Burley Forward Blends.

[Davo]

I rolled a stick of straight burley and cased with a bit of honey water before wrapping in tinfoil and sending to the oven for 30min @120c. The last 3rd of the bowl was by far the best homegrown smoking experience I have had to date and rivalled most of the commercial burley blends I have tried. It opened up into a beautiful and dry cinnamon/cocoa vibe.

I’m trying to work backwards to see if I can get the whole bowl to sing like that. Any thoughts? Longer roasting or retoasting? Drying the blend more thoroughly? Increasing the sweetness of the casing?

 

[Krausen89]

First pressed flake. I have pressed crumble cake but this is the first i have done of whole leaf layers. Essentially the first recipe with burley and VA quantities swapped and cased with Old overholt straight rye. I was anxious to see how it turned out. I have pulled it from the press and now have it in a plastic bag sitting under 50lb weight for the time being. Cant wait to try this one

 

[Krausen89]

@Davo i havnt messed around with any roasting or toasting so i wouldnt know. Sounds like.you are on the right track with what you are doing. I have a few burley sticks with some latakia in the middle i might try toasting and slicing. Or maybe slicing with cigar cutter and roasting the slices...might make for a more even toasting? Just an idea though keep plating and let me know how it turns out!

 

[Krausen89]

Previous posted plug out of aging and its wonderful! Enjoying it out of an old HLT Royalton that i just refinished. It taste like a really good blend coated in Virginia sugars. Lol i love how pressing melded all the flavors of each component