Peter Stokkebye Luxury Bullseye Flake (No. 403)
(3.33)
A blend of ripe Virginia tobacco spiced with pure Louisiana Perique. The distinctive aroma of Perique combined with the natural sweetness of Virginia tobaccos provides a wonderful characteristic taste. The center of mellow, fermented Black Cavendish serves to smoothen the general impression and rounding the taste. It is all a handcrafted process from selecting the best tobacco, blending, rolling, cutting, and packing. The result is an unparalleled smoking experience.
Notes: This replaced "Luxury Curly Cut" in the P.S. lineup in 2006, and is now one of their best sellers in the American market.
Details
Brand | Peter Stokkebye |
Blended By | |
Manufactured By | |
Blend Type | Virginia/Perique |
Contents | Black Cavendish, Perique, Virginia |
Flavoring | |
Cut | Curly Cut |
Packaging | Bulk |
Country | Denmark |
Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
3.33 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 Reviews
Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Dec 18, 2017 | Mild | Mild to Medium | Medium | Tolerable |
I can see why people like this. In the bag, it smells like a combination of raisins, honey, fruit, and breakfast cereal. It has some form of sweet topping, and is soft like a sugar cookie. When you fire it up, the Virginia floats to the top with a treacle and grain flavor, then the Perique adds a very mild fruitiness, with the Cavendish rising among them to delivery a creamy fullness. It stays this way for the whole bowl, becoming more honey-like as the Virginias caramelize.
On the other hand, it is hard to like this. The Perique has been neutered, coming across mostly as a sugared raisin, and the Virginias have lost most of their taste except the natural light grain and hay flavor. Cavendish, a good friend when used well, might be a bit dominant here, as it looks like a quarter of the leaf by volume. The topping is cloying, with a faint sense of decay to it, and the resulting flavor is alarmingly one-dimensional.
Not surprisingly, people swear by this bulk blend and it is easy to see why. Like other Virginia blends, it is a sweet treat to suck on throughout the day. It is nicely balanced with no jagged edges to make it interesting. It is a great blend with which to practice your slow-smoking technique, and when rubbed out it burns easily. Alas, it is also boring, low in Nicotine, and too sugary for this smoker.
Comparing it to "Escudo" does not quite make sense. This blend softens the Virginias to a more white bread approach, where other blends intensify the grain flavor and have a more acidic feel instead. If we are to compare this to anything, like Orlik "Golden Sliced" or Newminster "Superior Round Slices," it would be breakfast cereal. Sweet, and you can smoke it all day long, but the lack of dimension might clobber you at some point with existential desolation.
On the other hand, it is hard to like this. The Perique has been neutered, coming across mostly as a sugared raisin, and the Virginias have lost most of their taste except the natural light grain and hay flavor. Cavendish, a good friend when used well, might be a bit dominant here, as it looks like a quarter of the leaf by volume. The topping is cloying, with a faint sense of decay to it, and the resulting flavor is alarmingly one-dimensional.
Not surprisingly, people swear by this bulk blend and it is easy to see why. Like other Virginia blends, it is a sweet treat to suck on throughout the day. It is nicely balanced with no jagged edges to make it interesting. It is a great blend with which to practice your slow-smoking technique, and when rubbed out it burns easily. Alas, it is also boring, low in Nicotine, and too sugary for this smoker.
Comparing it to "Escudo" does not quite make sense. This blend softens the Virginias to a more white bread approach, where other blends intensify the grain flavor and have a more acidic feel instead. If we are to compare this to anything, like Orlik "Golden Sliced" or Newminster "Superior Round Slices," it would be breakfast cereal. Sweet, and you can smoke it all day long, but the lack of dimension might clobber you at some point with existential desolation.
Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Aug 25, 2007 | Medium | None Detected | Mild to Medium | Tolerable |
While I love some of Stokkebye's offerings ... this is not one of them. To my palate it is bland, hot, rough and the VA seems to need considerable more maturity. It's almost green to my tastes. At the same time the shape is marvelous ... and I fear this has added to my disappointment. I have tried it freshly acquired ... aged ... and really aged. It fails to please me.
Cheers, VC
Cheers, VC
Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Aug 13, 2014 | Mild | Very Mild | Extremely Mild (Flat) | Tolerable |
I haven't had very good luck with Stokkebye offerings. I have tried this blend with differing amounts of age on it and it still just doesn't do it for me.
It smokes very bland from beginning to end. I don't get any tounge bite so it's got that going for it. Overall it just seems young but most of all it's devoid of any flavor. I believe if I smoked one of my wife's cigarette butts it would probably taste better.
I know I'm in the minority here but I would not reccomend it nor would I consider buying it again.
It smokes very bland from beginning to end. I don't get any tounge bite so it's got that going for it. Overall it just seems young but most of all it's devoid of any flavor. I believe if I smoked one of my wife's cigarette butts it would probably taste better.
I know I'm in the minority here but I would not reccomend it nor would I consider buying it again.
Pipe Used:
Neerup
Age When Smoked:
New and 2 years
Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Apr 01, 2010 | Mild to Medium | Very Mild | Mild to Medium | Tolerable |
My 2 ounce sample came from the bottom of the box. Six or so nice coins with hard black centers, the rest like crushed shredded wheat. Dry in the pouch with a slight smell of virginia and a hint of the vanilla black cavendish. Saved the coins and lit the scrap, to harsh and the dust came up the stem. Tried the coins. Tasted ok but harsh and lacked smoothness, with a cigarette quality to the smoke. Overall, I find most of the Stokkebye blends to be a bit rough with a pronounced sharpness. Not for me either as a virginia or a vaper. It is an interesting presentation but not something I would pay for again.
Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Dec 01, 2009 | Medium to Strong | Medium | Medium to Full | Unnoticeable |
I'm not sure what everyone gets so excited about with this tobacco. Yes, it's pretty. But it smells and tastes like plain cigarette. No Virginia sweetness, no Cavendish aroma. At least it was inexpensive.
Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 19, 2018 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Mild to Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
I first tried this about 4 years ago. I purchased 1 oz from Elliston Pipe Shop in Nashville. That sample was great. I remember the bag smelling sweet and had a almost raisin scent. The smoke was a nice almost caramel sweetness with some citrus. I even got a decent buzz with this Flake. When I got down to my last 2 flakes I ordered 8 ozs.
This is one of those deals that I ran into were my first experience can never be relived. That 8 oz order is nothing like my first sample. I get no citrus, no caramel sweetness. It's just like I'm smoking hot steam and grain.
I experimented with 4 oz of it with a total failure so it's gone. I am still sitting on my last 4 oz. after almost 4 years. I found that age did not change this blend at all. Maybe in 10 years it will be better. But I'm not getting my hopes up.
This is one of those deals that I ran into were my first experience can never be relived. That 8 oz order is nothing like my first sample. I get no citrus, no caramel sweetness. It's just like I'm smoking hot steam and grain.
I experimented with 4 oz of it with a total failure so it's gone. I am still sitting on my last 4 oz. after almost 4 years. I found that age did not change this blend at all. Maybe in 10 years it will be better. But I'm not getting my hopes up.
Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 24, 2017 | Medium | None Detected | Mild to Medium | Tolerable |
The first bowl is good then it is all downhill from there, as with most Stockebye's I have tried the flavor becomes more annoying with time, should be called barking dog that won't stop, buy Comoy's #7 instead.
PurchasedFrom:
Iwan Ries
Age When Smoked:
Fresh