I've tried about 15 different tobaccos, to try to figure out what I like between aromatics, English blends, Virginias, etc. Decent room note. . I smoke very little anyway now- mostly I'm down to one small bowl a day with my morning coffee, and then I burn a bath and body works candle (Eucalyptus spearmint) given me by my ex. A good Kentucky flake-for a change I will recommend a MacBaren over something: their Stockton, which is a better highlighting of the Kentucky cured, I feel. Lights well and an easy burn, followed by a rich sweet taste that is not overpowering, keeps it's flavour throughout the bowl and burns down to a nice grey ash. They fire up on the second light and burn nicely. The pipe, by the way, is an incredible smoker that utilizes Brigham's surprisingly effective filter system. The flavors all meld well which was a surprise to me, because I thought the licorice might be a little overwhelming. Flake itself is just lovely with the dark and light mixed together. It was very easy to get lost in this blend and since I have learned that lighting prep work is the key to keeping a bowl well litI drifted away with not much maintenance. Like Ardbeg Ugendahl, I could still taste DSK the next day. Word has it that negotiations are ongoing for Stokkebye to continue production of this fine flake in bulk form under another name, but that hasn't occurred at this writing. But for me, it's the sweet, molasses and brown sugar that has me hooked. It is long and lasting and stays caramel sweet to the end. There is absolutely nothing objectionable about it, except that it's BORING. He ordered 3 tins of this and Nightcap at my suggestion and they all sold. Will keep in stock. They fold and stuff well, and rubbed them out before jarring them. . well . My all day, every day smoke is currently HH Old Dark Fired bulk, with the occasional tin of Orlik dark strong kentucky, Peterson irish flake, and HH Bold Kentucky. Update: it's too much flavored to become an all day smoke for me and I grew out of it gradually. I like this blend because it shares that same quality. I'd give it four stars if I had more success in getting it into the zone when it is on, it's wonderful stuff. The anise/licorice is noticeable, but never overwhelming. Likewise for DSK. All tobacco tasteand not chemical as with many other cased flakes. Subscribe. ), nutty and toasted with dark sugary notes. I pick equal qualities of dark and light pieces, make a round "plug" with my fingers and load it vertically in the pipe. True to all Orlik its very easy to pack and light, smoke is rich and deep, took very little maintenance. The tin odor carried over to the smoke flavor -- I don't like licorice, and that's what this tasted like. The sugary black cavendish is mostly a condiment. The room note was wonderful, to my nose--the kind of smell that drew me to pipe smoking in the first place. ! IT has plenty of flavor to let you know it is there, but no bit. I folded one slice and packed my pipe. It lights easily, and gives a fabulous taste. Very tasty with pronounced sweetness at first transitioning to rich and hearty smoke towards the bottom. Kind of burns a little on the hot side but overall a good one to try. DSK is a heavier flavor, akin to Lapsang Souchong tea. Cheers to all. Join over 18k members to reviewexclusive content. It's a vintage Siluru Vera Radica Zepellin Pipe. Some good earthy flavors, a little dark spicy fruit, with the bright Virginia poking through. It has been an enjoyable smoke. The flavor deepens and the effect is rich. The licorice undertone of Dark Kentucy gives this blend just the tart sweetness needed to make this an interesting and complex smoke. I can also detect a mild anise flavored casing I have not experienced until the release of this product. Full-bodied non-aromatic. Took two, fully rubbed out, to fill the bowl. The flake cut provides a beautiful contrast between the bright and dark tobaccos. At first I was a little leery of this tobacco from the name alone, opening the tin I noticed the two tone tobacco Flake with a mildness of fresh tobacco. A slight builds throughout, cigar-like flavors come in from time to time. Tastes like Orlik Golden Sliced married with HH Old Dark Fired. Solid reliable stuff. I read the reviews and they concerned me. The taste is tobacco real, but also flavors of malt / Stout Beer, licoricelittle sweetnes are tasted. To start, this blend is not for me