my tins arrived today, but I think I'm going to leave them be for a while and will circle back around to them next year.
Sutliff Cringle Flake 2020
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Mine just got here. I need to make some room on my bookshelf.
I have only cracked one of my tins from last year and now one from this year. IT is a great smoke, IMHO. But there are so many here that have a more refined palate than I do regarding Virginia's. This year Cringle Flake is a winner if the tin note is any indication and I trust Jim's recommendation that I will love this one. I wish I had the resources to buy 50 tins.
If anyone had the 20th Anniversary Flake Dark from C&D the perique experience is similar here.I believe that was aged 18 years. You get a smooth perique taste without the pepper....if that makes sense. Its an interesting twist. The retrohale is where I really notice the difference. Solid blends both of them IMO.
That's what I was hoping for. I thought the Virginias in XX Flake Dark needed to age just a bit for that blend to really come alive, so it's nice to hear this is hitting those potentials.
Edit: my order just arrived, I'll be trying this tonight or tomorrow!
Got mine in today and already smoked a few bowls. It's definitely good stuff, glad I stocked up. I really like the stoved virginia's. No bite at all in any of my bowls and smoked very dry for me.
Just out of curiosity, has anyone smoked it and not liked it? I smoked a bowl and was met with the top quarter of the bowl being a fight between sweet and spicy the middle was mostly Virginia saying hi and the end of the bowl was pretty uneventful. I am not giving a review on it since I only smoked it once but I was disappointed...
I give every new blend some time, a few bowls, few different pipes etc..I will even switch the dog out in the room...
I like to let the hype die down in my head too. As much as I don't want it to, I know it affects my perception of a blend.
You are the first I’ve heard of so far but it is not too surprising given that everyone’s tastes are different. Some of the classic all time best tobacco blends on tobaccoreviews.com with an overall rating above 3.5 have 1 and 2 star reviews.
For sure... Although sometimes I notice I that I enjoy the blend more after the hype has died down. My expectations are more in line.
Do you like VaPers in general? I know I don't, so maybe it's the genre that eludes you like it does me.
How did you have a bowl if earlier, before this post, you said you passed on it?
I like some vapers more than other but I definitely prefer English blends. I just tried Peterson’s Deluxe Navy Rolls for the first time and loved it! I think I fell for the hype and was disappointed when it was not perfect for me. Someone else said it a bit more eloquently a few posts back.
I did not buy a tin. A good friend bought a tin and I smoked one bowl of it out of curiosity.
And actually that is a false statement. I did buy a tin to gift to someone but I have no intentions of smoking it.
I got my package from Tobaccopipes.com today. Fast service and good packing.
I was a bit impatient, so I tried a bit straight from the tin, and even though the level of moisture masked the flavors, I could tell that this is using first rate matured Red Virginia. There's that ketchup tang and rotten tomato sweetness that matured aged Red has that no other Virginia leaf has. I put some out to dry for a few hours and the flavors just popped!
This almost brought tears to my eyes. With the closing of McClelland I thought that I would never see another new offering with that funky Red flavor profile. But this is older leaf, picked when hand picking was still happening, and of outstanding quality.
I'm not picking up much of the 17 year old Perique, but no matter, I can add from my own stash of it if I want more of a Perique presence. For me, this is easily the best Red Virginia release since McClelland closed up shop. It doesn't need a damned bit of aging, it's already aged. But a few years may meld the components.
Off to smoke another bowl.
I was a bit impatient, so I tried a bit straight from the tin, and even though the level of moisture masked the flavors, I could tell that this is using first rate matured Red Virginia. There's that ketchup tang and rotten tomato sweetness that matured aged Red has that no other Virginia leaf has. I put some out to dry for a few hours and the flavors just popped!
This almost brought tears to my eyes. With the closing of McClelland I thought that I would never see another new offering with that funky Red flavor profile. But this is older leaf, picked when hand picking was still happening, and of outstanding quality.
I'm not picking up much of the 17 year old Perique, but no matter, I can add from my own stash of it if I want more of a Perique presence. For me, this is easily the best Red Virginia release since McClelland closed up shop. It doesn't need a damned bit of aging, it's already aged. But a few years may meld the components.
Off to smoke another bowl.
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