Uhle's Perfection Plug Burley

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.

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.

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.

I have to agree with the two esteemed gentlemen below me. This is a base, unadulterated, naturally sweet, old-fashioned burley and a darned good one. And if there is any flavoring added, it sure tasted ?natural? to me. The true taste may escape you at first light but PPB soon settles down and smoothes out with gentle puffs into a consoling nutty, natural sweetness. I experienced no bite or burley bitters and it burned to a fine ash. This blend, for me, harkens to days and generations past: grandpa or great grandpa could very well have found a like blend sitting on the shelf of their local general store in a 5-pound modestly lithographed, yellow tin that simply and generically read ?Sweet Burley.? This is the best of the Uhle burley blends I have tried so far.

A cigarette is to be smoked. A cigar is to be enjoyed. A pipe is to be savored.

I rate this blend 9.8 out of 10.

This tastes quite similar to Uhles #300 blend, except with less sweetness. I suspect it is the base tobacco for that blend. Supposedly this has no added flavoring and the slight sweetness is just from the tobacco and the way it is processed. At any rate, this is very good cubed burley. This is not bland as are many other straight burley tobaccos, and if you like burley this will hold your interest. Should you be a fancier of straight burleys such as MacBarens Burley London Blend I think you owe it to yourself to give this one a go. I would say this may not be as smooth but perhaps has more flavor than the MacBaren. Highly recommended.

It doesn't get much better than this blend. All of the classic burley flavors are there in full. The casing is done in a way as a fine chef would season a dish at a three star Michelin restaurant. This truly is the king of burleys, alongside its cousin 00.

While it is about 50% more expensive than some OTC and bulk burleys, there is no doubt as to the value gained for the price. It is a fantastic deal in my humble opinion.

I like to rub out the bits of cube just for ease of lighting, even flavor, and even burn down the bowl.

I will warn smokers of other burleys; once you try this blend it might be hard to go back.

Both the strength and taste of this blend is right in-between mild-to-medium and medium. Has a decent nic kick for this type of burley as well. I always receive compliments on the room note.