Orlik Tobacco Company A/S Golden Sliced (Red Tin)

this comes to you in long sided flakes.Out of the tin it is grassy and mild, like hay on the fields. Easy to fold and stuff into your pipe. I used large medium and small bowls. Very easy work with. First light no further relights necessary. Easy to smoke. Tastes like a good va should, not too much of burley although it´s there, but it vanishes somewhere, which i don´t mind. Good amount of smoke, not too much nicotine. Exellent for starters, easy to use tobacco.

I had previously rated OGS four stars but I think Orlik have recently either changed the tobaccos they use or changed the processing somehow. The last three tins that I've had are not up to the usual standard. It no longer has the brightness and snap it once had and is now just plain boring. Very sad.

Tin aroma is spring in the fields, just lovely. The taste is typical Danish, a bit sharp and tasty. Very similar to Peter Stokkebye Luxury Navy Flake. If you like it you will love this. Since I like neither I will not be buying any more. To me it is sharp with a tendancy to bite.

As to the burly/perique debate, the following email is a direct reply from Stokkeby about its content:

Hi Ray



Thank you for your inquiry to Villiger Stokkebye International.



I am so glad you caught that mistake on our web-site, of course we want to keep it current and correct, and your feedback has now helped us weed out one error.



Orlik Golden Sliced does NOT have any Perique in it, but it's Flue- Cured Virginia with a touch of BURLEY.



Thanks for YOUR help and





Happy Smoking!



Eva Stokkebye

Villiger Stokkebye International

[email protected]

(704) 597 0416 (END)





You may not have caught it, but take heart, at least 53,000,000 other Americans can't spot a mistake (fraud) when they see one. The bigger question is what are you doing to correct mistakes when you find them?

This review is based on a relatively small sample, four or five bowls.

I think this is a pretty good tobacco, all things considered, but I'm giving it two stars precisely because there are many others out there that are better.

In particular, smoking this back to back with Union Square made it obvious that there is a pretty good amount of casing with OGS. OGS definitely burns hotter and has more bite, too.

I generally prefer stoved VA, or matured VA, but if you are looking for something light in flavor that isn't too expensive in a tinned blend, OGS might work.

If you are just looking for an outstanding VA, I'd go with Sam Gawith Full Virginia Flake, GL Pease Union Square, Hal O' the Wynd, Old Gowrie, McClelland 5100 over this.

Not a bad product, but not a great one either.. There is something hayish in taste with the Virginias which drops the natural taste and strength of the tobacco down.. A decent / mild / no-bite / all-day smoke though..

"Smoked by all shrewd judges" well, I find this tobacco not guilty on all counts except for flavor...guilty of being too bland, I think the burley is the perp here. OGS (100g) is sentenced to thirty days in the back of my drawer to see if it shapes up...

dunhill grp 3

I have tried several of Orlik's offerings and regularly smoke DSK . Golden Sliced is of high reputation for straight Virginia and as such I expected to really like it.

Appearance: This blend has a beautiful presentation, being comprised of precisely sliced flakes. Though predominately red and golden Virginia, there are darker bands and bits that are nearly white.

Tin aroma: This is a mixture of matured Virginia sweet and fruity notes abound. There are deep molasses tones a slight sour tang one expects in Virginia some slight spicy tones and a deeper fig-like aroma. I detect no topping or casing agents of any kind, just pure natural smelling Virginia.

I have chosen a Stanwell Canadian dedicated to Virginia mixtures for this review.

This tobacco is nearly perfect in moisture straight out of the tin. I normally simply roll two flakes fold them over and insert them into the bowl, trimming off any excess. Lighting is usually a one match affair, and generally stays lit throughout the entire bowl, unless I let the pipe go out. As expected, the initial flavor is very tangy Virginia and sweet though not overly so on either count. There are distinctly citrus notes of the Virginia and a deep harmonious flavor of fine tobacco. Unfortunately, I'm finding it rather bland each time.

Mid Bowl: Approaching mid-bowl, the fullness tends to build and while this blend is not complex, it somehow lacks interest for me. With the wide variety of Virginia flake blends out there to choose from, Golden Sliced just never delivers any complexity or changing of flavors, as such I find it honestly boring. A shame really, as the quality is obvious. It tends to smoke fairly hot, though tongue bite is NOT an issue here. This blend is very well behaved in that regard.

Home Stretch: As end of the bowl approaches, the strength of this mixture has built to a level I'd term ?medium? not even rich enough to be satisfying to me. I really expected to like this blend, it has so many fans and such a reputation, but for me it's just a ?going through the motions? kind of smoke. I was hoping for something along the lines of Dunhill Light Flake, but alas, this doesn't come close.

Supplemental Notes: I would recommend this to a novice Virginia smoker who finds most Virginia blends too strong or full bodied. If you are looking for complexity or mouth-watering rich Virginia richness, please look elsewhere. Rating for those interested in numbers **

I was sent a 100gram tin of this from a brilliant (But unnamed) online pipe dealer, flake expert and all round super nice guy, and was excited to see what it contained, how it looked and whether or not I loved it.

I have to be honest, I still havent decided.

Usually, I decide whether or not I love or hate a tobacco after the first puff, but this one is unusually hard to rate.

The slices are long, and relatively thick, but not too wet or tricky to rub out (Say for instance if you were a beginner to flakes) its easy to pack, light and keep alight to the dottle. I have never had a bowl need re-lighting, but this tin seemed pretty dry upon unsealing it - not sure if its like this always, but it was properly sealed when it arrived in my hands. I have tried it rubbed out, not rubbed out, folded over, stuffed in and pretty much any other way I could think of preparing it, in all sorts of pipe sizes (Although group 2-3 is my favorite size for mixtures and flakes) with no problems whatsoever, so thats wicked!

However, it's good behaviour doesnt necessarily decide the rating due to the following.

1. Sometimes this flake is SO strong, that it hurts my throat and lungs (I was always a cigarette smoker and like to inhale my pipes - bad I know, but hey), because of this, I can only stand smoking it occasionally - most often beside the sea whilst playing with my wonderful hound - most definately not a tobacco I peal through at an alarming rate.

2. Its flavour doesnt change much at all, and because of this I find it absolutely BORING in large pipes, and almost go to sleep because of the lack of interesting flavour and its reluctance to get sweeter, sourer, more bitter or really change flavour at all.

But, its still a good smoke. Definately worthy of a try if you like strong VA flakes, but most definately not one for my daily rotation, I'll stick to Med VA/Per mixtures that are balanced as a whole (Dorisco, Dorchester to name but two) this is just a little un-exciting for me to bother with all the time...

About 5.5 out of 10 here for my part....

Happy puffing!

Upon opening this tin I found the aroma to be very subtle. The apperance of this tobacco was as the tin states golden slices. This tobacco rubed out with ease and the moisture content was ready for smoking. I found this tobacco to be rather one dimentional which could not hold my intrest. As I smoked my way through the bowl I had hoped that this tobacco would devlope some, by the end of the bowl I was still disapointed. Yes this was good quality tobacco to be enjoyed by many, I just found it to be rather boring.