Customer Reviews (37 Total)
An aro that smoked like a non aro
May 17, 2018
Product: G. L. Pease The Virginia Cream 2oz
This blend smoked well for me. It had that body that I crave in a Virginia. The bourbon and vanilla makes it a smooth finish. Thi s has been moved into my rotation and smoked in my Bing's favorite.
All DFK
December 12, 2017
Product: G. L. Pease The Virginia Cream 2oz
I got a subtle tin note of bourbon, but no vanilla. Upon lighting I got no aromatic notes, mostly just the DFK. The room note is that of a cigar.
The tobacco in this blend is good. I just feel completely mislead with this one.
Re-visit 1-1/2 years later
May 16, 2017
Product: G. L. Pease The Virginia Cream 2oz
Tin date 10-1-2015. I reviewed this blend before an figured that I would give it some age to see if it improved. Well it did not, in fact its worse than when originally opened. Bitter, sour, acrid and plain old nasty, unfortunately I have two more... Read More
unopened tins of this stuff. Based on the positive reviews below I believe I simply got a bad batch because I never had a bad Pease blend. Read Less
There´s something for everyone!!
November 28, 2016
Product: G. L. Pease The Virginia Cream 2oz
This is a great tobacco. For me, this is not an aromatic in the typical way we know it. It´s refined, different, sophisticated. It has some vanilla undertones but is spicy at the same time; smokey at times but also sweet. This blend offers something ... Read More
for everyone. Never boring and always intriguing. Higly recommended!! Read Less
Subtle Vanilla Notes
November 22, 2016
Product: G. L. Pease The Virginia Cream 2oz
I was expecting a bit more from this tobacco. Albeit, the description states it has a "subtle vanilla topping." The virginia's provide a mellow smoke but I have found any tobacco that has too much VA in it can drive my wife crazy, it ends u... Read More
p smelling like an expensive cigarette. Read Less
Not an aromatic
September 13, 2019
Product: G. L. Pease The Virginia Cream 2oz
I am not an aromatic smoker and probably never will be. This poses a problem for me as my girlfriend hates the smell of all of the tobaccos I smoke but loves the smell of every aromatic my father smokes. I bought this with the hope of finding a tobac... Read More
co that smells like an aromatic but doesn't taste like one. I have seen many reviews claiming that this was the tobacco to finally achieve this. Unfortunately, at least for my girlfriend this was not the case. She said it smells like everything else i smoke...with a touch of sweetness. All is not lost however as this is a pretty good blend. It doesn't really taste like an aromatic to me. I would put it in more of a navy blend category. You taste all the natural tobacco but with a slight alcohol topping. Most people say bourbon but it smells more like a scotch to me. No chemical aftertaste. Just tobacco. The kentucky and perique really show up to me. Much spicier than i anticipated. Can smoke hot and will bite if not careful. A little too much going on for an everyday smoke for me but still pretty good. Read Less
Love This Blend
July 03, 2019
Product: G. L. Pease The Virginia Cream 2oz
Just tried this for the first time. I love this blend. The added burboun/vanilla flavor is there but takes a back seat to the virginias. A great transition into the VA blends for a new pipe smoker. Flavor stayed the same though out the bowl. A g... Read More
reat tobacco. Well done Mr. Pease. Read Less
Product: G. L. Pease The Virginia Cream 8oz
Root beer float on burley. I kid you not. It’s something you ought to experience in life.
My new Favorite
April 11, 2019
Product: G. L. Pease The Virginia Cream 8oz
Just got a Tin of Virginia Cream. I know, Im not a real tobacco lover if I smoke Aromatics. SO WHAT !!! To each his own, but this is something different. YEA, it a aromatic but Not the typical Aromatic. It soft, smooth and lightly topped. Easy t... Read More
o smoke and has a great taste and room not. Love this stuff, It's kind of out of sorts for GLPease but this is a winner for me. Try it before you condemn an Aromatic smoker. Read Less
Not for me
April 05, 2019
Product: G. L. Pease The Virginia Cream 2oz
I wanted to like this tobacco more than I actually liked it. Maybe it's my pallet, maybe not. After about five bowls I knew I wouldn't finish the tin. To each their own.
