Tell Me About Fribourg & Treyer. What's Worth Trying?
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I enjoy and cellar the Vintage flake, Cut Blended Plug, Cut Virginia Plug.
All pleasantly sweet Virginia flakes of very good quality.
The Vanners Mixture was “ok” but I didn’t love it.
Blackjack is a red Virginia with very little discernible flavoring.
The Special London in the yellow tin is a bright shag that many would compare to ryo cigarette tobacco.
All pleasantly sweet Virginia flakes of very good quality.
The Vanners Mixture was “ok” but I didn’t love it.
Blackjack is a red Virginia with very little discernible flavoring.
The Special London in the yellow tin is a bright shag that many would compare to ryo cigarette tobacco.
Interesting. I always wonder about lesser-known brands. Some have loyal followings, and for some, nothing else will do.
Gross stuff. All of it. Tastes like burnt hair and Indian food.
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Personally, would rate any of F & T's virginias up there.
I still have a jones for Capstan but, that's just me.
I still have a jones for Capstan but, that's just me.
F&T CVP is my number one favorite Va Flake. Vintage and Special Brown Flake are right there as well although I find the SBF sure improves with a couple of years of age. Cut Blended Plug is also quite good if you're okay with a more obvious topping and like the particular flavor. Blackjack is an excellent Red Va ribbon cut. Golden Mixture is a light VA ribbon cut. I don't stock a lot of the latter because they aren't my favorites and the tins are twice the size due to ribbon cut, they take up a ton of space. But they're very good tasting blends.
I ordered some Vintage Flake. The plugs are sold out but I'm too lazy to deal with plugs anyway.
I actually isn't a plug, they are flakes. Not sure why they call them plugs.
Their entire line is very good, I believe they are made by K&K. Vintage is my favorite of the bunch but Golden Mixture was the first blend I tried of theirs. It was what Bertrand Russell smokes, or so the story goes.
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Blackjack
I was underwhelmed by CVP, but it deserves another shot now that its been out of the tin a while.
Blackjack
I was underwhelmed by CVP, but it deserves another shot now that its been out of the tin a while.
Haha them and Ken Byron are like Fred and Ted. Jupiter Slices......ain’t slices, hahaha.
That's how I feel about a fresh tin of Wessex dark flake I just opened. A bit boring so far but I'm hoping the influx of oxygen might work some magic on it. In a week or two I'll revisit.
Special Brown Flake is a favorite of mine. Like top 5 favorite.
Several of the guys in my pipe club get weak in the knees over BlackJack.
Several of the guys in my pipe club get weak in the knees over BlackJack.
You may still be underwhelmed. It is relatively mild. It takes an advanced palate like mine to discern the finesse flavors in this blend. LMAO Okay, that last part was bullshit but I couldn't help myself. It is a somewhat mild blend. You may like Vintage and Special Brown Flake better, they have a bit more Oomph to them.
Could be, we’ll see. It’s been 6 months or so, time to give it another shot. I definitely do like the special brown, as well as blackjack.
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