Скачать или смотреть Burley Morning Pipe Showdown: 2023 vs 2024 vs 2025 vs 2026

In @Stillypapabear’s (Gary’s) video on January 10 titled “Burley Morning Bust!” he shared his disappointment with the last few batches of Ken Byron Ventrues “Burley Morning Pipe”. Since one of components of the blend was becoming unavailable in 2024, the blender has had to find new sources of leaf for this blend, and Gary is detecting a difference in them. Virginias burn his mouth, and he can’t enjoy the batches that were released after late 2024.

Burley Morning Bust!
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He expressed his new found liking of a few blends. One of them is “Dark Hollar”, a special release that Country Squire does in January of each year. He got some in 2025, and had really been enjoy it.

I hate to see my pipe brothers have tobacco on hand that they can’t enjoy, and since I too had some 2025 Dark Hollar, I commented on that video that he should email me if he’d like to trade my Dark Hollar, and others if he was interested, for his Burley Morning Pipe that he can no longer enjoy. He emailed me. We negotiated a trade, and here’s what he sent me.

Now, I love doing side-by-side tobacco comparison, and Gary’s very generous trade of four different ages and batches of “Burley Morning Pipe”. Gary is wondering if I can detect the differences between them. I’ll do my best!

I am so glad you reached out, Gary. Enjoy that Dark Hollar! I am going love doing this pipe tobacco comparison!

0:00 – Introduction
1:40 – The YABO
5:17 – Setting up the comparison of four ages of Ken Byron Venters, Burley Morning Pipe. Opening an smelling each bag, and packing a bowl.
13:03 – My thoughts on the October, 2023 batch of KBV Burley Morning Pipe.
16:15 - My thoughts on the September, 2024 batch of KBV Burley Morning Pipe.
19:18 - My thoughts on the October 2025 batch of KBV Burley Morning Pipe.
23:39 - My thoughts on the 2026 (November 2025) batch of KBV Burley Morning Pipe.
26:11 - And the winner is…..
27:05 – I’ll be making pressings of each of these. Stay tuned!

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