Erik Stokkebye Pipe Tobacco Afternoon Melange (4th Generation) in Review

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Erik Stokkebye Pipe Tobacco 

Afternoon Melange (4th Generation) in Review

CATEGORY: English
BLEND: Latakia, Oriental/Turkish, Virginia
FLAVORING: none

BLENDER: Erik Stokkebye
MANUFACTURER: Scandinavian Tobacco Group

CUT: Ribbon
PIPE: Old German Clay no. 3
INTENSITY: Medium

NOTES:

Cocoa | Fruits | Musk

A bulk tobacco? Exactly what kind of blog is this??? "I started looking out the window, see gun store, gun store, liquor store, gun store, where the fuck you taking me? This don't look good. He didn't say shit." Dave Chappelle, Killing Them Softly (2000). Latakia (musky over smoky) might be the star but Virginia (sweet, fruity) is doing a lot of the cream-heavy lifting. Whilst not a flavored 'baccy, there are inherent traces of Carter Hall in it, which drop cocoa bits and sips of (fleeting)bourbon.

That fruitiness evolves into a neat honeydew. The muskiness stays ahead of smokiness and thus exhibits as a quite traditional English blend... not some sort of off-kilter boutique try-hard Latakia bomb. The smoky dark leaf remains delightfully condimental here--tho make no mistake--does announce its steering presence. The Orientals seem to sidle up to VAs and spice (allspice, ginger) them nicely. Floral notes happen there, as well. A heavy hibiscus. Just a classic, traditional, all-day everyday blend. Well-balanced and modest.

Burns well enough, requiring maybe a hair more than a moderate amount of relights. Packs easily but handling the stuff shows its almost wildy-varying lengths and inclusion of more than a few twigs. Several, then. Actually, a few can mean any more than one and sometimes a couple can mean more than two--but shy of several by most calculations. Still, the ash accumulates nicely and the stuff is ready to smoke sans drying & other means of finagling. A decent, drama-free character. A good bloke.

TASTE: B+
AROMA: B+
BURN: B

FINAL GRADE: B+
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59

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