Tabac Manil La Brumeuse

This might be my desert island tobacco. I smoke this pretty much all the time. Its my all day smoke. Firstly, to call it a straight burly is misleading. Thats like calling a Rolex Sea Dweller another dive watch. This is very unique stuff and with a unique taste. It takes a bit of practice Ive found to find the right way to smoke it (for one thing, its very dry and you have to pack it down tightly and Id use a narrow chambered pipe). It can smoke hot if your not careful. But its got a fantastic clean taste, burns down to a nice white ash. And the flavor is more complex than you would ever expect. It can also be mixed (i might be one of ten people in the world who likes Deer Tongue and i mix this with 20% of C&D's Crooner...works well). Anyway, if there were five stars thats what I would give this. Try it...but give it a few bowls before you decide if you like it. It will grow on you.

I moved the contents to jars, and the tin note is a very rich, cigar aroma with a hint of amaretto or perhaps floral notes – hard to tell. But it smells good and it smells like tobacco. Don’t get why reviewers say it is not Burley, because it is unmistakably Burley. The room note is pure Burley. I’m a Burley man and cannot be fooled here.

I like the straightforward Burley taste, never get tired of it. There are better Burleys, to be sure, but this is good and unique. Reminds me of Five Bros but better flavor, less harsh. The taste is earthy, pure tobacco, with an occasional sweet or chocolate note. It is very much like smoking a dry cigar (some are made to be smoked dry).

LB is dry gunpowder and it tends to burn fast and hot, so sip it. If it gets hot it gets harsh. Tamp lightly but frequently. Vincent Manil has stated it should be smoked dry. Having hydrated a bowl slightly, I agree; it loses its character wet. Pack it firmly, not too loosely.

La Brumeuse is good straight (if you like Burley), especially in a cob, and a good mixer. If you like codger Burley or a good cigar, you probably will like this fine, artisanal tobacco grown, processed and packed by the same person with no additives except elbow grease. It smokes down the the darkest-grey ash I have ever seen in a pipe tobacco.

I edited to up Strength to Strong. A couple of bowls in a row can give me heartburn, though the nic kick is not that heavy.

I've been searching for something like this since I went back and recently picked up my old pipe. Years of cigars left me always wanting a bit more creamyness and fullness in the smoke and flavor of a pipe tobacco.

This product delivers! Cream, nuttyness and a touch of earth in every puff. It also makes a perfect commute smoke as it keeps itself lit with just a light tamp now and then. One dimensional? Probably. However, that single dimension is fantastic and usually just what I'm looking for.

It does get a little more bitter and harsh toward the final third of the bowl, but it's relative. The cream and nuttyness is still very pleasant and while I usually knock out a goodly bit of dottle from other blends once the ash taste gets thick, this one burns to a grey ash and I'm left wanting more. Perfect way to end a relaxing smoke!

Highly recommended.

Straight up, medium to full, pure tobacco flavor. This thick cut version is smoother and less harsh than the the thinner cut. Also burns a bit slower. The cigar-like similarity is striking. Hints of the the leathery, woody goodness of an Oliva Serie V plus the hint of dry black cherry from a Savinelli Special Selection 2005. Stays pretty much the same through the bowl. More cigar-like on the inhale, more like pipe tobacco on the retrohale. As it burns down, a creamy bittersweet chocolate note dances in and out. I was lucky enough to have a BOTL gift me a jar of this baccy. Thanks Rick! Burns clean and dry on one light. 4*.

This stuff is delicious. The leaf smells like a good quality cigar-very earthy and spicy- and it tastes like something very close, and different, to a good habana.

Despite being a coarse cut, it smokes well. You need to fill in your pipe tight because the leaf comes slightly dry. this will allow you to get maximum pleasure from the various tastes this tobacco offers.

If you do stop in Belgium, this is a madatory try!

Package note of mildly sweet, earthy, and mild licorice. Tobacco is brown ribbon cut, a little on the dry side but soft, no prep needed. Burns fast with few relights. The strength is medium to strong, and nic is medium. No flavoring detected. Taste is medium to full and very consistent, with complex notes of a very spicy cigar, very earthy, herbal tangy vegetative, bitter wood, mild sweet cocoa, very bready, floral, dry hay, a sweet nutty background note, and a peppery retro. Burley is leading with the "secrete leaf" (maybe Virginias?) supporting. Room note is pleasant to tolerable, and aftertaste is great.

La Brumeuse reminds me of a good mild cigar mixed with a straight-forward burley tobacco. It is unobtrusive and slightly earthy. There is a slight funk that is hard to describe; however, it is enjoyable. I could smoke Semois on a regular basis.

I told my wife I was heading out to get a pack of smoke and I never came back… Thanks Tabac Manil! ( love to refer to this as a pack instead of a tin or pouch ! )

A few new things to add 1. It Makes my mouth water like crazy when smoking it. 2. Smoke it in a restricted drawing pipe 3. Extremely light and easy but long draws if u want to get what this offers best 5. Cigarette like more than cigar like 6:strange flavors sometimes of popcorn, sometimes flowery oriental , some Turkish notes, vegetal notes. So as bad as I want to say it is non complex , it kinda is in the weirdest way that I can not explain ! Enjoy!

Gauloises in a pipe. Delicious for when nothing else will suffice. It does burn a little quickly but stuff it really hard for that quintessential French Brunes flavor