Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) Five Brothers
(2.78)
A unique pipe tobacco. 100% burley in a bird's-eye shag cut. Minimal casing and no top-flavors. Remarkably mellow, considering. One of the more unusual tobaccos available, extremely full-bodied, ultra-high nicotine content. A must for those who like living on the dangerous side.
Notes: Originally blended by Finzer Bros & Pinkerton.
Details
| Brand | Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) |
| Blended By | STG Lane Ltd. |
| Manufactured By | |
| Blend Type | Burley Based |
| Contents | Burley |
| Flavoring | |
| Cut | Shag |
| Packaging | 1.25 ounce pouch |
| Country | Denmark |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Strong
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Tolerable
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium to Full
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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2.78 / 4
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Reviews
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| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 15, 2015 | Extremely Strong | None Detected | Extra Full | Very Strong |
Okay this review will be two-fold because anyone who can smoke Five Brothers straight out of the pouch is the most bad a$$ person you have ever met. This stuff is just straight BAD by itself. Smoking this stuff by itself is like getting punched in the throat. So as a stand alone tobacco I would be the first to say this is just horrible.
But.......
After having picked up a pouch at the tobacco shop I tried two or three bowls and was about to throw it away when I came up with the idea to mix it with something I enjoyed. The big selling point for Five Brothers is the nicotine. As a cigarette smoker I find that many times after a pipe I still want a cigarette. So the best way to solve this problem is to use FB to kick up the nic in another blend. I generally smoke Half and Half all the time so I got to thinking that maybe mixing in a little bit of this would help crank up the nicotine in Half and Half. Boy was I right!
I put almost a full bag of Five Brothers in a mason jar and then filled the rest of it with half and half, about a 40/60 mix... Dumped it into a bowl, tossed it around a bit and then put it back in the jar to "season" for a few days... About a week later the moisture content of the two had blended together pretty well and I tried a bowl.
This "mix" has become my typical Morning Mix with a cup of strong coffee on the ride to work. So as a stand alone tobacco Five Brothers is horrific but mixed with something that gives it a little flavor and mellows it out a bit seems to be the secret to making this stuff work.
But.......
After having picked up a pouch at the tobacco shop I tried two or three bowls and was about to throw it away when I came up with the idea to mix it with something I enjoyed. The big selling point for Five Brothers is the nicotine. As a cigarette smoker I find that many times after a pipe I still want a cigarette. So the best way to solve this problem is to use FB to kick up the nic in another blend. I generally smoke Half and Half all the time so I got to thinking that maybe mixing in a little bit of this would help crank up the nicotine in Half and Half. Boy was I right!
I put almost a full bag of Five Brothers in a mason jar and then filled the rest of it with half and half, about a 40/60 mix... Dumped it into a bowl, tossed it around a bit and then put it back in the jar to "season" for a few days... About a week later the moisture content of the two had blended together pretty well and I tried a bowl.
This "mix" has become my typical Morning Mix with a cup of strong coffee on the ride to work. So as a stand alone tobacco Five Brothers is horrific but mixed with something that gives it a little flavor and mellows it out a bit seems to be the secret to making this stuff work.
Pipe Used:
Mastercraft Briar
PurchasedFrom:
Cheap Tobacco
Age When Smoked:
Various
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 09, 2015 | Extremely Strong | None Detected | Very Full | Tolerable to Strong |
This isn't your regular "drug store" blend. It isn't fancy. It isn't heavily cased, and it isn't going to have you tasting things that may or may not be there. It isn't complex in the slightest. It doesn't come in a fancy tin or claim to be the world's greatest tobacco.
