Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) Half & Half

Half & Half.

This is the nastiest thing I've ever smoked in a pipe, including the time I smoked dried maple leaves.  The taste was bitter and chemical-ly.  I guess it's supposed to be cherry - anise and I got that but can't say I enjoyed it for the reasons I mentioned.  Unless you really just enjoy this flavoring in particular...Come to think of it, Velvet has a similar flavor and is still a step up from this one in my opinion. I can smoke a pouch of Velvet in a pinch and be okay with that, I couldn't find anything enjoyable on Half & Half.

I really wanted to like this. After recently being surprised by Carter Hall, I figured I'd give a few other classic OTC pouches a shot as the pouch is nearly as convenient as the price.

I cannot say how the blend smoked to the end because I could not finish the bowl. I packed a second attempt the following day and it was just as brutal. The note in the pouch was wonderful. The room note was okay, but the taste while smoking was unbearable. All I could taste was burning plastic. Whatever chemicals are in the topping and or casing are just ridiculously caustic to my palate. If all pipe tobacco was like this, I would pick a new vice. Seriously.. This is only the second time I have wasted pipe tobacco in my life. The first time was earlier the same day when I smoked Velvet (Also by STG and also mouth-assaulting, chemical garbage).

Final word: There is something rotten in Denmark. I have no idea what chemical in the topping or casing is the culprit, but it is pronounced and unnatural. I cannot imagine ever trying this again and in no way recommend you do either.

Buy Carter Hall if you need a cheap pouch of good tobacco.

Smells like cough syrup, taste like cough syrup. This is absolutely horrible tobacco, literally taste like it was dipped in nyquil cough syrup. This is so bad I can't stomach the thought about finishing the bag let alone finishing a single bowl. Complete garbage

When I was a kid on the farm we used to mix straw and hay and sneak behind the barn to smoke it in one of my fathers old corncob pipes. Try slow roasting it over some dried cow dung and----Get the picture?

I don't understand why Half and Half is listed twice here. I would call this an American blend, not an aromatic. The pouch doesn't lie, it is cool smoking. However, I did get a slight tongue bite. Pouch aroma reminds me of those Christmas fruitcakes that came in a tin , like cherries or other fruit. The smoke tastes of anise initially. This fades to an ashy, cigarette taste. Mild enough to inhale, but there's no point, there's no nicotine. Inexpensive. Good about staying lit. Pleasant to retrohale.

After trying a variety of Tinned and bulk tobaccos (Aromatic, English, etc.) I've begun trying inexpensive OTC american pipe tobacco. After my initial plain but pleasant intro by way of PA, I decided to try Half and Half. I was not expecting the pipe smoking equivalent to a 5 star meal, but at least a serviceable, smooth tobacco. The "tin" note reminded me of vinegar or fermentation, but after I got past this, I could smell a possible hint of unsweetened cocoa and other indefinable odors. Overall unpleasant. I know that tin note has little to do with the quality of a smoke, so I soldiered on. This tobacco is very soft and pliable, and packed reasonably well. (Did not seem gummy) Unfortunately once I began smoking, I got hit with a moderate but clear taste and scent of chemicals. The cocoa (I think) came through a bit, but I couldn't shake the unpleasant chemical taste. I am a slow smoker and H&H smoked cool, but I had a slight sting on my tongue and lips by half bowl. (Not a steam burn, but proper tongue bite) The taste and odor was unpleasant, and this does not agree with my palate at all. After several attempts, I have been unable to force myself to finish a bowl yet. Bad scent, bad flavor, bad experience. At best, this offers a bland smoke, at worst, tongue bite and chemical taste that wont go away. I've thrown away what's left of my purchase. On to the next tobacco......

Half-n-Half I'm just not a fan of. I wouldn't call this a 50/50 mixture- it's more like 75-80% sharp and bright Virginia, On top of this is a honey and cinnamon casing and it's pretty heavy making the tobacco too moist. It doesn't light well and gunks up my pipe when I get it running. I like the drugstore blends but Half-n- Half is one I don't enjoy.

Half tasteless, half aroma-less.. But 100% crappy stuff. Burley based tobacco with no taste. I cannot understand how something terrible as this can survive for so long. It seems like horrid cigarette smoke to me. Needless to say I hate cigarettes.

Nope! This is one of the worst tobaccos Ive ever tasted. It has a flavor that reminds me of rotten fruit. Or like fruit juice that has gone bad. Bag note smells like jailhouse hooch and tastes just as bad. Never again.