Peter Stokkebye Luxury Twist Flake (No. 402)

Luxury Twist Flake is a Fantastic Lighter Virginia Flake

The Virginia varietals are exquisite. They are mellow and sweet with slight bread-like and bright flavor notes. Unlike some Virginia’s, these are smooth smoking. The casing adds a pleasant sweetness that accentuates the flavors from the tobaccos. This is the standout blend from the Peter Stokkebye line and my favorite lighter VA flake.

Not sure how this ever got noted as a straight Va. It is definitely an aromatic. It has a fairly full on caramel flavoring, evident before the tobacco is even lit, and persisting throughout the smoke.

Accordingly I can't comment on the underlying tobaccos because I can't really taste or smell them.

It's a bit bitey and is of reasonable strength nicotine wise. Smells ok if that is your thing.

I decided it was time to try a flake, and this is what I selected. My selection was based primarily on looks and smell (almost like country air mixed with Raisin Bran). But looks are ultimately insignificant, as it all goes to ash...

This blend responed best to being rubbed, or shredded and then torn into small pieces. The roll-and-stuff method left little half-burned tobacco bits stuck to the bowl, and trying to cube-cut it resulted in the strips just falling apart anyway.

It smokes cool and dry, and is the first Danish blend I've tried that did not give off a vile sour taste or Char-Broil my mouth. It also seems to have quite a lot of nicotene; after my first smoke, I had to sit down because my head was spinning. However, the taste falls into two categories: remarkably similar to McClelland's 2045 Oriental (the blend previously smoked in my little ol' cob), or nothing at all. I probably would have enjoyed it more were my palate a little better developed and not ravaged by cigarette smoking. My girlfriend found it unappealing, and it's also a bear to keep lit.

If you're a Virginia fan, this blend may just ring your bells. Luxury Twist Flake has merit, but at this time, it's just not for me.

This is the first Peter Stokkebye tobacco I try and I kindly request from his fans not to think aphoristically of me. A very nice, compressed flake which no matter how you place it in the bowl, either whole or crumbled or using my method, “cut in cubes”, it fills it easily and it also lights up pretty effortless. I will express a, perhaps, different opinion from the general one. This tobacco, for my taste, is too flat. There is no flavor variation from the moment you start until the bottom of the bowl. It is very positive that it remains dry and easily smoked until the end. It releases a slight sweetness but nothing more. I cannot say that I will get a nice drink, I will put some beautiful music, I will fill my favorite pipe with LTF and I will sit and enjoy it. No way, and it's not the drinks fault.

First foray into the world of straight Virginias and flakes. Did the stuff and puff method in one of my newer pipes, lasted for about an hour or so, counting relights.

Nice flavor that crosses between almost cigarette-y to hay like Virginias. Will bite if you puff too furiously. Left a nice white ash line on the edge of my bowl. Good flavor, but just not with that particular zazz that I look for in a blend.

Nice Body. A minor Treasures of Galway combined with a major SG Dark Chocolate taste. For my genes: it has about 10% too much perfume, but the right amount of sweet. It lit well, and is burning great. I really do like it. It is somewhat like a hybrid of the SG Full Virginia Flake (Hay) SG Chocolate (mid-sweet nutty Cigar) with a very mild component of licorice whiskey perfume (T. of Galway; Velvet; Lane etc.) It could only get better with age? I love the sweet, and the slow. Less perfume and this would be it.

Very good flake tobacco. Easy to smoke. No tongue bites.I like it very much. Yes Pete it is to me. Sweetness, good aftertaste and easy puffing. I recommend it.

Peter Stokkebye Luxury Twist Flake:

Nope Sorry Pete, this one just doesn't do it for me. Too much top-dressing or casing or whatever is used to sweeten this blend. Almost cloying.

Good tobacco for aromatic lovers with medium range aromatic blend cravings.

The other Luxury blends are fine and a couple(but not all) of the Latakia ones are very nice as well but this one is just foo sweet for me.

The room note is ,I suppose , all right but nothing I have much opinion on.

The strength is O.K. as well (body and mouth effects not overwhelming.) It's just that sweet taste that reminds me of the goopy Lane or Altadis stuff. Can't and don't want to handle it.

I am aware that I am in the minority opinion on this and that's O.K. with me

Recommend it? Only somewhat and to aromatic smokers. This is not as implied a straight Virginia flake in the traditional sense of the word. It is a very sweet blend which is fine if the smoker likes that sort of thin. I don't.

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn

Great flakes, with a round sweetness with a slightly nutty aftertaste, some light spicy hints that fits perfectly in the smoke. It is a blend that if the flake smoked whole, not broken, smoked in small pipes, it gives really good feeling!