Not bad....
March 23, 2019
Product: G. L. Pease The Virginia Cream 2oz
Tastes like a light bulk style aromatic to me. It's not bad but it's nothing great either. A bit on the mild side, kind of leaves you hanging. The quality of the tobacco is no big deal either, it seems rather standard. Smells like a cheap bourbon fl... Read More
avored cigar, not so great on the aroma. Read Less
Ok VA but great as part of a blend
February 02, 2019
Product: G. L. Pease The Virginia Cream 8oz
This is a Virginia-first blend. As such, it should be smoked the way you would any other VA blend (i.e. slow sips from your pipe). The fresh-baked bread and grass flavors are there. Having said that, there are much better VA blends available. Also if... Read More
you are into the vanilla and bourbon, there are much better aromatics as well.
To bring out the flavors of the bourbon and vanilla I decided to blend Virginia Cream 50/50 with Sutliff’s Black Cordial. It is a cherry/vanilla aromatic. This brought the vanilla to the front of the flavor profile with the baked bread and cherry in the middle while the bourbon was in the background. It also produced a very rich, sew, cool, and creamy smoke with great burning qualities (once lit, it burned to the bottom of the bowl without further relights).
Next I tried 50/50 Virginia Cream with Sutliff’s Creme Brulee. This time the caramel/bourbon were up front with the vanilla and baked bread following slightly behind. It also produced the same smoke qualities.
In conclusion, as a straight up smoke I can’t recommend Virginia Cream. However, in my opinion, as a blending agent, it’s wonderful. Read Less
A satisfying, creamy concoction
November 21, 2018
Product: G. L. Pease The Virginia Cream 2oz
I never got into the Pease train. As a primarily english smoker, I had my share of Maltese Falcons, Gaslights and Quiet Nights. They were fine but never really spoke to me. My impression was that Pease was simply an overhyped blender.
As I was loo... Read More
king for aros in order to be able to smoke inside the house without turning it into a wasteland for any visitors, I went through classics like Q1, BCA, Molto Dolce, Apricot n cream, Autumn Evening and even a tin of Germain's Plumcake. All of them tasted like candy and desserts, too sugary for me to take seriously as an option. I was filled with hubris and foolishly felt I was too sophisticated of a pipe smoker to be pleased by those lowly aros.
I was giving up on my fruitless quest and resigning myself to smoking outside the house when I stumbled upon "the" Virginia Cream. And considering my background as a Pease skeptic and an enemy of aromatics, I must have been guided by fate to give it a go. Or by the marvelous tin art, who knows.
In the bowl it looked like nothing. The bourbony tin note simple, almost comic. Just a regular false light. Under tamping and the first relight it behaved like an ordinary gas station baccy. And then, suddenly, high above it, grassy, wheaty virginia. A full mouthful hanging there, unwavering. Until the creamy topping took over and gently sweetened it into a puff of such delight...! This was no concoction by an overhyped blender. This was a tobacco I had never smoked. Filled with such longing, such unfulfillable longing, it had me trembling. It seemed to me that I was smoking the breath of God.
