Peter Stokkebye Cherry (No.3)

Tin note: maraschino cherry, not much else. Slightly bitter cherry in the smoke, not sweet to speak of. Maybe hints of almond. Turns coke into cherry coke, which is kind of nice, but I would not smoke this without some sort of synergistic drink. Better cherries out there.

Middle of the road cherry aromatic. It’s not awful, but it’s nothing to write home about. I’m not gonna complain if I have to smoke it, but it’s definitely not my go to. It’s kind of an artificial cheery aroma, but there’s a creaminess that comes through from the Virginia. No cherry taste whatsoever, but the room note lingers a bit. Hasn’t bit me yet, but I wouldn’t put it past it. It’s not the cheapest tasting cherry you can get, but it’s not premium.

I picked up an ounce of this today along with the McClelland #27 and smoked two bowls, one in the car and one after the bowl of #27 and was pleasantly surprised at the mildness of the cherry topping and tobacco (thank heavens as cherry blends can incinerate ones tongue). Typical high quality Dutch Cavendish in a chunky ribbon with some flake like bits. The blend reminded me of a shredded grocery store paper bag, light shade of brown with no Black Cavendish. My B&M kept this at a perfect moisture content so it lit and burned without relights and kept the bite at a minimum. Not my favorite cherry blend but can certainly be smoked as a change of pace without too much buyers remorse IMHO.... Two stars.

Was excited to try my first ever Cherry....hmmmmm. This was disappointing. I am by no means a pipe tobacco veteran and my knowledge of various blends is limited to just four as of now, but this was underwhelming. It honestly reminded me of smoking a cheap cigar. The taste was bland and I found the aftertaste akin to licking the ashtray. I will try mixing it with something else, as I just can find much pleasure in this, and isn't that why we partake in the first place, the pleasure of it?

This blend is simply to light for me. Other than at the light, not much cherry flavor. There was no bad taste anywhere here (thus two starts; not one), so if you like very light blends, you may enjoy this. My palate just isn't sensitive enough. I envy those that can enjoy this, as many more aromatics are available to you.

This is a very nice tobacco, with a subtle cherry taste which lasts through out the smoke. Burns well, stays lit and does not bite. Great with a cup of joe in the morning. Well done Stokkebye.

I’m a fairly new pipe smoker (at it a little more than a month now, I reckon) and I’ve already decided I like aromatics a lot. I suppose that’s not terribly surprising since it seems like many new pipe smokers tend to like aromatics. This Stokkebye cherry was one of the first aromatics I purchased – picked up 2oz from the local bottle shop/cigar shop, along with another 2oz each of Stokkebye Nougat and Vanilla Crème. I had just gotten my first pipe, a Missouri Meerschaum Patriot, earlier that day (happened to be a Friday) and I wanted to get several different blends to try over the weekend while I was waiting for a for my smokingpipes.com order to arrive with other well-reviewed blends.

I got home that night, took out the Stokkebye cherry, opened the bag, and gave it a whiff. Wow. Terrible! It’s like it was soaked in some sort of low-end cherry cough syrup. Absolutely offensive odor from the bag. The Nougat and Vanilla Crème were more pleasant from the bag. I tried the cherry for the first timer later in the evening and was unable to smoke an entire bowl. The ribbons were fairly damp, so I let them air dry a bit before lighting, but it still refused to stay lit. Tamp, tamp, relight, tamp, relight… it was an exercise in futility. The taste was awful (very sickly-sweet) and the tongue bite was pretty much non-stop. If the flavor would have been the least bit enjoyable I may have soldiered on, but since everything about this Stokkebye cherry was offensive to all of the senses I decided to dump out the pipe and carry on with my life.

This is simply a terrible tobacco. I smells terrible before it’s lit, it smells terrible and has an awful flavor when it’s burning, and it’s too difficult to keep lit. I would never recommend this stuff to anyone, most certainly a new pipe smoker (lest they think all aromatics are this terrible). Thank goodness for the likes of RLP-6 and Monster Mix.

I had not smoked a cherry tobacco in quite some time so when I ran across this at a smoke shop a couple of weeks ago I picked up an oz. I've found this to be a mild smoke that doesn't seem to want to bite. The topping is not overpowering and leans a bit more to the "candied cherry" side rather than the natural.It produces a medium sweet smoke that I enjoyed while doing some outdoor chores. I think a good quality tobacco was used in crafting this blend as the cherry flavor does not mask the natural tobacco flavor. It is a fire up and forget it blend that requires no attention while smoking. It lit and burned well and left no gunk in my pipe. If you enjoy aro's you might like this. It's still a pretty good buy in my area at $2.99 per oz.

This is quite enjoyable for a cherry tobacco, although it can produce a hot smoke if care is not taken to go slow. I remedy this by mixing it with a good percentage of Peter Stokkebye Navy Flake. The result is quite enjoyable.