Peter Heinrichs Dark Strong Flake
(2.88)
New description: A spicy, danish cake-mixture from Virginia and Kentucky, that'll also appeal to Latakia-smokers.
Aged cakes of red Virginia and fire-cured dark Kentucky tobaccos give this full- bodied, flavorful flake an unusually rich and naturally spicy taste. Not for neophytes, this one satisfies with old-fashioned deep taste. Good outdoors.
Details
| Brand | Peter Heinrichs |
| Series | Special Selection |
| Blended By | Orlik |
| Manufactured By | Scandinavian Tobacco Group |
| Blend Type | Virginia/Burley |
| Contents | Kentucky, Virginia |
| Flavoring | Other / Misc |
| Cut | Flake |
| Packaging | 100 grams tin, 200 grams tin, 500 grams bag |
| Country | Germany |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Mild
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant to Tolerable
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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2.88 / 4
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Reviews
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| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| May 23, 2016 | Mild to Medium | Medium | Mild | Tolerable to Strong |
Dark-fired Kentucky is perhaps my favorite base tobacco, so how could I not give this one a shot? My favorites are in the vein of Mac Barens ODF and BK and Petersons Irish Flake. Finally got it in stock after months of backorder, so I quickly snatched a 200g tin. Immediately on opening, I'm hit with a fragrant blast of anise/licorice heavily sweetened by molasses. It's not off-putting...I dig that aroma. Orlik dark strong Kentucky has much the same profile, and I enjoy it. The half and half tan and black flakes are mostly intact, and pretty neat to look at, but quite a bit thinner and more fragile than Orlik.
It's after lighting up that the disappointment begins to build with this one. The smoke is not billowy, but rather flat and thin. There's barely any flavor to savor either, and what flavor I do get tastes like slightly sour or bitter licorice, if you can even imagine what that would taste like. And hot hot....boy does this tobacco ever burn hot. I've smoked about half the tin in a plethora of different sized and shaped pipes, even cobs and meerschaum. I am here to say if this tobacco doesn't have the capability to cause a pipe burnout, I don't know what would. May as well pack your pipe with an oak ember and have at it. I never have gotten severely bitten, which I find odd (likely attributable to the alkalinity of burley), but the heat and dry mouth is enough for one negative experience.
I can't recommend this one, and I'm afraid I must give my first ever 1 star rating. As much as I hate to. But this simply is not even a slightly pleasant smoke...I've had bad aromatics I'd reach for before this. Give Orlik Dark Strong a try if you're in the mood to try something similar. I'm willing to bet the lack of availability is the only thing driving demand for PH.
UPDATE 7/31/16: Still working my way through that 200g tin, holding out hope I may find an acceptable smoke in there. No luck, however, this stuff gets more bitey the older it gets. Seeing the positive reviews, I've often wondered if maybe I just got a bad tin. Even if that were the case, however, I'd not buy this one again. I only buy from blenders who have good consistency. Not one to waste money or baccys, I've donated the remainder of this batch, although I felt almost bad for the recipient in doing so! Perhaps he'll find enjoyment, and perhaps my tongue will begin to heal from the torment and burn scars of my DSF experience.
It's after lighting up that the disappointment begins to build with this one. The smoke is not billowy, but rather flat and thin. There's barely any flavor to savor either, and what flavor I do get tastes like slightly sour or bitter licorice, if you can even imagine what that would taste like. And hot hot....boy does this tobacco ever burn hot. I've smoked about half the tin in a plethora of different sized and shaped pipes, even cobs and meerschaum. I am here to say if this tobacco doesn't have the capability to cause a pipe burnout, I don't know what would. May as well pack your pipe with an oak ember and have at it. I never have gotten severely bitten, which I find odd (likely attributable to the alkalinity of burley), but the heat and dry mouth is enough for one negative experience.
I can't recommend this one, and I'm afraid I must give my first ever 1 star rating. As much as I hate to. But this simply is not even a slightly pleasant smoke...I've had bad aromatics I'd reach for before this. Give Orlik Dark Strong a try if you're in the mood to try something similar. I'm willing to bet the lack of availability is the only thing driving demand for PH.
