What’s Your Top Choices For Virginias?

[mngslvs]

Sutliff 507C is my go-to Virginia. I had been smoking Boston slices by Peretti, but I had a couple of rude experiences dealing with Peretti so I decided to look for an alternative. I called Russ Oulette, he had me describe Boston slices carefully, and recommended Sutliff 507C. I have a fair amount of it cellared, and it works well for me. I’m glad to hear there are some other folks who smoke it. At the time I bought it, It was something like $2.50 a pound in bulk. It doesn’t come with a sexy little English tin, but I don’t care a fig about that.

 

[mngslvs]

Whoops sorry, I meant $2.50 per ounce

 

[Bowie]

Well, this post sent me down the rabbit hole of researching the differences between the different types of Virginias (red, bright, etc). Good info here too, as well as some suggestions for my shopping list at SP.com, including the Sutliff 507C.

 

[Dusk]

Sutliff Red Virginia Crumble Kake - complex flavor when smoked slowly. It's in that vinegar/sour cream/worstershire McClelland flavor camp. Sounds weird but it's tasty and fun to pack.

Gawith & Hoggarth Broken Scotch Cake (its ribbon cut tho) has a very faint hint of Lakeland which is really great alongside the grassy citrus notes of the lemon yellow virginias. Not your typical GH offering but this is done quite well.

 

[Spinkle]

My top three straight Viriginas in order of preference (so far):

1. Capstan Blue;
2. Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake; and
3. Cornell & Diehl Opening Night.

My top three VaPers in order of preference (again so far out of what I've tried):

1. Davidoff Flake Medallions;
2. Peterson (nee Dunhill) De Luxe Navy Rolls; and
3. Peterson Elizabethan Mixture.

 

[alaskanpiper]

Anything McClelland, unfortunately. Especially 40th Anniversary, Christmas Cheer, and Black Woods Flake. But also:

Capstan Blue
Astley’s No. 44
Gawith FVF
HH Pure VA
GLP Union Square
F&T Blackjack
CD Carolina Red Flake
Watch City Simply Red
Anything Rattray’s
Technically Va/Burs but GH Dark Birdseye, Esoterica Tilbury, and CD Briar Fox are not to be missed. Tilbury is one of the finest blends ever made.

For Va/Periques:

Esoterica Dunbar (The Blend of the Lord)
Dan Salty Dogs
Peter Heinrich’s Curly Block
Dunhill DeLuxe Navy Rolls
RO Firestorm
Rattray’s Marlin Flake
HU Louisiana Broken
GLP Penny Farthing

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

My top Virginias at the moment are:

Gawith's Full Virginia Plug
Gawith's Kendal Plug
Germain's Brown Flake

And Vapers:

Rattray's Marlin Flake
Rattray's Hal o The Wynd
Dunhill Navy Rolls
Gawith's St. James Plug

Chris

 

[workman]

With no regard for availability at all, my all-time favorite Virginia flake was Brown Sugar Flake, a Lakelands blend. A member sent me a full unopened tin!

I've smoked a couple of tins of this. I agree it is good, but it's not a straight virginia. I think it has some burley and some oriental leaf as well. And they have changed its name to B.S. Flake, because brown sugar implies something sweet and nice and tobacco is considered evil in the EU.

 

[Mr.Mike]

Capstan blue flake

Orlik golden sliced

Comoys cask #4

Savinelli brunello flake