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plugugly

Starting to Get Obsessed
Mar 9, 2015
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I got a one ounce sample from P&C of Briar Fox - or did I? It's really REALLY dry, very fine cut, very loose in the pouch, filling it to close to the top andnot a bit of a crumble cake (but it was a one ounce package),1/8 inch of just dust at the bottom and is a mixture of light and dark very short brown strands. I WANT to like briar fox because I read good things about it but I can't get a good enough idea from the write-ups on the net to decide if I should trust this sample. Any wisdom from the forum?
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cosmicfolklore

cosmicfolklore

Lifer
Aug 9, 2013
33,976
75,651
Between the Heart of Alabama and Hot Springs NC
C&D is known for their overly dry, possibly just dead, sun cured Virginias. Briarfox is one of the better ones, but only because of the burley they added. When I try a C&D Virginia, to make a high score with me, they just have to not suck really bad.

Otherwise, move on to a McClelland product for the best of Virginias.

 
derfargin

derfargin

Lifer
Mar 3, 2014
2,028
28
Kennesaw, GA
Not that this isn't the case, but Briar Fox is a crumble cake, and usually sold/given as such. Was this sample from someone you know or was it thrown in on an order?
With that said, just because it starts out as a crumble cake, depending on how it was stored, length of time, and if it was moved around a lot there may be more crumble than cake. I have a 1/2 pint jar of a tin that I had, that has lots of "shake" at the bottom of the jar. But, I still have quite a bit of the cake leftover.

 
plugugly

plugugly

Starting to Get Obsessed
Mar 9, 2015
282
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Thanks guys. Guess it's real. It was in a P&C order box which may account for the flake's disarray.
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I hear you, Cosmic!

 
mso489

mso489

Lifer
Feb 21, 2013
41,210
60,455
I received a sample of Briar Fox in crumble cake form with some other tobacco I ordered. It just didn't have much flavor to me. It wasn't nasty, just minimal taste. I have the same problem (to go to another extreme) with Sir Walter. I like full-strength blends and tobaccos, but I also enjoy some mild blends, but those two just don't register with my taste buds. Both are enjoyed by others, but I just can't get the taste. So, maybe you're the same, at least with Briar Fox.

 
troutface

troutface

Lifer
Oct 26, 2012
2,335
11,454
Colorado
Far from wisdom, but my limited experience is that a one year old tin was mediocre and a ten year old tin was quite nice.

 
shanelktown

shanelktown

Lifer
Feb 10, 2015
1,041
71
Haha don't we all want to like briar fox don't we all. For how bad this blend is I wish C&D would make a Briar Rabbit and have it be a phenomenal blend. I'm thinking a very nicely done VaBur or VaPer. Heck I'll do the blending just give me the components.

 
perdurabo

perdurabo

Lifer
Jun 3, 2015
3,305
1,575
Briar Fox is beautiful. What you got was P&C bulk. Which sounds like the bottom of the bag bulk. Smoke it, if you like it, order a tin. Great stuff.

 
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