Cornell & Diehl Bayou Morning Flake
(3.07)
A Virginia/perique lover's delight! The folks at C&D start with old belt red Virginias, add 25% perique and press the whole thing before slicing it into Bayou Morning Flake.
Details
| Brand | Cornell & Diehl |
| Blended By | Bob Runowski |
| Manufactured By | Cornell & Diehl |
| Blend Type | Virginia/Perique |
| Contents | Perique, Virginia |
| Flavoring | |
| Cut | Broken Flake |
| Packaging | 2 ounce tin, 8 ounce tin |
| Country | United States |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Medium to Strong
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Tolerable
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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3.07 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 31 - 40 of 98 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 04, 2020 | Medium to Strong | Very Mild | Medium to Full | Tolerable |
C&D’s Bayou Morning Flake is the strongest and most full VA/Per I’ve smoked, just nipping GLP’s Fillmore at the wire. In the tin one finds red-ish brown and darker brown well-broken flakes that smell like a musty version the premium Corsicana, TX fruitcake that we always keep in the house over the Holidays . My tin is dated 08-12-18, so it has had a chance to age, and sitting in its ‘re-sealed” tin after opening it has also helped the best of this fine blend to blossom. I load it loosely in a #4 VA/Per briar and it lights and smokes down without a hitch. The sour, slightly musty Perique dominates, smelling and tasting like truffle with spices that are more of the intense, exotic bakery variety than pepper, however, there is some cayenne and some paprika melded with the baking spices. Either the red VAs are air cured or they are lightly stoved, or they are a blend. They are like moist , bready, fermenting barley, along with dark fruit leather beneath, and they are well chosen as a complement for this Perique-rich blend. The lot both smells and tastes bready, yeasty, musty, sour, and surprisingly sweet for red VA. Strength develops to medium and heads on to strong. Tastes develop over ½ a bowl to full the way I smoke it. Room note is tolerable. Aftertaste is a lingering best of the smoke.
Bayou Morning Flake is an easy smoke for me, and an easy 4 stars. But then, I am a geezer and a codger, as well, so YMMV. Though anyone who’s careful might smoke and enjoy this blend I guess it’s best suited to experienced Perique lovers. I’m pretty confident predicting time will make this blend even better, aged in tins and jars, alike.
Bayou Morning Flake is an easy smoke for me, and an easy 4 stars. But then, I am a geezer and a codger, as well, so YMMV. Though anyone who’s careful might smoke and enjoy this blend I guess it’s best suited to experienced Perique lovers. I’m pretty confident predicting time will make this blend even better, aged in tins and jars, alike.
Pipe Used:
VA/Per briars
PurchasedFrom:
Liberty Tobacco
Age When Smoked:
1 year, 4 months
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, 2019 | Medium | None Detected | Medium | Unnoticeable |
I bought this one a few months ago and have smoked it on and off. It has a wonderful musty worm dirt tin note, nice dark/medium brown broken flake. I was expecting an actual flake hence the name but instead it was course ribbon like tobacco. A little moist in the tin at the time but has dried out a little bit this past month. I did not jar this. This smokes fantastic but at times does lose some of the sweetness around half the bowl down. The Perique and Virginia in this one is excellent. Wish I had a campfire to sit around while smoking this one. I do like this one better than the Bayou Morning ribbon that I have smoked. A definite try in my book, especially if you like Perique. I did not find this too strong in the nic department either. I am seriously thinking about buying more. The tin date on this one was 082018.
Pipe Used:
Altinay Meerschaum Poker
Age When Smoked:
1 year
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Aug 02, 2019 | Very Strong | None Detected | Full | Tolerable |
FLAKE is written on the package,but the cut is a broken flake, wtf? ok.. no matters,it's not the first time that happens ,with other brands too.
The smell of tobacco is intense, Virginia has a sweet scent and reminiscent of dried fruit and sweet cocoa, very pleasant! The whole is well balanced by perique that gives it a pungent note. In pipe the smoke is full-bodied ! the two tobaccos are well blended, but it is very easy to recognize both of them (Perique 25% !). I liked it a lot, because in my opinion the tobaccos used for this Bayou Morning are of the highest quality and i love blend that have full body and rich aroma like this one. For now it's my favorite VaPe, recommended! To smoke at least once. Bravi!
The smell of tobacco is intense, Virginia has a sweet scent and reminiscent of dried fruit and sweet cocoa, very pleasant! The whole is well balanced by perique that gives it a pungent note. In pipe the smoke is full-bodied ! the two tobaccos are well blended, but it is very easy to recognize both of them (Perique 25% !). I liked it a lot, because in my opinion the tobaccos used for this Bayou Morning are of the highest quality and i love blend that have full body and rich aroma like this one. For now it's my favorite VaPe, recommended! To smoke at least once. Bravi!
Pipe Used:
Mastro Grandolfo briar pipe
PurchasedFrom:
Dubini shop, Chiasso - Switzerland
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Nov 07, 2018 | Medium to Strong | None Detected | Medium to Full | Tolerable |
Bayou Morning Flake.
