Peter Heinrichs Dark Strong Flake
(2.92)
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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2.92 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 1 - 10 of 14 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Apr 26, 2013 | Medium | Medium | Medium | Pleasant |
One word...EXCELLENT! I have wanted to try this for the longest time but never found it in stock anywhere. The other day I read on a forum that Smokngpipes.com just got a shipment of PH tobaccos in. I ordered a 200gm tin immediately and on the same day of the post. And after getting it and trying it I immediately snagged another tin before its's all gone!
I opened the tin and was greeted to a very nice presentation of broken golden and black flakes, all from what looked to be broken squares. The moisture content was just right for smoking. The tin aroma on deep sniffing had a subtle sweetness and I picked up notes of molasses-caramel and licorice in the background, very subtle and only on deep inhalation. Loading and lighting were no problem. What a beautiful smoking experience this is. It has a very subtle sweetness with hints of licorice (way in the background). It imparts a very nice spicy presence to the tongue. Nothing chemical or medicinal in the taste profile. There is no bite, bitterness, moisture build up, and it doesn't smoke hot at all. Overall, very pure in tobacco taste with a subtle sweetness. The leaf quality is top notch. I would not classify this as an aromatic at all. This is better than Mac Baren's Stockton (which I happen to enjoy) and what Solani Silver Flake tries to be, but is too bland for my tastes (see my review of Silver Flake). It has similarities to the Edgeworth Sliced of old as well, but DSF is sweeter.
I am happy I have a 200gm tin and one on the way (it seems to go out of stock as soon as I place an order). My main concern is availability, but I like it so much that I would be willing to order it directly from Peter Heinrichs in Germany - it is that good. Can be an all day smoke for me and definitely a desert island smoke. 5 stars hands down!
I opened the tin and was greeted to a very nice presentation of broken golden and black flakes, all from what looked to be broken squares. The moisture content was just right for smoking. The tin aroma on deep sniffing had a subtle sweetness and I picked up notes of molasses-caramel and licorice in the background, very subtle and only on deep inhalation. Loading and lighting were no problem. What a beautiful smoking experience this is. It has a very subtle sweetness with hints of licorice (way in the background). It imparts a very nice spicy presence to the tongue. Nothing chemical or medicinal in the taste profile. There is no bite, bitterness, moisture build up, and it doesn't smoke hot at all. Overall, very pure in tobacco taste with a subtle sweetness. The leaf quality is top notch. I would not classify this as an aromatic at all. This is better than Mac Baren's Stockton (which I happen to enjoy) and what Solani Silver Flake tries to be, but is too bland for my tastes (see my review of Silver Flake). It has similarities to the Edgeworth Sliced of old as well, but DSF is sweeter.
I am happy I have a 200gm tin and one on the way (it seems to go out of stock as soon as I place an order). My main concern is availability, but I like it so much that I would be willing to order it directly from Peter Heinrichs in Germany - it is that good. Can be an all day smoke for me and definitely a desert island smoke. 5 stars hands down!
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| May 01, 2018 | Medium | Mild | Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Wonderful smoke, one of my favorites that I had forgotten to review. This is a tasty mix of Virginia and Dark-Fired Burley with a light anise/molasses topping. The smoke is sort of sweet and savory, with the sweet coming from the sugars in the Virginia and the light molasses topping and the savory coming from the Dark Fired Kentucky and the anise topping. Very similar to Orlik Dark Strong Kentucky, however I find Orlik has more molasses and Peter Heinrichs has more anise, if you like one, you will like the other, but they each scratch a different itch.
PurchasedFrom:
Smokingpipes.com
Age When Smoked:
Fresh
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Aug 31, 2014 | Strong | None Detected | Medium to Full | Pleasant |
The Good - Immense flavour from the Kentucky which also drives this hard with the Vitamin N - The Virginias come through and are not over-shaddowed by said KY - High quality tobaccos throughout - Almost smells like an aro. Wifey even commented it smells sweet and syrupy. I haven't cooked at the contents, but I assume there is sweet Black Cavendish - Will not bite or get dirty no matter how hard its pushed
The Bad - uhmmmmmm. Expensive, and can be hard to get!
