What’s your favorite? What one(s) do you hate? Do you even like SPs? Personally, so far in my snuff journey I enjoy SP Extra the most from Toque. I’ve only had 3 different SPs but SP-X is pretty damn good. A cut above the rest, for sure. St. Clements is 2nd, with WoS Tom Buck in 3rd.

My favourite (in my limited experience) so far is Wilsons of Sharrow Best SP. I love the aroma and for me it’s not too big a nic hit so it can be taken often. J&H Wilson SP no.1 I like too, but not as much. WoS SP100 is also good. Have tried McChrystals and don’t like it as much as the above two. So my ‘desert island’ SP is WoS Best SP, without a doubt so far.

Sounds interesting. I will have to throw Best SP in my next order for sure.

If I were you I’d try WoS Best SP or SP2, Toque Original, J&H Wilsons Top Mill No.1 and SP. No.1 and maybe one of the Sam Gawith offerings, such as High Mill, Scotch or SP No.1. My favourite SP, like you, is Toque SP Extra.

Definitely plan on adding plenty of SPs on future orders.

SG SP Scotch is my favorite, followed by Abraxas St. Casura; but, frankly, I’ve never met an SP that I didn’t like. Mistersnuff has an SP bundle if I recall correctly.

I’ll check it out @mouse. I have a few SPs coming in the mail that I am eager to try.

I’m not an SP kind of guy, but JH Wilsons offering is quite interesting.

I want to try Toque SP Extra now… @killeidoskope Get some Best SP, you won’t regret it. It’s a fine grind and easy to hit the back of your throat but it’s gorgeous. It’s possibly not only my desert island SP, but my desert island snuff. Maybe…

For me, I really like McChrystal’s S’Nuff, and I could seriously mainline WoS Gold Label. Beautiful…

Of all that I have tried the ones I like best are Toque SP Extra, Samuel Gawith SP Scotch, and J&H Wilson SP No. 1. I’ll usually have at least one on hand at any given time but miss the other one(s) that I don’t have in stock.

I’ve just had a big pinch of Hedges followed by Tom Buck. Being one of the most popular SP varieties, I find it strange that nobody has named it yet.

Fave is SP Extra, then St Casura, SP 100, Best SP, oh I forgot Toque Original and all the plain SGs. Red, Yellow, Blue Crest all are very good w/ little or no scent. Never tried the scented varieties. And Top Mill by SG. I’m currently exploring all of the Old Mills and not taking much SP these days.

No one has mentioned wos gold label or best dark. Imo both reorders.

I like Tom Buck. I considered it a “game changer” in regards to snuffing for me. I have a few more WOS SP varieties I have yet to open - I purposefully have wanted to open and consume only one at a time so i can track it’s “flavor” from full fresh tin to last crumbs without confusion.

So far, I’ve tried McChrystal’s SP, Wilson’s SP 100, and Wilson’s Gold Label. Of the three, Gold Label is my favorite.

Wilson’s Queens (aka Tom Buck) (possibly aka Tranter’s Dr Johnson).

Toque SP Extra, McChrystal’s SP

Glad to see my topic was revived. I’m still actively compiling a list of SPs that I am eager to try.

@Dxx‌ Tranters Dr Johnson is a nice smoky sp, but without the floral notes of Tom Buck

Really need to revisit SP’s. Just tried silver dollar original and like it a lot. Guess it’s an sp of sorts.

For me , Toque SP extra, closely followed by Covent Mature Crumbled, Strangely I did not go a lot in WoS best SP, looking forward to trying Tom Buck next

My top 10 scented SPs: 1. McC’s Hopfensnuff 2. MdeK Pomadour 3. Touque SP Extra 4. MdeK BonBon 5. MdeK Musino 6. WoS Grand Cairo 7. WoS Tom Buck 8. WoS Lemon & Thyme 9. Touque St. Clements 10.WoS Gold Label

The only one I ever use is WoS Best SP, perfect IMHO.

Can anyone tell me something about Covent Mature Crumbled? I am ordering a tin of it, and Jock’s Choice. It seems its a SP, but I’d like to know more if possible.

I beginning to think that almost all snuffs are SP’s.

I think a decent definition of an SP snuff would be helpful. I would start with bergamot scenting as an essential component. Of course, it can be difficult to know exactly what scents have been used. Any thoughts? My favourite, Gold label.

I had a brief but meaningful relationship with Queen’s several years ago and for some unknown reason went back to HDT as my go-to snuff. Since then bergamot and I haven’t gotten on that well. Odd, it is orange, sort of, and I love orange in snuff. I also like Earl Grey tea. There’s just something cloying about it these days and it just doesn’t have the appeal it once did. This is all based on the assertion that SP equals Bergamot. According to Samuel Gawith, their SP range includes the three Crests, Firedance, Buck’s Fizz as well as the more classic definition of bergamot/citrus. I feel like I’ve been locked in a round room and told to sit in the corner. Summary: When the mood strikes me, I turn to my dwindling supply of St. Casura. I like the toasty notes. I also like WoS Irish HD Toast #20, but it doesn’t have the depth of toasting St. Casura has. I hope Mr. Snuff is getting more St. Casura in the near future. It won’t kill me if he doesn’t, but it’s nice to know it’s there when the need is.

I think a decent definition of an SP snuff would be helpful. I would start with bergamot scenting as an essential component. Of course, it can be difficult to know exactly what scents have been used. Any thoughts? My favourite, Gold label.

I’m doubtless repeating myself here, but anyway …the first S.P was a Scotch made by Sales & Pollard after the letters of the firm. The Manufacturers of Tobacco and Snuff, Resident in London, Westminster and Southwark were willing to pay £20,000 in 1790 for its secret. The exact recipe, if it still existed in 1893, would have passed to W.D. & H.O. Wills & Sons who acquired the business that year. W.D. & H.O. Wills & Sons has itself ceased, devoured by Imperial Tobacco, the same organisation that closed down Fribourg & Treyer in 1981. As the two Wilson companies based at Sharrow and Westbrook in Sheffield (now closed) were among the last survivors making snuff sold as S.P the label has become associated with their versions, which are now considered by many to be the genuine article. J&H Wilsons S.P contains a portion of fermented tobacco but is otherwise described as a “common snuff”. The version made by Wilsons of Sharrow is what used to be called Queen’s Scotch. In ‘The Druggist’s General Receipt Book’ of 1850 by Henry Beasley, the recipe is given as: “Oil of lavender 2dr., essence of lemon 4dr., essence of bergamot 1 oz. : mix 1dr. with 8 oz of fine Scotch snuff constitutes Queen’s Snuff” This recipe and its slight variations, thanks to Wilsons of Sharrow, has now become synonymous with snuff sold as S.P, and other snuffs labelled S.P or SP tend to follow the same basic formula. Anything outside this is, in my opinion, not an S.P. My favourite was J&H Wilsons S.P when it became available in the vacuum sealed tin - quite different from the contents of the little blue box. That, for what it’s worth, is my definition of an S.P

Jaxons SP Premium!!!

I really like the bergamot-scented snuffs. Based on what I reach for most, it seems my favorite is Toque SP Extra. I am also fond of Tom Buck, QES, Gold Label, SP100, and J&H Wilsons. Samuel Gawith’s SP No. 1 High Mill seems a bit more musky and barnyardy compared to the others, but it’s pretty good. McChrystal’s Mild Lemon seems very much like the better SPs, except substituting lemon for the bergamot.

Wilsons S.S Samuel Gawith’s SP No. 1 High Mill Abraxas St.Casura I have plenty more; these are at the top

Does Toque Berwick Brown classify as an SP? One of my favorite snuffs!