personally, but I endeavor to judge it fairly. If you try it and don't like it, by all means send it to me, I'll give it a good home. Judging by the reviews, it's more popular by far than any of their others besides Golden Sliced. There are many blends out there with Kentucky in them (some of which only list Burley as an ingredient), but Orlik's Dark Strong Kentucky is slightly different. Can be an all day smoke for the veteran. Which is not a bad thing when I want to mix it up. I get a predominance of that patented Orlik bright Virginia, sweetened only mildly by a delicious molasses sort of flavor. Gawith Hoggarth & Co Kendal Dark Vintage Cut Pipe Tobacco - 500g. Description. Virginias with dark fired Kentucky tobacco. The slices are perfect to stuff and light from the fresh tin; a bit too brittle to properly fold I rub them out. Heinrich's has a strong presence of black licorice, and as I noted in my review of same, translates into the smoke. After about four or five charring lights and letting it sit in the bowl for a few minutes the whole lot lit up very well in my furnace. Don't judge a book by its cover! I think that they may have had that one right. Orlik's lacks the licorice aroma. I do recommend this blend to novice to seasoned smoker. Discontinued Dark Strong Kentucky. Very nice blend. Thanks for the info. This seemed to be like another Danish product I have found not to my liking in the pastMacBarenhowever once lit this distances itself greatly. Dark and bright flakes pressed together in a nice square cake. Bump me up to a solid two on this one. The sugary black cavendish is mostly a condiment. For me, Golden Sliced is a solid three stars, Bull's eye a definate four and Dark Kentucky Flake somewhere inbetween. I find that a lot of VA based blends can bite if not aged, and as I did not age this before trying, I was very pleased with how gentle is is. The final third has matured nicely with all the flavors working in deepening harmony. Wow! These are flakes, and you have to rub them out. Age When Smoked: aged in jar for nearly one year, Purchased From: 2 oz tins from pipesandcigars. I regret that I am so late because this stuff is really, really good! PH dark strong kentucky is very similar to Orlik dark strong kentucky if not identical more less. DSK is a charming flake offered at a charming price! I thought DSK would be a burley/Virginia blend in the same class as Edgeworth Slices. Recommended. I wasn't quite sure if there was really some DFK in there as I could not identify it by nose. It is a little drier in the tin and the VA's are darker. He is so well known in the area that he is called "the mayor of Neumarkt" by its inhabitants under whom a lot of artists, intellectuals and alternative people. I'm with the people who say this isn't as strong as they were expecting.. the dark fired component actually seems to highlight the Virginia more than anything else.. as a Virginia guy this made me quite happy.. very mild.. a little sweet a little tangy and spicy.. if you are looking for a bold Kentucky nic bomb this might not do it for you.. just a nice mellow smoke. My first review of it was after a sample. DSK is burley, and nothing but. In the Frankerberger district near the Neumarkt at the Bismarckstrae nr. The dark parts are Kentucky and Cavendish, and the light stripe is flue cured, lemon VA. Tin note is mostly soft, dark chocolate over soft licorice, along with molasses and a breath of vanilla. The tin aroma is not overly sweet but also inviting and no distinct casing is evident. SKU: ORLIK 01. Strength: Room Note: Taste: Your Price Sold Out The room note is pleasant. And just like a champ, DSK did not get bitter near the bottom of the bowl which is a problem with cheaper burley. If you've ever had B&M canned raisin bread, they are near identical in flavour and in smell- with a faint brightness and grass from the Virginia. Needed some relights. Excellent tobacco and one of my current favorites. However, with the rapid proliferation and widespread availability of numerous stellar VA/KY blends, DSK now has a much harder row to hoe. This is the perfect after dinner or late night smoke. Once dry the tobacco loads quite easily & burns fairly well with a couple relights. . But It smokes like a mess. it looks and smell just like Peter hienricks dark strong, but tht has a liquarish topping and i loooooove that. This blend can be smoked folded and