If you like tangy, tart, citrusy blends you may want to try Yorktown and Solani 633.
Looking for other Tangy / Tart / Sour / Vinegar tasting tobacco.
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Thanks so much for everyone's replies. You all had some great advice and gave me a lot to go on. I ordered some Capstan Blue, Galloping Gertie, Sutliffe red Va cake, and sutliff 515. They were all great. The closest out of the bunch for that tang/sour vinegar I was looking for was the red VA cake. All of the Mississippi River variations still have the most of that taste for me.( regular, rum barrell and special reserve.) Not sure what it is about Seattle Pipe Club blends but they all seem to have a similar punch you in the face vinegar tin note that I love. I was glad someone recommended galloping gertie, It is more sweet than tangy but delicious. I have on the way, Give me Liberty, Sutliff 507 stoved and flakes, plus Yorktown.
As mentioned, Sutliff makes the blends you love. They have been pushing for that vinegar taste since McClelland stopped making the king of vinegar, so you'll want to keep exploring Sutliff options to get your fix.
Ha, it amazes me how people will respond to your request without reading what your looking for... and then they argue over their completely random suggestions that do not provide the tastes that you are requesting, ha ha.
Rattrays Old Gowrie... and maybe just explore the whol Rattrays line of Virginia blends. These all have a natural acetic acid that I think you'll enjoy... especially after they have some age on them.
MacB Old Dark Fired has a slight vinegar applied as a mold inhibitor. I don't like this one much, because I find it boring, but you might like it.
Rattrays Old Gowrie... and maybe just explore the whol Rattrays line of Virginia blends. These all have a natural acetic acid that I think you'll enjoy... especially after they have some age on them.
MacB Old Dark Fired has a slight vinegar applied as a mold inhibitor. I don't like this one much, because I find it boring, but you might like it.
The Ken Byron virginia blends Iv tried all were tart/sour/vinegary to the point where Iv thrown most of them away. Not for me.
There’s a couple I have hung onto still to try, but my expectations are low. Might be worth exploring those more if that’s what you are actually after.
There’s a couple I have hung onto still to try, but my expectations are low. Might be worth exploring those more if that’s what you are actually after.
Yep the reds in Old Gowrie and HOTW definately have a McClelland-esque vinegar tinge.
Just out of sheer curiousity....
Why do so many of you want your tobacco to smell and taste like vinegar..... Like what the fuck. Just go in your pantry and huff the vinegar bottle for a few minutes and it'll be enblazed in your nostrils for hours.
Yep! Any of the Sutliff Red products are going to give you that vinegar you seek. I'm pretty sure they use it as a casing
I just opened my jar of this that has been sitting for a year and it about burned my nostrils out with vinegar fumes. But I get the desire for it.
My feelings, precisely!
I grew up in Canada and love vinegar on my fries.
I love vinegar on fish.
S&V chips are probably my second favorite (after ketchup).
So it's not like I don't like vinegar.
...to eat, not smoke.
Keep that stuff away from my tobacco.
I love Pad Thai, but some is way too vinegary for me. Different strokes, I guess... 
You might try Hearth & Home Louisiana Red (H & H is the brand but it's from Sutliff). It's a Virginia with some Perique. I get a distinct vinegar taste from the Virginia in it. I bought a pound from Pipes & Cigars and they had a bonus offer of a tobacco jar for $10.
Keep it simple and smoke good ole St Bruno, preferably in RR form where the vinegar saucing is more percent than in their flake offering,Bruno is a basic time tested satisfying tobacco with a dash of dark-fired Kentucky in it