Peter Stokkebye Late Night

I am an SG 1792 zealot and have had a difficult time finding it recently. The silver lining is that I've been on the hunt for alternatives and was recommended this new blend by Villiger. That said, my review should be taken with a grain of "Dark Virginia Flake" salt as those are the baccy's I gravitate towards.

"A sweet, satisfying blend of select Virginias and Black Cavendish flavored with Irish Whiskey to bring a pleasant end to the day" is what is printed on the can. It is a fairly accurate description. I was initially put off by the "black Cavendish" description as I really do not normally care for it but my local shop assured me they had had the same reservations but found it to be quite mild. They are correct.

Upon opening the tin, I was met with a light pre-rubbed tobacco with some dark flecks. The smell immediately put my mind at ease about the Cavendish as I can only slightly detect it. It has a hay like smell with hints of moist wood in there too. It was neither overly moist nor dry and it packed in the bowl more easily than my normal flake tobaccos which I admittedly don't rub out well sometimes. I had several false lights and had a difficult time keeping that first bowl lit until after I had tamped and fiddled with the bowl quite a bit. (Subsequent bowls lit easier and stayed more evenly lit as the tin has dried slightly).

The smoke initially is quite sweet and the Irish Whiskey that this tobacco is cured in comes through nicely. The bowl matures to a light and pleasant smoke. It's fairly mild with slight sweetness poking its head around out of what is otherwise what I would describe as a stout hay smoke. Despite the smoke's lack of what I would call heaviness, it is a full mouthful...fog rather than smoke.

I milked it a bit too frequently, perhaps in search of the nicotine and mouth feel that I'm accustomed to, and as a result I got a bit of tongue bite and had to slow down. The more I relaxed and just "sipped my tea", the better the taste and more pleasant it was. This is not a nicotine heavy smoke (at least to me) but rather, as the tin description and name suggests, a pleasant late night mellow smoke. Interestingly, my wife asked who had been smoking cigarettes after I had finished and I suppose that too speaks to the nature of this light colored and loose tobacco. It does have a pouch of good "roll yer own" cigarette tobacco flavor.

Overall I'm enjoying it and plan to keep it in supply as an alternative to my heavy hitter normal blends.

**Update- I've smoked this for a week now and regardless of how slow I toke it I cannot avoid tongue bite. The flavor is nice but the throat and tongue feel leave me cringing. I've altered my recommend from "recommend" to "somewhat recommend".