Bjarne - Flake de Luxe pipe tobacco reviews

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SFC/E7	08/19/2003	Very Mild	None detected	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant
If there is a Smoker?s Paradise for Virginia Tobacco this has got to be the one that will be there. Yes I?m bias, I love a good Virginia and even more so when made by the Danish and by one of the Premier Pipe Makers of the world, Bjarne Nielsen. I have smoked this in a Bjarne Small Brandy Glass, a W.O. Larsen Brandy Glass, and a Stokkebye Large Brandy Glass, all three delivered the same outstanding tobaccos that one comes to enjoy while sitting around reading the news paper. Opening the tin of tobacco I detected a very mildly sweet aroma of a the darkened Golden Virginia Flake which needs to be rubbed. The tobacco presented itself with a freshness without being too moist, which made filling and packing the bowl very easy. I detected no harshness, no tongue bite, just a very smooth tasting tobacco that lasted from the first match to the last bit of ash in the bottom of the bowl. This is a Virginia and to enjoy the exquisite flavor of the subtle sweetness one must smoke this tobacco very slow. I love this one and rate it as one of the best Virginia Flake tobaccos I have smoked as it was satisfying. Keep your pipe cool, smoke it slow, enjoy it longer
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Pipestud	06/20/2003	Very Mild	Very Mild	Mild	Pleasant
I am one of those guys who likes a bit of discreet flavoring in his Virginia leaf. I found some good stuff here! Bjarne's de Lux flake came to me in a recent pipe board tobacco box pass. I chose to smoke my first bowl in an Ercole Bogni that I am still somewhat breaking in. Bogni is one of the outstanding Italian pipe artisans who does not have a following outside his own country because he has no distributor. I can see why he is in demand, his pipe was terrific from bowl one. Oops, forgot this was a tobacco, not pipe review. Sorry. This Bjarne Virginia Flake does indeed have a secret ingredient that adds to the flavor -- which otherwise -- is very light. No bite and cool. Soft rather than loud, you may need to check your pipe a few times while smoking just to make sure the tobacco is really lit. An all day smoke, but I'll reserve it for times when I crave a light smoke. This is light with a capial L...but, it is smooth and tasty too.
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BriarNorth	01/28/2003	Mild	None detected	Mild to Medium	Pleasant
I can't add much to Tantric's excellent review in the praise column, so read that and add to it a thumbs up from yr pal in Canada! I would caution, however, that while this weed is mild and cool, it's not SO mild and cool that new smokers should expect a bite-free bowl. This blend has enough sweetness and spice to get plenty hot if you're careless.
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NEWMAN	01/27/2003	Very Mild	None detected	Mild to Medium	Pleasant
Another in my trials of tobaccos under the name of pipemakers whose pipes I own and respect. The tobacco in my tin was pressed into one block but the moisture content was ideal and permitted the individual layers of flakes to be easily separated and folded/packed as I prefer. The mix of golden to darker brown VAs had such a sweet tin aroma that I wondered if casing had been added as with some other Danish blends. At Bjarne Nielsen's web site, it indicates that this blend consists of several types of VAs and a 'little secret'. Perhaps that is the Orientals indicated above although their taste certainly was not prevalent. The end result is a smooth, cool smoke that is exceptionally mild for a VA flake. However, it is still quite flavorful and even tangy/spicey as the smoke progresses. Give it a try.
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Tantric	12/02/2002	Very Mild	None detected	Mild	Very Pleasant
Probably the best introduction to straight Virginias I have ever tried. This is a velvety smooth, natural tasting and slightly sweet smelling flake, very mild yet flavoursome, tangy, with no tongue bite whatsoever. Elegant, fresh, polite, it has all the elements of a high quality Virginia, perfectly pressed and exquisite in its overall structure. I have been smoking this in a Dublin Brebbia, in a semi bent Stanwell and in a Savinelli Oscar, with excellent results all the time. It is very mild, but it has enough spiciness to make it enjoyable. In the tin the tobacco comes tightly pressed and it has an aroma not unlike Duinhill´s Three Year Matured, and similar to G. Smith?s Old London 100% Virginia: sugary, very much like molasses and dried raisins. The aroma, however, does not carry onto the flavour, nor the pipe. The flakes are easy to rub out and pack, and it lights easily. On the palate the smoke is clean and fresh. It has that peculiar zest that I also find in Virginias likes Rattray?s Marlin Flake and Dunhill´s Light Flake. In fact, Flake de Luxe is as good and savoury as these tobaccos, simply in a milder form. The flavour remains constant throughout the bowl. It is quite cool for a straight Virginia, and as an early morning smoke it is unsurpassable. If you want to turn anyone into real pipe smoking, this is the tobacco to do it with. Even for a seasoned palate, this Virginia is an excellent choice. Highly recommended.
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