Bison Burley

Bison Burley is one of the blends US home blender James Ravenwood prepares in small batches under the name Ravenwood Fine Provisions; the products are distributed through The Briar Fellowship. Most of the blend consists of unprocessed, nutty, straight dark-fired cut Burley, accompanied by Virginia.

The blender states that a portion of the Burley and Virginia is lightly sweet-cased and then toasted to caramelize, a step that leaves the leaf with varying color tones and a brown-sugar note. The result is a tobacco in the line of old-school "codger" Burley blends, with light flavoring and pronounced nicotine. It suits experienced smokers looking for natural Burley taste, expecting sweetness from the leaf rather than added flavoring.