Lane Limited BLWB

Since I am new in this forum, let me say that I have been a burley based smoker for for 36 years so I tend in that direction but I actually smoke burley based English Blends with a touch of a sweetener on the Latakia. But when I smoke my corncob I like more of a straight burley type blend for a simple clean smoke which is how I had this blend on hand.

I moved to a new house eight years ago and lost a bag of this tobacco during the move. I just found it going through old boxes in my attic and decided to see what I have. I opened the bag and it actually felt and smelled smokable. I did not have to add a thing to revive it! But it was much drier and it actually mellowed a lot upon smoking it even though burleys are not like virginias in getting better with aging. This defied that logic however and became a very creamy, nutty smoke with just a faint hint of the vanilla and that room aroma that people comment favorably on. I really think the secret to smoking this tobacco is to really dry it out before smoking. I am able now to smoke it all the way down without even a trace of wetness and it is still as gentle as it can be. I never have understood how anybody, especially a virginia or aromatic smoker could ever call this a tongue burner. I give it a three star for what it is and just take away one for what it isn't.

I bought this at a B & M while on the road. All I had with me on this trip was some lat blends. I put this in a pipe and thought it tasted great, but later tried it after smoking some other blends and its inferiority soon started to show. Still it is not all bad.

It is a good no brainer for when you are into something and not paying much attention to your pipe. It does smoke cool and biteless as the title describes and the room note is non offensive and gives off an old codger aroma that will win you praise from the non smokers.

It is just not too exciting. It is called a burley, but would land more in the mild aromatic range in my opinion. If you are looking for burley, I would start at many other blends before this one as it does not give you an accurate indicator of what burley tastes like under the topping.

I'm going two stars on this as it wasn't bad and it is both affordable and available.

This used to be a big seller at the tobacconist I worked for when I was a much younger man. I smoked it on occasion It used to have a more uniform cube cut then and seemed to have a richer flavor. I still find this blend just as designed. Very non complex and straight forward almost to the point of bland. It's an okay blend for breaking in a new pipe but not a go too. It does have a nice pouch note and room note to match. I prefer Carter Hall over this smoke and probably won't buy it again.

I received a nice sample of this last week from a fellow club member. I have seen this blend advertised in various pipe magazines along with other Lane blends for ages. Probably one of there more popular blends. This is a medium brown tobacco and according to the web site a ready rubbed cut of tobacco. My first thought was that this was cube cut but either way the cut is of very small pieces vice long ribbon cut. This has a very sweet tin note which more than one reviewer has alluded to coconut. Very well could be, in the smoke I detected a sweet coco, vanilla essence. Burn and taste is consistent. Since this is a Burley blend, I chose no less a General Corn Cob and went through my 3-bowl sample. A good every day blend but if I were to chose, I would just go with Carter Hall, Prince Albert, etc.

I liked this for two reasons. It is simple to smoke, extremely mild and easy burning. I too believe the nomenclature is BLWB (no A between the W and B). It is a good change of pace when one has been smoking STRONG stuff. It seems to be lacking Vitamin N. This really is pretty good.

I'm not sure if every reviewer has the same tobacco, or if this has changed over time, or if what I have sampled (sold somewhere else under a different name) is BLWB. However, I am pretty sure it is, having seen this bulk, entirely medium brown, somewhat coarsely cut, fluffy, slightly cased burley in a number of places.

Anyway I would not call this a goop laden aromatic. It is a semi-aromatic, mostly all burley blend with maybe a little brown Cavendish.

I find the flavoring very nice and it compliments the taste of the slightly nutty, buttery burley. It is light and it is hard to make this bite, no doubt.

Cleaner and better tasting than the drugstore burleys but not as strong either. I would really like this if it were a medium instead of a light ( BMWB). I can smoke this all the way to the bottom with very little or no goop, going very slowly. A solid and simple two to three star blend.

Another of Lane's ubiquitous American aromatics. This mild burley burns well, tastes nice, and smells great,like toasted coconut. 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. An American classic.

This has one of the nicest aromas I've ever smelled, either in or out of the pipe. I just found it unsatisfying and a bit coarse toward the bottom of the bowl. I might try it again later.

I'm not sure I can add more than what other reviewers have already noted. It's a burley blend that wants to fight between being an aromatic and burley blend. It is somewhat monotonous, but it's not unpleasant. Smoked consistently to the bottom of the bowl. Got hints of chocolate, molasses and some coconut. I'll smoke what I have on hand but probably won't purchase any more.