Not for my regular rotation, but a good change of pace. You know, that earthy pleasant smell of decaying leaves and bracken glades in the woods. Don't try this tobacco after a strong earthy one like 1792; the subtle flavors are lost and it tastes just like a mild 1792. I should have smoked it in a smaller bowled pipe. Samuel Gawith Snuff - Smokeless Tobacco - Tagged "Pipe Tobacco"- MrSnuff Perhaps he knows what makes Bracken Flake taste the way it does, because the tin aroma is medicinal. I love it when Gawith tells you something is flavored with a "long used essence." It's not sweet (at least not overtly), it's not bitter (at least not overtly), it's not musty, nor like decaying flowers (at least not overtly), it's just dark, like some exquisite subtle liquour the essence of terra. You're a better man than me Gunga Din! I rubbed out a goodly amount on paper and let it dry for about 30 minutes. This is still a high quality tobacco that will be suited to full flavor smokers. Nicotine is there but I do not find overpowering. JavaScript is disabled. Everyone else should bum a bowl from a friend before buying. Real faint but this could be due to the age of the tobacco. This is one of the finest virginias I've ever smoked. A medium bodied-smoke that is easy to enjoy all day. I would score it higher, but it is a little too strong for my tastes. But once loaded in the pipe and a few lights to get it going, it produces a rich smooth smoke that gives a burst of flavor on the pallette. small smokey base for the virginia to start from. I smoked it four years ago, so this review is only the feelings that I remember. Remember! It is more comparable to a fruitier Irish Flake than it's Lakeland brothers and sisters. The soapy, floral tonquin topping is very noticeable without drowning out the tobaccos, and I think perhaps just a little fruit may have been added as well. Blend Type: English. The smoke is tasty, albeit somewhat monochromatic, but in a fashion I enjoy. Desert Island Blend - Samuel Gawith Bracken Flake. I was recently gifted a healthy size sample to try again and found myself moving through the entire sample in very short order. I do not find the tin aroma to be particularly strong but I can see how some might make the observation of a medicine smell. Definitely not for the first timer. This one is not my prefer tobacco, but i find it very interesting, complex and enjoyable. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. I am no beginner, however, and it got to me, so be forewarned about the nicotine, and do not try to smoke this in a huge Autograph or Danish freehand, unless someone around you knows how to administer CPR. Second, the flavor. For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser. Buy Samuel Gawith Tobacco Online Australia - My Humidor I would largely agree with a former employee of Knox Cigar in this regard that this is essentially 1792 without the tonquin. If you chance on a tin and are a fan of the dark stuff at all, snap it up! Initial flavor: Very full, smokey taste from the dark fired leaf. If you find a tin around, buy it and try it. Opening the tin revealed very dark flakes of varying thickness.The aroma is musty,not very plesant to my senses.the flakes required some drying for optimal burn.Slightly rubbed out and with a loose pack the tobacco took to the match quite well.On first light there was a faint flavor of dried apricots and a very lite lakeland scent.The tobacco crowned up quite high and required a lite tamp for the second light.With the second light there were no flavors or aroma noticed. The vast majority of the blends are natural, non-aromatic compositions with a strength ranging from mild to very strong, but there are also a number of more modern Aromatic blends to be found. Cut: Flake. MTLOGBY. A down right good dark lakeland flake. Samuel Gawith 1792 Flake 50g tin - Boswell Pipes Aroma: Black cherry, cough syrup, lemon curd, bitter collard greens. It also has a trange flaovring. As the bowl progresses the topping recedes into the background as the strong tobaccos take the fore. Sam Gawith's tobaccos are among my favorites, but I can't get past the unusual flavoring. I get only a mild added taste at first, and it's quite pleasant: maybe vanilla like. The first time i smoked it i was able to make a side by side comparison with Solani: Black and White, not because i consider them related, but simply because my dad happened to be smoking it then. Ive had this in my cellar for over a decade now. I see the similarities in strength (Dark Flake) and flavor (1792) but neither is really accurate. The flakes that I have are covered in white sugar crystals, so I'm guessing it has some pretty good age on it. I rubbed out the flakes. Gawith actively services such importers in about 20 countries. Kendall Cream Flake. I think its also related to Kendal Cream flake, and that they share the same topping. You still get some of that spiciness underneath that 1792 offers, particularly near the bottom of the bowl. After a few sniffs i could smell the dark virginia's coming through pretty nicely. Samuel Gawith Pipe Tobacco - Pfeifen Shop Online After a 15 minute airing they rubbed out readily and were quite dry. A nuisance! The cut would be thin for one flake and then thick for the next flake. A full strength, full flavored pipe tobacco. It's strong, yes and not for the faint of heart. I have been smoking this blend for nearly a decade and hope to continue puffing away at it for many more to come. The last half of the bowl is the best,the Kentucy and Virginias are perfectly matched and have deepened in flavor and strength,but not overly so.Try your hardest to get bit by the Bracken,it just wont happen.This is a very satisfying smoke that burns cool and clean.I have not DGT'd this but suspect it might do well.If you enjoy dark and robust tobacs you'll find a winner here. Samuel Gawith Pipe Tobacco - Turmeaus This is a very good smoke. I wouldn't mind a few tins of a few SG blends myself. I love it. Old world deep and rich flavor comes pouring out of the pipe in delightful waves of spine tingling enjoyment. It has a