Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) Kentucky Bird

Found this tobacco whilst on a recent holiday in Spain. I'd tried it many years ago when it was available in the UK, and decided to give it another go. Unfortunately, as a smoker of flake and plug tobaccos, I found it smoked far too hot and torched the roof of my mouth and tongue with it. When I opened the pouch I found it to have a very pleasant aroma, and no doubt it has appeal to smokers used to Scandinavian type mixtures. After two smokes I consigned the pouch and remaining tobacco to a communal waste bin in Santa Susanna, Catalunya.

Scandinavian Tobacco' - Kentucky Bird.

I bought this a few weeks back in Majorca having no idea of the constituents. If I'd have known I'd have avoided it, alas!

Flowers. All I get from opening the pouch to finishing a bowl are flowers. The tobaccos are buried underneath the toppings, they give minor flavour, the Kentucky more than the Virginia, but as the florals have so much weight they struggle to contend. It didn't take long for me to get bitten by it.

Nicotine: mild to medium. Room-note: tolerable.

Kentucky Bird? One star:

Not recommended.

I was very curious to try this tobacco and, at the first smoke, I found it confusing... I can't frankly taste the tobaccos but only the aromas. I tried it a few more times but I can barely stand it, it's like you are smoking a candied flower.

The room notes are quite pleasant, very sweet and it tend to warm up a lot if you accelerate your smoking, at that point it even loss the aromas and it tastes very bad (for me, at least).

I would not recommend this one unless you want something aromatic where you cannot taste the tobaccos in it...

Hello i'm a recent pipe smoker. This tobbaco is like empty of anything could make me feel i'm smoking something like tobacco. Nothing really enternaining in my mouth. i would say it is really better to smell in the pack than anything else. Sorry for my english (native language french). I was more entertained with WO Larsen aromatics than this one whitch seem to me that he maybe try too mutch to be pleasant and finaly doesn't have much carracter.

As other people said, this tobacco is much too hot when smoked. For those who want to try a better quality while keeping the flowery-taste, i'll recommend Von Eicken's "Springwater Exotic Cut".

At ?2.50 a pouch I thought this might be a bargain. After 3 draws on the pipe, I see I was ripped off. I think this may be an attempt at a Sunday's Fantasy kind of blend. Whatever it is it didn't work. There's a plethora of jokes comming to mind in remembering this vile stuff, but it just isn't worthy. Our time zone here is 9 hours ahead of California (pacific standard time) So, I speak from the future. Steer Clear.

December 2005. Lighting Kentucky Bird was easy,but after 5 or 6 puffs my throat felt like it was on fire,and my tongue and lips felt as though they had been overly cooked on a red hot BBQ. The flavour is very strong,and accompanied by "HOT HEAT" leaving me with the feeling of smoking etremely extra hot coles from a vulcano.(No,I'm not exagerating) I'm a lady pipe smoker with 34 years experience coming up next New Years Eve.But,never has any blend burnt me like Kentucky Bird. If the heat could be turned down,then the flavour might be more enjoyable. The only positive thing about this experience,was the photograph of the bird. If you do go ahead and try it,make sure your near a fire hydrant!

As soon as I opened a pack of kentucky bird, did the marvellous smell hit my nose. Very floral, sweet and rosy, very tempting smell. I smoked a bowl and to my suprise in no way did the smell correlate to the flavour of smoke. I just felt a bit sweeter than a typical pure Virginia flavour. Tobacco gets harshy very fast so take it slow when smoking. I didnt really notice a kentucky flavour in the blend.