Or maybe not. Pretty good though, and very smokable inside the house. Read Less
Product: G. L. Pease The Virginia Cream 2oz
This is an aromatic in a different sense. As the description states, it's for virginia lovers who want something with a bit of sweet flavor. It is as described and it is not a heavy aromatic. I liked it, very natural tasting but a faint sweetness of ... Read More
vanilla. I think it needs aging, the tobacco flavors are too present on their own with a fresh can. It's still good, but I think age would mellow them all and make it a nice sweet smoke. Read Less
didn't grab me
November 10, 2017
Product: G. L. Pease The Virginia Cream 2oz
Aromatics just aren't my cup of tea. Borkum Riff original and Lane BCA are the 2 aromatics I smoke on a regular basis. Most just give me a tongue burn, including Virginia cream, although the taste is ok
First Love
October 22, 2017
Product: G. L. Pease The Virginia Cream 8oz
This was the first blend I ever smoked, and continues to be a blend I come back to. Great taste and aroma
Mild but nice flavor
April 15, 2017
Product: G. L. Pease The Virginia Cream 2oz
This is a mild but flavorful. I find that if you pack your pipe with the black chunks you will get the bourbon flavor .If you pack it with mostly the ribbon tobacco you get a vanilla flavor.Neither are over bering. It burn very cool and I love it in ... Read More
the morning with mostly the ribbon tobacco. In the evening ,or afternoon I pack a lot of the black pieces,and i get mostly the Bourbon flavor.all in all it's a great smoking, mild flavorful Smoke. I will definitely order more. I did notice that the tin I got was packed in 2001. Read Less
Recommended!
March 14, 2017
Product: G. L. Pease The Virginia Cream 2oz
Quick and dirty....
I like this blend - not a hot burner, and easy on the palette. However, there *appears* to be a bit of sample variance. With the first 2oz tin that I received, the Virginia flavor was present along with bourbon but the vanilla ... Read More
portion was non-existent. So, I decided to order a second 2oz tin and with the second order BAM! the delightful vanilla/bourbon flavor that I had read about it was there. I would have rated it 5 stars if not for the sample variation. Read Less
Pretty Good
October 25, 2016
Product: G. L. Pease The Virginia Cream 2oz
It's a fine blend and I can see why a lot of people like it. It just isn't that high up there for me.
Product: G. L. Pease The Virginia Cream 2oz
I enjoy many English blends, but don't often want to smoke them daily. Not a big aromatic fan though. Which leaves me with very little choices for everyday smoking. This is my go to for room note, balanced sweetness, flavor, and easy light (Needs to ... Read More
dry out a little though). My wife even likes this. My go to, everyday smoke. Highly recommend. Read Less
Just try it
July 02, 2016
Product: G. L. Pease The Virginia Cream 2oz
I've been a fan of Pease blends for as long as I can remember.
Working in the cigar/tobacco industry has introduced me to many people that shun GLP tobacco. I think it's more jealousy than anything. That said, I cracked open a tin of VC last night.
I... Read More
am not a fan of 'in your face' aromatics and this does not fall into that category. Bourbon/Vanilla? Yup. Does it dominate the blend? Absolutely not. Totally enjoyable and my wife liked the aroma as well, not that that's a dealbreaker.
This is a real nice tobacco for anyone that likes a nice quality tobacco. And it lit up like a champ.
I've already ordered more.
It won't be here forever so just get some and thank me later.
MMM Read Less
Even better than I remembered!
May 17, 2016
Product: G. L. Pease The Virginia Cream 2oz
I ordered it once, more to try in my Cobbits, and was blown away by the flavor! Slight vanilla taste, peppery notes, with slight licorice taste, probably from the perique in it, but spicier than I remember.
Smokes very spicy in the Shire Cobbit, of ... Read More
so much in the Dwarf, but definitely good in the Elf, and full of flavor in the Wizard Cobbit!, but smokes best in the MM Mark Twain! Read Less
Big disappointment!
May 08, 2016
Product: G. L. Pease The Virginia Cream 2oz
My first big disappointment from Greg Pease. I usually love a mixture with these components, and I gravitate toward bourbon-vanilla aromatics, so I thought this would be the one for me. HOWEVER ... although this one smells great when the tin is fir... Read More
st opened, it is tastes and smells awful once lit. The room note drove my usually tolerant wife out of the room, and even the cats wouldn't hang out with me once I lit it. I gave this tobacco several tries over time, just to be fair, but I was terribly disappointed every time. Don't waste your money. Read Less
A great find
February 27, 2016
Product: G. L. Pease The Virginia Cream 2oz
What a great blend this is! I'm a new to pipe smoking (non smoker up until now) and exploring various tobaccos to see what flavors and blends might suit me. I was genuinely and pleasantly surprised by this one and definitely ordering more. We had ... Read More
an unusually warm day here and so I loaded this blend into my Peterson (also purchase here at smoking pipes.com.....thanks guys!) and put my feet up in the sun.
