Peter Stokkebye Highland Whiskey (No.38)

I bought this back in 2011 from a pipe and cigar store that had all these blends in jars with their own names. I searched this website and found this description to be almost exact. I am smoking it in my Peterson 307, Irish to Irish so to speak. It smells great even after 7 years but I wish it had more whiskey flavor. There just isn’t enough for me and it leaves me wanting more. It does burn a little hot. Nice but I will try something else when I run out of this.

Fine pouch note, mild aromatic. Burned nice and slow, bit me a bit- but that is to be expected of myself as a rookie. Whiskey flavoring was very, very subtle and may have been more potent when the tobacco was first opened. Overall, a nice mellow blend. Probably not on my reorder, but not out of the question either.

Aromatics are rarely spot on replicating true flavor, but since whiskey is more of a taste than scent kinda thing (for an amateur like me at least), the dull cardboard - faint sweet/sour odors coming off, were as good as the real thing I suppose. I would be more convinced I had a bag of expired cherry tobacco if blindfolded however.

I was surprised by the first few puffs, they did remind me of some brown firewater, but the rest of the bowl had more bite than I would of liked, detracting from the taste. I would venture to guess this one relies more on the power of topping than quality of leaves, as little tobacco goodness shone through.

While not expecting to get drunk off of whiskey tobacco, I was expecting more smokey richness. I mean after all, no one says "smooth" roughly after a shot of the real thing because it isn't a punch to the buds.

I first enjoyed this early on, but as the sampled aged it became something else entirely. The taste and flavoring changed ad not for the better. Was recommended, not so much anymore. Okay early on, but becomes foul tasting with age.

This just tasted like an average whiskey blend. It seems to burn kinda hot even though I was using a corn cob. I think I'm going to let it age and try smoking it through my EA CAREY pipe which allow little more air into it.

Bit the hell out of me...But, then again a lot of Aro's will do that if your not careful...Yes, Boys and Girls, this is an Aro and not a Scottish blend...However, that does not make this a bad blend, you just have to be careful while smoking...Don't puff like the proverbial steam engine...For those of you like me who tend to forget and puff too quickly, after you finish wrapping your tongue in bandages for the rest of the day you might try this: mix one part Highland Whisky to three parts Lane Limited 1-Q...You won't be disappointed...The 1-Q takes the edge off the Highland Whisky and the Highland Whisky wakes up the monochromatic 1-Q.

I love P.S. tobaccos, almost the only brand I smoke but this one smokes a bit hot if you're not careful. Puffed slowly, it's not too bad, but the whisky flavor ain't what I'd pour over the rocks. Burns clean. I packed this a little more loosely than normal, as it was a bit moist. Once this two ounce pouch is gone, I don't think I'll be buying any more. My B&M has a lot of the P.S. offerings, and I've been trying them out, with a few that are definitely keepers. But for me this one could use something in the blend that's just not there for me...

The sweet black cavendish takes over right from the start, to me it seemed just like Nougat ( PS-24 ).

After the topping burns off the flavor is a mild tasty virginia with the chocó cavendish in the forefront. It is a nice blend but does not remind me of whiskey at all, and I prefer Nougat for my chocó sweet fix.

One suggestion for dry tobacco is to breath gently into the bowl 5 or 6 times before lighting, the moisture in your breath will rehydrate it. I have not tried it, but it sounded good.

First of all, there is no "e" in the word "whisky" when speaking of Scottish whisky or "Highland whisky". The "e" only appears on the left side of the Atlantic, in the "whiskeys" of North America: Bourbon, Rye, Tennessee, Canadian, etc. That having been said, I don't who is guilty of this spelling error. Does Peter Stokkebye actually advertise this blend as "Highland Whiskey" with an "e"? Or is this grievous error one that only appears here on this page?

Anyway, I have a basic problem with tobaccos that claim to be "flavored" with whisk(e)y, either with or without the "e". Either a blend is flavored with something else that really isn't whisk(e)y, or it really IS flavored with whisk(e)y. If it IS flavored with whisk(e)y then its a waste, because whisk(e)y is about 99 percent alcohol and water which, by themselves, are both tasteless, and most of it will evaporate long before you smoke whatever tobacco you've put it on.

That leaves something less than 1 percent of the whisk(e)y which comprise the natural impurities transferred from the mash during the distilling process as well as the actual oak essence from the inside of the charred barrel in which the whisk(e)y was aged. It's these impurities that give whisk(e)y its caramel color and characteristic flavor. And this is what might flavor any tobacco.

We can argue about the finer points of where whisk(e)y gets its flavors, but the real point is that its a damn poor waste of any whisk(e)y to go pouring it on pipe tobacco thinking that will improve the flavor of either. It won't. Keep the whisk(e)y in your glass and put the tobacco in your pipe.

Of course, the other possibility is that it is actually flavored by something else that the manufacturer imagines tastes something like whisk(e)y. I shudder to think.

Not surprisingly, this blend has only received six reviews prior to mine over a two- year period. Of those six reviews, only two give it a 3-star rating, three reviewers give it a 2-star rating, and one gives it a 1-star. I've tried it and will give it two- stars, but only because the tobacco is from Peter Stokkebye. I would have probably given it a good solid 3-star rating if it didn't have the "flavoring."