Peter Stokkebye Peaches & Cream (No.303)

This was not nearly as wet or sticky as most peach blends I have tried, but was still fairly moist. The peach was not as heavy in taste as it was in the smell, but was definitely detectable. The vanilla is hardly present, but this blend has a bit of caramel backing up the peach. Is mostly a cavendish forward smoke. The room note is really nice. It is a bit boring however, and is a one note smoke.

I bought this thinking it would be a great summer blend. The tobacco smells wonderful but that peach smell does not transfer well to the palate when smoking. In fact, as the bowl burns down it really just becomes tasteless.

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!!

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 bought this tobacco at The Briary in Birmingham, Alabama, under the name Briary Blend, but I am nearly certain that this tobacco is actually PS303 Peaches & Cream.

I am giving this tobacco 2 stars, in the expectation that 2 stars actually means something.

The peach in this blend is both the feature of this blend and the main component of the background. The cream comes from the Cavendish, which is exceptionally good. The basis of this blend is a solid, if uninteresting, backbone of Virginia and burley. If one is looking for a decent, well-blended aromatic where peaches and cream are expected to provide a simple, enjoyable smoke, it is hard to fault this blend. It's not monotone by any means, and it is not offensive.

This blend is a good blend for enjoying a pipe where pipe smoking is a secondary activity. If, on the other hand, one enjoys introspection by contemplating complex, intricate, and nuanced blends, this one is rather lacking.

I usually am a fan of PS Aromatics, but this one did not do much for me. I won't delve deep into the component tobaccos as this is an aro and the underlying tobacco taste is rather faint and not really relevant.

My issue is the topping; more particular, the peach, as the cream, I believe, is just vanilla. I know you can't just squeeze the juice out of a peach onto tobacco and who is to say if burnt juice of a peach would even smell like a peach, so any topping, by its nature, is merely meant to replicate aromas. Thus, they are all chemical concoctions. Sometimes, when that aroma is off enough it can really irritate me even if the aroma is not per se bad.

That is what is going on here for me. To me this is close to the aroma of a peach, but enough unlike a peach that it comes off as "Chemical tasting" to me. I also found this to be a bite more of a biter than other PS aros I have smoked. Overall I did not find the blend terrible, but I would not buy anymore.

Sweet, somewhat peachy, but still nothing noteworthy imo. I've struggled finding an aro that brings me much satisfaction (autumn evening is the only winner so far). Despite some of the positive reviews here, this blend wasnt a standout.

As a positive, it is consistent. The slight Peachy note was steady throughout the smoke with the burleys adding a nuttiness and the virginas riding in the third seat. If you are an aromatic smoker, this may be a pleasing smoke for you.