The tin note on this one is fantastic!! I'm a great fan of a good bourbon but I would not say this smells as if it has been topped with a mature bottled bourbon. Instead what comes comes through from the tin is more like a sour mash or a young bourbon that's just beginning to take on the barrel notes of vanilla and wood tannins. The aroma is sweet with a touch of sour or piquancy in the nose. There are notes of dried orange peel or candied orange and vanilla and the smokey notes of bourbon.
Some have complained of tongue bite on this one and so, as a new pipe smoker who is still learning to slow down and not try to keep my pipe lit by over-drawing, I worried this would be a problem for me. To the contrary, I found I got virtually no tongue bite at all. It took to the match quite well with only one relight after my char. It has a nice creamy white smoke with good vanilla notes, and a bit of spicy perique in the retrohale.
Many have called the flavor of this blend sweet.....which it surely is.....but I found, and particularly enjoyed, some slightly sour and spice flavors coming through. If one were to stay with the bourbon theme I would have to say the spice reminded me of a really nice glass of Rye while the sour really evoked a bourbon like Mitchner's Sour Mash.
This may be the first blend I've tried where I actually enjoyed the development of the entire bowl. It evolved a little for me as I worked my way though starting with the Mitchners Sour Mash flavorings early on....mid bowl I started catching flashes of my grandfather's cigar....and then near the end an unexpected sweetness came through again at the bottom of the bowl.
I've tried other aromatics in my efforts to figure out what sort of blends I might like. In general I've found I may not be an aromatics fan. I find many of them are at their best in the tin. Most become fairly off putting as the bowl progresses and become downright unpalatable at the bottom of the bowl.
Virginia Cream is the first aromatic (is it really an aromatic??) that progressed wonderfully and finished clean with the original flavors coming through right to the end...again....sweet with a hint of spice and sourness that, for me, was just right. I ws surprised to find it smoked down to a clean and surprisingly dry white ash leaving a very clean bowl.
There's no accounting for taste and one man's ambrosia is another man's poison but I'm an instant fan of this one. I'll be adding a few more tins for the long haul to my growing collection. Read Less
Better with age
February 27, 2016
Product: G. L. Pease The Virginia Cream 2oz
I didn't like this blend at first. I found it bitty out of the tin, and I didn't pick up any of the "Cream Soda" taste the reviews said it would have. I set the tin on my shelf and forgot about it for about 3 months. Today I decided to give... Read More
it another shot. It dried out quite nicely, and I have to say, this blend improved GREATLY with age. I'm currently smoking it in an old Rupp billiard, and it's almost a completely different smoke. Buy a tin and then forget about it for a couple of months! Read Less
Bad tin maybe?
January 05, 2016
Product: G. L. Pease The Virginia Cream 2oz
Did not detect any aromatic qualities upon opening tin, smelled like rich Virginia tobacco. My tin had an overpowering harsh pepper note on the retro-hale akin to the same feeling you get when you eat too much wasabi. I'm going to let it chill out a... Read More
while in my cellar to hopefully mellow out with some time on it. My tin(s) are all dated 10-1-15. Read Less
Not blown away
November 07, 2015
Product: G. L. Pease The Virginia Cream 2oz
Ive given this a try about 5 bowls now and its not growing on me im going to set it aside and let it sit for 5 or 6 months and then come back to it.
Not bad!
