No need for drying out imo. It came moist but dried to perfection quickly once the tin was opened. The tin note is grass and fruit. Robust and nice spice. Either you love them or you don't. MSRP: $14.25 $12.11 ( saved $2.14 ) 14 reviews . Mild taste, little to no bite, pleasant room note. Lets see with time how it develops. Sold Out. Rare that I smoke straight through a tin, but I keep coming back as nothing else equals it for me right now. This is good stuff. Visual Note - Red flake with light brown spots mixed throughout. It doesn't bite & offers a relatively sweet, pure, Old Belt Carolina Red VA flavor. The Small Batch project is something new to the pipe tobacco world. Marble Kake does seem to have more depth of flavor imo. The presentation's one of a broken flake, quite a dark shade of brown, it has a rich Virginia aroma, and great hydration. So I guess it's a tradeoff. I ordered all I was brave enough to buy! It leaves me wanting more than my self-imposed, nightly two bowls. Why the confusion? One for now and one to save until C&D makes up another batch. it does have that grass smell in the background but definitely cranberry. With only 10,000 two ounce tins, this batch has already SOLD OUT at the wholesale level. Im pretty late to the game with this blend but finally picked up a tin. Very satisfied with the flavor & appreciated the extra strength. The flavor is richer and deeper than many newly tinned red Virginias out there. Join over 18k members to reviewexclusive content. Sku: 011-617-0476. SmokingPipes.com. Adjust accordingly. However, for right now, this year's batch is one of the best things to come out of 2020. Tangy sour notes of toasted bread, bright notes of citrus, and a sweet natural mellow toasted sugar flavor throughout if sipped slowly. View All (60) Cornell & Diehl Carolina Red Flake 2oz Reviews. Very satisfied with the flavor & satisfied with the extra strength & one bowl was plenty for a good while. They have little pieces of yellow scattered across them, but the prominent colour's a darker brown. The tobacco has the same consistency as Opening Night, just made for being puffed and smoked. A solid slightly sour earth note is detected if smoked gently. I have always been a fan of C&D blends and so after acquiring some of my old favorites (Big N' Burley, Byzantium, Valle Crucis, Pasha's Dream) I came across a youtube video with Jeremy Reeves on this tobacco. Cornell & Diehl - Carolina Red Flake with Perique (2021). Though I steer far more toward burley and dark-fired Kentucky, I do appreciate Virginias when blended right. CRF is medium-bodied with an initial blast of sugar which subsides a bit throughout the bowl. I wonder how much Carolina Red Flake tins would have sold if they'd given out free samples first. Quality product for sure, but definitely different from the previous batches as you would expect it to be. 2 oz tin. This is remarkably good. well hell that's where I'm from. Anyway, that's my review. I have smoked many different blends including a good bit of the long gone McC blends we loved. Sorry, persons under the age of 18 cannot use this site. I was very sad that Anthology replaced the CRFwP this year but CRF2022 had more than made up for it. Right off the bat, there is a dominant flavor of earthy pepper with a barely detectable note of plum sweetness. The tin date is 9/15/20 so its almost exactly two years old. . The tongue bite was a total surprise. If you smoke a bowl right, you WANT this as much as you are able to buy it. Grade D1A, D1F, D1H Top Grade Virginias. To Petersons credit, Ive occasionally run across one that is near perfect from the first bowl and this seems to be one of them. This is the blend of Gold. A few days prior to the date I called an online store to get more information and found out that they could not reserve me any, etc but that it would be on sale at 1201 EST with a lot of 10,000 tins. It's not as smooth as McClelland 40th Anniversary by any stretch, but in my opinion, that blend sets the standard as far as a smooth Virginia is concerned. It has the prevailing, expected VaPer aroma, grassy and figgy. Carolina Red Flake is one of those tobaccos that has a cult following. Probably not an all day smoke for many but can certainly be enjoyed on a daily basis. I'd recommend puffing this delicious stuff after dinner on a full stomach - I've made the mistake of having a bowl on the way home from work and arriving a touch nauseous lol. As I was putting it away, I noticed some other tins of Carolina Red Flake and pulled out the oldest to try. Personally Id rather risk mold than add vinegar to a tobacco. A blend of the finest North Carolina grown Red Virginias, Carolina Red Flake is Cornell & Diehl's tribute to the Old Belt. I would recommend doing that to any that you might have in your cellar. I am very pleased with this blend. This is, simply put, one delicious, all day blend that meets or exceeds everything it's been advertised to be. Still a great blend and is exactly how I remembered. It seems to be a very good quality grade of red virginia. Edit: 6/23/16 In case you haven't heard, there have been cases of mold found in some of the tins. $19.99. However, when PS.C advertised this tobacco, I bought a couple of tinsjust based on the description. If you love them, their catalog has much to offer you by way of variety and unique blends that, failing distinction, don't wander far from the general vane than englobes their tobacco worldview--"honest, unpretensious tobacco.". Yes i will say the description is accurate . Moisture Content - Perfect out of the tin. with the number of choices out there I won't be so tempted to