UPDATE 7/31/16: Still working my way through that 200g tin, holding out hope I may find an acceptable smoke in there. No luck, however, this stuff gets more bitey the older it gets. Seeing the positive reviews, I've often wondered if maybe I just got a bad tin. Even if that were the case, however, I'd not buy this one again. I only buy from blenders who have good consistency. Not one to waste money or baccys, I've donated the remainder of this batch, although I felt almost bad for the recipient in doing so! Perhaps he'll find enjoyment, and perhaps my tongue will begin to heal from the torment and burn scars of my DSF experience.
PurchasedFrom:
pipesandcigars.com
Age When Smoked:
3 months
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 2015 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Mild to Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Dark strong flake. Simply put is a virginia dark fired Kentucky flake. There is no casing on this tobacco and is simply a good tobacco taste. The sweetness of the Virginia and the smoke from the Kentucky leave you with a serious anise taste (black licorice). This is simply the best flake I have had and really a go to for flake lovers. The flakes are similar to the flakes in the smaller tins of orlik blends. I do believe this blend is made by orlik for Peter heinrichs. Overall a good tobacco for a pipe smoker looking for good tobacco taste.
Pipe Used:
Whitehall Belmont
PurchasedFrom:
Smokingpipes
Age When Smoked:
Fresh
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Jan 16, 2014 | Very Mild | None Detected | Extremely Mild (Flat) | Pleasant to Tolerable |
I had great expectations for this blend. I received approximately one ounce of this in a trade with another pipe smoker. The appearance was very pleasing, visually; dark, broken flakes, with a moderate amount of moisture. The note was very pleasing as well, Rich, earthy, with a hint of raisin. Lit easily. Upon first try it started as promising, but the flavor, what little there was at first lighting, quickly disappeared. I found this tobacco to be extremely bland and flavorless. It burned hot in every pipe I smoked it in no matter how deliberately slow I sipped away at it. Being one who smokes flake tobacco almost exclusively, I found it to be very disappointing. I will try it in a clay once more to see if it remains consistent with my previous experience. I'm just not getting this for whatever reason and I wish that weren't the case.
Pipe Used:
Peterson 305, Peterson 317, IMP Meerschaum
PurchasedFrom:
Received as part of a tobacco trade
Age When Smoked:
6 months
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jul 28, 2013 | Medium | Medium | Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
I am a noted Latakia fiend. This tobacco has none, so I had my doubts. I find the mild sweetness pleasant. When I retrohale I am reminded of old leather bound books. It is a cool smoke. This is the first non-Latakia blend I have like. I will buy more.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Jul 22, 2013 | Medium | Very Mild | Mild to Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Reminds me of Orlik's D-K's little brother who just has not come of age, he's trying, but still can't get the girl, join the squad and has to stay home on weekends and play videogames all night. The flavor was ok, the burn and smoke volume were soso but if I had my druthers, I'd just smoke Orlik.
Smoke in peace, brothers and sisters of the leaf.
Smoke in peace, brothers and sisters of the leaf.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jun 09, 2013 | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Medium | Pleasant |
I enjoy this blend terribly. I get a slightly different experience with each pipe I try it with, and I am never displeased. And I have found the best way to smoke it. After a big draw, exhale half through the nose, then through the mouth. I swear that combination tastes just like a fresh cup of coffee!
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Sep 30, 2009 | Extremely Mild | Mild to Medium | Extremely Mild (Flat) | Pleasant |
This does indeed come in a nice paintcan tin and the seal is great. It is very attractive with the flakes being very light on one side and then darker on the other side of the same flake. This looks and smells just like Orlick's Dark Strong Kentucky, only this is sooooo flat...insipid...boring...a waste of time. I loved the aroma, but there was nothing for my palate. It burned well enough and yes there was some sort of sweet casing...maybe maple? I found this to be just so flat, so minimally satisfying that a second and third bowl did nothing, but start to give me slight tongue bite. This reminds me a great deal of MB's Navy Flake, another ho-hum flake. Decent volume of smoke, but not as much as I like. It burned well and relights counted not many. I won't be buying this again but thought the sweet/nutty aroma saved this blend and earned it two stars.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Apr 30, 2024 | Medium to Strong | None Detected | Medium to Full | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Peter Heinrichs
Dark Strong Flake
Blend notes: “New description: A spicy, danish cake-mixture from Virginia and Kentucky, that'll also appeal to Latakia-smokers. Aged cakes of red Virginia and fire-cured dark Kentucky tobaccos give this full- bodied, flavorful flake an unusually rich and naturally spicy taste. Not for neophytes, this one satisfies with old-fashioned deep taste. Good outdoors.”
