Bjarne Flake de Luxe

A yellow VA with a slight chocolate note. Perfect for summer time! Packs and lights easy, burns clean and even. Nary a gurgle and no bite. A great smoke.

This is a medium brown, Virginia that is easy to rub out or crumble into the bowl. For some time this was a staple for me and I had been buying Flake De Luxe in bulk, in which form it is a broken flake. Like better Virginias, it holds up well as the bowl burns down, becoming sweeter and thicker, somehow. It demands to be smoked slowly, however, and will burn hotter and nip you if you're a clencher and get your mind wrapped around some serious, consuming task and get to puffing too fast.

To capsulize what my fellow reviewers before me have said: this is one great, delicious and sublime Virginia! Little secret? Who knows but this is a mild, even-tempered, smooth and flavorful smoke that doesn?t disappoint from beginning to end with no bite. Smoke it slowly and savor it. Those who favor stronger tobaccos may also like this blend and those who want to try a Virginia for the first time, start with Flake de Luxe (I really mean it this time). Gosh, this is good stuff!

I rate this tobacco 9.987923 out of 10.

Just a fantastic Virginia based tobacco! Tin aroma is great, smokes and lights well. I couldnt ask for a better warm weather smoke! I would classify this as mild all around (taste, aroma, smoke weight). Been using a couple smaller Danish pipes that really seem to work well with this blend.

This tin smells really sweet. I thought it smelled like citrus, my wife thought it smelled like peaches. I rubbed some out and packed my Moretti.

At first light, I swear I tasted Cinnamon. The tobacco is very moist and goes out if you look at it funny. It became much more complex as I worked through the bowl, much more complex than the aromatics I have been smoking. You can tell that the flavor comes from the tobacco, and not added casings.

It gets a bit more pronounced as you proceed through the bowl. Stronger flavors than I am used to, but still pleasant. Halfway through the bowl now, and the cinnamon is returning. The smoke entering my mouth feels moist, no real tongue bite, but I can feel the weight of the tobacco.

This is a heavier smoke and I would not classify it as an early morning tobacco.

Yum yum!

I smoke a VA flake as a change of pace. Not every day. When I am in the mood, I tend to gravitate to flakes like Rattray's Old Gowrie or Gawith's Scotch Flake. I like McClelland's Blackwoods Flake when I want something darker and stronger.

Bjarne's Flake DeLuxe is delicious! A relatively short but wide flake that is light in color. Sweet tin aroma. Perhaps a touch of honey as a top note. Maybe heat pressed, but only a little. Very easy to pack and light. Much easier than a typical VA flake.

Mild and naturally sweet with a wonderful tobacco flavor. Very little bite (for a VA that is). Burns easily. Maybe even a flake that you can enjoy "all day" so-to-speak.

All in all an outstanding tobacco. Try this if you like milder flakes or if you are new to VAs. Very nice indeed.

If there is a Smoker?s Paradise for Virginia Tobacco this has got to be the one that will be there. Yes I?m bias, I love a good Virginia and even more so when made by the Danish and by one of the Premier Pipe Makers of the world, Bjarne Nielsen. I have smoked this in a Bjarne Small Brandy Glass, a W.O. Larsen Brandy Glass, and a Stokkebye Large Brandy Glass, all three delivered the same outstanding tobaccos that one comes to enjoy while sitting around reading the news paper.

Opening the tin of tobacco I detected a very mildly sweet aroma of a the darkened Golden Virginia Flake which needs to be rubbed. The tobacco presented itself with a freshness without being too moist, which made filling and packing the bowl very easy. I detected no harshness, no tongue bite, just a very smooth tasting tobacco that lasted from the first match to the last bit of ash in the bottom of the bowl.

This is a Virginia and to enjoy the exquisite flavor of the subtle sweetness one must smoke this tobacco very slow. I love this one and rate it as one of the best Virginia Flake tobaccos I have smoked as it was satisfying.

Keep your pipe cool, smoke it slow, enjoy it longer

I can't add much to Tantric's excellent review in the praise column, so read that and add to it a thumbs up from yr pal in Canada! I would caution, however, that while this weed is mild and cool, it's not SO mild and cool that new smokers should expect a bite-free bowl. This blend has enough sweetness and spice to get plenty hot if you're careless.

Another in my trials of tobaccos under the name of pipemakers whose pipes I own and respect. The tobacco in my tin was pressed into one block but the moisture content was ideal and permitted the individual layers of flakes to be easily separated and folded/packed as I prefer. The mix of golden to darker brown VAs had such a sweet tin aroma that I wondered if casing had been added as with some other Danish blends. At Bjarne Nielsen's web site, it indicates that this blend consists of several types of VAs and a 'little secret'. Perhaps that is the Orientals indicated above although their taste certainly was not prevalent. The end result is a smooth, cool smoke that is exceptionally mild for a VA flake. However, it is still quite flavorful and even tangy/spicey as the smoke progresses. Give it a try.