Peter Stokkebye Burley (No.702)

I would agree with other reviewers that this blend should only be used for blending. Smoking it straight is a bland prospect. Burley and cavendish are traditionally blending tobaccos, and although some wonderful tobaccos feature a burley base, this blend is almost straight burley. Trying to describe the taste of this tobacco is like trying to describe the taste of pure water - there's just nothing there. It is neither pleasant nor offensive, just flat.

Different than it was some years ago, where it was a rather dry, hard pressed and rubbed out tobacco with a more or less neutral and straight forward tobacco flavor. Since then reformulated into something more akin to Stokkebye's Dutch Cavendish with a slight smoky edge from presumingly a bit of dark fired leaf; I certainly hope it's not added smoke flavor but one never knows for sure these days. It's bolder than the Dutch Cavendish, actually a bit of a rough and I dare say slightly harsh edge to it that tickles the nostrils. The larger character is mild sweet grain with a light taste. It doesn't seem like there is much if any cocoa in this. Cased and somewhat moist but not overly so which I thinks helps in making it a milder smoke. It does have a bit of cloying sweetness probably from glycerin and perhaps glycol which may bother some. Overall, a burley that I would prefer over many others. Reminiscent of Mac Baren's Symphony but more moist and sweeter.

Peter Stokkebye - PS-702 Burley

Star Rating = 3

Rating Scores - 10 is the Best and 0 is the Worst

Pouch Note = 8

Room Note = 8

Flavor = 8

Bite = 8

Burn = 8

After Taste = 8

Raw Score = 48

Rated Percentage = 80%

Comment = Smooth, Mild, Mellow, nice burley Flavor without a Bite. This PS-702 Burley blend is just as good if not better than Lane's BLWB

If this was the last pipe tobacco on earth, I can't say as I'd mind. I order it pounds at a time, smoke it in a cob while I work outdoors, puff in a favoured briar while reading in my chair, it's just a companionable, very inexpensive good quality burley tobacco.

A top notch burley! If thats what you are looking for, here it is! Nothing fancy, nothing added just nice looking pressed and chopped burly. A great blender if your not inclined to smoke it alone.

AIR,HEAT,CREAMY

This Burley is so very mild- you taste the creamyness of the smoke only. I used it to blend.

BETTER PICK: ORLIK GOLDEN SLICE OR DARK KENTUCKY, OR GL PEASE BARBARY COAST

This is great burley in Cavendish cut, it has absolutely no bite, it is good for straight smoke as well for blending, it is creamy, the taste is extremely subtle and hard to notice, there is no topping or casing, you need to smoke few bowls to be able to detect its hidden flavors. It is NOT tasteless, I find it has a very distinctive toasty/creamy taste which is delicious, but you need some effort to find it.

For blending this is the best burley out there, it is truly unflavored, which is great to balance your heavily cased aromatic blends or for adjusting your edgy sweet Virginia.

The only thing that is missing in this blend is that it is not really "nutty" as I would expect from a good burley tobacco, otherwise it is really enjoyable smoke for the coming hot summer.

PSB are excellent blender, all their tobaccos are good, and I am never disappointed with any of them (never really).

The only sin of this blend is how simple it is. It is a blend of almost unadorned Burley, just barely processed enough to take the rough edges off.

It has a mild, oat-like flavor, with a hint of toasted bread. As the bowl progresses, it takes on a flavor, much like black pepper, in the background.

This stuff showed up quite dry. The cut keeps me from over packing it. The trick to this stuff is to smoke it very slowly. If you power puff it, you will naturally bring out the worst in it.

If you've been smoking heavier blends, you might not taste much at all. But the flavor is there just the same.

If you usually hate Burley, this is no goodwill ambassador. But if you generally like the stuff, this isn't bad.

I do not smoke this tobacco, but I do use it as a Blending Tobacco with a blend I have put together. It does take the rough edges off the Virginia I us in blending.