Orlik GS vs PS 400 Navy

[Old_Newby]

Has anyone ever noticed these 2 blends are almost identical? Both made by Orlik which is owned by STG.

I think I can smell a tiny difference in tin note, but I am no savant. Taste is identical also but I think I like Orlik just a tad more but it could be mental.

Any tasting or blend experts out there that can definitively confirm these are not the same blend marketed as 2 separate products?

 

[BingBong]

Has PS400 got the orangy-citrus topping like OGS? I still don't believe that OGS has any Perique in it, tbh, little bit of burley to carry the flavouring but nowt from Louisiana. IMHO.

 

[ThermionicScott]

There was just a thread (or five) about this. I wouldn’t be surprised if the base tobaccos are the same, just different toppings.

 

[ThermionicScott]

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[Skippy Piper]

What we're learning this year is that any sufficiently advanced bright Virginia is indistinguishable from Peter Stokkebye Luxury Navy Flake.

In all seriousness though, Orlik Golden Sliced, Sutliff 507C Virginia Slices, and Peter Stokkebye PS400 Luxury Navy Flake are all remarkably similar blends made by the same company. Could they all be the same and any taste differences come from just minor batch variations? Sure. It's plausible. Could they all be different blends with their own subtle and difficult to pin down distinctiveness? Equally plausible. Your guess is as good as mine!

 

[Copperhead]

I don't get the citrus notes from the PS400.

Granted I've only smoked through one tin of OGS a few years ago, but I distinctly remember the citrus. I've smoked at least a few ounces of PS400 since then, and it doesn't have that.

Now, I'm interested in opening another tin of OGS to check it out....

 

[Sig]

It's funny how tastes work.
I love PS LNF.
Every time I've tried OSG, I haven't been impressed.
If they are the same I can only think that maybe I like the PS because it tastes great and is ridiculously inexpensive....or at least was, all mine if from at least 10 years ago.
And maybe the reason OSG doesn't impress me is due to the hype around it. After years of hearing how magical OSG was, it was just another lightly topped Virginia flake.....like LNF, but much more expensive.
This happens a lot.
Fifteen years ago or so I was gifted a tin of original Balkan Sobraine....yeah, I know.....
I saved it until a piping get together with a few guys. I popped it and we all puffed away. My first thought was, meh, I prefer my PS Balkan Supreme.....which was like $25 a pound back then. That tin of Sobraine sold for over $300 back then....for 50 grams.
I divided the rest of the tin of Sobraine between a few guys.
Many months later I found the baggie with a couple bowls worth in my cabinet....I forgot about it.
I still have a couple pounds of the PS Supreme and it's still my favorite Latakia blend of all time.

 

[judcole]

Orlik GS definitely has perique in it. Not a lot, mind you, but it's there.
Sutliff Virginia Slices, aka 507-C, either has no perique (my feeling), or, if it does, there is even less than OGS,
Using a fold and stuff method, the difference is quite noticeable.
It's been too long since I smoked PS400 to compare it to either of the above.

 

[Hpgg71]

I like OGS specifically for the citrus notes. I don’t get that with 507-c. I do really enjoy both.

 

[howdy]

OGS is brighter, PS400 is a bit more medium.

 

[Old_Newby]

Yea I have started trying to focus in on my desert island blends to get my cellar focused and buy more amounts of less blends. I think I will have to leave both of these for now. OGS for routine when desired and a pound of PS for long aging.

 

[Servant King]

I recently finished a jar of OGS. Not entirely sure how old it was, but it was definitely pre-covid. Popped a 2022 tin immediately thereafter, and put it in the same jar.

Here's where it took an interesting turn: the citrus note of the newer batch smelled noticeably weaker than the older one. Not complaining by any stretch; it's an attribute that I enjoy in OGS. I just did not expect it, rather the opposite.

Has this happened to anyone else?

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

I don't find these 2 blends similar at all. I like OGS and have quite a lot of it aged. It really benefits with age The Perique is light and gets sweeter and a bit fruity with age. Compliments the citrusy, slight treat Virginias quite well. I don't get any of this from PS 400.

 

[Sig]

Because of this thread, I bought 2 tins of OGS a couple months ago. Its been many years since I've had it.
I still have a LOT of LNF to compare.
Science is soooooo difficult!

 

[Eireprof]

OGS is brighter, PS400 is a bit more medium.

Same for me. I like them both quite a lot.

 

[BriaronBoerum]

Newbie mistake: 507c was one of the first blends I bought, and the next month I bought some LNF. Then I read online that they were actually the same, so I jarred them together! Now working on an aging experiment -- will the long rest together make them more alike, or more different?