Astley's No.109 Medium Flake

This of brown sugar aroma is very strong and sweet. It was not a bad feeling, a lot of other good tobacco. If you love sweet, it is accept.

No Bite, complex flavors despite the mildness, and the real kicker, no other tobacco has the same effect after the smoke. Something about 109 makes me want to rub my tongue over my teeth all day long, enjoying the deliciousness again and again.

I like 44 alright, but this takes the cake handedly.

As most of the reviewers said here the tin description explains well the tobacco. It is a mild and mellow mixture. It suits perfectly when you wish to enjoy a cup of tea or coffee in hot summer mornings. The tin content is considerably moisty, so try to air your portion of tobacco for a while. I personally let the tin open for more then a day and rubbed my portions before packing.

I noticed nice sweet flavors of uncased Virginias in this mixture . It has a mild nutty chocolate taste and sometimes fruity flavors. It is not a satisfactory blend for my nicotine and more tobacco taste searching palate, but as I said it fits well for early morning tobacco enjoys.

This is it! This is my all day smoke mild enough to smoke all day but tasty enough that you know you are smoking quality tobacco. This never bites even when pulling extra hard it can burn a little hot if not rubbed out a little. Rich silky white smoke. I also do detect something of a very very light taste in the backround but what is even more noticeable is a slight peppery tingle reminiscent of Virginia/Pa blends Strange as it says it is all Virginia. This is certainly worth the bucks you have to shell out for it (smoking pipes.com has the cheapest prices on tins that I have found) So anyone who loves a mild Va this one is for you.

This classic VA flake is tasty indded! Wonderful tin aroma, sort of a fruity, sweet smell in a straight VA manner. No topping detected. Easy to rub out and pack. Let this one set a few minutes - a freash can will be a tad on the wet side. Burns well after a good rubbing abd setting. Nice, fresh VA flavor; no harsh overtones. This is a great smoke for those wanting to try VA's or like the milder, less acidic tasing VA's.

I stumbled on to this blend at my local B&M. I requested a straight Virginia that was somewhat mild. I was given a 50gm tin. Upon opening the tin I was greeted with a pleasant aroma of quality Virginia tobacco. I detected a light casing but not so much as to overshadow the pure tobacco aroma. I found the moisture content to be minimal. The broken flake packed and lit easily. At first I detected an ever so slightly sweet taste,however it quickly subsided and the true Virginia tobacco taste arose to the forefront. I find this to be an extremely mild and pleasant tasting blend. A wonderful way to start the morning with a fresh cup of coffee or tea.There was no apparent bite. This could easily become an all day smoke. I would highly recommend this to aromatic smokers who wish to evolve and expand their taste selections. The only negative aspect of this blend is that it does not come in a larger quanity than 50 gms. I am compelled to give this blend four stars only because there aren't five stars.

This is my favorite Virginia, because it's mild, and being a broken flake, it's easy to work with. It's always a bit sweet, without overdoing it. Light enough I don't get burned out on it.

This is a delicious mild Virginia Flake with somewhat the same taste and flavor as Peter Stokkebye Luxury Twist Flake and with a permanent earthy-hay/creamy bass note, very mild and tasty, great for morning smoke.

Overall, a good quality mild Virginia for an everyday smoke, unfortunately it is not available in bulk to add it to my standard all day Va rotation.

This is a fine Va, Flake. You can tell quality leaf is used. Nice flakes, soft and fine in texture compared to some. Topping is present and quite noticeable. Less so if it is allowed to air out some. Recent tins do not display the same quality and flavor as the past. Still a good tobacco, just not an "Oh, boy!" or a "Wow".