Best VaPer Straight From the Tin
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It's so subjective. There are many good tobaccos that have been mentioned but there are some that I can't stand. It doesn't mean they're bad obviously, just that I don't care for them. For example, Viprati has been mentioned several times. I wouldn't take a tin for free. So, it's preference.
My preference is for Rattray's VaPer blends. Marlin Flake and Hal o the Wynd (it has a little Kentucky leaf as well) are both great fresh. Now they both may need a few minutes to dry but they're good without any age. Don't get me wrong, they're better with a few years, but they're damn good fresh as well.
My preference is for Rattray's VaPer blends. Marlin Flake and Hal o the Wynd (it has a little Kentucky leaf as well) are both great fresh. Now they both may need a few minutes to dry but they're good without any age. Don't get me wrong, they're better with a few years, but they're damn good fresh as well.
I still stand by Directors Cut or Peterson DNR if straight from the tin permits three days being open.
Its funny how different blends taste when the tin is just cracked. Directors Cut just doesnt taste right. I cant put my finger on why.
DNR tastes like they took out the periqe and put in KY. After a few days open it tastes like perique.
Its funny how different blends taste when the tin is just cracked. Directors Cut just doesnt taste right. I cant put my finger on why.
DNR tastes like they took out the periqe and put in KY. After a few days open it tastes like perique.
Maybe I sound like a broken record, but straight out of a sealed tin in a pipe? None of them! For me most of Va(Per) are to moist to smoke straight of the tin. Even what I have in a tin for a year or more has to rest on a paper towl for a bit or for longer in a jar.
Once rested and moisture is minimal I like HU Janneman a lot (while some think its spoiling of red VA when you add perique to it, I very much like it), Ascanian #1 & #2 (where I like #2 a bit more for the perique content % a bit higher, the orientals give it a tinge of sour note I like) and Peterson DNR.
I try to avoid DTM VaPers (Tjordenskjold Slices and St Bernard), but I don't like the DTM flakes in general.
Once rested and moisture is minimal I like HU Janneman a lot (while some think its spoiling of red VA when you add perique to it, I very much like it), Ascanian #1 & #2 (where I like #2 a bit more for the perique content % a bit higher, the orientals give it a tinge of sour note I like) and Peterson DNR.
I try to avoid DTM VaPers (Tjordenskjold Slices and St Bernard), but I don't like the DTM flakes in general.
Untill now I have a hard time to like any of the DTM flakes, the seem to taste "off" to me. The only one I like is HU Dockworker. The flakes are generally more like a "plug" or "cake" in the tin, the flakes stick together, are a bit harder to rub when fresh or with a bit more moisture. Maybe the sticking to each other and/or the " off" taste to me have some relation to each other, but I enjoy blends from K&K and/or Mac Barren more in general.
I have always enjoyed C&D's Kajun Kake fresh or aged. Fresh it showcases more of the spicy black pepper notes of the perique and with some age the spice tones down a bit and the sweetness of the Virginia goes up a notch. Hearth & Home Anniversary Cake is another VaPer that rocks both fresh and aged, you just need to grab some before it disappears since it is another victim of the Sutliff massacre.