crack the open sooner. Nicotine: not heavy. If you live in certain states, you will be unable to purchase this product. . Similar to McClelland 40th Anniversary but a little rough around the edges. They have little pieces of yellow scattered across them, but the prominent colour's a darker brown. The taste is all Virginia to me but with some heft and body to it. While quite good, I prefer a more complex straight Virginia for my normal rotation. There has been a recall on this product for mold. Edit: Tried the 2020 8.33% sugar as opposed to the 10.49% in the 2016 to 2019 releases. I rated this product low because of the recall. It is not the same as CC but these are top shelf red's. To ke ep shipping costs down, I also grabbed a new Peterson Aran X105 with nickel band. I could smoke this all day long as it's right around the medium mark in strength. ;-). I also felt there was a slight Burley component ( like Orliks Golden Red). In short, I kind of like the stuff. I definitely like it and I am not a expert reviewer, but I After McClelland closed down I was worried that we wouldn't be able to purchase quality Virginia tobaccos. There's never a big mystery why this sells out so fast. It's the pure red VA spice. It is unique as Red Virginia's go very little bite, cool burning, nice complex earthy flavor, with a little something "floral" on the retrohale. This is a great Virginia flake I wish I had more of but if you never got the chance to try it Cornell & Diehls regularly available Red Virginia Ribbon is another great smoke. For those wondering why the release count jumped from 2400 initially to 10000 for the final year. It has a few rough, rugged edges. Different than almost any flake I've smoked. This is probably not an all day smoke for many but can certainly be enjoyed on a daily basis, being much closer to the strong side in the medium to strong classification, especially toward the last third. Similar Blends: McClelland - 40th Anniversary (Limited Edition). 5100 and McClelland 40th Anniversary have it, so I'm glad I stocked a decent amount of those. Its got the earthy body and cranberry tartness. I find it has slightly less of a nic hit than the most, already mildish VA flakes (a positive for me) and a slightly deeper flavour. I am reviewing the Nov 2018 release, tin 1175/8000 from a 2015 harvest. But this is wonderful, composed, but with that American "rawness" readily available. Wait for it and buy it up.Save it all and smoke all year long. Every tobacco we produce is blended by hand in small batches, but we've never had the opportunity to really flex our creative muscles. If I to had place it somewhere on a list, I wo uld place it between the 2019 batch of CRF and C&Ds Burley Flake #2. I had thought that the lighter notes were blended in, but now realize that they are all parts of the same crop. Okay, I'll admit it, I bought this on another site. It is slightly sweet and exhaling through the nose has some spice and a little citrus as if the heavy fruit is an orange that is a too ripe. The 2022 edition of Carolina Red Flake features matured TA-20 Red-Orange Tips (the same grade as in 2021's Carolina Red Flake with Perique), boasting a substantial natural sugar content of 13.53%, and all sourced from a single family farm in North Carolina. Like the fact that is made with Carolina tobacco. Sugar Content: 8.33%. I am biased toward Virgina and this one is maybe the best going. This year's edition of Carolina Red Flake features matured TA-20 Red-Orange Tips (the same grade as in last year's Carolina Red Flake with Perique), boasting a substantial natural sugar content of 13.53%, and all sourced from a single family farm in North Carolina. This year's edition showcases matured TA-20 Red-Orange Tips (the same grade featured in 2021's Carolina Red Flake with Perique), boasting a substantial natural sugar content of 13.53%, and all sourced from a single family farm in North Carolina. The tanginess boarders on sour occasionally and this adds to the complexity of the smoke. Lemony with some other dried fruits, but not hay-like or grassy like a lot of the typical pure Virginias. It burns very uniform and slowly. Shop by Department. Nic is also around medium. Cornell & Diehl's Small Batch Carolina Red Flake w/ Perique (Production Date: September 2021) October 18, 2021 in Cool Stuff, NEW, Pipe Tobacco, Pipes, Store News. While it is good, I dont see myself missing it when my tin is empty. It is much stronger & tastier than the wimpy, McCrannie's Red Ribbon which didn't impress me in the least but it did possess a good flavor but this one is richer & tangier with a more earthy flavor. Ron Swanson. The cigar taste and aroma is not necessarily bad but not what I expected from this tobacco. C&D has really made something special with this blend. I suggest you start cellaring this blend. My God, is it ever delicious. Just received two tins of Carolina Red Flake (dated 9-23-2019). Opened the tin and sniffed the mild hay like aroma of good tobacco. I've been smoking this edition Carolina Red Flake for a couple of days now in a variety of pipes ranging from a nosewarmer Reverse Calabash to a smallish 3/4s Bent Billiard to a quarter-bent pot. Purchased From: Crown City Cigars and Fine Tobacco, Coronado Island, CA. I like it. It is ready to smoke from the tin and is easily rubbed out. It is earthier and even less cased it seems . Cornell & Diehl Pipe Tobaccos include hundreds of blends made in the US with top-quality leaf from all over the world. Out so fast lot of the finest North Carolina grown Red Virginias, Carolina Red Flake is Cornell & ;. 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