Peter Stokkebye Luxury Twist Flake (No. 402)

What a pleasant surprise this tobacco is!! I've had limited success with virginia flakes (probably more my technique than the tobacco)and I tried this one with some apprehension. I was surprised to find that it burns well, smells good, tastes good and is satisfying! What more could I ask for? It smokes well folded, rolled, or rubbed out, although I prefer rubbed. I highly recommend this tobacco. Up side? You may consider this a keeper. Down side? You can critique a really good tobacco.. 4 Stars.

First impressions: Ooh very sophisticated. This cavendish treatment on a Virginia is very well done. I'm impressed. Very smooth, no bite, wonderful delicious old timey Cavendish retrohale. It's really good. I find myself retrohaling almost every puff. The flavoring is subtle but present on every puff. The grassy citrusy Virginia is in some weird space between sun cured and dark fired. Very interesting. It's great on its own but would work well as a condiment tobacco too.

Well this sort of tastes like tobacco. This is not much better than those so called "tobacco" blends with cavendish and sugary food ingredient toppings such as Autumn Evening, Molto Dolce, Vanilla Cream, 1Q etc. Overly processed and heavily flavored. These types of blends were literally created by marketers so they could sell more tobacco to men with nagging wives by the way. Not because they taste like good tobacco.

If you want a good straight virginia, do yourself a favor, skip this, and go for Union Square, Opening Night, Derringer, Pure Virginia, C&D Virginia Flake, Yorktown or even the C&D blending virginias. Those are all infinitely more rewarding and satisfying.

This is a Danish style tobacco with more than a noticeable topping, but but not overtly aromatic. The reason for this is the topping seems to be added more as a compliment to enhance the smoking experience than as something to overtake all the tobacco flavours masking the physical properties of this blend. Having said that, the tin note kind of reminds me of Play-dough, and this shows quite ostensibly in the room note as well. The twist appearance of these flakes is a feast for the eyes, and they are so easy to crumble or pack in your bowl using the folding method. Not overtly sweet despite having a fair amount of gold leaf, but it seems to display very nice virginia properties. The Virginia leaf they use seems to be really good quality, with bread, hay like and citrusy undertones. The smoking experience is rich and mellow, and I can see some cellaring potential here despite the topping. I personally like Luxury Navy Flake a bit more because of the added perique, but these flakes are no mean feat either. On the downside I'd say the topping seems to be so much in the forefront, but it kind of wanes the more you progress with your smoke. It does not bite, but will nip at the tongue depending your smoking cadence.

What can you say? You either like AROs or you don't. Do you like sweetened Baccy? If you do this is one of the finest. Is it sweet? You bet. Is is caramel. You bet. Is it vanilla you bet! Is it perfectly prepped Vas in an amazingly easy to use slice. Yeppers little Johnny. Is this good? No. It's fantastic. Don't buy if you are a straight VaPer or English. It's Danish so it's subtle. There is no tonquin. Danes aren't fond of it.

I have been smoking this blend for about two months now and it is always a delightful experience. The flake is moist and rubs out well. It stays lit and i have not yet had any tounge bite from it. Deep mild in richness, light hay and grass notes, sometimes floral. As a bulk, i feel it out surpasses many others and even many tins if jarred. I plan on buying another pound soon. Cheers.

After conversing with one of the guys at Iwan Ries about dedicating one of my Kirsten bowls for Virginia tobacco, he said let me get you something from the back and came forth with a sample pouch of this. Almost love at first sniff what's the closest thing I can think of describing the smell. I was initially concerned it could be a somewhat overpowering aromatic blend but was pleasantly surprised to find a clean sweet Virginia taste as well.

Some of the previous Virginian blends I've had have more of a neutral tea like quality. This one brings up a little more something with it. This one brings in a little bit of caramel maybe into vanilla and that sweet taste transfers all the way through the bowl. It tends to develop at the bottom very nicely. Getting it lit can be a little bit of a challenge but once it has a nice char top get smokes quite well and stays lit even when rested for a moment.

The flavoring is not very present but it does come through and adds some taste to it.

Even the wife was impressed when she gave it a shot in a cob. She's sometimes intimidated by flake tobacco but found it easy to work with and prefers it over some of the aromatics she likes since that flavor comes through.

If you have an aromatic aversion you might not care for this, but as another reviewer noted it's a great stepping stone to VAPer blends.

This is by far my favourite tobacco! Why?.... I smoke lots of this stuff out in India every winter,where all you can get there is fake Captain black or Erinmore.It lights up just dandy first hit and stays lit for along while...Great value for money.An easy going Virginia ,a tad boring,I admit ,if you compare it to the Penzances of this world,but hey ho.This never fails to please.No bite at all and Luxury all the way,with a twist.P.S. This is the slowest burning tobacco I have ever had,so it is great value for money.There are many out there better,but whoosh,they're out in the blink of a blind bat.

After smoking PS Navy flake I thought I would try this blend on looks alone, never seen flake "assembled" as this. One great mild smoke this is. Newly venture in to Virginias so far I have not been disappointed . Flake is a bit moist, I rest my flakes under a 60 watt bulb for a few minutes turning once lol. Smoke as soon as I received, dried rubbed out and smoke in a pot bowl Very satisfying, no bite. This very well be my new all day every day smoke