Uhle's Perfection Plug Burley

If you seek excitement, or extremes of taste or strength, this is not for you.

This reminds me of Uhle's 300, with the Honey-Hive very discreetly applied. This makes it have just enough sweetness to keep it smooth, warm and toasty. It is mild, without a hint of bitterness and it has a buttery mouthfeel. The finish is clean and pleasant.

I love cube cuts, and I love high quality burley, and this is indeed both. As morleysson points out, there are hints of toasted oats in this blend. It is gentle, and very soothing.

A must for the old-fashioned burley fan.

I second the reviewer who wrote

Burns well, cool, very tasty -- consistent taste top to bottom (few evolving nuisances). But it's great taste, and the consistency is part of why I like it.

I don't have enough experience to compare the rest (Peretti, Solani Aged Burley, some of the more modern MacBaren offerings, and I never even tried C&D's burleys). But Uhle is at least as good as the one's I've tried, and maybe the simplest (one of the purest pure burleys). One of the pebble cut Peretti offerings maybe as good (or even literally the same).

Highly recommended for a burley day.

Beautiful cube cut Burley, perfect moisture content straight out of bag or mason jar. Nutty Burley "tobacco" pouch aroma with a slight topping noted (honey or a walnut glaze) The flavor is classic Burley. Nutty and bright with some chocolate notes. Hazlenuts is what I would say is the closest nut flavor. There is a woody character to this blend as well, like balsa wood... in a good way. There is a subtle sweetness to this blend that supports the tobacco flavor. It is very hard to pin down but is either a honey some kind of nutty liqueur. I found this easy burning with few relights when you do a good gravity fill and provide a solid tamp about 3 minutes into the smoke (seems to make the cubes pliable and they compress nicely for a smooth burn).

Easily one of the best Burley blends I've had. I love Burley blends but often C&D blends are (confession time...) too harsh for my taste. This is not overly sweet but much easier to swallow for me. The closest similar blend is PS Cube Cut Burley. I would choose this over any OTC any day.

Great tasting Burley. The main note I get is cocoa. Lesser notes of grain, earth and nuts. Flavor is consistent from top of the bowl to bottom. Unless you really love these flavors you may find it a bit tiring by the time you get to the bottom because it's a slow, long lasting smoke. I think I'll be utilizing this as a blender more than a stand alone. It takes several lights to get it going and needs several relights after that. 4 stars for the flavor minus 1 for the burn issues.

Mild in body. Mild to medium in taste. Has an extremely mild added sweetness. Burn is fair at best.

ORIGINAL REVIEW 12-30-2014

A very good burley that must have some kind of topping to it as it tends to be a little extra sweet. I would put this blend as a codger burley blend of the highest quality. It is a cube cut which I like as they are easy to pack. Just pour it into the bowl and go.

This was a great tobacco for many occasions, but not perhaps the best when I am looking for changing flavors on which to contemplate as it is essentially a on note smoke. Nutty sweet burley. If that is what you seek then this is what I recommend. Uhle's makes fine burleys and this is no exception.

UPDATE 3/7/2019

I just finished about 50 g worth from the big bag of PPB I purchased a few years ago and I was left wishing that I had instead bought the big bag of Uhle's 300 having tried the latter after I had reached my lifetime cellaring goal.

I still think this is a 3 star blend all day long, but it is not as good IMO as 300. The reason is the topping. It really stood out this time more than the last time I tried it. It is kind of a chocolate/anise type of flavoring that comes off this. It is not the anise notes that bother me so much as the Chocolate. I just don't like Chocolate flavors in my tobacco.

In summary, this is still a good burley, but I would rank it a little lower than the other Uhle burleys.

Simple straight-forward old-timey white burley with a faint Lakeland accent that showcases the burley, adding depth and character to the smoke. Cube cut, super easy to fill pipe (but be careful, as easy to spill pipe too). Easy to tote around as an all-dayer as cube cut keeps well in travel-mode and does not dry out quickly like other cuts of tobacco (but thankfully, no humecant detected!). Cut needs a tighter pack. Thick smoke builds mid-bowl with some nuttiness. Good mouth feel. Sweet flavor is deftly applied and is understated. Needs a bit of drying to avoid steamouts and a hot bowl. Properly aired, it stays lit and burns to a light grey ash, otherwise you will steamout and have charred cubes left in your bowl. Finish will go more to the bitter end of the scale, but does not detract. Satisfying burley stoutness. Best smoked in corn cob. Ages well. Pairs well with black coffee. Medium nicotine. Uhle's is a great house that has been around a long time, and for good reason. They have sample packages that I highly recommend.

The pouch aroma of this mixture of hard-pressed, large cubes admixed with a dash of ribbon burley hints at sweet grass and herbs.

This is a basic mixture of predominantly lighter and white burleys that are moderately sweetened. It is mild, youthful, and refreshingly clean with a fresh graininess.

Perfection Plug Burley is honestly homespun and exceptionally pure, charming, and delightful in flavor. This went best in a narrow to medium gauge chamber.

This stuff is amazing. Perfect little cubes of burley, lightly topped (it disappears a bit as you work your way through the bag) with some cocoa to help with the bitterness. It's not an aromatic really, and I'm not an aromatic smoker, but this is very well done and tasty, not cloying, complementary to the tobacco flavor, which is wonderful. And that cut is so cool. My favorite tobacco of all time.

On my second pound now, and this batch definitely has less topping. Has a certain similarity to Five Bros. at times, but is better, and of course the cut smokes much differently.