Overall Sublime from start to finish. Packs and lights well, perfect moisture, sumptuous VA's with natural sweetness. This tastes identical to the now OOP Orlik Dark Kentucky. Smokes clean and true throughout to a fine ash, and although there is a nic hit, its not overwhelming whatsoever.
A keeper, and among the finest KY based smokes of all.
The Bad - uhmmmmmm. Expensive, and can be hard to get!
Overall Sublime from start to finish. Packs and lights well, perfect moisture, sumptuous VA's with natural sweetness. This tastes identical to the now OOP Orlik Dark Kentucky. Smokes clean and true throughout to a fine ash, and although there is a nic hit, its not overwhelming whatsoever.
A keeper, and among the finest KY based smokes of all.
Pipe Used:
Peterson Killarney
PurchasedFrom:
Smokingpipes.com
Age When Smoked:
3 years
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 07, 2010 | Medium | Very Mild | Full | Pleasant to Tolerable |
For those of you who lamented the departure of Orlik's DSK, you can take heart. Peter Heinrich's Dark Strong Flake is the same tobacco. I don't mean that it's the same in the sense that it's "like DSK". It is DSK; made by Orlik for PH. So in looking for reviews on this tasty flake, refer to Orlik DSK.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| May 27, 2014 | Medium to Strong | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
There is something very special about this tobacco. The tin note is amazing...like a sugary bread baking. That sweet yeastiness comes though in the flavor as well. While not overly stout, there is a strength to this blend that some may find overwhelming. Smoked as a flake, the flavors are subdued. Rubbed out, its a myriad or sweetness and smokiness. The flakes tend to fall apart, separating into small, narrow flakes, of alternating light and dark. One of the best tobaccos out there...
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 04, 2013 | Mild | None Detected | Medium to Full | Tolerable to Strong |
Wow, the reviews are all over the place for this baccy. I for one, absolutely love this blend and have spent the last 6 weeks finding as many tins as I could buy. In fact, I have smoked this almost exclusively for 6-7 weeks. I find the taste full with little nicotine. I love Petersons Perfect Plug and Old Dark Fired but the nic hit is too much for me. If all I could smoke was this and McClellands Christmas Cheer 2011, I would be a happy camper. 2/21/2016- here it is almost two years after my first review of this tobacco and I still love it. I do get some inconstancies from tin to tin but not necessarily in a bad way. Aging does help to mellow this tobacco and most of my tins have been aging two years or more. Still a favorite, one I like to stop smoking for a month or so and then have a bowl which brings back the full flavor that seems to dull on any tobacco that is smoked often.
Pipe Used:
Tinsky author and Savinelli 1987 pipe of the year.
PurchasedFrom:
Various
Age When Smoked:
new and aged
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Aug 05, 2011 | Medium | Mild | Medium | Pleasant |
This is one of a kind. The square flakes with one half dark and one half light is unique in my book.
I had ordered Orlik's Dark Kentucky once and then been told that it was discontinued. So I was happy to hear this was the same manufactured fo PH.
I found the tin a bit difficult to open with a coin. The tin aroma reminded me of Amphora Black Cavendish: licorice. The flakes were on the dry side and ready to smoke immediately.
The DFK has a good presence that envelops the tongue with a taste of aged BU - nutty & spicy - and I can taste the licorice which is not overwhelming but definitively present.
Smokes well, has a sweet side from the casing and does not bite.
I like this flake very much. It brings a nice balance between my liking for an aromatic and a tobacco without a casing. And the vitamin N is just right.
I had ordered Orlik's Dark Kentucky once and then been told that it was discontinued. So I was happy to hear this was the same manufactured fo PH.
I found the tin a bit difficult to open with a coin. The tin aroma reminded me of Amphora Black Cavendish: licorice. The flakes were on the dry side and ready to smoke immediately.
The DFK has a good presence that envelops the tongue with a taste of aged BU - nutty & spicy - and I can taste the licorice which is not overwhelming but definitively present.
Smokes well, has a sweet side from the casing and does not bite.
I like this flake very much. It brings a nice balance between my liking for an aromatic and a tobacco without a casing. And the vitamin N is just right.
| 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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| 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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| 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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