VaPer With Sweetness
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I also prefer my VA-based blends on the sweeter side.
Anniversary Kake is very good.
My current favorite VaPer is Watch City's Flake #558. It is excellent and has a nice sweetness from the stoved VAs.
You may want to look into the VA flakes that have a light topping. Newminster Navy Flake is a sweet , bright-VA flake in that category. I have not had the Sutliff Virginia Slices, but I have heard that is a good bulk option.
Anniversary Kake is very good.
My current favorite VaPer is Watch City's Flake #558. It is excellent and has a nice sweetness from the stoved VAs.
You may want to look into the VA flakes that have a light topping. Newminster Navy Flake is a sweet , bright-VA flake in that category. I have not had the Sutliff Virginia Slices, but I have heard that is a good bulk option.
Jim's list is a good one. Virginia Spice is surprisingly good and Viprati is excellent. If Orlik Golden Sliced has Perique, it must be one small flake. I would not consider it a true VaPer but to each their own.
With the caveat that we must have really different palates (fresh OGS does nothing for me)... It might be that you just need to give the ones you've already got some more jar time to sweeten up. To my tastes, SJF is tasty sweetness itself; it's been a daily smoke for me since I first tried it. In the cheap and accessible department, Comoy's Cask #4 is sweet and citrusy; I already like it, and I like it more every time I go back to the jar. I strongly second the Watch City 558. Been smoking a lot of it fresh lately, and it's nice and sweet, as is Watch City Old Dominion. I also got a sample of a fantastic fruity-sweet VaPer from Watch City called Rouxgaroux, which I gather they'll be releasing soon. Once you figure in 0% sales tax, the WC stuff is actually quite the bargain, btw. To your second question: I've only smoked one tin of the McC Scottish Cake. I liked it OK once I found the right pipe for it (a pot) because it's got a nice nicotine punch and I kind of like the topping, but I probably won't get any more of it for the foreseeable future - no accounting for tastes! Right now, I'm impatiently waiting on my first tin of Kajun Kake. Hope it doesn't disappoint. Telegraph Hill is probably my favorite VaPer at the moment, but it doesn't seem like what you're looking for - lots of earth, and a different kind of fruit.
Want to Bring up a blend from Germany which is in similar genre with OGS,but perhaps a tad fuller in taste and where perique is perhaps a bit more applied, The Reiner's Long Gold
+1 for Marlin Flake as well. Even if you don't find it sweet, you will at least find it damn good.......probably.
This thread is a great example of the wide variety of opinions associated with unique and personal palates.
McClelland 2015 was damn good, setting the benchmark for a sweet VaPer.
I find Dorchester to be significantly less sugary (and slightly bitter) than Dunbar, while Tilbury is the sweetest VaPer offering by Esoterica to my taste buds.
GL Pease's "Haddos Delight" is surprisingly sweet for a C&D manufactured blend (in my experience).
While it's more of a VaPer++++ mutt, I've found Voodoo Queen to be a pleasant surprise in the budget bulk offering.
McClelland 2015 was damn good, setting the benchmark for a sweet VaPer.
I find Dorchester to be significantly less sugary (and slightly bitter) than Dunbar, while Tilbury is the sweetest VaPer offering by Esoterica to my taste buds.
GL Pease's "Haddos Delight" is surprisingly sweet for a C&D manufactured blend (in my experience).
While it's more of a VaPer++++ mutt, I've found Voodoo Queen to be a pleasant surprise in the budget bulk offering.
trubka mentioned the Rouxgaroux from Watch City. I too have a sample and agree with his assessment. That is a base of WCC Simply Red and is very sweet. Should be released in the next couple of weeks. One I forgot to mention is Peter Heinrichs Curley Block. I find it to be quite sweet but also difficult to obtain.
Not right now...
https://www.smokingpipes.com/pipe-tobacco/Peter-Heinrich/Curly-Block-250g/product_id/210195
Agree with Oldtoby about the flakes medallion. I would add Solani 633 Virginia Flake to the list as well.
@danimalia- I just received H&H anni kake. It looks like it uses a casing. It literally is like a cake. I did notice sweetness.
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Guys, you have overwhelmed me with your insights. I love reading all your responses. I will keep reading, because I'm getting info from you guys I never got researching it on my own. Keep them coming.
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