Favorite Blends with No Toppings

[saint007]

Looking to build up my stash of non-aro blends with zero toppings. I am enjoying J L Pease's Union Square so much that I'd like to expand into more blends.
I prefer Va/Lat's though I do enjoy Stokkebyes' Luxury Bullseye flake.
Any suggestions other than the impossible to get Stonehaven?

 

[derfargin]

C & D Exhausted Rooster - my ultimate favorite

Oh so, that other C&D blend isn't your favorite?

 

[saint007]

Looking at the packaging for Exhausted Rooster, I can't feel sorry for his dilemma. :wink:
That's one I will order, any others.

 

[cobguy]

I am enjoying Pease's Union Square

That is a straight Va Flake right?
How about these:
Dunhill - Flake

Fribourg & Treyer - Vintage

Mac Baren - Virginia Flake

McClelland - Christmas Cheer (any year)

Samuel Gawith - Full Virginia Flake

Astley's - No.109 Virginia Flake

Dan Tobacco - Hamborger Veermaster

Samuel Gawith - Best Brown Flake

Mac Baren - Virginia No.1
As for Va/Lat ... too many to list. More English blends than I can shake a stick at! lol

 

[saint007]

@cobguy, I have Veermaster but waiting at least a year to crack the tin. I'm a fan of several Dan blends, unopened tins of Patriot Flake & Devil's Holiday. I also have unopened tims of Dunhill Flake. EMP & 965(both might have toppings) are in my semi-regular rotation. Also MB's #1 tin unopened. Saving the Va's at least a year.
The mfg's should do a better job of labeling. I purchased the Pease Union Square, yes Va flake because it was labled as "no toppings or flavoring" and I thought my tongue would appreciate that.

 

[jbbaldwin]

I second the SG Best Brown Flake. Very nice, indeed.

 

[saint007]

I just emailed Richard at 4Noggins asking if the 1pound of Button Bay that I enjoy has any toppings. Just curious. So, I'm gonna research my cellar(cabinet).
I would think it very rare for any Cavendish to not have flavoring.

 

[mso489]

So many. Right now I'm enjoying PS Luxury Navy Flake, GLP Triple Play, McClelland 5100, Lanes Burley W/O Bite,

MM 965, among others. I like to switch off on those with a few aromatics, so they taste new when I go back.

 

[derfargin]

Another check for the SG - Best Brown Flake.
I'm pretty sure The EMP and 965 aren't topped, and both are great smokes for sure.

 

[jitterbugdude]

You guys talking toppings or casings?. You should be able to tell if your tobacco has a topping by the room note.

 

[derfargin]

If I may ask, What's the big aversion to topped tobacco? Do you find you get reactions from it?

 

[clarkj734]

If you like Union Square...
Then I highly recommend that you try C&D's Opening Night
If you like Union Square - you will love Opening Night

 

[saint007]

derfargin asked, "If I may ask, What's the big aversion to topped tobacco? Do you find you get reactions from it? "
Mostly tongue bite from the sugars.
Up until I joined this forum most of the tobacco that I smoked were of the Drug Store variety and Frog Mortons. So, tongue bite was par for the course. Then, I stated smoking some of the suggested Va's and dark fired blends that I've been exposed to on this forum and I found that many didn't bite. Well, I started stocking up on a variety of different Va's, lots of unopened tins I haven't gotten to yet not knowing if they had toppings or not.
I have some blends that contain Cavendish that I like. But, I think in the future I will stay away from most that do have toppings for the sake of my tongue.

 

[Perique]

From the Perique zone, I recommend Escudo and GL Pease's Fillmore.
For straight VAs, Dunhill Flake and Capstan Blue Flake.
I'm not an English/Balkan aficionado by any stretch, but for a nice, mild, no-topping Balkan I've been enjoying Balkan Sasieni.

 

[saint007]

http://pipesmagazine.com/blog/put-that-in-your-pipe/a-tale-of-two-syrups-casings-and-top-dressings/
Jitterbug wrote, "You guys talking toppings or casings?. You should be able to tell if your tobacco has a topping by the room note. "
I would say casing and topping.

 

[hiplainsdrifter]

saint007, check your PMs.

 

[frozenchurchwarden]

Samuel Gawith St. James Flake. Great flavour, all natural.

 

[mso489]

Cup O Joes #5 tinned is a nice flake, all Virginia.

 

[saltedplug]

There are casings, and there are also toppings. Casing is a heavily applied additive. The tobacco is soaked in the juice. Topping however is certainly less in amount and may be only sprayed on top of the tobacco. But here we have to differentiate between ordinary topping used to make the tobacco tasty and topping added to add an additional flavor. Mr. Pease says that his Union Square is one of the few tobaccos available that uses no topping whatsoever. Everything else, everything, is made palatable/tasty with topping that might be better understood as a tobacco conditioner.