Peter Stokkebye Peaches & Cream (No.303)

Peter Stokkebye was on my radar from rolling my own cigarettes, as all of their cigarette blends are wonderful, pricey, but wonderful. I had wanted to try their pipe blends, and a discount on some of them at a local tobacco store gave me perfect incentive.

Of the blends discounted, I almost went with the champagne, as I thought it smelled to best in the jar. But then I remembered some less than glowing reviews on sites such as this, and ended up going with the peach even though the smell was a little strong.

I tend to be a little wary on aromatics as my experience has run to the non- offensive (Captain Black) to the downright foul (some value brand that tasted like cleaning products). But I'm happy to report that thus far Stokkebye is the best aromatic I've puffed upon. The peach, while strong smelling in the jar, is pleasantly subdued in the taste department. The whole smoke itself is incredibly smooth while having a pretty deep richness and absolutely no bite.

If I have one caveat, it's that the blend is a little low in the vitamin N department, but isn't as completely void as say Captain Black, but a little more kick would have gone a long way.

So my love of Stokkebye extends to the world of pipe tobacco and delivers an aromatic that I actually like. And even without the discount their pipe tobaccos are much more inexpensive than their cigarette, so I'll actually be able to afford trying some other blends in the future.

Peter Stokkebye - PS-303 Peaches & Creme

Star Rating = 3

Rating Scores - 10 is the Best and 0 is the Worst

Pouch Note = 9

Room Note = 9

Flavor = 9

Bite = 9

Burn = 9

After Taste = 8

Raw Score = 53

Rated Percentage = 88%

Comment = Smooth, Mild, has a strong Fruity Flavor from Start to Finish, slight After Taste

I bought 25 grams of this loose to break in a new pipe. I have smoked a few aromatics but none that I have really thought 'ah ha! that is the one for me!'. Upon purchasing, this stuff looks like a sticky mass of black leaf and smells very peachy. I dried it out for about an hour before loading the pipe with a half bowl.

Being so sticky it took a while to get going and after the charring light it only had to be relit once (I would put this down to the new pipe). The smoke was not a pleasant one to me. Very sweet at first then very sour and almost acidic. It had a nice aroma and I could smell the cream and taste a little coconut but the peach taste dominated and I found the smell to be a bit rank to my nose.

Not to be deterred I tried it in a cob and it was the same. There was a little bite to it but nothing too serious. It also kept the flavour right throughout the bowl leaving a little dottle and a lot of moisture. If you love peach you will love this. I dont like peaches so this was never going to win. However, I have mixed this with a little black cherry and cherry and vanilla and whilst the taste is still there, it is tempered by the other baccys.

Not one I will buy again

Ok, recently I tried a some of this 'baccy at my local Tobacco Shop. I must say I have never been impressed with what the Danes produce in the way of tobacco, but this one is just OK. What struck me rather odd is about halfway down the bowl, I began getting an underlying taste. All I can compare it to is, strangely enough...Mushrooms! It tasted fungal and unpleasant, and maybe there was something growing on the tobacco! VERY Peachy in the beginning, and OK to smoke if you prefer Peaches and 'Shrooms!!

Extremely chemical flavor and nothing else. Might make a better ice cream topping. I bought 2 Oz. and couldn't finish it. I only smoke aromatics occasionally as a change of pace but I'd still want to have a somewhat enjoyable experience when smoking an aromatic. In short, this was nasty.

This might be a blend for an 18 year old who smokes a hookah and wants to flirt with the pipe.

The first part of tha bowl is just like eating peaches an cream out of a bowl. The flavor is distinct and I just want to bite and chew each mouthful. Then when it reaches the second third, it turns one dimensional and starts a downhill slide.

I don't usually care for this kind of tobacco, but I wanted to try this blend, so I picked up an oz. of the stuff. It smells ok. It had a sweet taste, although I can't really say that it tasted like peaches. It was just sort of sweet. I didn't really enjoy it. I won't be trying it again.

I like this one. Not as good as Apricots and Cream from C&D, but tasty nonetheless. Smoked cool and dry. The name really says it all in terms of flavors!

The tin note to me is a little more cherry lozenge, than it is peaches and cream, and very mild at that. The taste is a BIT peaches. I found this tobacco to be very bland in every aspect. It burns fine as other PS blends do and the looks of the tobacco is nice with a dark black Cavendish medium ribbon mixed with other light brown tobacco. I would not buy this.