November 03, 2015
Product: G. L. Pease The Virginia Cream 2oz
Since my palate got tired and burned out on aros, I don't/can't taste any flavoring in this except subtle hints of vanilla now and then, but I could taste the spicy notes from the virginias and Perique, and that made it worth while. The tin note was ... Read More
amazing, smelling of Cream Soda, it's a great change of pace, from the usual aros, VAs and English, neither overwhelming nor understated, pleasantly mild to medium, Master Pease did a good job on this one! Read Less
Outstanding Change of Pace
October 31, 2015
Product: G. L. Pease The Virginia Cream 2oz
This is a well done aero for the smoker that likes to taste the tobacco in the blend, but wants a shift in pace from the big English blends. Tin note is like a savory beechnut and vanilla bourbon.
Not cloying at all, and quite pleasant on the ini... Read More
tial light, subtle sweetness to the VA. Room note is easy on the nose, and could even be called pleasant to a non smoker.
No burn issues, little dottle left at the bottom. Very pleasant non biting blend with some good vanilla creamy sweetness in the background.
Strong work Mr. Pease Read Less
Well, thats different!
October 27, 2015
Product: G. L. Pease The Virginia Cream 2oz
I don't really ever smoke aromatics. I've never found one that gives me what I like about pipe smoking. They usually feel artificial to me, and don't burn well. That said, GLPease makes so many of my favorite tobaccos that I have enough faith and res... Read More
pect to try everything he makes, at least once. So, I can't compare this to other Aros.
When I opened the tin, I thought it was doomed. It smells like, well, an aromatic! It has that big bold foodsy aroma that to ME screamed "wouldn't it be nice if I were as pleasant to smoke as I smell" Some coffees are like this for me,the beans smell like Heaven, but once ground and submitted to 200* water, it tastes nothing like that aroma. Not BAD just, not the same.
This, more than maybe ANY other smoke i know, tastes JUST like it smells. I'm serious. I couldn't believe it.
This is a lovely and lighter Va blend, on it's own, as a foundation for the enhancements of, as I understand, bourbon and vanilla. If the flavorings weren't there, it'd be a nice, forthright Va smoke with not much strength, and also not too little going on. Its what you'd expect from the blender you already know, the one who gave you Union Square, and Sixpence (my darling).
I doesn't smell or taste like cream soda to me. It smells like "pipe store" and tastes more like Peach Cobbler a la Mode. I can't saw I taste bourbon, but I think I feel it in there. I don't really smell it, but, sense it. It's all come together in a way that is almost like the added flavors are another type of leaf. Like Va/Per. This is similar but instead of Perique, its lightly sweet Vanilla liqueur.
I can absolutely see someone not liking this if they pack it too tightly, or puff too fast. For example, its the opposite of Sextant in that way, which seems to love to be run fast like a sheep dog. It just gets more "itself". The Virginia Cream is a lapdog, and like the slow jam with puffing cadence, and strength. Sip at this one, and it rewards you like a nice dessert. Not mass produced birthday cake, but a lovely filled pastry.
Likewise, my wife said that no matter how much she may like any smoke, they're all hard to be near while I smoke them, except this one. Not sure why, but she found it easy on the second-hand.
Folks, give this one a spin. Its different. Its nice, and mellow. I tend toward heavy Balkans and English and heavy strong Va Per, but this is a welcome change of pace for me. Read Less
Great stuff
October 26, 2015
Product: G. L. Pease The Virginia Cream 2oz
I love Virginia Cream! Second best Aromatic I have ever smoked. Its delicious. Its a treat any time of day. I suspect it will age, also. Another Grandslam from Greg! Its not goopy, it doesnt Ghost, and if smoked at the proper cadence, namely slow, it... Read More
s just a perfect treat! Read Less
Nice Try
October 25, 2015
Product: G. L. Pease The Virginia Cream 2oz
Being interested in Virginia's for several months I was excited to try this tobacco, all for not.