This is a full-tasting, reasonably strong blend primarily of dark-fired KY with some Virginias in the background. The nicotine hit is noticable. The flavor profile is somewhat monolithic — all I get is the KY.
I’m not terribly impressed and will probably pass this on to someone else.
2 out of 4 stars.
Dark Strong Flake
Blend notes: “New description: A spicy, danish cake-mixture from Virginia and Kentucky, that'll also appeal to Latakia-smokers. Aged cakes of red Virginia and fire-cured dark Kentucky tobaccos give this full- bodied, flavorful flake an unusually rich and naturally spicy taste. Not for neophytes, this one satisfies with old-fashioned deep taste. Good outdoors.”
This is a full-tasting, reasonably strong blend primarily of dark-fired KY with some Virginias in the background. The nicotine hit is noticable. The flavor profile is somewhat monolithic — all I get is the KY.
I’m not terribly impressed and will probably pass this on to someone else.
2 out of 4 stars.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 29, 2023 | Medium to Strong | Medium to Strong | Medium | Tolerable |
Bought this two years ago just on a whim - I do love DFK, so I thought it must be tasty - but at first I could not stand it. The flavor of the Kentucky was not strong, oily, or musky enough, the plum flavoring was way too strong, and the Virginia just muddied the overall taste. That “Dark Strong” label seemed a bit misleading. It didn’t smell any better than most non-aro blends do, and it hurt to inhale. So, it’s only good for blowing smoke, and only around other smokers? What a waste of money, I thought.
Now, maybe the time it has sat and aged plays a role in my change of opinion, or maybe the use of smoking a pipe itself has changed for me, but I’m enjoying it these days. I more often pick up my pipe just to occupy myself when I’m alone, and not necessarily to smoke for nicotine. I now find the plum flavoring agreeable, it does compliment the taste of the Kentucky. It’s something different in this profile. No, Dark Strong is not the full-bodied DFK experience mellowed out with just a touch of Virginia that you might be expecting, but I’ll smoke all the bowl I packed of it. I might smoke the whole can. Just not in a pipe I don’t want ghosted.
Now, maybe the time it has sat and aged plays a role in my change of opinion, or maybe the use of smoking a pipe itself has changed for me, but I’m enjoying it these days. I more often pick up my pipe just to occupy myself when I’m alone, and not necessarily to smoke for nicotine. I now find the plum flavoring agreeable, it does compliment the taste of the Kentucky. It’s something different in this profile. No, Dark Strong is not the full-bodied DFK experience mellowed out with just a touch of Virginia that you might be expecting, but I’ll smoke all the bowl I packed of it. I might smoke the whole can. Just not in a pipe I don’t want ghosted.
Pipe Used:
Dedicated Aros Only
PurchasedFrom:
smokingpipes.com
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Mar 10, 2021 | Strong | Extremely Mild | Mild to Medium | Pleasant |
I recently came back to pipes. I began smoking pipes in the Mid 70's when the Tinder Box stores were everywhere and it seemed only to stock aromatic, so there fore that is how I began. Over the years, I was in the US Navy for 21 years and of, course being a young lad got into cigarettes and then cigars. But now, I'm really enjoying pipes as a pleasant pleasure which evokes deep thought and a calmness when I relax. I just got a tin af PH dark strong. I've never smoked anything of this caliber and as I said earlier I was an ARO smoker. WOW WOW WOW, what a nick hit. But as I smoke it, the tobacco starts to take over with flavors that I recognize from my youth. Licorice, honey and a deep prune flavor. I'm enjoying the aroma and it has stayed lit very nicely with only a few relights at the onset. I rubbed it out and it packs very well. A new compliment to my new found love for pipes.
Pipe Used:
Ser Jacopo Picta Van Gogh calabash
PurchasedFrom:
4 Noggins
Age When Smoked:
out of tin
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