Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) Velvet

i haven't actually figured out how to smoke Velvet. It'sa bit moist and gunks up my pipe. I can't taste it until it's way to hot to smoke. Iwould assume that you should leave the pouch open for a while to let it dry a bit so you don't boil your tongue. when you hit a sweet spot, it smells pretty good. Girlfriend likes it but i can't always find the "sweet spot"

What more can I say about this one that hasn't already been said?

Tastes a bit sweet and candy-like right at the beginning, but quickly turns to a salty dull play-doh taste.

Even if I had been able to finish the bowl, this one would be a two-star at best. I was more concerned about the cheap corn cob that I was smoking it out of than I was about wasting tobacco, and I am a man who hates to waste consumables.

Just another mass produced cheaply made sticky tobacco. Don't waste your time with it.

This is the worst tobacco I have ever laid my hands on! My interest in drug store blends was recently spike, so I picked up a couple pouches of Carter Hall and Velvet to give these a go round. The CH was pretty decent, like I remember it. The Velvet, DISGUSTING!

I've noticed that the reviews of this over the past couple of years have been bad. They are well merited. This tobacco stinks when you light it up. It tastes and smells of burnt plastic. Don't let the delightful scent in the pouch fool you, this stuff will ruin a pipe. I will have to give the cotton ball treatment to the pipe I tried this in. I only can hope it will forgive me.

I only smoked a half-bowl, I used three pipe cleaners, all were pitch black when I was finished with them. DO NOT BY THIS TOBACCO IMPERSONATOR!

The good side of this experience: it reminded me why I do not smoke OTC blends. They are only a few cents cheaper than most hi quality bulk blends and they cannot even hold a candle to them in quality.

Folks, if you want a burley, go give Lane or MacBaren or Cornell and Diehl a try. Your pipes, tongue, and wife will thank you for it!

Well, the package is right about one thing. It is a smooth smoke, though not the smoothest.

That's about where the positives for this blend end. I really like burley, but this one is lacking in the naturally sweet and nutty character that makes that variety so lovely. In fact, there was hardly any flavor at all. What little there was (way in the background) alternately between a slightly sour tang, to something unnatural like plastic. But on the whole, it was smooth but flavorless; kind of like the tobacco version of Natural Lite, only instead of tasting aluminum can, you taste plastic.

For a traditional American burley at drug store prices, Prince Albert and Carter Hall are MUCH better, with Carter Hall heading the class, IMO.

Update: I bought a package while visiting a distant city. I think it's been at least 15 years since I last smoked this tobacco. It has surely changed.

I smoked several bowls before deciding to update my review. The current stuff bit like a bulldog, and a plastic taste overpowered the burley. I was very disappointed as I remember Velvet to be an excellent tobacco. I knew a very rich older gentleman who swore by the L&M offering. I'll stick with Half & Half and the Prince.

Original review: I haven't seen Velvet anywhere in my area for a long time. I used to smoke it as a change of pace from my usual standby, Half & Half.

Velvet seemed less harsh than some of the other burleys, although it had less flavor. A good tobacco, all in all. I will eventually purchase a can on line to reminisce about the days when drugstore tobacco counters had dozens of brands to choose from, along with excellent selections of pipes.

Ten to fifteen years ago, when this was easily available throughout East Tennessee, Velvet was one of my favorite blends. It was far more flavorful than Prince Albert or Carter Hall, and it was difficult to make it bite or burn too hot. About a month ago, I headed up to Johnson City and found a store that carried it. As I hadn't even seen a package of it in years, I gleefully bought a half-dozen pouches (prompting odd looks from my wife). Unfortunately, this tobacco seems to have gone through a sad transformation. In place of the smooth, creamy, natural smoke I once enjoyed, I encountered the taste of chemicals and (for some odd reason) burning plastic. The problem wasn't as pronounced in other pouches, but was still there. This might be a quality control issue, but it was unpleasant enough to turn me off to this tobacco.

Velvet appears to be cased with some sweet, licorice type flavoring. I could smell it in the pouch. Not bad, but quite different than most of the standard burley crowd. I found it pleasant to smoke for about half a bowl then I got a sour taste that I can only describe as hot jagermeister mixed with prince albert. Not my cup of tea.

Packs and lights easily. A one dimentional blend that has very little flavor or anything else to offer. A blend that will leave plenty of goop in your pipe. Even though a drugstore tobacco, it sinks to the depths of tobacco hell like no other I have smoked. A total waste of time...and pipe cleaners.