Burley blend here. Very high quality tobacco is evident from the pouch aroma to the last few puffs at the end of the bowl. Really like the cube cut in here. Had absolutely no problem keeping it lighted and it smoked clean all the way down. No dottle to speak of. Rounded rich burley notes present in abundance. Cannot really taste the Va. that is supposed to be here. Just awesome aged burley with a room note that reminded me of grandpa's pipe.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Apr 26, 2007 | Mild to Medium | Extremely Mild | Mild to Medium | Very Pleasant |
I smoked this while wandering downtown, and really I picked this one for an out and about tobacco, as I knew that being burly, I wouldn't have to futz around with it in the wind. I wasn't disappointed, it lit, and smoked, and smoked and smoked.
I like that this tobacco has a nice sweetness to the smoke, but it isn't heavy enough in the casing to interfer with the burly's superb ability to just keep trucking. I ended up setting the pipe down, about half way through the bowl, and coming back to it later. Even after sitting around it hadn't really soured and was really much as it was before I set it down. My only real downside for this tobacco was that I really didn't get any "Nut" flavor, or at least not any more then I have come to expect with a burly. Other then that little gripe, I would say this would be a fine addition to my rotation, and it really shows what a fine burly can be like.
I like that this tobacco has a nice sweetness to the smoke, but it isn't heavy enough in the casing to interfer with the burly's superb ability to just keep trucking. I ended up setting the pipe down, about half way through the bowl, and coming back to it later. Even after sitting around it hadn't really soured and was really much as it was before I set it down. My only real downside for this tobacco was that I really didn't get any "Nut" flavor, or at least not any more then I have come to expect with a burly. Other then that little gripe, I would say this would be a fine addition to my rotation, and it really shows what a fine burly can be like.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Nov 21, 2006 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Mild to Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Undoubtedly the highest quality straight burley available. It's expensive, but worth it.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 25, 2006 | Mild | Very Mild | Medium | Pleasant |
This is the quintessential burley blend. All the blends that report the flavor is nut like aren?t as nut like as this one. Smooth taste, full mouth feel, no bite. Stays consistent to the bottom of the bowl, leaves no goop, and it cashes out as a nice white ash. The only downside is not quite enough punch for me. However that does seem to be par for the course in strict burley blends. A definite do again.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 08, 2006 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Medium | Very Pleasant |
This is a remarkable, outstanding blend. Cool, rich, enveloping and thoroughly surprising. Surprising, because Nut Brown Burley does not profile as one would expect a basically Burley mixture to taste if a pipe smoker has tried the better known cheap to epic Burley blends available.
Hardly monochromatic, yet it does not require a sophisticated palate to appreciate. I detect that spicier leaf bolsters this. There is a Dominican cigar leaf effect, perhaps from a particular Burley, maybe from Turkish leaf, or perhaps cigar wrapper. I do not know. I do not get much nuttiness or sweetness either, but the flavor is round, smooth and washes the palate without overwhelming it. There is also a dry effect not unlike a cigar. I enjoyed this more than Edgeworth Sliced in every way and it is much cooler, less impacting than Dark Strong Kentucky from Orlick.
I like this best in briar and pack it firmly for a long, dry and refreshing smoke. Worthy of dedicating a pipe or two to keep this pure, unobstructed.
Hardly monochromatic, yet it does not require a sophisticated palate to appreciate. I detect that spicier leaf bolsters this. There is a Dominican cigar leaf effect, perhaps from a particular Burley, maybe from Turkish leaf, or perhaps cigar wrapper. I do not know. I do not get much nuttiness or sweetness either, but the flavor is round, smooth and washes the palate without overwhelming it. There is also a dry effect not unlike a cigar. I enjoyed this more than Edgeworth Sliced in every way and it is much cooler, less impacting than Dark Strong Kentucky from Orlick.
I like this best in briar and pack it firmly for a long, dry and refreshing smoke. Worthy of dedicating a pipe or two to keep this pure, unobstructed.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Oct 26, 2005 | Medium | Very Mild | Medium | Tolerable |
The cut is mostly cubed, with a very few short ribbons. These cubes are softer than the rock-hard variety I've seen elsewhere. Remarkably easy to load into the pipe, tamps down nicely, burns evenly to the end. Tobacco color is a medium brown with a lighter shade dotted here and there. Pouch aroma is pleasantly sweet and, true to its name, nutty. I, too, detect a hint of maple.
This blend offers a friendly puff from the start. No wading through half a bowl for rewarding draws. The solid, quality burley taste it offers the smoker is amongst the finest experiences around. The sweetness of the pouch aroma carries through to the smoke itself. There are subtle layers of flavor to be found; I did not find this to be a monochromatic blend. But the smoker needn't ponder Nut Brown Burley to enjoy it -- it warmly walks right up to you whether you're thinking about it or not.
I've smoked it in briar and meerschaum, small and medium bowls, and it worked its magic equally well in each.
My hat's off to P&W for a masterful, high quality, throughly enjoyable blend. I'll keep a supply of this at the ready.
This blend offers a friendly puff from the start. No wading through half a bowl for rewarding draws. The solid, quality burley taste it offers the smoker is amongst the finest experiences around. The sweetness of the pouch aroma carries through to the smoke itself. There are subtle layers of flavor to be found; I did not find this to be a monochromatic blend. But the smoker needn't ponder Nut Brown Burley to enjoy it -- it warmly walks right up to you whether you're thinking about it or not.
I've smoked it in briar and meerschaum, small and medium bowls, and it worked its magic equally well in each.
My hat's off to P&W for a masterful, high quality, throughly enjoyable blend. I'll keep a supply of this at the ready.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Aug 20, 2005 | Medium | Very Mild | Extra Full | Pleasant to Tolerable |
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, let me also say that this is one of the finest burleys I've ever smoked. It compares favorably with C&D Morley's Best, a burley I didn't think could ever be equaled. NBB has a bit more sweetness in the taste, which is also reflected in the room note. There may be just a bit of maple casing here, when you first light up there seems to be a faint bit of a maple undertone in the flavor. The other taste that's really noticeable is a really pleasant natural nutty flavor, hence its' name. It smokes well in all my pipes, but I have a large bent Boswell that is used exclusively for this blend. The tobacco and nicotine strength are not too high, and this makes NBB a good all day smoke. Lighting and burn characteristics are both above average, too. NBB is a fairly expensive bulk tobacco, with the price of a pound at $33.00. Carol is nice to deal with and gets her orders out quickly. Since I've gotten my pound, a lot of my other tobaccos have sat languishing. Hope they don't get jealous! Four big stars for Nut Brown.
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