G. L. Pease Stonehenge Flake

(2017 re-release smoked four days after release) Grassy sweet Virginia, spiced perique, and a hint of nutty burley make up this blend. This is a slow burning tobacco. My bet is it would cause bite if puffed to hard. Just grab a tin, and sit back and relax.

A delicious flake , with a little perique and an interesting topping . The flavoring is very light and craftily blended in with the other aromas . My biggest surprise was the first puff and the light soapy aroma common to the "lakeland" tobacco's . This quietly retreated to the background after the first few puffs .

now folks, this is a keeper. like a lot of folks, I started out on aromatics back when the best you could get came from the tinder box at the mall, if you had access to a mall. wow how we have evolved. a blend like this was out of reach for most. the Virginia and perique are just wonderful. and that topping is the crown jewel. I don't get a lot of the burley and that's ok. not much of a burley guy. being a lifelong resident of Virginia, you can guess where my taste is. yep, this is an English, sort of. very smooth and well balanced. I do find myself breaking up the flakes before I pack a bowl. without that wonderful topping it's a VA/per of the highest quality. finding it harder to get and I don't want this one to go away. i am quite fond of English and Balkan mixtures of different blenders. my favorite being the one I'm puffing at the time. if this came in bulk, I might not have jars of everything else sitting around. try it while you can.

G.L. Pease Stonehenge Flake is something else. I’m blown away! Like SteelCowboy opined, I find ‘Pease blends very “hit or miss”’, but sweet, creamy Stonehenge Flake is just superlative. I love the high notes and settling strength. I can’t taste any topping, but who cares? This is luxurious. Order a few tins and let it sit. One of the world’s great tobaccos. Don’t hesitate. Buy it!

Great blend! Rich, complex and full flavored. Full bodied so beware. The burley and perique really shine. Deep dark fruit flavors with chocolate are the base. Some bready sweetness from the virgina are in the background. The lakeland essence adds a nice subtle floral quality that really compliments the rest of the flavors. Its definitely noticeable but not super strong and doesn't take over or cover up the tobacco. A true accent. If you don't usually like lakeland tobaccos I would still recommend trying this. I am not a fan of them but love this tobacco. This also ages extremely well and really builds in complexity even after just a year or two.

It's as if this tobacco was created on the principle, "I'll take the best of it all at once...". No wonder, that first issue (just 1500 tins in 2001) has been sold rapidly, like hot cakes. But, at last, it returns.

True, they forgot to mention the light flavoring in the annotation. But, jumping ahead, I would like to note that it turned out just right.

So, the joint creation of the titans of blending. The tin, as usual, is vacuum-packed and has a production date of August 26, 2019. Upon opening it, I smelled a complex aroma of different varieties of Virginia - fresh hay, green tea, and a little bit of rye mash, as if from a mug of kvass. Perique gave off a raisin-ginger note and a spice of allspice. Burley added a touch of walnut. But there was a note of cocoa and cloves somewhere in the distance. Apparently, Gavith managed to do his Lakeland trick, but he did it without anyone noticing. I can say, it all combined to produce a striking blend in flavor.

The tobacco was very well sliced, while still not completely dry, and arranged in an arc around the circumference of the tin in an even stack of reddish-brown pine chaff-colored plates. Internet says that the maker of the tobacco is Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. The blend may have been produced there, but it was obviously sliced and packaged at C&D. The tobacco breaks up into fibers easily and is packed into the pipe very easily. One plate is just enough for a medium sized pipe. The tobacco is lighted quickly an just like that.

The taste of the tobacco is quite complex. There is the freshness of bread pulp, and the sweetness of baked apples, and a bit of raisins, apricots, prunes, and a slight astringency of walnuts, and the peppery note of perique, and a little cocoa. The clove note of Lakeland turned out to be quite weak and quickly evaporated. Except for a slight spice at the beginning, I can't say that the taste stands out on any note. Everything is harmonious and in its place. The tobacco smokes slowly, burns cool and even, but gives some moisture in the pipe. The strength is medium, with a nicotine hit that passed me by. The ash is light gray, with a barely noticeable brownish hue.

The smoke is light, with the same bouquet as the tobacco - a pleasant enough smell, hangs in the room for a long time, but not a dense carpet, but a light canopy.

In the end: the tandem has a very interesting product. I can only note that I would prefer a blend without burley, and a little sweeter (say, Cabbie's Mixture). But this tobacco is great. I'll be sure to pick up another tin or two - what if they stop making it again?

Update of 2023: I did not mean to be a prophet, but - Stronehenge Flake is discontinued (again). I may only hope that it will return some day. Till then - so far, I have 20 tins stored.

This is a fantastic flake. Huges hints of chocolate in the tin note. Gentle smoke. Sipped it for an hour. No tongue bite. Started strong and sweet and mellowed as I pushed into the mid part of the bowl, which was my favorite part of the smoke. Finished to a light ash.

GL Pease Stonehenge Flake - Virginia, Perique and Burley blend with added Cocoa and Lakeland Essence! Tangy dark fruit . Hay and citrus . A little nuttiness and a little spice . The Cocoa is is always there but the Lakeland is light and flashes off fairly quick usually . It is an aromatic of course . It is similar to Louisiana Flake but w/ more chocolate and the Virginias are darker tasting and less grassy . Similar to brown flake scented also but different flavorings and Perique. I like all 3 and will smoke them all with great pleasure . This blend is a great introduction to lakelands I think and usually available Great Flake made in England by Gawith Hoggarth. Thanks to GL Pease for the collaboration. Long live the Lakeland tradition ! This should suffice if you run out of Louisiana flake and it’s sold out . 4 stars

Got some of the re-release and it did have the new to me Lakeland essence. But not much to my taste. Decided to let the balance of the tins age. At that time, a couple few years back it was a four star, as good as it gets blend gets for me. I ordered some more in 2020, and cracked a new tin. To my surprise, zero Lakeland. Fine by me, and even better tasting. Will order a few more tins to stash away. Either way, This is a fantastic blend for me. If you are in pursuit of greatness, my opinion, try it. You may agree with my assessment.