loosely stuffed straight from the tin, and IMO it tastes best like this, albeit it then requires several relights, if ones pace is thoughtful. Hopefully, you know what Latakia is and how it's made, Kentucky (or DFK, as it's known in my club) is made with Burley in much the same fashion; smoking the Burley with woods and herbs to impart a smokey, woodsy, earthy and often barbecue-like spiciness to the leaf. Flavor seems about the same either way. Category: Pipe Tobacco. The nuttiness becomes more pronounced and the Virginia drones on adding sweet and sour which is very agreeable. On first opening the casing seemed a bit heavier. The flakes are well cut and very easy to work with. Orlik's DSK smokes sweeter from the get go, smokes less hot (although it can nip at the tongue if puffed too vigorously), and leaves a more pleasant room note - not cigarette like at all. Curious, but I have no way to check it out. Will surely be in my list to purchase more. It's just rather sweet, and to make sure it would be, they added black cavendish. When I asked the gentlemen who recommended this blend to me what it was like, I was told that it couldn't be described. 99 1 Option Cornell & Diehl Cross-Eyed Cricket Premium Pipe Tobacco $10. The layered slices look really cool, and it rubs out quite easily. Even more surprised was I after removing the liner, looking at three neat stacks of tiny, almost square flake slices, all showing a three-layer cake of dark tobacco on the outsides and a bright band in the middle, each band being of equal width. The flakes pack well, and needed no more than the average amount of relights. Despite extensive drying time, moisture collects at the bottom of the bowl. I think I prefer it at the 1 yr mark personally. A great all day smoke with a slight virginia tang. it has to smoke cool, with plenty of smoke this blend has that. It is in the sweeter style of BBQ (think Kansas City or Memphis style), rich and tangy, but also sweet and full flavored. Review: Orlik "Dark Strong Kentucky" 28,161 views Sep 4, 2015 "Dark Strong Kentucky" was a much hyped blend when it was recently reissued by Orlik. The tin note is appealing with a hint of sweetness. Orlik Dark Strong Kentucky Pipe Tobacco is a unique mix of selected ripe Virginia tobaccos and Dark Fired Kentucky tobacco gives this blend its characteristic and unmatched taste. This is a mellow and pleasant blend of select Virginias with some dark fired Kentucky. The sweetness of the cob offset the dry nuttiness of the burleys wonderfully and let the Va's come through. It definitely gets a bit more full flavored as the smoke progresses. Perhaps the name was changed away from "strong" because the blend's nicotine strength is unremarkable. If you like mild, humble blends, you prpbably won't care for this one. Burns very slow and cool with a couple relights. All in all a great burley blend. That's a 5 minute deal and smoking a pipe is NOT a five minute affair. Room note is tolerable. The nicotine hit was enough to put my nephew on all fours in the backyard, to be cautious if you are generally nico-sensitive. I am not usually one for the VaBur type of smoke, but the Dark Kentucky adds an element to this one that brings me into that folks. Update 8/9/06 This blend reminds me of Espterica's Blackpool and Ramsgate notwithstanding that the Esoterica blends are Virginia's. Instead, it is a brown sugar like tin note, which also translates into the smoke. Anyway, they rub out easily enough and, after a bit of drying time, light ok. The bright Virginia offered tart citrus, slightly grass and mild floralness in a secondary role. By far, the best burley tobacco I ever smoked. Add to Cart. It tastes like it will knock you off your feet, but then it doesn't. Pipe Used: Ben Wade Chimney, Parker Billiard, Zulu, Age When Smoked: Unsure (but fairly new, I think), I have to say this is a flake the likes of which I've never seen before. Raisiny-sweetness on the finish when smoked slowly. Nice small good looking flakes here. Packing and lighting are effortless and relights are not normally required. Nonetheless Its a nice flavorful blend with some anise overtones but an overall nutty burley flavor. I think of this as a milder and usually cheaper substitute for Peterson's Irish Flake or Rattray's Stirling Flake. I think this smokiness in DSK comes from the dark, fired Kentucky leaf generously provided. This is not an aromatic tobac (cherry,vanilla,etc) Your family may not like the room note. I smoke a little too quickly, but there was no tongue bite and the bowl did not over heat. It definitely has a semi-sweet flavor, although I wouldn't go so far as to label it licorice. It does have a nicotine reminder toward the end but not so intense as to be off putting. The nicotine level is medium and high enough to satisfy me. I haven't smoked this in a while because my tobacconist no longer carries it. It's not overly sweet, just right with good tobacco flavor from start to finish. A really great tobacco from Orlik. In my opinion the Virginia taste of Golden Sliced is still predominate, making this feel like a slight variation of that blend. Although this one is called Stong Dark Kentucky, it is quite mild on the tounge and its aroma is not offensive in the least. Not for allday, but sometimes a good smoke for a nice evening. Each pipe smoker has to discover that perfect blend that has all the qualities he/she is looking for in a pipe tobacco. Don't get me wrong. From time to time, I also like to add a touch of Perique to take it an extra mile. As for the room note, those around me have mentioned that it is a sweet smelling tobacco, so I take that as meaning it is tolerable to most, although Im sure there are those that would disagree. The tin note is complex. Burn is not great, but it burns well enough. Tobacco selection: Blending fine Black Cavendish with the irresistible qualities of Kentucky Burley gives this flake a look, taste and feel uniquely its own. I highly recommend this tobacco. Since it's a flake, it does rub out nice and easy. 109. The DFK gives it some spice and a full, slightly earthy flavor. But don't buy it thinking you're going to get the Kentucky experience - instead you'll get a medium strength flake very wet with Lane 1Q style molasses flavorings. This blend is great. This is just a very solid taste treat, rich and sweet. Dark (Stong) Kentucky flakes aptly describes what this blend is. It has quite a few rought spots showing a truly chemical flavor particularly with every relight. The taste is nearer medium than mild but certainly never more than medium. The burley is Kentucky's finest, Green River fire cured. This is a great smoke. Don't see that happening any time soon. Similar Blends: Prince Albert - Prince Albert, John Middleton, Inc - Carter Hall, Orlik Tobacco Company A/S - Golden Sliced (Red). When it comes to taste the licorice topps the Virginia nicely without covering too much of the inherent flavors of the tobacco. It is topped with various sugars, propylene glycol, licorice, molasses, cocoa powder and unknown flavorings as per the German BMEL website: https://service.bmel.de/tabakerzeugnisse/index2.php?detail_id=102227&site_key=153&stichw_suche=dark+strong&zeilenzahl_zaehler=3. This tobacco then provides very interesting flavour variations, shifting from a hearty caramel to roasted coffee beans. While the flakes are interesting looking, with the center strip of bright VAs bordered by dark tobaccos (presumably KY and Cavendish), I was expecting something . That something else I now realized was the charateristic taste of burley. This blend provides a cool, dense, rich, sweet taste from start to finish and Stokkebye, the blender, has perfectly balanced the Burley with the sweet VAs. The flakes are beautiful: almost square cut, dark and bright brown striped (rather like petite biscuits), and amazingly easy to break up and pack in. Sorry if this review is rather tepid, because this is not bad tobacco, at all, and I do recommend it. I like Ardbeg when I want a very rich and full drink, perhaps after a steak dinner. Address: 1855 Lakeland Dr C10 DSK is a rich smoke and you think it is going to make you turn green when you start smoking it. To be fair, it was the idea of Kentucky and liquorice together that drew me to the assumption of this being acrid, but first light blew that idea away. Both were dark colored flakes with a deep, rich aroma and fairly moist in the tin. It is an exceptionally fine, full bodied and satisfying tobacco with a very light casing that adds a most satisfying flavor. Orientals, bright Virginias, and latakia leaf give a nice cool smoke. Between the topping and the VA addition it really makes the smoke much milder than expected and is a nice mild to med smoke looking for something stronger than mild but not heavy, but yet with flavor? I