Erik Stokkebye 4th Generation 1931

(3.29)
The 1931 flake is primarily U.S. burley, U.S. mature Virginias and a little bit of black cavendish. It’s an all-natural blend that offers a dry, natural smoke without additives in terms of flavoring. Erik Peter, his father, was a larger than life person, full of energy and passion for his craft. His favorite tobacco was the navy flake, and this full-bodied smoke is a perfect example of his passion. It strikes a natural balance in the distinct characteristics of superior burleys and mature Virginias by using a small measure of black cavendish to please true flake lovers.

Details

Brand Erik Stokkebye
Blended By Erik Stokkebye
Manufactured By Mac Baren
Blend Type Burley Based
Contents Black Cavendish, Burley, Virginia
Flavoring Honey
Cut Flake
Packaging 50g tin, 100g tin
Country Denmark
Production Currently available

Profile

Strength
Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Very Mild
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming

Average Rating

3.29 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Apr 11, 2013 Medium Mild to Medium Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
I am a "flake" person so when I spotted this tin I had to give it a whirl. This is a bolder navy flake than I have ever tried. Trying to place it in the floral strength panel. I would say it is between GH's Ennerdale and Rum Flakes. It is fuller than both but the notes that you taste and smell are similar. The pretty little flakes twist easily into presentable pieces to go in my small flake pipes. This is a pleasant tobacco for morning or afternoon.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Feb 24, 2013 Medium Mild Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
The 4th Generation line release has a variety of blends. I received the 1931 Eric Peter's Blend, some of the others seemed more appealing to me, but a gift is a gift. This also lets me see what's new out the gates. Well they are perfect cut flake, with a marbling of tans cross in waves. I cut it into small cubes to get a tin note, as it came in a plastic sample bag. The aromatic stood out, other than some hay from the burley the Virginia was absent. A dry flake it just needed a few minutes to be ready for the bowl.

Char lite let go some aromatic fruitiness maybe even some honey it's hard to tell as the Cavendish quickly burned. The true lite had the VA stands up right away, the burley providing a bit of hay back ground. This burns hot so sipping is a must. By the half bowl the burley had taken over and it stays there. It smokes slowly and you get a hint of sweetness appear every once in a while from a basic good tasting classic burly. The bowl remained consistent through to the end with no relights to a salt and pepper ash.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Feb 20, 2013 Medium Mild Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
This tobacco looks and smells great in the tin but the taste is mostly of fermented burly, it is pungent like perique, no Virginia sweetness or tang.

Update:

The smell of this tobacco in the tin is identical to Mac Baren navy flake, the taste and the quality of the smoke however, is much better.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Dec 10, 2022 Medium Mild to Medium Medium Pleasant
One of my personal favorites. This flake reminds me Beorn's Woodland Hall. This must surely be the blend that Gandalf smoked within this pillared hall and blew such lovely colorful magic smoke rings with. The Southern Star burley leads the way with a nutty woodsy taste and the Longbottom Virginia providing mellow notes of grassy meadows. The ever present Old Toby Cavendish ties the two together perfectly like cream and honey. These wonderful tobaccoes are pressed into flakes that are caused in honey made by Beorn's fantastic bees whose nectar comes from the magical bee gardens that surround his woodland hall. A must try for anyone who enjoys the hobbit's leaf. Another plus is the price. You want need any dragon golf to purchase this magical blend. Happy Puffing
Pipe Used: Various Churchwardens
PurchasedFrom: SmokingPipes.com
Age When Smoked: New to one year
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
May 20, 2017 Medium to Strong Very Mild Medium to Full Tolerable
In the small tin of 1931 I bought were 2 rows of moist, perfectly made, striated flakes ranging from blonde to medium and dark brown. Tin note is refined dates, citrus, honey, and flowers melded with the slightly bready VA and Burley tobaccos. I fold, spindle and loosely stuff most of one flake into a suitable group 5 pipe, straight from the tin. It’s worth noting, I think, that 1931 expands considerably when it’s lit. The tobacco lights OK and it burns quite slowly and well, yielding huge, thick clouds of smoke. In fact, 1931 is exceptional in this regard. Initial aromas and tastes echo the tin notes, then the tobacco flavors increase gradually and substantially. Burley predominates. It’s deep, rich, earthy, nutty, buttery, and fairly tannic, and I would not be surprised if there’s some DFK. There seems to be a range of robust, complimentary VA varietals and cures, from grassy lemons to sweet, rich, air-cured browns, to earthy, stoved reds. The Cav is hardly needed for body, but it may well contribute to all the smoke, and it binds the blend with the toppings. Like Solani’s 660 Silver Flake, 1931 increases significantly in intensity over the long course of a bowl, and I prefer to moderate my cadence rather than brook some roughness that occurs if I let it get hot. Taken slowly, 1931 is a long, leisurely, and satisfying smoke. Strength builds slowly to just over medium. Tastes deepen to past medium. Room note is tolerable. Aftertaste is best-of-the-smoke, and it lingers long.

