Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) Granger

I wanted to like this tobacco. It is a burley blend that is finished with what is called the "wellman process" To me granger has a strange plastic like taste. I smoked half a tub of this over several weeks to give it a fair trial. Maybe it's just me but I found this to be not good when compared to other burleys. By the way it also made my voice go hoarse and made my eyes burn.

I tried this with high hopes -- after all, it has a bird dog as its mascot. While it's a burley, the pouch I had was not pleasant. This bird dog bites. I didn't finish it.

Yuk! What is up with the plastic taste as I smoke this blend??!! I had high hopes for this tobacco, I even purchased a large tub, thinking I would enjoy it. What a disappointment! In the tin it smells wonderful, and it packs extremely well, but when I lit up, it tasted like I was smoking plastic! I tried smoking this blend through several pipes, all with the same result, YUK! I thought it might be the PG content, because the tobacco was too moist for a Burley blend, but PG has never tasted this way before, and I smoked PG soaked Drugstore blends for years before "moving up" to higher end blends, and none of them ever tasted like this. I noticed several reviewers having the same complaint, and also stating that they may have got a bad batch. Well, I am unable to purchase the small pouches locally, and I don't think I will "roll the dice" on another tub to see if it is any better, so I am done with Granger. And once again, I must say...YUK!!!!!!!!!!

If you get a good pouch or tin of this, its a good simple no frills burley. If you get a bad pouch or tin it's horrid with a plastic taste. Akin to SopwithCamels review I have also noticed that Pinkerton has a quality control problem as their products are just to inconsistant to be enjoyed by this piper.

I will not try this again even though I hope I had a bad batch.

The inital light and first few puffs were a delight. Then the flavor turned. It was as if there was some plastic mixed in. It was that foul.

Never again.

I remember smoking this several years ago and seemed to have liked it at the time. My most recent purchase, however, was so bad that I suspect I may have purchased a defective sample.

The tobacco was so moist that it was clumped together almost in plug form in the pouch. I could not manage to keep the tobacco lit and the taste was of mould, dampness, and dirt. I tried airing out the sample for several hours and, whilst being easier to maintain in the bowl, the flavour and aroma were even more offensive than they were originally.

Perhaps I should visit another purveyor and purchase a second pouch just to be sure, but I shudder at the thought of going through such a horrible experience again.

One of the strongest burley blends that I have ever experienced. I smoked this somewhat regularly when I was a teen.

Plain burley with a kick. ...That means good!

As said in above reviews, it bitters at the end.

Still available; If you can find it.

I'm not looking anymore.

I smoked this many moons ago when it was more readily available in most drug stores. This blend is just what the other reviews have noted, burley upfront and nothing special. I can tell you about that dog on the label. You have to treat him gentle or he'll bite a plug out of your tongue. Yes, this is burley that bites. It really has to be treated far to gentle to get any good flavor from it.

It?s a shame that these OTC old time brands aren?t easily found readily any longer.

If they were I could have wasted three to five bucks on a pouch of this stuff instead of wasting $32.00 including the shipping for a can of this disappointer. (Pun intended). I hoped against hope my taste receptors would be immune to the ?plastic? taste others have mentioned, they weren?t. I really wanted Granger to be a replacement to the un-understandable discontinuance of Edgeworth Ready ?Rubbed. The best modestly priced Burly ever produced. Maybe someone can explain this to me because I don?t get it. Why would Lane & Co. discontinue one of the few truly good tobaccos they ever put their name on? Oh yeah, and now that I look at my long empty can of ?Dunhill Night Cap?, a blend of iconic quality, it?s got that idiot ?Lane Limited? logo on it too. This Lane outfit must be a private company with suicidal tendencies. I?m really pissed about their decisions and nothing with their name on it will pass through the ?Slim Stem?.