Orlik Golden Sliced vs. Mac Baren HH Pure Virginia

[workman]

thanks for telling that now I have to try Orlik even if I am not a judge or even shrewd

In my experience, OGS tastes really nice. You know, like earl grey.
But a cup of tea lasts 10 minutes and a bowl of OGS takes two hours to smoke, and that's like drinking 12 cups of earl grey for two hours. Nobody wants that!

 

[jhe033]

Awesome, thanks for the feedback from everyone. Based on the above, I may ultimately cellar both (and LNF as I sampled that for the first time yesterday and was rather impressed).

But of course there's a time/money factor at play, and I have some other blends outside the Va/VaPer family I want as well.

In the short term, I think I'll start with HH Pure Virginia, since it seems more likely to get clipped by deeming.

Thanks again and happy smoking!

 

[autumnfog]

You should smoke multiple tins of each and decide for yourself. Not sure how someone else can make that decision for you. OGS has a very slight amount of perique and IMHO, benefits significantly with age. HH Pure Virginia is better fresh and not as spicy but sweeter. It will also benefit with age. I have multiple pounds of each, I think they are both excellent flakes.

At how many years of aging is OGS the best?

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

At how many years of aging is OGS the best?

4 to 5 years

 

[gervais]

That is a tough question, as I enjoy both quite a bit. So if it were myself, I'd even it out and get as much as you could afford of both.

 

[autumnfog]

4 to 5 years

Allright, I'll keep that in mind.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

At how many years of aging is OGS the best?

8 years, 9 weeks and 4 days. Seriously, best is going to be subjective. I've had OGS that was 13 years old and was fabulous. 2 to 5 years will charge it substantially. The Rough edges from the Virginia seem to mellow and it sweetens leaving the spiciness of the perique to step forward a bit.

 

[davidintexas]

I second Hoosier's comment about the OGS. Fresh it is only so-so to my tastes, but the 6 year old batch I had was noticeably sweeter and had what I thought was a minor tang of perique that I did not notice when it was fresh

 

[mso489]

I haven't tried the MacBarens. OGS was the first flake of any kind I tried, and I have found it a solid choice, and since you are thinking of cellaring a quantity, you'd get the benefit of it aging well. Consider going 2/3 and 1/3 on these, for variety.