Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) Erinmore Mixture

This blend like "Royal Yacht" seems to bring out the worst in people.The reviews for each are surprisingly similar.While Erinmore's not something that I'd wish to smoke daily,it works when one needs a crowd pleaser for social gatherings.It's also similar to "Blue Note" in it's own way... A decent aromatic all and all.... prep

I don?t see why this tobacco has such staying power. I?ve heard all the bad about Erinmore Flake, so I?ve decided not to venture that route. This is a routine mouthful of soapy smoke with a flat aroma and absolutely no charm, polish or refinement. I would?ve even welcomed a bit of pineapple, as indicated on the can. I haven?t tried Peterson blends, though I?ve heard those are flat as well. Perhaps the Irish ought to stick to poetry, music and literature and leave tobaccos to their Scottish and English neighbors. This tobacco livens up a bit with a bit of Latakia thrown in, but why bother?

One of five stars

Once again, I have delved into the realm of tobacco self-abuse. I have read and heard so much negative commentary on this concoction that I simply had to try it for myself.

First of all, I would like to thank each of you who suggested smoking this in a pipe you don't mind ruining. I used a cob based upon these warnings. I no longer own said pipe.

I hate to write an entirely negative review, so I will say this : The tin is very round and well-made, painted in a nice shade of yellow. The pineapple is artfully rendered.

If I had been smart, I would have never gotten any further. Oops. Upon opening the tin I was assaulted by the fruity 'aroma'. Ater it aired out a bit I checked again. Still smells like Tootie-Fuity, no trace of tobacco aroma. I checked the tin. Yes, it says there is supposed to be tobacco in here.

I loaded up the cob and fired it up. The charring light brought forth the overwhelming flavor of the casing. Some say it isn't pineapple, and it may not be - but it resembles pineapple to me.

I continued on, relighting a few times. A word of caution, as if any more is needed : When it goes out, relight right away! The longer you wait, the more acrid the relight will be.

I held on to the hope that towards the end the casing would go away and I might get a taste of the tobacco, but this was not to be. The casing maintained it's grip throughout. Very monochromatic and one-dimensional.

There was a bit of wet dottle left at the end, but this could be because I had promised myself that I would smoke the entire bowl - I probably rushed it a bit just to get it over with!

I let the tin sit for a few months and and tried it again. The experience was the same. Both tin and pipe now reside in a landfill. I just hope the EPA doesn't find out who is responsible for its presence there.

When people dive into the world of aromatics, they meant vanilla, cream, coco...etc. Kind of boring if you ask me. Then there are apple, cherries, whiskeys....etc. If I want to smoke aromatic, I would occasionally get something with a surprise. This one can give me that element of 'damn what the hell is going on???' That is said with a pleasnt feeling in mind. It flavor is rich and friuty, not too sweet and way in the back ground a hint of spice. It is a very dynmaically rich tobacco for aromatics. Different flavors peaks at different burning temparture. And the room note is very nice too. It reminds me of a summer fruit garden. But the kind of smart thnig about it is you can't really tell what kind of friut it is. It is definitely NOT pinapple(banana rings a bell guys?). This kind of fruitiness is a nice change of pace from the expected. It is a fun tobacco. It is witty and light hearted. In a way, it is comically entertaining. We smoke to enjoy and smoking this blend is very enjoyable. I am definitly entertained.

I'm going out on a limb all by myself here and say I like this tobacco, taken for what it is, it's not half bad. This is just a novelty or fun blend, a change of pace not to be taken seriously or used as an all day smoke. In that context it is alright. If you cannot, however see it as such, don't try it, you will be disappointed. The smell in the tin is very strong and sweet, the tobbaco appears to be of high qualiy, it lights well and burns down to a fine gray-white ash. The taste is very sweet and kind of perfumy, somewhat fruity, but not quite distinguishable. If you have a sweet tooth this tobacco will surely satisfy it. One note, don't smoke this in a good pipe, you will ruin it, as the taste will surely stay in it for all time. Buy a cheap corncob or hardwood and use it just for this blend.

I gave the erin more flake a 2 star rating. You would think hmmmmm? I wonder why this has a 1 star rating? Thats because this has sunken even lower than erin more flake in that this is just plain awful. When I was a younger pipe smoker I used to occasionally smoke the flake. One day I went to the smoke shop and saw the mixture tin sitting there thinking this is a rubbed out version of the flake. WRONG!!!!! I have not had any worse than this, I've had a few close as bad and even close to rivaling this. I will not call this a spawn of satan in fear he will get mad at me, be highly offended and try to retaliate!

Having read the other reviews I thought, I MUST try this stuff. I have an insatiable sweet tooth.

I ripped open the little 25g pouch a bought at my local tobacconists for a few quid - inhaled - and pronounced all preceeding reviews of this tobacco completely wrong.

IT'S LIQUORICE!!!! My god, this will be like smoking roofing felt I thought... I sparked up a bowl and realised that they obviously just spray that into the bag and seal it.

This has very little taste, a SLIGHT aroma of fruit, but that's to be expected from a Cavendish. You can hardly taste the Virginia but then after about threee minutes without a puff that liquorice and rotting cherry casing creeps into the back of you throat and you realise the damn stuff has some form of flavour, but it's so cut down that you have to really look for it!

I reckon it has to be smoked in a larger bowl pipe than I own, since it does burn a bit wet meaning you waste about a quarter of the bowl as it becomes a mushy pulp of dottle.