Tinder Box Burley Light Without A Bite

Because I do enjoy a pure burley tobacco every now and then, I recently smoked a couple of bowls of this stuff that I stole (with permission, of course) from a friend's pouch. Yep, my suspiscions were correct, this is Lane's Burley Light re-named by the Tinderbox chain. This tobacco was used a few years ago at my pipe club's slow-smoking contest and the winner kept it going in a Peterson for almost an hour and a quarter. So, I suppose that means it stays lit well. I tasted an upscale Prince Albert with perhaps a smidgen more flavoring. This burley tobacco was about an 7 on a scale of 10 as far as burley taste goes. (I give PA a 4). It was not particularly impressive, but it sure was pleasant enough in one of my smaller straight billiards.

If you are a burley lover and don't want to spend an arm and a leg for a smoke, then here you go.

This mild Burley burns well, tastes nice, and smells great,like toasted coconut (to me anyway!). It is very inexpensive, and as with many of Lane's blends, can serve as potpourri for your sock drawer.

It does burn fast,and it can finish wet, so a slow, gentle puffing cadence is best. I find it to be pleasant, but I like my Burley to have more depth and nuttiness than the sweetness this has.

An American tobacco shop classic.

I tried this as a perhaps better alternative to an all day Carter Hall and did not find it to be so. It is exactly what you would expect but not better and I would say flatter than CH. So while OK for sure not the alternative I was looking for. If going fishing all day I would still stick with the CH. But if you want very mile it may be perfect. She does bite if you push her. Also tends to get a bit bitter in the second half.

If I was a child hiding out behind the shed and trying out Grandpa's pipe for the first time, this would be the ideal mix. This was a lot like smoking steam...the flavor was just nonexistent. The only reason I'm "somewhat recommending" this is the wonderful room-note. It makes great incense but a lousy smoke!

This was my first pipe tobacco, and as such I have sentimental memories of it. It was a great first smoke, simply because it let me experiment with my packing technique, my smoking pace and any number of other skills that needed to be honed and it never left me with tongue bite. My only complaint is that it's very run of the mill, and now that I've experimented with so many other wonderful blends, I find it highly unlikely that I will ever come back to Burley Light. While it's great for a beginner, it's very easy to out grow this blend.

This is an extremely mild tobacco. It has an aroma of Cake.

There is no depth to this tobacco, no real taste. It's just a basic burly blend. I usually give this to first time pipe smokers. I have yet to have it bite, even when smoked hot.

No bite...not much to taste....not much else to say. Might use it for blending.

I remember my Father's reaction to this blend's name, '. . without a bite, that means it does.' He was right. This bit me, because I was drawing very hard in search of flavor and nicotine; two things this burley has none of. This blend is burley waiting for a casing. From this and Prince Albert, I learned I don't have much lust for straight burley. It is good for what it is, though.(maybe a good blender burley) Just not for me.

Side note. . I bought at the same time BLWB and a couple oz.'s of Tinderbox's Nut and Honey. Seems to me to be BLWB with a fairly strong, not too sweet nut flavor. it's rather good as aromatics go, if weak. I mention this here because I don't see it listed anywhere under T-box or Lane. happy smoke---