Peretti BPC (Burley Plug Cut)

Another great straight Burley by Peretti. The cube cut makes it easy to pack and light, and it burns cool and dry to the end of the bowl. It isn't very different from Peretti's 333, just a little sweeter and with a more evident nutty flavour.

Now this is the Burley for me. No topping or casing detected. Just good Burley cubed cut. Mine seem a little dry but it works well for me. Gravity feed with rubbed on top to light. That the light with very lightly tamping. Easy to smoke all day. Strong taste but not overpowering.

I picked up a couple of ounces this morning just to provide a break from my usual blends. This is just a good, honest, nutty/sweet burley plug. This is reminicent of years ago when I use to smoke Heine's Blend.

I did find that it needed several re-lights throughout the run of the bowl. However, this will probably change once I air it out awhile, (it was quite moist upon opening).

The flavor was consistent to the bottom of the bowl with no surprises. Burns to a nice grey/white ash. A nice change of pace for this usual American/English-English blend smoker.

Smoking now:

* bias alert * I am not a fan of burley blends as they don’t agree with my chemistry. LJP however makes some well regarded burley blends so I wished to try my luck.

Smoking now:

The bag note is a faint smell of cereal grain like Grape Nuts Cereal. It even looks like it too. It’s Grapes Nuts. The cube cut particles are on the dry side and perfect for just scooping your pipe and lighting it.

The lighting and stoking takes some TLC. The flavor is rather like Grape Nuts. It’s a malty cereal grain flavor with some woody notes. It’s about as sweet as Grape Nuts and I don’t detect the cocoa flavor I’m familiar with from burley. Rather dry and not as full flavored or complex as 333. It’s rather simple and easy. Consistent flavor throughout. The nic hit I feel is not as much as 333 with BPC coming in at a medium.

Not my cup of tea but a quality burley cut plug. It’s hard to rate this because of my lack of my bias against burley. Good news is that this didn’t bite but gave me some dry mouth feeling. This is all on me and has nothing to do with the blend. I do like Grape Nuts cereal though. Above average relights for me.

A quality burley cube cut plug indeed. Recommended for fans of burley

I have enjoyed all the Peretti I have tried. And I will admit I am newer to burley blends.

This smells earthy to me. And the presentation is a beautiful light brown cube cut.

It packs well enough and lights easy. Its a springy cube cut. I just don't get this one. At has an odd taste to me. I cant pinpoint it but compared to the few other burleys I have had it just tastes off. Almost like its cased it definitely isn't.

Im not sure, it might be me, but I will pass on this one.

Will not buy again

Cube cut burley. Unlike MaBaren cube cut,that is, in my opinion cut to large, BPC is smaller and jagged. Fills in a pipe easily, and requires little to no tamping. This is pure Burley cream, and satisfies the burley bone. There may be a little Deer Tongue added. If so, it’s such a small amount that I don’t even see it. Do I taste Deer Tongue? I’m not sure. At times I think I do, and other times I do not. This tobacco is sweet and nutty, and leaves a nice smell in my mustache. I rate this tobacco only four stars, because there is no five star. A burley fanciers dream.

For me this one is best when mixed with another Peretti tobacco. I did a 50/50 mix of this with Royal, and I love it. Just not enough going on by itself, and difficult to keep a good burn going.

This is as good as you're going to get when it comes to cube cut burley. This has much less of that Peretti's soapy/floral casing than 333. It's barely there, but it still is. Cuban Mixture is my favorite, but I do crave a bowl of this now and then.