Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) Sir Walter Raleigh

I find Sir Walter Raleigh to be a very original taste for a pipe tobacco blend.The burley in this blend gives a nice flavor of richness and the casing is a touch of chocolate with someone else... maybe a whiskey of some kind.Overall,I enjoy the cut of the tobacco which is similar to Edgeworth RR and the burn on SWR is always nice and slow.Luckily this blend is widely available and it's best fresh from the can:)

My first review, here is my uneducated take. I think the light topping on this one is extremely well integrated with the tobacco. I found SWR to be everything I first liked about aromatics, which is a little sweetness to take the edge off, without tasting like I was smoking paper soaked in sugar and vanilla extract. I found it also has some of what I like about standard englishes, which is a good tobacco flavor, albeit not a smoky one. It also has some of what I like about Balkans and VaPers, a little spicyness but mostly only on the retrohale for me. I've tried several other VaBurs, burleys, and OTCs looking for the same balance, but while most are good, none of them do it all for me. I still have ERR and Granger to try though, and they are on order.

I learned the concept of "desert island" tobacco from other reviewers on here, and this one is it for me. I still haven't found an aro that I feel the same about, and for English/Balkan there is a short list, but not only one. This is how I will scale my four-star rating(s).