I am curious about this tobacco called Va-Per. I would like to know a good brand to try my first Va-per out. I like spicy, also like the Fruity, Nutty flavor so let me have it oh wise ones!
Good Va-Per Tobacco
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Escudo always comes recommend. OJK will be a good spicy blend though I would jar it for a couple of months. My favorite is Watch City flake 558, very smooth, just a pleasure to smoke.
My favorites are Rattray's Hal o' The Wynd and Samuel Gawith Cabbies Mixture.
You're going to get a zillion answers to this question. I agree with all of the above and will add Solani 633 and Dunhill/Peterson Navy Rolls to the list.
I prefer G.L. Pease Cairo.
It also keeps annoying people away as a bonus.
It also keeps annoying people away as a bonus.
Cornell and Diehl Bayou Morning
By my approximation, you will have about 644 blends to choose from by the end of the day. There are a number of us on the forums that love VaPers and there are a lot of blends out there!
My top 5 (in no particular order):
Sam Gawith Saint James Flake
Rattray's Marlin Flake
Match Victoria (a generic match for Peterson's Elizabethan mixture, and the best value VaPer on the market)
Cornell and Diehl Bayou Morning (25 percent Perique...probably the strongest VaPer on this list)
Gawith, Hoggarth, and Co Louisiana Perique Flake
My top 5 (in no particular order):
Sam Gawith Saint James Flake
Rattray's Marlin Flake
Match Victoria (a generic match for Peterson's Elizabethan mixture, and the best value VaPer on the market)
Cornell and Diehl Bayou Morning (25 percent Perique...probably the strongest VaPer on this list)
Gawith, Hoggarth, and Co Louisiana Perique Flake
Thanks for the clarification @chasingembers , I have to ask what is that Celtic writing for your signature? Or is it some other lost writing? What does it mean?
Nothing wrong with Escudo at all. I've got a "lot" and damn happy about it. It's also true that there are many many other worthy blends out there. I just wouldn't rule out Escudo by any means.
Let Va/Per sit in the jar for awhile to develop dark fruit note. Smoke will be much more enjoyable.
Lots of good suggestions here. I love VaPers. The four I stockpile are Escudo, Solani 633, GL Pease’s Fillmore, and Stokkebye Luxury Navy Flake. Two close-but-no-cigar blends, to my taste, would be Peretti Park Square and Dunhill (edit: excuse me, Peterson) Elizabethan. I mention those only because my 3-star might be your four. McClelland had a few that would have made my cellar list but alas.
To expand out into the VaBurPer world, I would strongly recommend McConnell’s Scottish Cake; Stokkebye’s Luxury Bullseye Flake; and Pease’s Cairo (addition of Oriental), Haddo’s Delight, and Cumberland.
To expand out into the VaBurPer world, I would strongly recommend McConnell’s Scottish Cake; Stokkebye’s Luxury Bullseye Flake; and Pease’s Cairo (addition of Oriental), Haddo’s Delight, and Cumberland.
Peter Stokkebye Luxury Navy Flake. Mild and not too heavy with the perique. Available in bulk at reasonable prices.
My top 3 - GL Pease Fillmore, Solani 633 and Peterson De Luxe Navy Rolls.
Has anyone mentioned C&D Poplar Camp? If not ..Poplar Camp. It kinda flies under the radar but it's a solid Va/Per and available in bulk for cheap.
I think my current favorite is/are Deluxe Navy Rolls though.
I think my current favorite is/are Deluxe Navy Rolls though.