Best VaPer Flake?

[cosmicfolklore]

Thanks, escioe. I was wondering. But, in every discussion on here for people kept swearing that it had perique. I figured that it must be very very subtle, ha ha.

 

[iamn8]

I just picked up a tin of 1997 Dunhill Elizabethian from pipestud. Glad to hear it must be great! Can't wait to open it! I LOVE Escudo and it's my favorite thus far by far, but that's not saying much.

 

[zitotczito]

+1 on the Escudo and the OGS a close second for me.

 

[unholy1]

Bayou Morning Flake
Or
St James Flake

 

[escioe]

+1 on the Escudo and the OGS a close second for me.

This review on Orlik Golden Sliced made me dig and do some further research.
Puffingstuff, 2013:

I've been smoking this flake tobacco for many, many years and after reading the reviews I have gotten many, many laughs. Let me set the record straight; THIS TOBACCO HAS NEVER EVER HAD PERIQUE IN IT, NOR DOES IT NOW HAVE PERIQUE IN IT. The label on the back of the tin has always said "Virginia and Burley",but all of a sudden the maker says they meant to say "Perique" when they said "burley". The maker of this fine tobacco knows darn well between the two tobaccos and their spelling. Ok, enough of my soapbox. This is true pressed Virginia with a just a smidgen of burley tobacco blended in. Smooth,satisfying, and tangy. The burley tobacco gives this flake a roundness. A very fine flake I've been puffing on for more than thirty years.
NOTICE: Look back on reviews of this tobacco a few years ago before the maker stated there was perique in the blend. You will see no mention of tasting any perique in the blend at all.

Until 2010, when the company's website started saying this had perique in it, only a few even mentioned it in their reviews. Almost all of them said that they could detect no perique. Only one mentioned anything about tasting a significant chunk of perique, which elicited this response from pipestud in 2002:

In addition to writing a novel instead of a pipe review, the above author better check what he was smoking before writing his review of Golden Slices. There is no word of Perique being in the blend in the description - and I'll guarantee you there is no hint of Perique at anytime during the smoke. Now, having said all of that, Golden Slices is one heck of a fine tobacco!

It wasn't until 2012 that most of the reviews started to mention perique, and most of those are saying, 'this has perique in it?'
I'm pretty convinced it's a straight Virginia, or perhaps containing a little burley, or if it does contain perique, it's in such a minuscule amount that it should be considered a basically straight VA. No one calls McClelland's Virginia No. 24 a VA/OR blend because of the 3% drama leaf, and I think that if there is indeed perique in Golden Sliced, it's in the same boat.

 

[kwilliams40]

Thanks for all the suggestions! Keep them coming. Time to place a few orders...

 

[cmdrmcbragg]

@escioe, you and @pipestud are correct. There is no perique but OGS is a fine tobacco that I would recommend, just not as a VaPer.

 

[freakiefrog]

I wonder why most retailers list that it has perique in it? Oh well live and learn.

 

[homeatsea]

I am incredibly partial to Marlin Flake. It could be because it is a tobacco that brings back a very warm nostalgia from my beginnings as a pipe smoker but I also think its just a great tobacco. Escudo is a close second, but I prefer the plum over the spice of perique when given the option.