Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) Five Brothers

This is my favorite Burley Tobacco , of course I'm pretty much a straight Burley man. I love this tobacco,its in my top 3 with that being said its probably a bit strong for most people!unless you are fond of str8 Burleys, Dk's review would fit the bill for alot of people,it is a very good blender tobacco. This tobacco comes very dry,I suggest you rehydrate it just a bit as it does mellow it quiet a bit and slows the forest fire lol.All in All a great tobacco .

Go for TASTE not smoke! Sit down and, unless you're accustomed to strong tobacco, don't smoke this while you work etc. Slow that cadence down. Employ light quick draws and expect some re-lights. This tobacco can be quite a refreshing departure from your typical topped/ cased burley. The smell upon opening the pouch should be familiar to anyone who has ever opened a pack of cigarettes. The taste on the light is slight nutty burley. As it burns the savory earth becomes very apparent. It washes across the pallete leaving a soft, salty, nutty flavor on the surface of the tongue. If taken slowly and gently, the earth yields to a satisfying tingle- much like experienced with a perique blend. This, of course, could be very uncomfortable if puffed hard. Retrohale yields a tingling cigarette top with a nutty burley. The nicotine is moderate if smoked slowly and gently. Having something sweet to drink in hand could help with any nic experienced. The flavor is consistent through to the bottom of the Bowl. Not a bad smoke if smoked with care. Bonus: it can usually be purchased locally.

If you like your burley straight up or your craving nicotine then 5 brothers is for you. Lights easily and stays lit with minimal relights. It can get harsh if you huff n puff like a big bad wolf, but is otherwise smooth. Is great for add a little oomph to aromatic blends, but is good by itself.

Five Brothers is a straightforward, no-nonsense, burley pipe tobacco. It's a bit too strong in the pipe by itself for me, but it does make an excellent blending tobacco. I blend Black Cavendish, Virginia, and just a touch, of Latakia and I have a great smoke. That being said, if you're an occasional RYO smoker, this tobacco is perfect for that. It's dry, shag-cut, and burns evenly. Five Brothers is a very unique tobacco.

Full tobacco taste, mostly burley, use it to break in estate pipes I have bought and sterilized. Reminds me of cigarette tobacco. Strong nicotine content.

Early on in my pipe smoking adventure, I was looking for a good tobacco with some strength. I was used to smoking cigars, including double Ligero strength. The aromatics I had been trying were not cutting it as far as my satisfaction with pipe smoking. Just making everyone else happy.

I owe Byron Oost of The Liquor Store in Kentucky with getting me started in a good way with this potential volcano of a tobacco. I had contacted him via a review of Five Brothers I had read, and he took the time to discuss with me this and other tobaccos he carried. I am so glad he did.

This is one of my favorite pipe tobacco's.

**How to extend the burn time and enjoyment of this toby** I enjoy it straight in a good sized cob. The ritual that Byron taught me is to take a pipe full amount of tobacco, and hold it in the cup of your hand. Then get you mouth close to the tobacco and breath lightly on it. Kind of like an 'aaahh'. The same as you would breathe on your eyeglasses to create a fog so you could wipe them clean. Once or twice will do it. It will absord just the right amount of moisture. Then pack it into your pipe. tight. really press it down. I pack this twice as tight as any other tobacco. Don't worry. It will burn just fine! right down to a fine ash that just pours out of you pipe. This usually doubles my burn time.

If I want a quicker smoke, I just pack it tight straight from the pouch. Love it! Pack it like you normally would with a fancy tin, and this will burn like a forest fire. This is just a great 'old codger' burley with no bite at all that I had seen on my great-grandfathers porch.

To me this is not overwhelmingly strong, but has a good body. YOu know you have had a smoke. Where it also shines is as a blending toby. add it to whatever to stoke it up a bit, or burn better. I like to fold and stuff a flake of Petersens Irish Flake, and then sprinkle a little Five Brothers on top of it as kindling to get the furnace going!

(Have not tried the STG product just yet, still working through my stash that I acquired before the acquisition from Pinkerton.)

Also, if you have a pipe with a bit of ghosting, or from a goopy aromatic, just burn a bowl or two of Five Brothers will usually clean the pipe right up.

My favorite blend with this that I keep on my desk is one part (by volume) Five Brothers to one part Carter Hall with 1/2 part Perique. Great smoke. Good Vitamin N, flavor of real tobacco that burns with no attention required to a fine ash. This is an outdoor mix though, my adult daughter stated that this mix smelled like a "Shreveport Casino". oh well, sure is enjoyable and keeps the mosquitoes away!

This is one of my favorite tobaccos amongst all tobaccos and the best drug store blend I have ever smoked. I love everything about it. The taste is excellent and the nicotene buzz is awesome.

It could use some hydrating I suppose but for on the go stuff and light smoking, the dryness level is perfect.

OMG! This stuff kicks your buck. I've been smoking a pipe for almost 40 years and it still buckled my knees. I've smoked 5 or 6 bowls in a corncob(reserved for burley blends) and the nicotine high was great each time. The best use of this stuff is for mixing into other blends to kick them up a notch or 2, or 6! I recently tried some C&D Haunted Bookshop and liked it well enough, but when I added about 20% of Five Brothers, it really turned it on. I couldn't smoke this everyday, but it's a great mixer and it's great when you need a quick tobacco "fix". Use caution even when it's mixed. All Hail Mistress Nicotine.

Update Nov 15th 2012 This is still a good clean smoke

Don't be scared of this Blend. This blend is an Old American blend. You can roll it in paper you can pack it. this blend reminds me of Three Castles blend. Which today is only used for Rolling Cigaerttes. It was not unsual for geanral stores to carry lose shag cut tobacco for rolling and packing in a pipe. Smokes well and dry. It may not be in a fancy package but this blend isn't about that. It just about smoking. It can have a little nutty flavor which will come and go. It is an all day smoke. this blend is not for the armchair Snob pipe smokers reading Dickens. This one is for the Hard working guys who smoke while they work. And need some nicotine to get their sails up to finsh a days work. Smokes great in all pipes from Corn Cob to my 1954 Dunhil pipe. I would say that out of all the old drugstore blends other then Granger or Sir Walter Raliegh, 5 Bros is fun stuff. Although I never saw this in a drugstore. get it while you can. I am sure it won't be around for long. Also great for breaking in a new pipe.