<h3>VA Perique for Pipe</h3><h4>Description</h4>Sweet Virginia tobacco spiked with some peppery perique. 

My original intention here was to just create perique, and I think I got pretty close to that, but then I realized that there’s a reason people don’t really smoke perique all by itself- it’s pretty intense. 

There’s a somewhat fermented dark fruit taste with a peppery kick. For the dark fruit, I put a little splash of INW Dark for Pipe. To get a little bit of that fermented taste, FA Liquid Amber just seemed to make sense. To get a little bit of spicy, peppery kick, I’ve got INW Black for Pipe, FLV Kentucky, and FA Black Pepper. The Kentucky also helps give a bit of depth and body. 

VAPers are pretty popular blends, so I figured I’d toss in some sweet Virginias. To get some authentic tobacco leaf taste in there, I went with the INW Virginia Tobacco Absolute. To get things a little sweeter, I went with HS Virginia. I think FLV Virginia would also work pretty well here in place of the HS. They are pretty similar in taste, but the FLV might have a bit more bite to it.  

Definitely required a nice, long steep. I tried this final version after about 10 days and prepared to go back to the drawing board. Got busy with other things and tried it after a month and it was perfect. 


<h4>Recipe</h4>FLV Kentucky Blend &nbsp; &nbsp; <strong>0.5%</strong>FA Liquid Amber &nbsp; &nbsp; <strong>1%</strong>FA Pepper Black &nbsp; &nbsp; <strong>0.5%</strong>HS Virginia &nbsp; &nbsp; <strong>1%</strong>INW Classic For Pipe Black &nbsp; &nbsp; <strong>1%</strong>INW Classic For Pipe Dark &nbsp; &nbsp; <strong>0.25%</strong>INW Tobacco Absolute Virginia &nbsp; &nbsp; <strong>0.5%</strong><p>Total Flavor: <strong>4.75%</strong></p>