McCranie's Southport

(3.25)
Made from rich, orange and red Virginias with a touch of perique to create a refreshing smoke with a satisfying richness and depth of flavor. This broken flake is for the straight smoker.

Details

Brand McCranie's
Blended By  
Manufactured By  
Blend Type Virginia/Perique
Contents Perique, Virginia
Flavoring
Cut Broken Flake
Packaging Bulk
Country United States
Production No longer in production

Profile

Strength
Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Tolerable to Strong
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium to Full
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming

Average Rating

3.25 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jan 29, 2019 Mild to Medium None Detected Medium Pleasant
The tangy ripe dark fruity, earthy, lightly sugary, lightly grassy, rather citrusy red and orange Virginias are the lead components. They also sport a touch of vinegar that quickly dissipates. The perique provides some plum, raisins and spice as a supporting player. The strength level is a step closer to medium than it is to mild. The taste is medium. The nic-hit is just past the mild mark. Won’t bite or get harsh, but it does have a rough edge here and there. Needs a little dry time. Burns cool, clean and little slow with balanced, mostly consistent sweet and spicy flavor that translates to the mildly lingering after taste. Leaves a little moisture in the bowl, and more so if not dried a bit. Requires some relights under any circumstance. Can be an all day smoke.

-JimInks
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
May 06, 2010 Medium to Strong None Detected Medium to Full Tolerable to Strong
Foreword: this tobacco was donated to me by Clarkus (thanks), I know that it is the McClelland Bulk 2015, but having reached under the name Southport (Mc Cranie's) my review is here.

This is my first McClelland tobacco so I could meet finally the famous/infamous "ketchup smell" that produces discussions on forum dedicated to pipes, some people argue that it's chemical additives (flavouring, preservatives, wettings ...) while others argue that it is a remnant of natural fermentation of tobacco. IMHO I do agree with this last group: I think this is acetic acid as a result of a sugar fermentation. In any case this pungent smell so affects attention, smoking tobacco just opened this note is also in smoke, you need to aerate the tobacco and leave a few days. With regard to the blend as such, it presents you with a nice red/brown hue and a large broken flake cut, nicotine occurs immediately with a fruity and spicy taste. I'm not a big fan of Perique (and so little expert) but this blend seems well balanced and full bodied, piquancy is constant but non-invasive, sweet-sour taste and flavour slightly metallic make Southport a refreshing tobacco, ideal for warm months. The aftertaste is rather persistent (a bit too much for my preferences) and the room note is really impregnating, keep warned!

Highly recommended for Vaper fans and surely worth a try for all others.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Feb 20, 2007 Medium to Strong None Detected Medium to Full Strong
A fine blend of leaves with a superb taste.McClleland I dont know and dont care,it was good.Smoked it mainly outside while working the garden or chasing my favorite fish,speckled trout. Like most flakes I have tried its hard to keep burning but the flavor far exceeds this inconveince.The tobacco itself is cholate bar colored with streaks of lighteer tobacco.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Apr 29, 2003 Medium None Detected Medium Tolerable to Strong
This is a wonderful tobacco with the right price! Better than or equal too many VA/P's sold in a tin, you can't go wrong here. This tobacco is in a nice semi-rubbed out flake form that is easy to pack and takes to the light well. With a rich tasting virginia that is sweeter than most virginias used in these types of blends, it was a joy on the taste buds. The perique is definitely present but at the same time never seems to overwhelm the palate, instead lending a nice spicy note to counterbalance the sweetness of the virginia. If you like VA/P blends and are looking for one at a bulk price- look no further!
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