In my opinion a couple of the most approachable VA flakes are Astleys no 109 Medium Flake and Brigham Klondike Gold. I am not a fan of Orlik Golden until it has at least 10 years of age due to it's herbal, grassy, hey like flavors that I find fairly disgusting. Once it has ten plus years, all of those flavors are gone and replaced by fig and raisin flavors.