I'm primarily a Virginia and Virginia Perique smoker, but I'm looking for more VaPers to try. I've had the classics like Elizabethan, Escudo, DNR, OGS. Elizabethan is probably my favorite due to how convenient it is.
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Are you Gothic King Cobra?
Some other VaPers that I like include Marlin Flake, Luxury Bullseye Flake, Solani 633, Dablone d'Oro, St. James Flake, Fillmore, Reiner Long Golden Flake, Telegraph Hill, and Cabbie's Mixture.
Are you Gothic King Cobra?
Some other VaPers that I like include Marlin Flake, Luxury Bullseye Flake, Solani 633, Dablone d'Oro, St. James Flake, Fillmore, Reiner Long Golden Flake, Telegraph Hill, and Cabbie's Mixture.
I am unfortunately not graced enough to be the darklord himself, I am merely a humble devotee.
Marlin Flake, Solani, and St. James Flake are all blends that I'd love to try, but I've had trouble finding them. I'm also hesitant with Gawith blends because of their moisture level and my impatience.
Hello and welcome from London.
My favorites are St James plug and Cabbies Mixture.
Also Old Gowrie on occasion.
My favorites are St James plug and Cabbies Mixture.
Also Old Gowrie on occasion.
Hello and welcome to the forum.
Try D & R Rimboche. That, will smoke itself.
Try D & R Rimboche. That, will smoke itself.
Dablone d'Oro is a readily available living legend. Worth a try for any fan of VaPer mixtures.
Peter Stokkebye Luxury Navy Flake is a must. It's sold in bulk and easy to find.
Dan Tobacco Salty Dogs is my favorite (in fact only) VaPer if you want to try something a bit different. It's a dense plug, however, and flavored with rum so it may not be something you'd be looking for.
Esoterica Dunbar and Dorchester
Dan Salty Dogs
MacBaren HH Acadian Perique
GLP Penny Farthing
Dan St. Bernard Flake
SG St. James Flake/Plug
SG Cabbie's mixture
Savinellie Doblone D'Oro
Watch City Old Dominion
Watch City Flake 558
LJ Peretti No. 8 Slices
Sutliff Match Victorian
PH Curly Block
Rattray's Old Gowrie, Marlin Flake, and Hal O The Wynd
HU Louisiana Broken
HU Director's Cut
Dunhill (Peterson) Navy Rolls
Ken Byron Verge Engine Overdrive
Reiner Long Golden Flake
Dan Salty Dogs
MacBaren HH Acadian Perique
GLP Penny Farthing
Dan St. Bernard Flake
SG St. James Flake/Plug
SG Cabbie's mixture
Savinellie Doblone D'Oro
Watch City Old Dominion
Watch City Flake 558
LJ Peretti No. 8 Slices
Sutliff Match Victorian
PH Curly Block
Rattray's Old Gowrie, Marlin Flake, and Hal O The Wynd
HU Louisiana Broken
HU Director's Cut
Dunhill (Peterson) Navy Rolls
Ken Byron Verge Engine Overdrive
Reiner Long Golden Flake
Gets much better after a year or so in the jar
honestly I am always happy with any vaper I try. The thing is more then any other blend excepting va oriental blends I find they all seem sameish at first and kind of open with digging them.
St James Flake is my fav but needs a lot of age to reach prime. Escudo is probably next. Dablone D'Oro and Viprati are good. Fact is, there's a ton of decent VaPers. The the Former Flakes, Birdseye, Straight Grain and Cross Grain fly under the radar but are very good.
Eso Dunbar or Dorchester or Germains Royal Jersey Perique are quite a different, sweeter kind of VaPer.
Definitely something to seek out as a point of contrast.
Definitely something to seek out as a point of contrast.
Essential VaPer flakes are those cut with a
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Holy shit! You can tell that you're in a thread with real VaPer smokers when no one mentions that shit that is now labelled Escudo. That's how you spot the real McCoys from the posers.
Also, C&D's Sunday Picnic, a hidden lil' gem in the C&D line up.
Also, C&D's Sunday Picnic, a hidden lil' gem in the C&D line up.
Well, I'll add my $0.02:
St. James Flake is my all time favorite, but as Hoosier mentioned, it is sublime with a few years' age on it. Like smoking strips of molasses candy.
GLP Stonehenge is another that I love. It is nice fresh, but again, age can do wonders. A collaboration with Gawith and it looks more like a Gawith product more so than a GLP/C&D product. Just the tiniest hint of cocoa in the tin. Some say that it has a Lakeland essence, and I can occasionally detect something floral/herbal in it, but it is not off-putting at all to me.
Another favorite is GLP Fillmore. This one is interesting because it has just a whisper of Latakia in it. I could only really detect it in the tin after I read that it did indeed contain it. But I cannot detect it at all in the smoke itself. But the blend is very "creamy", which I attribute to just the tiniest bit of the dark leaf.
And I have a few pounds of Luxury Navy Flake set aside. For the price, it just can't be beat.
And last but, but not least, Sutliff's Cringle Cake. If it is released again this holiday season, I suggest stocking up on it. It is rich and tangy and offers a lot of complex flavors. The 2020 batch had 15yr aged Perique in it (I think). It is in the same realm of a well-aged McClelland 2015 Flake, but it is not an exact match by any means.
And to be honest, I think I prefer the Cringle Flake over the last little bit of 2015 that I have squirreled away, but that could just be my wishful thinking so I don't break down and cry when the last of the 2015 is gone.
I've got some other Va/Per tins aging, but they are mostly the C&D Small Batch stuff from a couple of years ago and I haven't smoked any yet, so no way of knowing if I really like them or not.
St. James Flake is my all time favorite, but as Hoosier mentioned, it is sublime with a few years' age on it. Like smoking strips of molasses candy.
GLP Stonehenge is another that I love. It is nice fresh, but again, age can do wonders. A collaboration with Gawith and it looks more like a Gawith product more so than a GLP/C&D product. Just the tiniest hint of cocoa in the tin. Some say that it has a Lakeland essence, and I can occasionally detect something floral/herbal in it, but it is not off-putting at all to me.
Another favorite is GLP Fillmore. This one is interesting because it has just a whisper of Latakia in it. I could only really detect it in the tin after I read that it did indeed contain it. But I cannot detect it at all in the smoke itself. But the blend is very "creamy", which I attribute to just the tiniest bit of the dark leaf.
And I have a few pounds of Luxury Navy Flake set aside. For the price, it just can't be beat.
And last but, but not least, Sutliff's Cringle Cake. If it is released again this holiday season, I suggest stocking up on it. It is rich and tangy and offers a lot of complex flavors. The 2020 batch had 15yr aged Perique in it (I think). It is in the same realm of a well-aged McClelland 2015 Flake, but it is not an exact match by any means.
And to be honest, I think I prefer the Cringle Flake over the last little bit of 2015 that I have squirreled away, but that could just be my wishful thinking so I don't break down and cry when the last of the 2015 is gone.
I've got some other Va/Per tins aging, but they are mostly the C&D Small Batch stuff from a couple of years ago and I haven't smoked any yet, so no way of knowing if I really like them or not.
A little off the beaten path, Russ Oullettes Fire Storm, with some dark fired, a little stouter than most VaPers.
Agree. My favorite C&D blend.