What it IS: straight up dark burley with a massive nicotine hit. Seriously, my nicotine tolerance is HIGH (smoked 2 packs a day for years) and this stuff had my head spinning. Upon opening the pouch, I was a bit skeptical. I mean, this stuff is a fine shag cut blend that reminded me of Drum rolling tobacco in texture. It was dry as a bone as others have noted, but that was quickly remedied with a pouch button. I have smoked this stuff in meers, briar, and cobs, and I must say that I enjoy it the most in a meer. It really tastes good to me! I was afraid it would taste like a cigarette, but instead I was greeted with a hearty burley flavor with a hint of nuttiness. It was strong and flavorful: just like straight burley should be. I'll be stocking up on it since it is cheap.
Word of warning: make sure to add some moisture to keep it from biting like a junkyard dog. Also note that it burns super fast, which can be a good or bad thing depending on your time management skills. If you are sensitive to nicotine, I would recommend trying something a little more subtle.
What it IS: straight up dark burley with a massive nicotine hit. Seriously, my nicotine tolerance is HIGH (smoked 2 packs a day for years) and this stuff had my head spinning. Upon opening the pouch, I was a bit skeptical. I mean, this stuff is a fine shag cut blend that reminded me of Drum rolling tobacco in texture. It was dry as a bone as others have noted, but that was quickly remedied with a pouch button. I have smoked this stuff in meers, briar, and cobs, and I must say that I enjoy it the most in a meer. It really tastes good to me! I was afraid it would taste like a cigarette, but instead I was greeted with a hearty burley flavor with a hint of nuttiness. It was strong and flavorful: just like straight burley should be. I'll be stocking up on it since it is cheap.
Word of warning: make sure to add some moisture to keep it from biting like a junkyard dog. Also note that it burns super fast, which can be a good or bad thing depending on your time management skills. If you are sensitive to nicotine, I would recommend trying something a little more subtle.
Pipe Used:
Meer, cobs, various briars
PurchasedFrom:
CJ's Liquor and Tobacco Shop, Beckley, WV
Age When Smoked:
Fresh from the pack
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Feb 19, 2015 | Strong | None Detected | Very Mild | Tolerable |
An air cured type, cigarette shag cut with some birdseye stems. I didn't find this as strong as others but it is a more robust nicotine smoke in general. Actually, I found the pouch aroma and taste somewhat flat and almost neutral. It has a slight straw or blonde hay aroma both in the pouch and smoked and that's about it. For this type of leaf blend I consider this rather smooth which leads me to think the leaf may be toasted that mellows it's character. Contrast this with Cornell & Diehls rather crude straight burleys which are strong in nicotine and harsh in character. Other than the higher nicotine this is a rather boring smoke. If one is after potent shag pipe tobacco then Gawith and Hoggarth's dark-fired shags have much more character and perhaps a bit more nicotine.
Pipe Used:
Corncob
Age When Smoked:
New
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Feb 17, 2015 | Medium to Strong | Very Mild | Medium to Full | Pleasant to Tolerable |
This is a simple straightforward air cured burley. I get the usual nuttiness found in burley and some basic earthy/dirt notes nothing more. I do however, clearly pick up on a sweetness that burley just cannot give so a mild casing has been used to sweeten it up just a little. This is a rougher smoke then many others like G &H's Kendal KY for example. I find the nic. to be about at that level. Not nearly as high as many indicate here. Every rope and plug that I have smoked has more nic. in it to me. It will bite if you push it but there is no need to do that as what you taste on the first puff will be all you get out of this blend. A nice cheap burley that is a set it and forget it type of smoke. However, for me I think there is no need to revisit it as many other straight burley's are just better suited to my palate.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Nov 24, 2014 | Extremely Strong | None Detected | Very Full | Tolerable |
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.
Pipe Used:
Savinelli briar
PurchasedFrom:
pipesandcigars.com
Age When Smoked:
brand new
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2014 | Extremely Strong | None Detected | Extra Full | Unnoticeable |
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.
Pipe Used:
Corn Cob, Estate
PurchasedFrom:
CI
Age When Smoked:
Unknown
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 29, 2014 | Very Strong | Medium | Full | Tolerable |
This is not a tobacco that you buy for the flavor, because frankly it doesn't taste that great. This however is a tobacco that has been around a long time and the reason is it is cheap and it gives you a major dose of Vitamin N. I keep it handy when I need a good nic fix.
