Peter Heinrichs Golden Sliced

Heinrichs’ Golden Flake looks inviting consisting of mainly bright Virginia’s. It does need a little dry time. In the pipe, it offers some sugar, a little hay, and what tastes like a light citrus topping. There are some small bass notes too that I find a little noticeable in the later stages of each bowl. It isn’t complex, but there is plenty of flavor to make up for that. I didn’t get any bite, although a proper Virginia cadence is recommended as it will burn hot if pushed. The sweetness deepens as the bowl progresses almost to the point of light brown sugar. I don’t have any of this aged and cellared, but given that it’s mainly a bright Virginia, I expect it will cellar well and that’s a good thing because there are a couple of issues that keep this from being a three star blend for me. As I said earlier, there is plenty of flavor, but due to the fact that it can burn hot if pushed and the bigger issue is that it offers up a little too much acidity in the later stages of the bowl to buy it again

Golden slice is very well presented . Mainly golden , but some darker flakes , delivered as one long and circular roll . The tin note is lovely promising a really tasty smoke . Upon lighting the usual Virginia taste appears with notes of citrus and hay . Really very much like K & K flakes upon meeting the match . The problem is that after the first few puffs tongue bite makes it's ugly appearance . I tried puffing slower . I tried re-lighting . Neither worked . This is the only Virginia flake , save Sutliff and Newminister , to give me tongue bite . Some of the initial great taste comes back through the bowl but not enough to save the smoke . With all of the great Virginia flakes out there I wonder why I would smoke this one . This is very similar to Renier flake which does not bother my tongue . Case settled , when wanting a long golden Va flake go to the Reinier , not this .