BriarWorks: Country Lawyer 2oz Pipe Tobacco

I have a jar of this dated 02/09/22. Just cleaned out my OD Williamsburg clay tavern pipe and cracked the jar open to pack it up for a quick smoke. This Country Lawyer somehow has a way of abating my hankerings for good Perique. It's a lot smoother now than it was when I bought it, but it still smokes robust and peppery. The taste of Virginia appears more prominently in the flavor profile than any cigar I've tried, but that rich cigar-leaf-taste is still always dominant throughout the smoke. Tonight I'm shocked to see how moist on top inside the jar it still is after three years of sitting there, even if the lid was cranked down pretty tight, and I'm finding it leaves a film on my tongue like Prince Albert. So I'm going to dump this bowl out, actually....Read More

I remember xmas as a kid. At my aunts house, her husband. He was the classic southern lawyer. Straight out of a Grisham novel based in southern Alabama or east Texas. . He smoked a pipe, and it always smelled so good, and looked so distinguished when he orated over dinner... This tobacco is a perfect analog of that man and the atmosphere he created. the taste is rich, it burns just right. Distinguished and southern charm deluxe. I've only smoked a pipe for a year, but this is wht i was searching for......Read More

Reminiscent of a nice mild-medium cigar. Spicy with a touch of sweetness, stays fairly well lit. Doesn’t change much throughout the bowl. It’s not an everyday smoke, but it’s pretty well repeatable. I find it works well as a fall blend and pairs nicely with chai.

There is a constant sweet and smoky flavor that comes through, all the way to the bottom of the bowl. The spicy, woody, earthy, floral, dry and sour Izmir is often the lead component, but it gets strong competition from the earthy, woody, herbal, leathery, musty, smoky, lightly sweet cigar leaf. A fairly stout and tasty blend....Read More

Took a couple of bowls to get aquatinted, but by the third it was perfect. Great balance of cigar leaf in this blend. It’s just the right amount. IMO. That hint of KFC is a nice touch as well. The jar is a welcomed plus and added value.

I've let this blend dwell in my cellar for a 5 months now. I come back to this blend after a round of English blends that sing the same tune every bowl. When I come back to this blend I can rely on new flavors that unfold and develop as I enjoy this in my Savinelli 122 or my Peterson 606. I find these to be great companions for this blend due to their inability to distort or dilute the flavor in a negative way. For all the components that are housed in this blend, it offers no bite to be had (and I smoke this like there's a pot of gold at the bottom of my bowl). As predisposed as I am to tongue bite, my tongue is only swaddled by the medley of flavors. Despite this sounding like a daily burner, I do reserve this for when I get quiet and just want to do some flavor spotting....Read More

Not bad. I wouldn’t kick it out of bed. Unfortunately I have several tins already opened that are richer and several others I haven’t opened yet. I’m afraid I won’t be reaching for this one that often. Hope the air tight jar works. I’ll give it a slight nod toward the full-bodied description above and a yes on the earthy description. The overall taste is rustic and the cigar leaf does show up but not as wrapper leaf in my opinion....Read More

After using the tobacco locator, this had the components I was looking for. It's an expensive blend. More than Boswell's Northwoods, but I went ahead and put it on my order. Now the blend is fantastic, great flavors. But if I'm paying top dollar I expect leaf, not stems. I took about an ounce out to dry and it was about 10% stems. Quality control...come on guys. When I buy bulk I expect a certain percentage of stems. As a tinned product at this price point I expect better quality control. Flavor wise it's a 5......Read More

In the countryside miles outside Nashville, Lamar Whittington, Esquire works on his legal briefs and cases all day at his roll-top desk, with black coffee all day and finishing up with bourbon from his pewter mug. But all throughout, he’s puffing his favorite blend—this one.

And I must say I enjoy it, too. Many months back, I found it but a decent blend. Though I was a cigar smoker for decades, I ironically did not take as well to pipe tobacco that showcased cigar leaf. Puffing through several outstanding tins of various Warped pipe tobacco blends won me over, and when I returned to Country Lawyer, I appreciated it far more. The Tennessee blending studs at Briarworks have done it again!

There are many chords in this fine song, from nutty burley, to fermented Black Cavendish, to sweetly sour Orientals, then sweet Virginias and smoky, barbecue-like Dark Fired Kentucky, to pure cigar leaf. Those partial to a natural, unadulterated topping-free tobacco flavor, and cigar leaf in general, will cotton to this blend. 4.5 stars....Read More

Sometimes it's great, other times not so much. I think I need a wider bowl for this one. I'll have to try it again.