pipesandcigars.com Scotty's Butternut Burley

Jar note of chocolate, vanilla and gram crackers. The black and brown course cut tobacco is a little moist and may need a minute or two to dry out. Burns moderate with few relights. The strength is mild and nic is mild. Flavoring is medium with notes of honey and vanilla, honey hanging a little stronger than the vanilla and both last to the end. Taste is mild and mostly consistent, with notes of dry rich earth, oak wood, bitter cocoa, molasses, sweet nutty, a smooth creamy background note, and a smooth retro. Burleys is leading with flavoring supporting. Room note is pleasant, and aftertaste is great.

It is very good, the aroma is pleasant, if the strength is not enough to smoke alone, I will add 20%Old Red, although it is no longer produced but I still have a lot of ha ha

Àn old recipe by Scotty Bendett, the original owner of the Pipes and Cigars internet site and Habana Premium Cigar Company before sold the online sales portion of the business to Cigars International. It's a simple recipe of 1 part Lane BLWAB and 1 part Sutliff Vanilla Custard. That's all it is but it works.

From the tin it’s fairly wet and a little goopy, and is ribbon cut. The aroma is as the description says. It is buttery, nutty, with vanilla and honey. Hints of chocolate and a fruity sherry or brandy topping is also present.

It smokes like the aroma. Buttery, nutty, vanilla, honey, with a hint of chocolate. I also notice some caramel and the brandy topping. The Burley is a little nutty with some molasses. Cavendish adds a light touch of brown sugar.

The descriptions says no bite and that is true. Absolutely no bite and smoked very cool. Required virtually no relights. It smoked dry but did leave some moisture in the bowl. Very little nicotine, and in combination of the zero bite, could be smoked all day without pause. 3 out of 4 stars.

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Note: I have read that this is identical to Ole Shenandoah Barrel No. 76. They also share the same description. I find them to be identical with a few small differences. Scotty’s Butternut Burley has a touch more honey and the sherry/brandy note a little stronger, as well as the toppings being an shade more pronounced and distinguishable. That being said it would be difficult to tell the two apart if blindfolded. They both have the same review notes, so I am using this note to distinguish the two. Barrel No. 76 gets 3 stars, Butternut Burley receives 3.25.

This blend was sealed tight in a Mason Jar for a year. Upon opening, the tobacco had some "gooeyness" in it. I rubbed it out and waited about 30 minutes before loading in a slim walled Vintage Big Ben pipe. If someone enjoys aromatic burley blends, this mixture may be great. In my opinion it is one dimensional without tobacco character or depth EXCEPT for the very sweet butterscotch and vanilla taste. The flavoring was too much for me.

Notes of nutty pecan are prevalent throughout the entire blend. I did get some butter notes, and I can't decide if it's from the 'butternut' or the ghost of Boswell's Christmas Cookie that I smoked earlier today.

Don't you all love reviews that open with "I do not like aromatics" then the reviewer precedes to tell us why they hate this or that particular aromatic? Please ....

I'm one who doesn't smoke many aromatics but I do like SBB. This is my kind of aromatic. Not heavily cased. It's mild [so a perfect smoke with my morning cuppa] It's low in nicotine [another plus for me] And most importantly, SBB does not bite. It leaves a pleasant aftertaste that doesn't linger for too long.

As others have mentioned, the delicious jar note smells to me like butterscotch. This is one of the blends that I smoke when in company where I receive many compliments on it's aroma. Burley dominant blends are often too earthy & sometimes too bitter for my tastes but not with this blend.

SBB is a pleasant mild blend that I'd recommend to those who enjoy mild aromatics where one can still taste the tobacco. Highly recommended for beginners. Those who enjoy Burley should love this blend.

My only regret with purchasing SBB is that I didn't stock up on more before importing tobacco became illegal here in Nanny State Australia where a 50g tin of tobacco is now over $100 [I shit you not]

Update; I've compared SBB side by side with Butternut Burley from 4Noggins. From what I can tell they're the same blend. BB is much cheaper than SBB.

Burley and flavored Black Cavendish comprises this blend. As far as this type of aromatic is concerned, it’s decent and bite free. It’s not always consistent for whatever reason and I have received some that was less than stellar in its blending. But overall it’s not bad. It seemed to be better when Scott Bendett sold it when he was the original owner of P&C before Cigars International bought it out.

Top Drawer aromatic, for sure! Burley is a bit nutty and the buttery honey and vanilla are not to overwhelming. Smooth from light till the last puff. No heavy goopy residue in the bottom of the pipe either. This one can have appeal to all levels of smoking experience. By far one of my top 5 aromatics. Well done!