All I can say is “Hell yeah!” Just have rolled a cig of Van Nelle halfzware shag,very nice indeed! So whats it for you?
RYO is the bomb. I love the Dutch halfzwares … Drum and Samson come to mind.
Gotta be good old cheapo Amber Leaf for me, better than Drum by a long chalk although not as good as Golden Virginia. Stefan
Holy cow,Golden Virginai is what i got at my gas station,gotta try that too.
I’ll vouch for the Golden Virginia as well , very good stuff and it’s easier on the lungs than the (half)zwares i usually smoke.I only had the pleasure of tasting it once or twice. Since i can’t find “the” Golden Virginia here i usually smoke Bali Shag - Golden Virginia when i go to a party and i know I’ll be smoking more than usual , otherwise it’s either Bali Shag Halfzware or if I’m out of cash Red bull Aromatic (they messed it up as well , it was a lot better a few years ago) . Speaking of , Bali Shag tobaccos are quite good , but then again I haven’t had much to compare to. The Drum i had was full o stubs and pretty dry (fixed that last part with some apple). Red Bull Virginia is really low quality , sad really. and Samson was pretty good , but i only had a pouch.
I used to like Auld Kendal Gold Black Cherry. Smooth and sophisticated, just like me. 
I’ve tried Bali Shag Light,didn’t really impress me,but that might be after one month of Domingo Blue. BTW I’ve tried all Domingo except the black one.
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Drum used to be great. Don’t like the new stuff nearly as much. Yes when I did used to smoke it regularly American Spirit was my last smoke of choice.
Gauloise was my favorite even though I didn’t smoke it often. When I got back into RYO i was disappointed to learn it had been discontinued. I think I first tried it when I saw the brand in the original Die Hard movie. Even though I’m moving to a pipe I may buy a few tins or bags of RYO before the price increase.
Roam: “I’ve tried Bali Shag Light,didn’t really impress me…”Roam, I too tried that, also Bugler, Tops, and Zig-Zag - each of those left some kind of 'pasty film’ in my mouth…YUCK!!! I grew up in Mississippi, and all my Aunts and Uncles, who rolled their own, smoked ‘Prince Albert’. I’ll never forget those nifty lil tins it came in. Anyway, I decided if it was good enough for them, it would be for me also. I bought some, my Wife rolls them for me - and I love it!!! Prince Albert has a good tobacco taste, plenty of ‘nic-kic’, and leaves no pasty film in my mouth!!! We get 34 cigarettes out of a $1.79 (+ tax) pack of PA tobacco - hard to beat that too!!! Also, I enjoy a pipe full of the stuff ever now and then also!!! I do like Winston 100 Ready Rolls, but I prefer my PAs above any cigarette now!!!
Best to stock up if you’re in the US, as of April 1 the S-CHIP 2,200% tax hike goes into effect increasing each pound of RYO tobacco by $24.80. This is before any local and state tax increases (doubt the feds are gonna have all the fun). I guess this is an example of some of the “change” we can all look forward to. Gotta hand it to hussein though, already levying the largest tax increase on a single product in our nations history and he’s only begun!
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lxskllr adds: _ That tax was staged before he ever got close to office… _ It had to be to be implemented this quick, odd how previous incarnations were much smaller and spread across OTPs in a fair manner, relatively speaking. Of course it’s difficult to argue when the government stands to make more than the tobacco companies themselves, and the retailers, farmers and distributors… combined. This is cool though, it’s only really gonna hurt those making less than $30,000 annually; the average RYO consumer (to help those making up to $82K annually get free dental for their children). Not to mention all the bankruptcies the RYO industry will soon suffer. I don’t suppose NOT SIGNING it was an option…? Smoke all you can afford to, it’s for the children.
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Apologies for going OT, my original intent was simply to warn those who were unaware that the S-CHIP bill’s net effect has been to preposterously tax RYO tobacco at a record setting rate of 2,200% (this is not a typo). This becomes effective April 1, so stock up while the gettin’s good. Rumor has it that many Net retailers will either go out of business or simply stop selling RYO altogether (some already publicized intent) along with many B&M tobacconists. I would imagine drugstore brands will still be available though. I’ve already stocked up considerably and found several popular blends are already sold out till midsummer, supposedly. I should have kept the dig about hussein’s promised “change” to myself or for another forum, apologies again. My frustration at a bill that’s economically prejudiced and industry-crushing got the best of me. How the government can legally profit more than the entire chain of the RYO industry, from the farmers all the way down the line to mom & pop’s tobacconists and every related business in between, is more than alarming. Makes me anxious as to what other “changes” we can expect in the upcoming 4 years…oops, there I go again. Again, sorry if I offended anyone’s political sensitivities. 
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I smoked a couple cigs rolled from 5 Brothers Smoking Tobacco last night. I heard about the tobacco in a pipe forum and heard that it can be rolled so I gave it a try. Pretty darn good. It’s funny how the experience can change depending on smoking method.
In “Good Night and Good Luck” they used pipe tobacco as cig tobacco. It was not as caustic to the crew, and showed up on camera better. I still haven’t tried it.
@NickKick There’s a tobacco called “Merci” that’s manufactured by Kretek which is supposedly very similar to Gauloise. I don’t know if that’s available where you are but there’s always Google.