This one belongs to a small group of tins of US manufactures, which I was able to put my hands on some seven years ago, and now smoking one after the other since I’m thinking that they have been cellared enough.
I was expecting a VaPer some way “delicate”… for the morning. It’s a stout smoke, instead. A lot more than I could expect. The flakes are beautifully loosened, it’s easy to work them between the fingers and load a bowl. Burns fine and very cool, with clouds of smoke. Just a little sweetness, the smoke is mainly earthy and woody. 25% Perique ? Difficult to believe, I detect some deep fruit character, but not pepper. Great body. As the nic hit is concerned, it’s well past the medium mark.
Very different animal from the VaPer an european is used to smoke. I would say a rustic tobacco. Quality of the leaves is high.
Recommended!
This one belongs to a small group of tins of US manufactures, which I was able to put my hands on some seven years ago, and now smoking one after the other since I’m thinking that they have been cellared enough.
I was expecting a VaPer some way “delicate”… for the morning. It’s a stout smoke, instead. A lot more than I could expect. The flakes are beautifully loosened, it’s easy to work them between the fingers and load a bowl. Burns fine and very cool, with clouds of smoke. Just a little sweetness, the smoke is mainly earthy and woody. 25% Perique ? Difficult to believe, I detect some deep fruit character, but not pepper. Great body. As the nic hit is concerned, it’s well past the medium mark.
Very different animal from the VaPer an european is used to smoke. I would say a rustic tobacco. Quality of the leaves is high.
Recommended!
Pipe Used:
Radice, Castello and other italian briars
PurchasedFrom:
Switzerland
Age When Smoked:
7 years
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 02, 2017 | Strong | None Detected | Medium to Full | Tolerable |
I love Cornell & Diehl tobacco. Exhausted Rooster, Pegasus, Old Joe Krantz....the Burly Flakes and After Hours. But I dont care much for this one. There are so many great Va/pers out there.....McClelland's Beacon and Beacon Extra, Gawith's St James Flake, Reiners Long Golden Flake....and quite a few more. But this feels harsh and I lose the taste in it. I love that it has a potent nic hit...thats not the issue, but compared to, say, Beacon Extra, also pretty potent, this is pretty rustic. Some may like that. Its great quality leaf, as is always the case with C&D, but Beacon Extra is much smoother and frankly much tastier. Aging might well help this one. I have a tin Im leaving alone for a year or two and then we'll see. But as is, Id prefer a number of other blends of this type that are out there.
PurchasedFrom:
4noggins
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Aug 17, 2016 | Extremely Strong | None Detected | Very Full | Tolerable to Strong |
This is a tasty perique laden tobacco. However, for me it is too strong and can become harsh towards the middle to end of the bowl. I love virginia perique tobacco's and so I had to try this one, however I will stick with Cabbies Mixture instead.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jun 19, 2015 | Medium | None Detected | Medium to Full | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Nice, sweet and peppery tobacco; the VA typical syrupy taste with a hint of hay and ripe fruit goes well together with the sharp sting of the perique. Retrohale shows off nuances of dried wheat and oat. I really enjoyed this, will buy more.
Pipe Used:
MM Morgan, Diplomat and Country gentleman
PurchasedFrom:
Mellgrens.se
Age When Smoked:
1 year
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Apr 28, 2011 | Medium to Strong | None Detected | Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
When I first tried this, I honestly didn't like it. I put it away and forgot about it. After I got a bit more experienced in pipe tobacco smoking I figured I'd try this one again. The tin had aged about 7 months and man it was a real nice tobacco. Now for the tobacco. It has a great tin aroma and while smoking it I noticed that the perique comes out here and there quite nicely. I didn't get any tongue bite this time like I had when I first tried it. The room note is pleasant too. I will be having this blend regularly now and will buy another tin for sure. I recommed this as I've grown quite fond of perique blends.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 29, 2011 | Medium | None Detected | Medium | Tolerable |
Beautiful flakes in tin, perfect humidity, packed nicely. Once started, burned very well. The tin aroma of this stuff is a study in balance between the VA's and the Perique. Old cheese, sweet oats, tangy lemon grass, earthy, funky aromas. All balanced on the figs, green hay, yeast dough, and oatmeal aromas of the Virginia.
The flavor does not have quite the same balance. The Perique asserts itself one minute and fades the next. But the bowl still gets better and better from the start to the bottom of the bowl. The Perique may be a little fickle, but it is some of the most delicious Perique leaf I've ever had. Perique Freaks will love this one. The PER in this VaPer simply has to be tried.
The flavor does not have quite the same balance. The Perique asserts itself one minute and fades the next. But the bowl still gets better and better from the start to the bottom of the bowl. The Perique may be a little fickle, but it is some of the most delicious Perique leaf I've ever had. Perique Freaks will love this one. The PER in this VaPer simply has to be tried.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Aug 23, 2010 | Medium | Extremely Mild | Medium | Tolerable |
Nice Va/Per blend and like most Va/Per, it taste great in a corncob.
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