Pipe Used:
corn cob
PurchasedFrom:
pipes and cigars
Age When Smoked:
out of the pouch dry as a bone
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| May 23, 2014 | Extremely Strong | None Detected | Very Full | Tolerable |
I smoked a bowl of Five Brothers last night, and a bowl of Five Brothers smoked me. Crispy dry in the pouch, super fine shag cut. Easy to pack and light but burns out so quickly that you have to drag like hell on it to keep the cherry lit. It either burns hot or goes out, no slow and steady with this one. By the end of the bowl my face was but a charred remains of it's glorious self. The heat radiating from the bowl lit my beard on fire, quite unusual. The nicotine bomb reduced my faculties to stumbling, drooling, and babbling. In short; super stuff, not so much on it's own, but for mixing with all those sappy sweet aromatics. In a 50% by volume blend FB really adds burley nut to the flavor of your favorite aromatic and increases the nic appeal dramatically. Right now I have some FB steeping in a tin of CAO black. The mixture looks ridiculous but smokes like a dream.
Update: Downgraded to 2 star. By itself there is no pleasure in smoking this weed. Mixed with an aro it's OK but why not just get a better aro? Can't place it on the same level as other 3 star tobaccos such as Skandinavik, Erinmore, some Dunhills, etc. Probably should downgrade further but I like the way it spices up a weak aromatic.
Update: Downgraded to 2 star. By itself there is no pleasure in smoking this weed. Mixed with an aro it's OK but why not just get a better aro? Can't place it on the same level as other 3 star tobaccos such as Skandinavik, Erinmore, some Dunhills, etc. Probably should downgrade further but I like the way it spices up a weak aromatic.
Pipe Used:
Grabow royal duke
PurchasedFrom:
smoke shop
Age When Smoked:
30 days
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| May 16, 2014 | Strong | None Detected | Mild | Strong |
Alright, I"m the first to admit that this is not a fair review, as I've only ever smoked (or should I say choked down) a few bowls of this, so take it for what it's worth. I'll also say it's possible that I got a bad pouch, because everyone else describes this as a shag cut, which it was, but mine had a large proportion of what appeared to be sliced stems, small medallions of something that didn't look like anything I'd smoked before. If this is what it's supposed to look like, I can understand why the package says, "Pipe Tobacco!": it's probably the somewhat irritated response to the frequently asked question, "what the heck is this crap?!"
Anyway, it was dry as a bone, as universally noted, burns fast and a little hot, and offers little more than a quick but solid hit of nicotine for the bother.
Again, I may have got a bad pouch, but to me this is the dregs of the pipe tobacco (!) world. If you like it, that's fine, but if you aren't sure, I don't recommend spending a lot of time trying to figure out why others do, just move on.
Anyway, it was dry as a bone, as universally noted, burns fast and a little hot, and offers little more than a quick but solid hit of nicotine for the bother.
Again, I may have got a bad pouch, but to me this is the dregs of the pipe tobacco (!) world. If you like it, that's fine, but if you aren't sure, I don't recommend spending a lot of time trying to figure out why others do, just move on.
Pipe Used:
MM Washington cob
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Apr 08, 2014 | Strong | Mild | Mild | Tolerable |
Just came back to pipe smoking after 45 years. Looking for some stronger stuff to help me get to sleep. Really enjoy Five Brothers, along with Night Cap, Dark Bird's Eye, etc. Wanted something that was strong yet flavor enjoyable. I found Five Brothers easy to pack. Just roll up a plug or tube and pack it tight. Burns to the bottom with hardly a relite. The aroma is ok and I can smoke two or three bowls to relax and hit the sack. Have added it to a few others, but enjoy straight the most.
Pipe Used:
Unfiltered Patriot and various briars.
PurchasedFrom:
4noggins
Age When Smoked:
fresth
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