Best Bulk Virginias?

[americaman]

I know this all comes down to personal preference, but I want to get into Virginia blends. I am a Latakia lover, but have found myself smoking Stonehaven and Anniversary Kake this summer, and I am really liking it. When I first got into pipe smoking I tried Escudo and I loved it, but I jarred it and it’s now on my shelf aging alongside some Dark Flake, Bayou Morning and PS Luxury Bullseye Flake. Orlik is awesome too for that hay flavor.
Now, I currently have some FVF and 515 RC-1 on the way that I plan on aging. If I like those I will buy more to jar up for the long haul. What are some of the other really popular bulk options for cellaring?

 

[mso489]

Most brands that sell bulk have one or more Virginias, with or without Perique. I'd sample an ounce of each of some of the major brands to find one you really like, and smoke up the rest in rotation or use it in mixes. I'd try Sutliff, Lanes, Peter Stokkebye, Daughters & Ryan, Cornell & Diehl, and anything else Virginia in bulk.

 

[ashdigger]

PS Luxury Navy Flake and Sutliff 507-C

 

[danimalia]

If you like Anniversary Kake (I do too!), maybe try some of the other H&H bulk VaPers like Rolando', AJ's and Louisiana Red. The Louisiana Red I didn't love at first, but I just re-discovered a a jar from 3 years ago, and I like it a lot now with the added age. Of course, the other Stokkebye Luxury Flaes, Twist and Navy, are great. Newminster Superior Navy Flake. If you're willing to consider blends that come in 8 and 16 oz tins, your options expand a lot and the prices are only a bit higher than traditional bulk.
I haven't had it, personally, but C&D Yorktown shows up on this list of popular VA blends at SP.

 

[judcole]

For a nice bright Virginia flake in bulk, Sutliff Virginia Slices is a winner.

 

[briarbuck]

H&H Marble Kake is another that's terrific with some years on it. Not the most dynamic, more simple.

 

[jcsoldit]

Gawith Hoggarth's Bright CR Flake if and when you can find it is also very nice.

 

[ray47]

My favorites are:

C&D's Yorktown

MacBaren's Virginia #1

Peter Stokkebye Luxury Twist Flake

 

[ukbob]

MacBaren Virginia no1.

 

[downsouth]

C&D red bulk and bright bulk; best quality if you are into uncased and untopped tobacco.
Red

Bright

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

SG FVF, BBF and Golden Glow are all available in bulk. MacBaren HH Pure Virginia is a good one. Rattray Brown Clunee, Old Gowrie and Hal O'The Wynd. Watch City Simply Red and Rhythm & Blues. LJ Peretti Boston Slices and RCTR. GLP Union Square can be purchased in 8 oz cans. Dan Tobacco Hamborger Veermaster can be purchased in 250 gram bags. C&D Yorktown and Opening Night. Newminster 400 Supreme Flake.

 

[pianopuffer]

+1 on the Newminster, as well as the others Hoosier mentioned.
I dug out a jar of this I tinned a year ago and was very impressed. I'll be adding more to my cellar.

 

[bradical]

515-RC

 

[curl]

I have a lot of Virginia and VA based blends in the cellar, most of it I haven’t tried yet.

And then a lot of it is discontinued.

So I am merely hopeful that I’ll like them once I open them.
I do like all the Rattrays blends.

I really like Reiners Blend 71, a VaPer, though not available in bulk.

I have 2 Comoy blends I haven’t tried yet. I bought them during the panic in early 2018. They’re ranked not terrible on tobacco reviews.

I hope McBaron Golden Glow is not terrible.

I have much of the Stokkebye Va blends, enough has been said about them.

And +1 on H&H Anniversary Kake.

 

[redglow]

All of the above. I used to be an "all English" piper myself. Now, I rarely dip into my English mixtures.
+4 or +5 on the Peter Stokkebye Flakes. They are part of my daily piping experience.
Rattrays Hal 'O The Wynd ++
Esoterica Dunbar is another one that I like.