Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) Erinmore Mixture

I bought a pouch of this because it's always on display in my local shop and I wanted to 'see for myself' what this tobacco is all about.

Unfortunately my experience was poor. Nicely packed in a good quality pouch, attractive smell, slightly damp to the touch. Burns hot right from the start, telltale tingling on the tongue giving a warning of tongue bite after only a dozen puffs or so. Smoke quality is like cigarettes, I suppose because this has a high percentage of mild virginias. Not attractive.

I emptied my pipe and threw the pouch of tobacco away.

Glad that I tried this one, if only to be able to make a mental note never to buy it again and thus cross it off my list of potential tobaccos.

The negative reviews here are all justified. This is a poor quality product, burns very hot, smells and tastes like cigarettes.

This is review of the Murray's version from mid-1990's.

Foul, fruity tasting heinous smelling, reasonably good leaf with tragic results.

What the aging of this tobacco may have done to it, I don't know. I do remember smoking some in the mid-1990's and being offended by its cloying sour-sweetness, so I do not know why I carried an extra tin into the next millenium. I do wonder how much the mind controls the taste buds, however. When I cracked the tin, I said to myself "I hated this bleepin' stuff way back when and I doubt it's any better now". It wasn't. How much of that was the tobacco and how much was my mindset, I cannot say.

This is neither a good English virginia with a crappy top note nor a good American-style aromatic. It's just a fruit basket of tobacco with fruit that's "gone over". Reminds me of that pathetic abomination Dunhill put together some years ago named Golden Hours. Just really bad, and it does nothing to make me want to try the Flake version, despite the better reviews. Normally I'd give this away but I want to keep what friends I have. Anyone that likes this is made of sterner stuff than I, and I salute them.

This is NOT the rubbed-out version of ERINMORE FLAKE. The rubbed-out version of ERINMORE FLAKE is ERINMORE READY-RUBBED. This is an independent mixture containing heavily cased Cavendish leaf, which the other offerings do not have. The famous?or notorious? Erinmore flavouring has thus been added with a trowel to a base tobacco much weaker than the excellent, and potent, Virginia-only composition of PLUG, FLAKE, AND READY-RUBBED.

I thoroughly dislike this Cavendish aromatic, which is a kind of exploitation formula not really related to the others under the same cachet.

If you wish to explore the possible reasons why this line of tobaccos have been favourites with many smokers over 80 years, try the PLUG.

I'm a fan of aromatics and I had high hopes for this tobacco. I had heard a lot about it so I decided to give it a try.

The tin aroma smells awesome. I instantly got the Virginia's in there, and that alone made me think I was in for a real treat.

Handling was easy; the moisture levels were good so it was easy to pack and light without any hassles. I loaded up my Croci and off we went.. to Hell.

This stuff, I don't know what it is, but the flavoring tastes like a mix of battery acid and some demented fruit way past it's prime. The smoke is harsh, strong, and just downright terrible. I couldn't believe it.. and I really like Erinmore Flake. I didn't think it was possible for this to be as bad as it was for me. Maybe it just didn't agree with my body chemistry.

I sipped patiently to the end of my bowl, fighting the urge to just dump it out. It's an aromatic which is not an aromatic, if that makes sense. The horrible flavor of whatever the hell they put in there should be banned from all existence.

Ugh.

Erinmore Mixture used to be a favorite of mine I'd smoke on occasion when I felt like a change in pace. I recently opened a newly purchased tin of this with fond memories of the subtle "juicy fruit gum" aroma, sweet taste with a satisfying "tart" finish. However I was very disappointed in this instance. In a similar fashion to Orlik Racing Green, the presentation of the tobaccos was as I remember - though in this instance, the "juicy fruit" top note was barely present. The smoke was mild-medium strength with base components being as I recall, however, there was no flavor or sweetness whatsoever. Certainly not the Erinmore I used to know and love. It almost seems that the new blenders at the STG have decided to drastically tone down the flavors and sweetness in many of their classic blends? Ditto in some respect to Erinmore Flake, where the juicy fruit flavor seems to have been replaced with a milder floral scent IMO.

It is a pity that, according to the notice, only two people each generation know about the recipe of that mixture. Perhaps if more people knew about it that would help to improve it! Strange smell in the tin, something like wax or shoe polish. Strong nicotine: some smokers may look for that. Nothing to say about the aroma: did not find what to say. Not the most expensive of tobaccos in a tin but not worth it.

If anyone likes Erinmore Mixture I'd be happy to give away the mostly full 50g tin I have.

I wish this tobacco was at least bad tasting. Then I would have SOMETHING to say. As it is, this tobaccos has no taste at all. Mildly sweet tin aroma promises something interesting, but it's lying.

After several tries over a couple of years I decided to mix it with a flavorful virginia I like. Again, no taste at all. Don't even bother with this if you like flavor.

I've tried it in a Peterson 304, various cobs, and a couple of Grabows. Always the same, regardless of moisture too.

I'm dumping this bowl and packing some HH Vintage Syrian I've been enjoying as of late.

I think you need to just have a taste for this. I did not. Also, I could not get past the nasty tongue bite this gave me. I smoked the entire tin, hoping it would get better and it caked my pipe...but it did not. Would never buy this again.

I have to admit I expected a lot more from this blend. Alright I tried it in a Captain Black ghosted pipe which didn't help. I'm such a lazy sod when it comes to pipe cleaning.

Realising my error I switched to a virtually new pipe with 9mm filter. Give this blend a fair trial I thought.

I certainly gave it a lot of time but I couldn't get anything other than a very subtle, more like faint, aroma of something in the pouch.

It's soft to the touch reminding me a little of some of the Robert Lewis' tobaccos. There any similarity ends of course.

This blend remains tasteless throughout the smoke and starts getting hot very quickly. Tongue bite, yes. Not a million miles from Ashton's blends in that regard. No saving grace like a nice room note either.

Not the vilest I've ever had the misfortune to try but seemingly lacking in any buy again attributes. Maybe the flake is different but I can't say I'd bust a gut to find out.

Very disappointing, as I Remember this blend being smoked by old guys in the 70's when I was still on fags and it certainly wasn't odourless and tasteless then. Perhaps that is just looking back with the old rose-tinted glasses on.