G. L. Pease Stonehenge Flake

I've smoked a few bowls of this since it arrived. As many have said, this is almost identical to Louisiana Perique Flake. However, it's the other was around. If you do some research, you will see that Stonehenge came out BEFORE Louisiana Flake. So consider LF to be a copy of Stonehenge. It also reminds me somewhat of Bob's Chocolate flake, minus the 8% Latakia. It has that BCF chocolate flake aroma when opening the tin. Either way, there is no doubt that this is a G&H blend by the aroma As long as this blend is dried a bit, and sipped slowly, it is a wonderful blend indeed! This blend burns well, stays consistent throughout the entire bowl. Towards the end, the Perique is a bit more evident, but doesn't overpower by any means. This is going to be a great morning blend with coffee and cream, and will probably take the place of my morning cigar.

(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.

Review revised November, 2002. I was the recipient of a generous 3-pipe sample of this very-limited-edition tobacco at a pipe show, and was entranced by the idea of a GLP/Gawith combo, with Perique. After an uncharacteristic one bowl and a boatload of preconceptions, I declared this tobacco to be heaven-sent.

A few months later, I read that some ASPers don't think this stuff is so great. Impossible! So, I smoked another bowl, then my last bowl. Darn it, they're right. Stonehenge tastes like a subdued, slightly flat, GH Brown Flake. Nothing bad about it, just less good in most respects than BF. The Perique doesn't seem to work well either. Now, I'm obviously no Greg Pease, but this tendency of two good things creating one diminished thing is the usual result when I try to blend two tobaccos that I like (aromatic with McClelland VA, or FVF with Bright CR Flake, or so many other haphazard experiments).

The attempt was noble, but I don't begrudge the impermanence of this tobacco on the regular market. Each mfr has many finer blends that I prefer.

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.

I just finished up my first tin of the four I purchased when this was reintroduced in 2017 and I am very happy that I bought four. This is a great American Lakeland blend and will remind one of a few Gawith blends.

I normally don't like a chocolate topped blend, but I find that with any of the Lakeland scented blends, what I normally like, means nothing, as the toppings seldom taste as I am accustomed; the flowery perfume scents (or soap to some) just morphs the toppings into something else. Sometimes this works for me; other times, not so much. In this case, it does. The topping is pretty dominant but does allow some underlying tobacco taste to emerge; particularly after you pass the half bowl mark.

This is also a smooth smoking blend. Much like Gawith blends, this should not bite the smoker, even with mindless puffing. I won't go too much into the component tobaccos as they do not stand out so much. The Virginia leaf does seem to stand out above the rest as that sugar sweetness is there in spades.

This was great and I look forward to trying the other tins I purchased as they get some more age on them.

A Full-Flavored VA/Per

The Virginia varietals are incredibly earthy and tangy with a solid base of sweetness. There seems to be more perique in Stonehenge than in the other Pease VA/Pers, which I enjoy. The burley tobacco adds more earthiness and volume to the smoke.

The flavors change drastically throughout a bowl. In the first half, the mild coco topping comes through and pairs well with the sweet earthiness of the tobaccos. In the last half of a bowl, the very mild Lakeland essence comes to the forefront.

Stonehenge is rich and flavorful. It is a blend I like to smoke after dinner, but not something I would want to smoke every day.