IMO, 4th Generation 1931 is a top quality blend that works best with a measure of attention. A few years ago I would have given it 4 stars, but now there is stiff competition in this genre. 3 + stars.
Pipe Used: various briars; 4 - 5 preferred
PurchasedFrom: Cup O' Joe's
Age When Smoked: right from a new, undated tin
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jan 13, 2017 Medium Mild Mild Tolerable
Of all the Navy flakes I have smoked, this one hits the spot.

High quality tobacco, no bite, lots of flavor, it's a deep and rich yet mild-mannered and friendly flake that, unlike other flakes in this style (MB for example), I never get sick of smoking.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Sep 11, 2016 Mild to Medium Mild Medium Pleasant
Of all the Navy flakes I have smoked, this one hits the spot.

High quality tobacco, no bite, lots of flavor, it's a deep and rich yet mild-mannered and friendly flake that, unlike other flakes in this style (MB for example), I never get sick of smoking.

All day, any day, gimme that 1931.... puff puff...

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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jul 15, 2016 Medium to Strong Medium to Strong Medium Unnoticeable
Another run of the mill virginia without any redeeming features.

It's not quite a Eurotobak. It's not that bad.

And my review must be a minimum of 25 words. Even though there's nothing more to write.

But you don't always want top of the range. Sometimes you want something that does the job.

So I'm going off now to order a kilo of the stuff.
Pipe Used: Stanwell billard.
PurchasedFrom: Online.
Age When Smoked: Fresh from the shop.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Mar 03, 2024 Medium Mild to Medium Mild to Medium Pleasant
A l’ouverture du sachet c’est un bel arôme d’herbes fraîches que je reçois.
Les bruns sont clairs , plus de Burley que de V.A. Par contre le BC est quasi absent.
Dès les premières volutes je retrouve l’herbe fraîche en bouche.
D’entré le tabac est bien présent ainsi que la fumée qui est très généreuse.
Je perçois une légère note d’agrumes.
En retro-olfaction c’est tantôt herbes fraîches, tantôt herbes sèches.
Malgré que la fumée soit bien présente elle a un coté doux très agréable; probablement apporté par l’ajout de miel et la très légère pointe de BC qui au final est suffisante.
Au deuxième tiers j’ai toujours cette note d’agrumes avec une pointe acidulé. Rien de désagréable, au contraire.
En retro-olfaction je ne perçois plus que le coté herbes sèches. Cela me va bien car la fumée continue d’être généreuse même si la petite note de douceur commence à disparaître.
A la fin du deuxième tiers c’est la note acétique qui prend le dessus sur l’agrume.
La combustion est toujours aussi bonne.
Au troisième tiers je perds complètement la petite douceur des deux premiers car les tabacs se mettent en mode charge de cavalerie ce qui a pour effet de remettre le V.A au premier plan avec une belle note citronné et acidulé.
Au final c’est un mélange qui m’a bien plus pour son coté non linéaire d’une part, son contraste entre la fumée bien présente mais avec une pointe de douceur et sa combustion très bonne.
Un mélange qui peut ravir aussi bien ceux et celles qui veulent une fumée bien présente et généreuse mais aussi ceux et celles qui préfère la discrétion car la combustion étant très bonne , elle est facile a gérer.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Apr 30, 2023 Mild to Medium Mild to Medium Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
The ribbon cut after rubbing looks distinctively virginian leaf with a sort of red ginger brown colour. Smells wonderful, grass hay smell. Placed in sealed jar. Smoke is very virginian in taste, bread, woody and smokes slowly and consistently, this is probably due to the burely that gives some depth. There is sometimes a nutty sweetness. This is not a fast burning tobacco, and the blend is constantly satisfying in taste that is quite typical of navy flake. A wonderful smoke without any complications.

Some reviewers suggest that a possible sweet topping has been included, but IMHO I think it's just the pressed cavendish.

Just right for a Sunday afternoon with a mug of English tea.
Pipe Used: Rathbone Peterson
PurchasedFrom: Local newsagents, Bexleyheath
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