Brigham Klondike Gold

***New Smoker*** First flake and full virginia blend tried. Long folded flake "belt" easily rubbed out, found a bit difficult to fold and stuff due to the long wide flake but still doable. Sweet tangy notes of citrus and hay easily picked up. Long and even burn, dry smoke leaving little moisture after, Bit a bit with the first bowl but quickly picked up a slower cadence making each bowl after better and better. Readily available in Canada, Very pleasant experience.

This stuff is gold, indeed! These dark little flakes are pretty much perfect for my tastes when I want a nice, light VA Flake, this is what I reach for... well, until my stash runs out. Unfortunately and much to my chagrin they stopped selling this one in the States (insert frowny face here). Rumor has it that this stuff is aged to a minimum of two years before it's released. I don't know if this is actually true but it tastes like it's true. It's a very nice fermented Flake that covers most all the flavor spectrums you would expect of a Virginia. It's basically a refined version of Dunhill Flake. It's got amazing yeasty, bready notes with a brilliant citrus flavor coming only from the natural tobaccos as this in not topped like a lot of other flakes on the market. The nicotine is on the mild/medium side so it is perfect for an "all day" smoke. It's my "dumb reach" blend, meaning no matter what mood I'm in or the time of day, this one always hits the spot. It's still in production (as far as I know) just not available to us Americans. If you can source it for a fair price this one comes highly recommended.

Essential

I just finished my first tin of this and I think I am in love. Thin brown flakes with some golden blemishes. Tin notes of sweet hay and grass. Some citrus notes for those with good noses. The flakes fold and stuff wonderfully. I usually pack a flake and smoke it in a day or two later. Lights easier than most and burns great. Normal amount of relights are required. The initial flavors are malty bread like Virginia's with some hay and grass. I start to get the citrus about a third of the way in. The citrus doesn't stand out for me. The bready Virginia's are the main player for me. The nic hit approaches medium and there is a chance of bite so take your time. This could be an all day Virginia but I feel like it requires too much care to smoke it all day. Overall this is one of my top five belnds.

Really clean taste and I could imagine smoking this in the Klondike. Medium body, medium taste, and crisp citrus notes in the high medium range and an high base note of Woody earth. Well behaved and not complex.

A tin that was aged for a couple of years that smells of sweet and tart dry figs. I folded and stuffed with this one as the flakes are medium/thin.

The flavor profile is very straightforward, sweet, tangy, hay and the omnipresent dark fruit topping that is there to the end. By midway, it becomes slightly earthy with more topping sweetness/tartness. I somehow get bored even though the pipe tobacco smoke is mellow, creamy, doesn't bite and burns slowly.

The aftertaste is not that pleasant as the topping lingers with a slightly bitter and ashy taste. I give it 2.5 stars.

Virginia lover

A pleasant, solid 3-star blend for me. If it were a bit sweeter, I might enjoy it more, but then it wouldn't be the blend that it is. (Since we neither need nor want a pipe tobacco market filled with virtually identical products, it's always nice to come across something that has its own character while remaining true to its genre.)

Although it lacks sweetness and is on the mild side nicotine-wise, I don't think it particularly lacks body. There are nice citrus notes in the smoke, but there are also some of the darker, bready elements that I always look for in a Virginia. The latter seem to gather pace as you go down the bowl, especially in a larger pipe.

All in all, an enjoyable experience, and I'll be looking to add a tin or two of KG to future tobacco orders.

The first thing catch my attention is the golden tin art. The flake is easy to rub out. Dark color straight virginia, reminds me of full virginia flake. Although the flavor is tangy, the nicotine level is surprisingly lower than I thought without harshness and tongue bite. After several bowls, I put away the rest to age as I figure this will age quite nicely.

Tin note of sugared dark fruit and spices. Tobacco is a Flake of marbled reddish brown, tan and a little dark brown. Moisture content is great. Flakes rub out easily. Burns slow with few relights. The strength is mild to medium and nic is mild. No flavoring detected. Taste is medium and very consistent, with notes of dried sweet dark fruit, floral, wood, tart and tangy citrus, sugar, savory, hay, rich earth, zesty orange peel, mildly creamy, slight grass, a bread and spices background note, and a moderately peppery retro. Room note is pleasant to tolerable, and aftertaste is great.

This a great tobacco. The tin I bought was almost perfect moisture. This wasn't in small flake strips it was one long piece folded up a bunch of times. More like a strap. Broke off a piece and rubbed out, let air dry for about 10min. Nice tin note of plum and raisin and fresh tobacco. Took perfect light to a match and didn't need a second one at the start. Burns cool and slow. Very enjoyable sweet smoke. Light smoke and light after taste of tobacco. No harsh spots while smoking. Burned to ashes all the way to the bottom of the bowl. I liked the sweetness of it the most. Will be buying more to jar up and cellar for a few years and to smoke right away as well. Part of the regular rotation now.