I did notice the cream soda aroma but nothing else, could not get pass to enjoy the Virginia. Way to mild for me This one you know right off you like ... Read More
or you don't won't buy again Read Less
Good Smoke Not very Aromatic
October 20, 2015
Product: G. L. Pease The Virginia Cream 2oz
Taste is a subjective thing. So often what one person tastes may be completely missed by another. The Virginia Cream is a perfect example, which I feel has led to some confusion. This tastes to me like a good Virginia ribbon cut blend with a light ... Read More
boozey casing. I DO NOT taste vanilla, or cream soda, or any other flavor that is promised in describing this blend. Even the tin aroma, described as cream soda, beechnut gum or bourbon whiskey, is missing my olfactory senses. All I smell is a VA Navy style tobacco and that's not a bad thing. It smokes like a VA, with the slightest hint of any additional sweetness. Calling this a "Rare for it's genre" aromatic-ish VA is in my opinion a mistake. I for one, am generally put off by the term "Aromatic". But increasingly I'm learning that the definition of THAT word has become a bit blurry. The stuff packs easily, lights well, and tastes fine. I'll smoke it any day, despite the fact that it doesn't "deliver on it's aromatic promise" for me. This bears little resemblance to it's advertised fanfare. But I like it, and if you like VA blends, you'll like it too. If you're looking for an Aromatic, I'm afraid this will disappoint you. Read Less
NOT VERY GOOD
October 18, 2015
Product: G. L. Pease The Virginia Cream 2oz
I had high hopes for this Tobacco but it didn't live up to the hype. It smelled like Bourbon,so I had some high hopes,but after I lit the pipe, Nothing,no flavor,no room notes,and the real let down no real taste.I did notice that it was Tinned on Oct... Read More
ober 1st 2015,so I did buy 2 tins,I'm going to cellar one for a year and see if that helps..Otherwise it was a waste of a few Dollars. Read Less
Not as promised..
October 17, 2015
Product: G. L. Pease The Virginia Cream 2oz
I hope i got an oddball tin.... For me, the tin note smells of a light cream soda and beechnut chewing tobacco (nice).. charring light was promising, a little sweet and hint of rum.. after that it was all dark fired kentucky, perique with the smalles... Read More
t hint of virginia.. it reminded me of a milder HH old dark fired (which i like).. this is a good smoke if thats what i wanted. the tin i received did not deliver on it's promise, i was expecting a smoothe slightly aromatic cream flavor and did not get it.. i tried this in cobs, briars, pear wood and even a morta, results were the same.. it's a good smoke but not as promised. Read Less
An atypical exceptional aeromatic
October 14, 2015
Product: G. L. Pease The Virginia Cream 2oz
I was very fortunate to be a lab rat on this blend and it really made me question what an aeromatic is, yes this blend has a great room note, and yes this blend is noticeably top dressed, but this isn't some mild tasteless tobacco someone threw a lot... Read More
of glop on to make it smell like candy, the tin note is fine tobacco, mainly premium Va's and an ever so slight vanilla and bourbon note. Now the complexity of this blend begs to be sipped slow and savored, this is a fine tobacco blend with a complementary bourbon vanilla both flavor and aroma. I highly recommend it it! Read Less
This is not your father's aromatic.
October 14, 2015
Product: G. L. Pease The Virginia Cream 2oz
This is a rare treat for tobacco lovers. It's not the first natural aromatic tobacco that prioritizes the taste of the leaf over the topping, but it's the only one I can think of that you can get without searching for a small boutique blender. This... Read More
is not the goopy, mostly black cavendish, never dry nonsense so often sold as an aromatic. It has a delicious sweetness, but the taste of the leaf is never obscured for a moment. In fact, after a DGT, you have to strain to find the topping and there's a nice spicy kick. That said, it's low on the Dark Fired compared to other Pease blends and one of few I can smoke without a raw throat. A wonderful blend to start at dessert and finish with coffee in the morning. I for one wholeheartedly recommend the new smoker exploring tobacco families choose this one for the ideal example of an aromatic. Read Less
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