Alright Ladies and Jellybeans, reptiles and crocodiles! It is time to state what your absolute favorite SP is. MMM that delicious burn and outdoorsy citrus… I love these snuffs. My ALL TIME favorite SP is Tom Buck. I’m sure quite a few of you know this. I have several 25g tins of this stocked up and I intend on getting a pound soon. I just can’t get enough of this snuff! Grand Cairo is in CLOSE second. I’ve heard this is supposed to be WoS’s “Red Rappee” but it’s too close to being an SP I’ll just call it one. So what is your favorite SP snuff? Why?
Toque Original or McChrystal’s S’Nuff. Both are excellent SPs.
WoS Queen’s Extra Strong. I love a good shot of bergamot and this one offers up a respectable dose. Pairs exceptionally well with both Earl and Lady Grey for an amazing taste experience. Two thumbs up for any configuration of the three. Toque Original pairs very nicely with both of those teas as well.
Toque SP Extra and WoS Tom Buck are my current favs
@transistor … I am glad you started this thread… as I have just received many varieties of WoS’ SP’s and wanted to get a show of hands on this very topic as well … “SP Best” being my favorite. Having already fallen for Queen’s Extra Strong and Strasbourg, I also received SP100, Tom Buck, SP2, S.S … my nose not being as refined as most of yours, does anyone else find these all too similar? I prefer SP Best due to its freshness, crispness, and longevity … with the others fading more quickly? QES is a nice second. Question - will I be able to discern the subtleties of fragrance with time and experience or are these variations so slight in their recipes that they will continue to blend together as one terrific SP? No matter, I suppose, as I love them all, the bottom line is - to me, at least - I have ample to supply myself without worrying about reordering. Although my sniff rate continues to rise. Do any of these make anyone else’s list as top SP for the time being? Well … that became a rambling mess … my apologies.
The McC sp, WoS SS and Toque Sp Extra are my favorites in that order.
There can only be one. WoS Best SP. Second place Tom Buck. Third, whatever SP they are currently given half a dozen different names to and fourth place; JandH.
WOS Gold Label. The tobacco is different than all the other Wilsons SPs.
Would anyone like to say what they understanding of SP is? There are various meanings…I like to think it’s ‘Sheffield Pride’ but then I would wouldn’t I 
@snuffster says “Third, whatever SP they are currently given half a dozen different names to…” - and with this, I think that settles my confusion re: WoS having so many SP’s that are good but not quite “Best SP” … and I also am with you … “Best SP” is simply … well … the “best” 
@gillybean129 - would it be “Sheffield Pride”? I read on WoS website it may have stood for “Spanish” at one time … but then again, I have read lots of things about the mystery of “SP” … maybe it is one of those things I should never want to know and just go with the mystery …
wos sp100
Wilsons Best SP, for me.
Tom Buck for me as well. Toque Original comes in second (I think that snuff counts as a SP). Granted, I haven’t tried all that many SPs.
Transistor So what is your favorite SP snuff? Why? Very interesting thread. I started my quest for a suitable all day snuff some months ago. I am drawn to the plainer sorts. I tried Tranter’s SP, Dr Johnson and Regency. Covent (Mullins and Westley: Particular, Mature Crumbled and Jock’s Choice (the latter being an SP type perhaps with neroli). I smoke a pipe and this I find this sometimes reduces my ability to taste and appreciate these snuffs to the full. However I would say that all these are excellent, some with more some less of the citrussy taste. A good SP properly treated with respect and properly ‘tasted’ is about as good as it gets. I tried the Wilson’ Cairo, Tom Buck and the exotic variants such as Strasbourg. SP heaven for me is Samuel Gawith’s SP No1 High Mill. It is fine but moist. Mild and easy to take. People have rightly detected orange in this. Sometimes more strongly marked than at others, never cloying. The snuffs mentioned above are excellent and may be a little better in their dark rich SP sort of way, with more of a hit on tasting. For me Sam’s SP is perfect to take all day. I still reach for it sometimes in the evenings when it has a full range of other more exotic snuffs to compete with. I have it in bulk and would not be without it. I have also tried G Smith’s High Mill. This tastes and hits just like a fine dry SP but there are subltle and more exotic frangrances lurking there. It is not worth the £8 X 25 g. And would lose in my book hands down to Sam’s SP. I have not tried Gawith Hoggarths SP. This received fairly unenthusiastic reviews. My experience with GH snuffs is that they strike me as better than the sum of their reviews. The tap box effect might account for some of this lack of appreciation, and I intend to try this from 25 g tub later. I am still learning about how good all these SPs can be. And as you can tell from this waffle, I’m still quite enthusiastic about it. ( I also smoke SG’s Full Virginia Flake pipe tobacco. Some people don’t get it, as some don’t get SP. Each to his/her own.)
McCrystals S’nuff has been my favorite…use some every day.
Tom Buck Gold Label Irish D.H. Toast #20 - I know it says toast, but it is more of a toasted SP, and it is one of the finest SP style snuffs for me. Please try this one if you have not had it. @gillybean129 - here we are debating the origin of the name of one of the most prevalent styles of snuff! The history is important!
Toque Original Superior Product.
PieterClaassen They are all good or ‘Superior’, in a certain sense - you’ve just mentioned another I must try. So that’s GH SP, Toque Original, SG Scotch SP and so on and…Ah yes McChrystal’s SP etc
SP100, Toque SP Extra, Toque Original in that order I love them all. I have SP100 in bulk and would like one of the Toque’s, but won’t buy it because they don’t come in tubs. Stefan
@whalen THAT’S the SP I wanted to try! You reminded me! I’ve been stumped for the longest time on which one I wanted to try…#20! @petersuki I think I said my favorites! I’ll list them again though: Tom buck is definitely FIRST and then a CLOSE SECOND is Grand Cairo. Snuff Head reminded me as well about Gold Label! I vacuumed the HELL out of that tin when I got it. It’s a GREAT SP but the best part about this one is the U.S. VIRGINIA Tab! It’s a dark, robust, and sharp SP that definitely lingers for awhile!