Lane Limited Burley and Black

Lane Limited - Burley and Black.

For a 'Coarse Cut' blend, it contains a high proportion of normal sized ribbons, there's one or two broken flakes, and a few leaves, but absolutely zero twigs, or chunks. The aroma from the pouch is slightly aromatic, but nothing strong.

I like the flavour: a vanilla-led aromatic, but it's not too heavy. As well as the vanilla, I get another added flavour, only much gentler: maybe toffee? Where the tobaccos are concerned there's nothing unexpected: I taste vanilla-nuts from the black Cavendish and Burley. The burn from B+B is very independent, needing only a little maintenance, giving a cool smoke. To me, the sweetness seems to strengthen as it nears the end of a bowl.

The room-note's pleasant, and the nicotine's mild.

If I'm honest, this would bore me as a Go-To, but would make a lovely evening smoke.

Recommended.

I'm a little puzzled by this one. A good smoke but its flavor profile seems to be a dead ringer for Blender's Gold Burley and Black. Same blend name but two different labels although BG is made by Sutliff and this by Lane ? A fellow reviewer mention a slightly odd taste and smell, which is exactly what I notice when smoking the BG version. I recently purchased a tub of Heines Blend and had that same experience of odd flavor and lingering scent. I don't think its a mold issue or inferior leaf. Sounds like the topping used and burley don't fuse well. Best way to describe it: a nutty lemon sour with a slight ammonia aroma. The Heines Blend should have a malty, coffee and walnut like quality if memory serves correctly. This time around it felt like there was a mix up and the B&B got put in the HB tub by mistake. But that pugnet smell is hard to get rid of. Maybe some dry time will fixer right up. Other than that LB&B is a decent codger type.

Without using flowing descriptive words describing the taste of burley tobacco mixed with black Cavendish, let me just say this is a good burley smoke that smokes smooth the whole bowl through. Great all day long smoke!