I like this tobacco after it settles down, especially the gingerbread taste. It has the sweetness of Virginia and Perique. It burns cool without much relighting and did not leave my pipe with goop. The tobacco was high quality and a nice change from other flakes.

For me, this is perfect evening smoke.

Accompaniment: Brahms violin sonatas.

The pouch aroma is bland. When rubbing the cake out, my hands were left sticky. At smoke's end there was goop in the bottom of the bowl.

The smoke itself was uneventful, from first match to as long as I cared to smoke it. Oftimes I just dumped out of shear boredom with the blend. It is entirely too sweet for my tastes and tended to bite.

There are better aromatics, there are better matured Virginias, and life is too short for bothering with Dummerston.

It is spicy-sweet, like a good molasses cookie, and the aroma of it burning is pure heaven to me.

I don't usually like aromatics. They are usually hot, wet, and way too sweet. This stuff is so good, I don't care what you call it.

Nobody makes better aromatic blends than Wilke.

The room aroma is really incredible, but then again, so is the aroma it leaves on the walls of your pipe (and it will adhere to your pipe), so be sure to dedicate a pipe to this blend.

This is the first blend I've ever smoked where my teenage daughter actually came into my living room and, unsolicited, blurted out how nice the room smelled. Then, a little later, my wife came in and basically said the same thing! This is a very PC blend - no question.

But what of the taste? While the broken flake cut is truly beautiful, as is the color, as is the pouch aroma...beware...this blend shrouds the pure, classic Virginia notes that you may be seeking. But, like most Aromatics, it will definitely please those nearby.

Take away most of the casing and this American Beauty would really shine. It really would.

On lighting, a most delightful piquant sweet flavor is immediate. I found myself checking again that this is a virginia and not a cased cavendish. It is indeed a VA. The aroma is definitely a pleasant one and includes a hardwood smoke component. It has a delicious taste that is impossible for me to ignore. If it wasn't so distracting, I could do this all day.

The first third is light and spicy-sweet, and a possible perique component nibbles (not bites) playfully. The second third settles in to a rich VA and slight burley flavor, sweetness unabated, spicy like cinnamon but with the original taste. I seldom finish bowls due to harsh, off tastes, but the bottom third is the espresso version of the first, and I smoke it entirely to salt and pepper ash. Yow, I love this stuff. It goes well with wines, coffee, beer, and I'm still trying. The reason being, I have been smoking this exclusively for three days now.

Those who need nicotine for validation will need to look elsewhere. Judging from the lack of tongue numbness and retention of flavor enjoyment, I suspect it is low.

I've never had a VA with these characteristics. If it is an aromatic VA, so be it. It bites when puffed hard but the bite does not remain, again unique. DGT works well with this blend, offering darker ground coffee-like notes upon relighting. P&W is my new favorite for bulk baccy. Get yourself a sampler and double up on this one: vtpipes.com Blessings to Carole!