Aromatic Flake Recommendations

[fitzy]

So I'm very curious about flake type tobacco's. I went and purchased Escudo and it's pretty good (I know not an aro) however I'm curious if anyone could recommend an aromatic flake. I was thinking of trying Mac Baren Vanilla Cream Flake. I think sometime I may have to also try GH's rum flake.
Are there any other aromatic flake's people would recommend?
Thanks

 

[weezell]

+10 on the 1792,love,love,love IT!(think I got a couple pounds of it some where around here)

 

[cortezattic]

Erinmore Flake and SG/Firedance Flake are OK -- although I'm not much of an aro smoker.

 

[shawn622]

Not a flake, but a rope, Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Sweet Maple Twist is pretty frickin awesome!!!

 

[daytonsean]

SG 1792 is pretty good. Actually I just picked up another tin of it last night. MacB's Vanilla Cream Flake is also good; I recommend the "fold n' stuff" method with it.

 

[fitzy]

Thanks everyone for the recommendations. I'll have to try a few of those.
Shawn I've seen those ropes on smokingpipes.com. How the heck do you smoke those? Do you run roll it first or something?

 

[shawn622]

Shawn I've seen those ropes on smokingpipes.com. How the heck do you smoke those? Do you run roll it first or something?

I slice mine with a razor blade into 1/8" slices and rub it out. I've tried 2 ropes, GH&C Black Irish x and the Sweet Maple. The Black Irish X was awful, but the Sweet Maple was awesome.

 

[fitzy]

Thanks Shawn. I'll have to give that sweet maple a shot.

 

[tbradsim1]

I baked a tin of Erinmore like Fearly suggested and it was so much better, supposed to hasten the ageing, 180 degs for 5 hrs, next one I do I" ll up it to 190. The old cajun

 

[smokey422]

It's a broken flake but the best I know of is Russ Ouellette's Classic Burley Flake. I love this tobacco (it's my #2 smoke) and my wife loves the room note. You can get it at Pipes and Cigars.

Smokey

 

[papipeguy]

SG Chocolate Flake is very nice. The usual high quality leaf from this venerable blender.

 

[fitzy]

Thanks everyone. I'll be adding that Erinmore, SG 1792 and some SG chocolate flake to my tad excel spreadsheet along with the maple rope.
Smokey it's funny I had just ordered last night a tin of that Classic Burley Kake after reading the interview they have on here with Russ. I can't wait to try it.

 

[bentmike]

Mac Baren Navy Flakes
Tin description: "A mild flake blended from the finest Burley tobaccos with added ripe Virginias and Cavendish. Navy Flake is light burning, making the lighting of the pipe very easy."
It is a very enjoyable flake. I just tried it for the first time recently and will be stocking up.

 

[smokedogrememberthatsht]

I find G&H Scotch Flake Aromatic to be very enjoyable.

Not a flake, but a rope, Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Sweet Maple Twist is pretty frickin awesome!!!

Agreed!

Shawn I've seen those ropes on smokingpipes.com. How the heck do you smoke those? Do you run roll it first or something?

I use cigar scissors to cut off slices as thin as possible, I then rum it out and dry for an hour or so. This is a fantastic blend, I don't find it overly sweet, I barley pick up the casing.

 

[hawk60ce]

Mac Baren vanilla cream flake is an excellent aro flake.

 

[hans]

Hey Old Cajun, How do you go about baking your tobaccos?

Sounds pretty interesting and easy to do.

 

[PeriqueMyInterest]

Shawn, what was it you didn't like about Black Irish? I've wanted to try it for a while, do you like stronger plugs and flakes like those from Peterson?