I have only checked one of the two local Winn-Dixie’s but all they have are Sweet Scotches, it looks like they might be fazing them out, I’m sure they are not very popular here, when I call most stores they don’t even know what it is.
@dakotas I bought a lifetime supply from Tom right before PACT. I suspect if you live in the south and ask a grocery store manager nicely, he might order a case of 12 for you. You could always unload what you don’t want on here.
I have yet to try any Sweet scotchs myself… and the only one that is available in the city I live in, Is the W&G sweet… and its one of the large tins… Don’t know if I wanna pay into that much for something I may or may not like.
I’ve only tried Honey Bee myself as I live in the UK and it’s more difficult to get them, on MrSnuff they didn’t have the singles and only the x3 packs so now I have a bit too much but it was worth it. Very sweet, a lot of burn, the flavour just like honey. I’m definitely going to try some more scotches.
I’ve tried Rooster without much success, as I haven’t really taken to the smokiness and, especially, the vinegary aroma. WE Garret I preferred, but wasn’t crazy about–again too smokey. I’ll be down in NC this summer and plan to hit up a Food Lion to see what’s available. In the past I’ve seen Navy, Society and Tube Rose and the like there.
I am a huge fan and user of american scotch snuff. At this very moment, i have in rotation: W.E.Garrett&Sons Scotch Snuff and their Sweet Mild Snuff. Both i fairly enjoy. I really like to take RED SEAL (maybe one of the best of all scotch snuffs), TOPS Sweet, Railroads Mills Plain, Helme´s Wild Cherry and the all famous Railroad Mills Maccoboy. I am looking forward for a bunch of others like Honey-Bee, Checkerberrys, Dixie, Lorrilard, etc.
I bought them all because, let’s face it, I’m crazy. I even have two cans of Devoe Sweet that I’ll likely never use. I am not a particularly discriminating user of scotches–they are all fairly uniformly terrible and wonderful. Using them nasally, you tend to make the same expression you would make it you just downed a shot of Old Grandad. It’s pain but it’s effective. I have no doubt some users grow to like it, but I think *most people* have to make a real effort to like it. I think it has survived for so long because it’s cheap.
If I had to pick one scotch it’d be Bruton because of the sheer nicotine power, and really it’s not much worse than any of the others. Three Thistles Strong is a runner-up though it’s harder to find, even online. Dental and Tops are a bit milder. Superior, Standard, Square and Rooster are all kind of indistiguishable for me (though I do believe some people can tell them apart). I think Superior has to get some marks for having such an old-timey label.
For the sweets, I like Honey Bee and Three Thistle. Devoe is actually pretty strong if you find an old can. Society, Buttercup, Wild Cherry, Dixie and Strawberry are all kind of sickening. Carhart’s and Red Seal have more of a cocoa flavour than others. As for Tube Rose–I don’t smell anything but sugar and cocoa, but again my nose is not that great.
For the odds and ends, I like the plains (RR Mills and Navy), which are more cocoa-favoured than hickory-flavoured. Starr is awesome in its sheer plainness and for the glorious archaicness of its packaging–I think it may be a truly unflavoured tobacco product, which maybe endears it to more presbyterian tastes in certain snake-handling areas of the states. Checkerberry is great and easy to snuff. And, may I say, thank god I got the big bottle of RR Mills Maccoboy before Tom F. went out of business–it’s a great nasal snuff with a nice, non-overpowering rose scent.
I wouldn’t be surprised if we lost 1 or 2 scotches/sweets/others per year.