Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) Special Dublin Danish Mixture

Ok. I admit it. You framed me. Being a Samuel Gawith natural tobacco addicted, I thought this one would have never seen my living room, but, as JB says, Never say never! While browsing my tobacconist, a customer came in asking for this Sweet Dublin. He called it Sweet, not special, and it was burning in his pipe. The smell was so good, the price so low, I had to give it a try. Pouch aroma is rather pleasant, sweet, the whisky aroma is there but not so overwhelming, Virginias can still be detected, but also a nut and choco note of Burley reminds me of the good old FLying Dutchman, or something like that... Well, I use to smell this aroma in the good old 80's. Black cavendish scatters taste and color here and there. Filling is easy, very easy, it can be smoked out of the pouch not being so wet. But I think I'll have it sit in my jar with a stone for a week. Smoke is not so creamy as a SG Celtic or Ennerdale, but tastes good. In italy the price is 8,80 Euros and I think it's the perfect price for this tobacco, offering fresh and sweet whisky flavoured smoking with some chocolate on the background. No tongue bite, no water floating in the bowl I recommend to use filters for this kind of tobacco.

Seen from a European point of view it is rather useless to write a review about this blend since this is a true need to know tobacco and most smokers over here actually do know it. It is most commonly used as a tobacco for pipe smoking competitions and in that regard it is hard to be beat.

The pouch aroma is sweet with a to be expected alcoholic note and luckily enough tobacco to look forward to the actual smoke.

Packing is easy and burn properties are very good bordering to the excellent.

Taste is sweet, spicy, pleasant to the taste and with a very nice whiskey flavour. All throughout the smoke the tobaccos have enough room to shine through. The overall taste is very delectable and to many a smoker this is *the* blend. It is very easy to obtain and within a budget.

Aftertaste is a memory of the flavouring and the room note is just plain good.

So, do i recommend this blend? I very much do so. Even tho i am not a fan of this blend myself it *is* a need to know tobacco and in my opinion rightfully so. I also want to recommend this blend as a beginners blend as there are no rough edges or any potential for hassle.

There's quite a selection of Sweet Dublin in here, presumably as it kept changing it's name/look. Here, I'm reviewing something called Special Dublin which is, I assume, the same blend renamed due to public outcry.

Another blend, neatly side-stepped and shunned by good British tobacconists everywhere, which Dan Tobacco sell for half the price of any British equivalent and it's a proper 50g too, not your scabby 40g that manufacturers are so cunningly hiding in their over-priced packets over here.

I can't say I've ever had the pleasure of an Irish Whiskey so this is a relatively new taste to me. I suppose it's natural to compare this to other Whisky blends such as Peterson's Irish Dew or Player's Blenders Highland and this doesn't resemble either of those two. No this is much sweeter, far less malty than those other two.

This sweet alcoholic aroma stays in the smoking, until you get down to the last third of the bowl, when it just becomes any other blend that has lost it's flavour. It's a superb smoke, subtly flavoured rather than drowned. It's predominantly sweet, yet with a slightly sour edge than is intriguing. A refreshing change if you're bored with aromatics per se.

It's a light aromatic, well worth trying if you like alcoholic flavoured tobaccos, and certainly - until it's novelty has worn off after daily use - one I would order again.

I used to smoke this blend as a young man in Europe around 1980 or so. This is the first time that I tried it since. As a committed aromatic smoker I would say it is not particularly heavy-topped; with mild vanilla and fruity (apricot?) overtones. A pleasant mix of Virginia and Black Cavendish clearly coming through. The tobacco itself is not particularly refined or complex, but burns cleanly without much of a bite unless pushed. It is a perfectly smokeable blend if you have no great expectations; I would probably prefer the "real thing" like Stanwell's "Melange" or Peterson's "Connoisseur's Choice" if I really crave apricot flavour. On the other hand, if you crave high class, satisfying, European aromatic leaf then the best standard is either Solani or W.O. Larsen.

I bought three different Sweet Dublin Mixtures on a trip through Denmark. With this one you’ll get bright and brown Virginias with some Black Cavendish and an “Irish whiskey” topping. Even some ready rubbed parts are to be found, giving it a quality look and feel. It says “with a sweet topping” in the description. I found this to be true for those who predominantly smoke unflavored blends, but approaching from the side of aromatics the topping is hard to be considered as such. It is definitely more of a sweet Jameson than peaty Connemara (if true whiskey at all).

Every time I push it and the bowl gets too hot, I get a slight soapy/artificial kind of taste in the background, nothing to write home about, but I can see why so many don’t like it.

You’ll find the tobaccos in the lead the entire time, pleasant and satisfying overall. Together with perfectly easy handling this is worth a recommendation when you’re on a budget or gone out of pipe weed on a trip. I guess the fact that it is readily available also at gas stations got me thinking of a cheap, low quality blend. I was wrong.

Pick the yellow for Virginia plus casing, white for Burley with minor casing, the red for Black Cavendish without extra topping.

When i very first started pipe smoking, this was what i smoke. This blend has a wondeful smell, Lacks a bit on the taste,therefor i think this is a good blend to start out with.

Its not that harsh and no hotspots. I think this is a good blend for a fresh soul that is looking into pipesmoking.

I find reviewer's a little hard on this danish. Is what is says 'sweet whisky flavor', very good for a not expensive packet baccy (if bought fresh) nearly as good a many expensive whiskey blends. I find it better than MacB's Louis's Whisky, that's not a bad complement, now is it. If your on a budget and you like sweet and whisky, give it a try. Can mix well with straight flakes, virginia's.

Maybe its a perversion but I like Sweet Dublin. There are many similar aromatics that I wont touch but somehow this one sits fine when I am in the mood. I first came across this blend in the Icelandic duty-free for an incredibly cheap price, and was surprised how much I liked it. True, its like smoking a pudding but it has no soapy qualities and I found I was able to slowly savour its peculiar sweetness. The casing does make you want to eat it and the room note is certainly a wife pleaser. I had many a comment from friends about how delicious the note was, even outside!

If you have a sweet tooth, this could be worth your time.