was not over-powered by the harshness I was expecting to find with the Virginia tobacco, but found it to be a very pleasant smoke with no tongue bite. I think it works better in medium to large bowls. Nice! Similar Blends: Irish Flake, University Flake. I'd say if you like aromatics and want to get into virginias, this might be the way to go. It has a very sweet and rich taste and I think the room note is very pleasant. As a footnote, I never had the pleasure of trying this blend in its original glory, so the review is based only on its reintroduced state. Some of the brands include; Escudo Navy De Luxe, Dunhill, CAO Flavours, Peter Stokkebye, W. . Larsen, Balkan Sasieni, Davidoff, Skandinavik, Stanwell, and Erinmore amongst many others. Due to the changes in ODSK, I've changed my rating. Yes, of a very high quality, not rough like in some other brands. I never had the opportunity to try the first release of this tobacco but I'm certain I would have liked it. I'll never be without a tin. There are several guys who rave about burley blends and corncobs. Then it hit me. Is this an aromatic? After not enjoying the golden sliced, I was pleased to enjoy this one from Orlik is not just Not too strong, smooth with great flavor and pleasant room-note. Very rewarding smoke, not too strong as anticipated. I could taste a bit of molasses and maybe licorice, and it was just a very nice, pleasant flavor with fluffy white smoke. I enjoyed the full bowl and look forward to the next. The Kentucky was dark and stewy, the sweetness of the Virginias accentuated by the barbecue molasses taste of the Dark fired Kentucky, held together by a light top note of licorice. The virginia must certainly be from a similar batch as the Capstan flake is made from. So far I'm leaning more towards aromatics, but I didn't dislike the English blends I've tried, although they seem to be more of an acquired taste for me. Sold Out $22.99. I think it's more pleasant than merely tolerable (although this could just be me). Cheers! My first VaBur blend. UPDATE: After trying this blend in a smaller pipe, particularly a group 2 corn cob pipe I noticed that the topping was sublimated a bit and more tobacco flavor came through with less chemichal flavor. Most often I simply fold the flakes up and insert them into the bowl un-rubbed, affording me a long burning bowl each time. After going through a few tins of Golden Slice I was ready for a bit more body. I think a heavily tapered chamber would concentrate the flavors in excess and make it a harsh smoke. The only products from the Orlik range I've ever seen on sale in Britain are Bull's eye, Golden Sliced and Dark Kentucky Flake. I don't find it tangy at all. The bottom of the bowl is still pleasant, and the ash is a fine dark gray which coats the pipe well. I continue to not like the Orlik blends which goes against the grain of popular opinion. 1.75oz Tin. Orlik - Dark Strong Kentucky. It easily shows you what you are getting ready to smoke. I like the flavors here. 2001-2023 STC Holdings LLC, a division of Mac Baren USA. Happy smokes. The Kentucky is the other prominent flavor, and its earthy spice is fairly consistently noticeable. DSK is strong, but not like 1792 or Royal Yacht, which are stronger. It smells like raisins in the tin and has a pleasant room note for a nonaromatic. A little pricey, but, worth it if you want the best of the be but strong when compared to the other Orlik offerings.Flavorfull,and with a detectable but not overpowering sweetness.I am now smoking a newly opened tin that has been sitting around for a few months.Upon opening,I saw three neat,square stacks of ind ividual slices,with a section of light colored tobacco in the middle,and two sections of the dark on either side.A pungent aroma accompanied this as I stuck my nose into the tin.It is moist enough to fold,which I did,and rubbed out another one and placed the strands atop and around the folded slice as a sort of kindling.This worked well.You will need a few pipe cleaners to keep the smoke channel walls swabbed down if smoking straight from the tin as I am right now,but still, it's not too sloppy and wet.I recommend this to smokers who want to move into the realm of the Gawith 1792 Flake and Lakeland dark.I give it five stars for it's quality,presentation,and flavor.If cellared for 8-10 years,this should be great.

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