I forgot Royal Yacht. When I have a dram I always smoke Royal Yacht or 1792 Flake. Right now it's the Yacht.
Your Go-To Virginia
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SG Full Virginia Plug, has to be my first choice great taste and easily available for me.Yorktown is also very good.I mainly smoke Va/Pers though.
Straight Va
Union Square
HH Pure Virginia
Yorktown
VA+
Lbf
Match Victorian (Elizabethan)
Comoy's Cask no. 4
Union Square
HH Pure Virginia
Yorktown
VA+
Lbf
Match Victorian (Elizabethan)
Comoy's Cask no. 4
I haven’t smoked enough of the VA out there in the world to have one as my go to.
For now I’m really liking C&D Blockade Runner.
Of course by the end of the year, this I’m sure this will change.
Hey, who eats chicken ? ? everyday! LOL ?
For now I’m really liking C&D Blockade Runner.
Of course by the end of the year, this I’m sure this will change.
Hey, who eats chicken ? ? everyday! LOL ?
Special occasion: McCranie's Red Ribbon
Good Day: Capstan Blue Flake
Average Day: Fairly fresh Sutliff 507C or TS1R.
Good Day: Capstan Blue Flake
Average Day: Fairly fresh Sutliff 507C or TS1R.
My goto;
Virginia- Capstan
VaPer- Deluxe Navy Rolls
Virginia- Capstan
VaPer- Deluxe Navy Rolls
I enjoy the bulk Virginia selections, like Virginia Slice and the various bullseye and luxury/superior flakes and coins.
I also enjoy MacBaren's Virginia selections, like Vanilla Roll Cake and HH Virginia.
My go to is Virginia Slice with University Flake being a great contender. Also, Amphora Virginia is a solid broken flake that is growing on me.
All of the above are reasonably priced (especially when the 20% off sales occur) and tend to punch above their weight class.
I also enjoy MacBaren's Virginia selections, like Vanilla Roll Cake and HH Virginia.
My go to is Virginia Slice with University Flake being a great contender. Also, Amphora Virginia is a solid broken flake that is growing on me.
All of the above are reasonably priced (especially when the 20% off sales occur) and tend to punch above their weight class.
Dang I might have to break out my remaining ounce that has been in a jar for over a year. That stuff is good. Might have to do the hamburger thing too, though. Gonna be 90 degrees here on Memorial Day! That’s straight VA weather, right?
I tend to puff more than I probably should so the milder VA flakes suit me best: Samuel Gawith Full Virginia Flake and Orlik Golden Sliced come to mind.
Opening Night from Cornell & Diehl is freaking fantastic. A lot of virginias don’t do it for me in the nicotine department but this one does. It’s more on the earthy/bready end of the va spectrum but still sports a few citrus notes here and there.
More kuddos here for smoking these Va's in this order:
1. Newminster 400 (flavor and price are the 2 reasons--tasty and priced at about $ 1.87/oz at bulk pricing).
2. H Pure Va flake
3. Sutliff 507C
But nowdays, since hot weather's began, I'm drawn toward very dry, fruity aromatics sprinkled with cigar leaf. Burley's have taken a back seat for now.
To each his/her own of course.
kindly,
mike
1. Newminster 400 (flavor and price are the 2 reasons--tasty and priced at about $ 1.87/oz at bulk pricing).
2. H Pure Va flake
3. Sutliff 507C
But nowdays, since hot weather's began, I'm drawn toward very dry, fruity aromatics sprinkled with cigar leaf. Burley's have taken a back seat for now.
To each his/her own of course.
kindly,
mike
Love my VaPers..... ROUGAROUX #1
My go-to Straight Virginia is Sutliff 507-C Virginia Slices. But I haven’t smoked that in a while because I put 4 oz. away for cellaring. Can’t wait to try it when it is at least a year old, though I should let it go longer.
My other stand-bys are MB Virginia No 1 and Derringer, but it’s been a minute since I smoked those.
Currently I’ve been smoking a home blended VaPer using C&D blenders (red and yellow VAs and long-cut perique) as well as dipping into Luxury Navy Flake and Bullseye Flake. I mostly alternate between VAs and VaPers on the hand, and some kind of English or Balkan on the other.
My other stand-bys are MB Virginia No 1 and Derringer, but it’s been a minute since I smoked those.
Currently I’ve been smoking a home blended VaPer using C&D blenders (red and yellow VAs and long-cut perique) as well as dipping into Luxury Navy Flake and Bullseye Flake. I mostly alternate between VAs and VaPers on the hand, and some kind of English or Balkan on the other.
SG Full Virginia Flake is my gold standard
I just opened my first bag of 507C Virginia Slices and it does seem promising.
This summer I plan to dig a tin each of Dunhill Flake and Capstan blue out of the cellar and compare them once and for all side by side.
This summer I plan to dig a tin each of Dunhill Flake and Capstan blue out of the cellar and compare them once and for all side by side.
Not that I've tried many straight Va's but Newminster #400 and Sutliff Virginia Slices are nice enough when I'm in the mood but Orlik Golden Sliced is my hands down favourite [come on, we all know that OGS does not contain Perique 
].
Shame that Orlik does not sell bulk or it would be a daily smoke.
To my tastes Virginia does so much better when it has a touch of something else added, like Perique.
[Often just a touch of Burley can balance a straight Va blend]
My favourite predominantly Virginia blend is aged Aj's Vaper.
].Shame that Orlik does not sell bulk or it would be a daily smoke.
To my tastes Virginia does so much better when it has a touch of something else added, like Perique.
[Often just a touch of Burley can balance a straight Va blend]
My favourite predominantly Virginia blend is aged Aj's Vaper.
Straight virginia: Union Square
Orlik Golden Sliced and Capstan Blue
C&D Yorktown is nice and grassy on a summer day. I enjoy englishes all year round, but GLP Embarcadero is a good option if you don't want latakia (just VAs and Orientals) - nice woodiness