Feb 07 Tobacco of the Month - GLP Fillmore

[a.paul]

I bought a tin for this and still haven't opened it.

[IHT]

Originally Posted by carbonbased_al

I just finished a tin of this last week, and you know what, didn't enjoy any of it. I really like vapers, but this one struck me the wrong way. Just not as interesting as escudo, scottish cake, or 633 imo.

maybe it's too much per and not enough va?
the quality of the tobacco, ease of rubbing out the flake, i felt were top notch.
i haven't had any escudo in a few months (i don't know why), but i don't remember it being as strong in the Perique peppery dept.

[Mad Hatter]

Just gonna bump this and add my two cents.

I opened the tin and thought "Fudge, broken flake" but alas, it was not to be so! This stuff is damp like SG Flakes and I LOVE that. It crumbled so easily, just like SG. Upon lighting I was expecting (despite what I should have expected due to coloring) it to taste like a VA/per; Escudo, Dorchester, St James Flake which I thought was the pinacle of Va/perian tabaks. Again I was wrong. At first I didn't like it until I got in the groove of what was going on. There's a lot of Perique in here but the VAs aren't wussies either and I didn't find that they were incredibly unbalanced like, say Midnight Ride (which reminded me of Night Cap) where the character of the VAs aren't hefty enough to counterbalance and add flavor to the Per, because that's what these VAs do, add character to the perique whereas usually the perique get the role of condiment. About 1/2 way into the bowl I got a good nic punch in the gut, then I began to taste the VAs a little stronger. If I had done a blind review on taste alone I would have swore it was an SG blend and I find Fillmore despite its make-up to be in the class of heavy SG flakes like Bracken Flake or even Balkan Flake....... maybe even a stronger version of Chocolate Flake. I smoked it in a not-so-good smoker but straight from the tin it rarely overheated and burned to a fine grey/white ash. I finally got that creamy VA/per flavor in the very bottom of the bowl. Don't know if I'll smoke a lot for the long-term, but I plan to keep some around for when the mood hits me.

[IHT]

damn, we've been doing these nearly a year now?

[CigarGal]

I re-opened the tin after a year and now it smokes great! I had no problems keeping it lit and the flavors are well balanced. Not as sweet as some of the VaPers I have been trying but a really nice smoke none the less. I agree that this one has a bit more spice to it.