Re: The Burley Curse

Ian Rastall wrote:
What exactly is the Burley Curse, anyway? Is it tongue bite, crummy
taste in the cheap varieties, or what?


As the flavoring agents burn off toward the bottom of the bowl, what's left tastes like nothing so much as hot smoke and ashes.


Regards,

Tim Parker ... GL Pease - Barbary Coast in a basket billiard (*not* suffering from TBC!)

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