Uhle's Perfection Plug Burley

Despite my three-decades' patronage of Uhle's, I have come only recently to this blend. It is said (or used to be) that "life begins at forty."

If so, then there is something wonderfully semtrical about discovering this fabulous tobacco at age 60, because it is so beguilingly like a tobacco love I discovered around age 20: This is as close as one can come to Edgeworth when it was produced by Larus Bros. And that is saying alot.

Other reviewers have noted a cocoa "casing," or at least a note of cocao. I quite agree. Whether it is ther or not...who (except Uhle's) knows? But it gives the same honest, earthy Burley delights. And it is readily available.

A wonderful tobacco to smoke as is...or to blend with a bit of Uhle's Blend 232 (plus a couple of drops of brown rum) to create the "original intent" of Larus' Holiday Blend. Those around me have said the aroma is wonderful; having had a friend smoke this concoction, and smelling the room note myself, I agree most- heartily! It smells quite like the slightly-aromatic "American Englishes" of old.

Try it!

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).

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.

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.

Awesome burley, and the cut is so cool, those perfect little compact cubes of burley. Burns very nicely, cool, and the taste really grows on you. I'm not an aromatic smoker, but this one, even though they say it isn't aromatic, is done very well. I would agree with the post below that the topping is some kind of chocolatey thing, probably cocoa. Anyway, it's pleasant and doesn't cover up the tobacco, really only smooths it out, takes out some of the bitterness normally associated with burley. Try it, Uhle's is fantastic.

This was the first tobacco I tried when I took up pipe smoking again. My tounge took quite a lashing at first so I switched to a lighter burley blend. I was happy with that for some time.

After some tounge seasoning, I decided to try another bowl of this burley plug. God, is this stuff ever good! The taste seems so right and it lingers in my mouth for hours. 100% satisfaction here.

Cube cut, and tiny cubes at that, burley. I am presuming, based on the very slight hint of sweetness, that a little something was added.

It's not bad, neither is it exceptional-to my taste buds anyhow. It just didn't excite me; at some point in the future I'll try again.