very strong, almost cigar flavor that I don't like. So I do respect the blend. Blowfish's review is exactly on the money. I'm not sure if my opinion here is accurate, but I had trouble keeping this lit. Ohh Bracken, smoking it almost feels like wrestling with Kraken! This must have been about 6 or 7 years ago. By half-way the Virginia sweetness is there too ? There's also a note of hay from the Virginia, this is like a breath of fresh air against the heavy taste. Model: Navy Flake. The taste is a little closer to full than it is to medium, and its strength straddles the line between medium to full. This is a review I never thought I'd write. Cool smoke, rich flavor, lovely mildness. This is REAL tobacco!! Indeed, there's something elemental about this flake, redolent of the humus of a dank forest floor, that I find immensely compelling. The tobacco business and other premises were not kept but the mill was kept for snuff production. I wanted a strong tobacco. Even with the right moisture content I usually need to relight 2-3 times after the initial light. It doesn't quite taste like soap, but it is definitely a unique tobacco. Also, it burns the hell out of you if you inhale it through your nose. just watch out. It feels like so many of the reviews for Bracken Flake mention it's related to 1792. If flavors exist on some kind of continuum like colors do on an HSV scale, it's like the blenders changed the flavor lookup table of the base flake from sweet to dark. It is peppery and leathery, with an underlying sweetness. $ 130.95 inc. GST It is amazing to me how subjective perspectives can be on a singly objective subject. There is a definite layer of sweetness which seems like virginias working, but also a dryer, "smokier" effect, ala latakia. Overall impression.Premium leaf,burns well when dryed out a bit. Samuel Gawith Pipe Tobacco (Est. Cob plug is the perfect tobacco for the connoisseur pipe smoker as it packs a good punch of strength and flavour from this blend of dark fired, oven baked mellow tobacco. This one smokes quite cool and slow enough even when rubbed out some. It is perfect for arguing with wife and escape to the bar. I have jarred most of the tin, and once ive cut my teeth, ill go back to it. (I'd put 1792 at 8.7 and DF at 9.7, and ropes fall in between those.). 4 rope. Tobacco - The Danish Pipe Shop The flakes are a little moist. If I had to guess I would say the base tobaccos are the same, but the topping is very different. In this blend, however (probably due to the Kentucky) the taste is pungent, earthy, woody, and somehow reminding me of the smell of cow dung. Think I'm gonna YAK! I can only fill small bowls with basically broken flake at best. If I could consistently acquire this, I would smoke this morning, noon, and night. Appearance: Small flake, with some broken, and some whole. This tobacco, when crumbling apart, becomes sticky and leaves a brown residue on your hands. Samuel Gawith Black XX Finest Kendal Twist, Samuel Gawith Brown No. This was a very satisfying smoke, and it seems to favor the tapered bowl in an African meer Dublin. It's hard to keep lit, like 1792 for this reason. Free shipping! Due to this I primarily smoke and enjoy stronger blends. I cannot put my finger on this one. The man who gave me this deserves a good SMACK! Super stuff. That said, if you like stout blends and enjoy other dark-fired offerings, this is a must-try. There is no way this is likely to bite but its no shrinking violet either. In a small Stanwell. Samuel Gawith: Brown No. A first light is brings billows of rich white smoke, followed with a brief visit of the tamper and then a tamping light. What a mistake. The shiny specks are the carbohydrates in the tobacco, which over time, have broken down into sugar, and is probably also due to the addition of sugar water. The familiar vanilla-bitter medicine scent of tonquin is easily detected. Bracken Flake has quickly become one of my primary go-to flakes and entered a place in my top-ten desert island choices. I wish the flakes came unbroken, because the larger pieces, folded like whole flake, smoke better than the smaller pieces. Highly recommended. The tin scent did not reflect the taste at all. That tradition continues today and its evident in every bowl. Which makes me wonder how long this tin has been sitting around for. In the tin, this smells like Kendal Cream Flake; whether this is a similarity in the essences or in the constituent tobaccos I don't know. Taste is full. Really nice blend. I HIGHLY recommend this blend if you don't shy away from full- bodied, full-flavored tobacco. I have recently reset all my reviews because I feel that only now I really know what blends I enjoy and now have the experience to accurately give an honest review based on my personal tastes. It's more than a milder version of 1792; there are hidden sweet flavors underneath the overall earthy tone. 97.99. The essence is a complete mystery to me. Even after drying out it took more effort to get it going, and it did not stay lit as long. Worth a try. Well, I think that all pretty well sums up my opinions of this flake. There is enough to maintain interest and not so much going on that you are distracted by it. As a matter of fact I'm sure that's the case. I'm down to one opened and one un-opined tin of baccy. I would also like to add that this is not an "English Blend", which implies it has Latakia, it does not. Less tonka and a more subtle blend in the topping, the tobacco is a little less potent and it's a little less sweet. I will say that mid bowl when the flavor really starts to culminate it tastes a bit like a good cigar. Happy smoking. It too is very dark on my palate, almost cigar like. Then discovered that no one has this in stock! If you like Lakeland style blends with their toppings youll like this. Samuel Gawith Snuff - Smokeless Tobacco - MrSnuff 4 Finest Kendal Twist Pipe Tobacco 50g (Tin) 22.99. 1/25/07: I read somewhere that Ed Kolpin, the founder of the original Tinder Box in Santa Monica, California, was/is a pharmacist. Ho-hum. It is full bodied with some underlying flavoring of chocolate.