Peter Stokkebye Natural Dutch Cavendish (No.301)

I first tried this a year ago and found it tasteless--not unpleasant, just couldn't find the taste. Jarred it up and forgot about it. Came back to it just now, and was quite impressed. Not sure what changed, but I found this subtle and comforting. Even though this has cavendish tobacco, it taste's closer to a Virginia than an aromatic, and no topping, per se, is detected at all. I smoked it, both a year ago and now, in the exact same pipe, so I have no explanation of my change in opinion. I doubt the "cellaring" was the difference, but who knows . . . Ignore room note rating, smoked outside.

I have been a pipe smoker since 2003. It has taken me quite a long time to understand and appreciate the love some have for plain burley. My previous experience with Burleys was just the OTCs, which I understand there are some that are quite good. I decided to try this Stokkebye blend because I have had good luck with several of their other blends. I really like this blend. It packs well. Lights and burns great, and I finally get the subtle nutty and consistent flavor. This is a good smoke whilst fishing, doing yard work, and I like smoking this when I am playing golf. A good no fuss blend, with a steady burley flavor.

This dutch cavendish provides a interesting smoke. Overall I would say that nothing regularly stands out by itself and while it provides a bit of hay and woodsy taste from burley and virginia. Nothing about this blend really packs a punch or sets it apart from anything else. I have found that mixing this with some D&R Ryback Gold provides a bit more smokiness and stout flavor. While transferring a a bit of the sweetness from the cavendish to that blend much better. This won't set the world on fire, and likely doesn't move the bar as a stand alone blend. Mix it with a regular blend and you may find that this helps to bring a bit more flavor and change of pace. Give this a shot if you want a middle of the road blend that won't offend your taste buds or those around you!

I bought this in a hope to replace one of my favorites Sail Green. I have issues paying over $9.00 for an ounce and a half of tobacco. It would be nice if they sold it in tins again but that doesn't seem like it's going to happen.

Anyway back to the PS301 Natural Cavendish. The cut is very similar to sail but the topping is pretty much not there as this is a natural type tobacco

The Virginia's are good and the Burley is a light leaf. Some dry time may be needed as this came a little moist.

I am more than half way through the 2 oz sample I bought and will be ordering more.

If you were a sail or amphora smoker back in the day this could be for you.
If you're are looking for a nic bomb, keep moving. It's also not a blend loaded with all kinds of different flavors, just a simple vabur that is Cavendish processed.

This is just a pleasant natural smoke at a good price at around $3.00 an ounce.

Lager

Update 2/5/24 I am currently working through a pound of this and it's become my everyday smoke.
It's just a good natural tobacco.

Lager

I felt this tobacco is like an ordinary cigarette,but it has natural Cavendish flavor.Very easy to handle,completely no tongue bite.Maybe this is not the choice for your special day,but no bad for usual,all-day tobacco.

Entering for perceivably ordinary consideration, is one Peter Stokkebye PS301 Natural Dutch Cavendish. Fashioned in the fine tradition for the extended process of steaming, pressing, and then generously applied casings, PS301 renders an exceptionally mild tempered and unfussy appeal. Incorporating a selection of choice Virginia, a modest portion of mixed Burley, and finally a representative Virginia based Cavendish, the tobacco feels of an aromatic sort, an inherent feature that uniquely surfaces, consistently embodied within its natively sweet character. Overall, what eventually transpired was a first-place exercise in grand simplicity.

Sold as a bulk varietal, PS301 displays the cultured integration of finely prepared ribbon strands engendering a darker colored assortment of varying pigments of brown ranging from lighter pieces to those heavily influenced and marbleized by the associated processing-based variables. Optimally moist, the softer texture tobacco projects a resident nose the brings the wholesome fragrance of lush bright Virginian grass, alluring spicey earthen wood, and a pleasantly captured sweet, modestly soured Burley all lightly graced a by non-descript yet politely consoling sugariness.

With the initial drawl upon the pipe, for all appearances PS301 immediately encounters as a simple experience centered on a seasoned Virginian depiction. What ensues, however, is a savory base note of deep seeded hay interweaved with a lulling Red floral accent, further decorated by toasty wooded splendor. Further colorization of the confluent Virginia elements is staged by the placement of some fervent yet easeful native spice and a tamed tracing of milder tart/fruity citrus grass. Interestingly there is a subtle interpretive quality that arises, contextualizing in a wine-like sense favoring the sweet white variety. Clearly a milder disposition respective to unadulterated magnitude yet impactful in the characterization of individual flavor attributes, nevertheless.

A bit of gentle rooted sourness, light walnut and spicy earthiness from the comprising Burleys provide the complementing background ambience. This melding of subject strains does inject a stream of gentle molasses as an extended flavorsome treaty. And as related, there is an abiding sweetness present which I feel is the remarking influence of the particular heavier casings that are used. Mainly one can register a recognizable dulled corny sugar sampling mixed with a clear projection of tactfully arranged lighter honey. PS301 also is accompanied with some well cured smokiness, which imparts further depth to its recording.

For a light natured Cavendish focused tobacco, PS301 has a good humored and inspiring room presence. Principally the admixture throws a medium strengthened fragrance that is superbly agreeable in its assumed conduct. A gentle and pleasantly sweet perfume attends foremost as this succulence embraces an enriched bottom support of warm, toasty hay, denser seasoned wood, and narrowed sugar nuttiness. Still, I was quite surprised and therefore grabbed by the tenacity in which this loving essence demonstrated lingering residency.

Mechanically this blend proved to be quite accommodating as to being a pleasurable simple undertaking. Performing consistently in all related physical properties, the tobacco showed little evidence of Virginian susceptibility to unfavorable heat generation or obstinate palate thrashing. Although if indulged too aggressively one can and might experience a tinge of zingy sensitivity upon the tongue. Producing handsome plumes of bighearted gray smoke, the textural superiority of this production is patently smooth and well-manicured in its standing quality. With modest nicotine residuals, PS301 could very well be a constant friend to a day-long smoker.

Ultimately, to label this categorically mild tobacco, PS301, as unsophisticated in lieu of the exuberance posed by the latest marketed bird blend or derivation of some mountain-made wonder would be sadly inaccurate. Is it humbled and unassuming in its stylized form of smoking grandeur? Yes, indeed so, but that does not detract from its ending worth and conceivable merits, at least in my mind.

With little doubt, I could unreservedly recommend this Stokkebye entry for any aromatic-averse piper as a reasonable trial experiment or quite possibly those tenderfoots who are interested in a meaningful introduction to the passion for piping in general. Give it a try should you be remotely curious. Afterall, this old slant on Cavendish-based blends still remains wholly popular for their sensible and simply mellowing ingenuousness. In the end, Peter Stokkebye PS301 Natural Dutch Cavendish bears that simple truth quite effectively. 3.0 Pipes.