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Slow Triathlete · 02-06-2008, 03:11 PM

With all of the awesome VaPer blends out there I've decided to put a bunch to the test. Over the next few weeks I'm going to be conducting a VaPer showdown and see who comes out on top (Can you hear the corny western music in the background yet?). I have amassed a bunch of the favorites that have been talked about on here and I will be ranking them in order of preferance as I smoke them. Here are the contenders:

Escudo
PS Luxury Bullseye
McClelland 2015
H & H Anniversary Kake
McConnell Scottish Cake
Esoterica Dorchester
C & D Kajun Kake
CAO Treasures of Ireland - Limerick

I may have a few more in my cellar that I'm forgetting right now but they will be included in the rankings. Wish me luck.

uncballzer · 02-06-2008, 06:16 PM

Definitely want to know the results. Still learning what all the baccy's are, so I may pick up a tin of your top contender and give it a try.

glassjapan · 02-06-2008, 08:48 PM

What....no Haddos???

*running like hell*

ultramag · 02-06-2008, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by glassjapan

What....no Haddos???

*running like hell*

IHT has hoarded all the Haddo's up to age.

IHT · 02-06-2008, 08:59 PM

i had to check and make sure he didn't include Haddos, as it's NOT a Va/Per!!

Slow Triathlete · 02-07-2008, 12:04 PM

I knew better than to put Haddo's on there. Based on IHT's responses in the past. He's a Haddo Hater!!

Bridges · 02-07-2008, 09:23 PM

Maybe I'm just ignorant but what is a VaPer.

SUOrangeGuy · 02-07-2008, 09:33 PM

Virginia/Perique... 2015 is my favorite.

Joan · 02-07-2008, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by SUOrangeGuy

Virginia/Perique... 2015 is my favorite.

Oh! COOOOL! I got some 2015! OH! W000t! And it just happens to be the TOTM, too! Oh oh oh, I know what I'm doing tonight after chores!

Hey SlowT, is that your final vaper list?

paperairplane · 02-07-2008, 10:44 PM

Let me save you some time:
1. Escudo
2. Who cares?

From what I have tried of your list: Escudo, Bullseye, 2015 in that order, with 2015 a solid step behind the other 2.

2015 has "that smell" which I don't mind. I do mind that it doesn't rub out well, which makes it hard to light and ever very dry it does not like to stay lit. To me, I find it a vinegary, uncooperative FVF. I would smoke it certainly, but not buy it again.

Drob sent me some Dunhill danish roll that was fan-tas-tic. Seemed a bit more refined than Escudo. I completely disagree that it is the same as escudo.

CigarGal · 02-07-2008, 10:47 PM

Hey Slow, be sure and add your reviews to the TOM. We are doing the 2015 this month-good timing.

Slow Triathlete · 02-08-2008, 11:09 AM

Well I smoked my first two contestants over the past couple of days. I decided to put Escudo against Stokkebye's Luxury Bullseye since they are so similar in appearance. Also, because I'm waiting on my order of 2015 and Anniversary Kake from pipesandcigars.

I smoked these pretty much back to back in seperate pipes. One day I smoked Escudo first and then followed it about an hour later with LBE and then did the opposite the next day.

I would have to say that Escudo appealed to me more. LB is kind of an Escudo Lite if you will. Escudo had a more pleasing taste and aroma to me. It seemed that the tobacco was married a little bit better than the LBE.

The LBE was also a lot more dry coming out of the pouch. The Escudo stayed a bit more moist in the tin that it was in when I cracked it open. This might have to do with the better flavoring. The Escudo had a more date/fig/dried grapes smell while the LBE had a more grassy/hay smell. The LBE was still sweet smelling but in less of a fruity way.

Both tobaccos lit and stayed burning well. I dried them out about even so this didn't surprise me. The LBE kind of lost it's taste and started to sour at the end of the bowl.

Here are the standings so far:

1. Escudo
2. LBE

I plan on tackling the Dorchester and the CAO Treasures of Ireland - Limerick next.

After that, I'm going to pit the two Kake tobaccos against each other.