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Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Granny Smith (29) |   |
Mild to Medium | Mild | Medium | Very Pleasant |
This is basically Mellow Virginia with a name change and it's pretty much the same tobacco as it always was. So here's a pasting of my original review - This is damn decent tobacco. Some people always give bad reviews to tobaccos easily found in supermarkets but they are talking through their rear ends. Out of all the easily available blends this comes third in my list behind St. Bruno and my all time fave, The Mighty Condor. Mellow Virginia is in my rotation because it offers a welcome change of pace for me since I usually smoke the more powerful Lakeland style blends. Mellow Virginia offers a nice caramel taste...rich and smooth and I do like it.
Pipe Used: Peterson silver spigot
Age When Smoked: Fresh
Purchased From: ASDA
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Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Little Steven (76) | |
Medium | Medium to Strong | Medium | Unnoticeable |
Update 27th March 2018.
Having smoked a few ounces of this I find I get on well with the bready, doughy flavour. If this were the only tobacco left in the world, I'd smoke.
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The name change from Mellow to Special Virginia proves this logic.
I recall this as moist and dark. Now it's dry and light. It's ok. It can be smoked.
Pipe Used: Stanwell billiard.
Age When Smoked: Fresh from the tin.
Purchased From: Astons of Manchester.
Similar Blends: Mellow Virginia..
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Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| StevieB (1820) | |
Medium | Very Mild | Medium | Pleasant |
Gallaher Ltd - Special Virginia Rubbed Out.
It's been rubbed to the appearance of a broken flake. The colour's quite dark and the moisture's faultless. I find there's little aroma from the pouch, apart from a slight sweetness.
Just like Mellow Virginia, which is basically what this is, it gives a fairly uncomplicated smoke. I find it's a VaBur with a touch of honey. The Virginia and Burley seem equal; slightly sweet and a little coarse. The Kentucky offers a little 'power', but isn't a formidable ingredient. Because of the chunky cut it burns slow and cool. It also gives me no tongue bite.
Nicotine: medium. Room-note: pleasant.
Special Virginia? Like I said with Mellow Virginia, although it's readily available in the UK, it's still damn good! Highly recommended:
Four stars.
Pipe Used: Peterson Golden Supreme Meer'
Age When Smoked: 7 months
Purchased From: My Smoking Shop
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