Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. Gawith Red

(2.85)
The first Idea of GH was to do a replacement for Amphora Red in the U.K. The Pipe Club of London as well as other Pipesmoker Clubs tested it and found it very similar. This Air Cured mixture consists of Burley, Kentucky, Oriental and Virginia, all first grade tobaccos. Smell the whiff of pure fruit blossom we've added. This enhanced smoking pleasure is due to our unique Cavendish process, which reveals the richest properties of this special blend: fresh, sweet, and slow burning.

Details

Brand Gawith, Hoggarth & Co.
Blended By  
Manufactured By  
Blend Type Aromatic
Contents Burley, Kentucky, Oriental/Turkish, Virginia
Flavoring Alcohol / Liquor, Other / Misc
Cut Ready Rubbed
Packaging Bulk
Country United Kingdom
Production

Profile

Strength
Mild to Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Mild to Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming

Average Rating

2.85 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jul 22, 2014 Mild to Medium Mild to Medium Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
The Virginias are citrusy and floral grassy with a touch of earth, and are a little more obvious than the nutty, molasses, toasty burley. The Kentucky offers a little wood, and maybe a slight nuttiness in the background. The dry, sweet, woody Oriental seems to be present in a trace amount. The fruity, floral toppings overshadow the tobaccos to a fair extent. I think rose, berries, ripe fruit, and flower blossoms are among the toppings. Possibly a drop or two of caramel as well. The nic-hit is a shade past being mild. Won’t bite, but puff fast and it may get a tad warm on your tongue. Needs a light dry time, and burns a little less than a moderate pace. The flavor is fairly consistent all the way to the finish. Needs a few relights, and leaves some moisture in the bowl. The after taste is short lived. Not quite an all day smoke, and doesn’t really compare all that much to Amphora Red.

-JimInks
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Mar 23, 2015 Mild to Medium Very Mild Mild to Medium Pleasant
Created as a replacement blend for Amphora Red? Well, when I got mine from smokingpipes.com, I just so happened to have an old 1970s unopened barrel style tin of Amphora Red and could not wait to conduct my own side by side comparison. Gawith Red's leaf is much thicker, the taste is much fuller, there is no sweetness and the feeling after smoking a bowl was a bit overwhelming. With Amphora red, I got the sweet read and lighter flavor with much less nicotine. I really didn't think there was much similarity.

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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Nov 25, 2006 Medium Mild to Medium Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
As far as I remember the last pouch of Amphora I had (which should be reasonable well, it was one of the few aromatics I really enjoyed), this resembles it about as well as can be expected.

It really looks like it- a mix of broken flake and ribbon, mid brown tobaccos with a little birds eye, it even has the same fault as the original, that the last few bowls out of the pouch burn hot because the pieces of flake break apart too much when it's bumping around in your pocket all day!

It is a pleasant, semi-floral, semi-sweet aromatic, with only a little fruitiness compared to the original- I suspect that in this blend most of the fruitiness comes from the choice of tobaccos, rather than the casings. This blend is less noticably flavoured that the original (which was very subtly flavoured, the casings complementing the leaf, rather than smothering it), but has a pleasant, subtly sweet aroma, and the sweet taste is quite noticable- some liquorice extract perhaps? In fact, this blend seems almost a cross between the Dutch Aromatic original, and the sweetish and floral Lake district aromatics. All that is missing is that chocolatey flavour and aroma that Amphora seemed to generate in the last quarter of the bowl, as the flavour thickened up. I miss that- it was the complexity that made Amphora so pleasant- it never got boring.

However, this is a very pleasant tobacco, and well worth a try. It is strong enough that it is worth smoking, more than can be said for many aromatics, and while the room note is pleasantly sweet, it offers enough depth of flavour to please the smoker as well as his "audience".
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Apr 13, 2022 Medium Medium Medium Tolerable
To say this blend is very close to the original amphora red is like saying condor is similar to clan (for our American friends it is like saying paladin black cherry is similar to Prince albert). I find no discernible similarity whatsoever. However reviewing as its own brand it is a decent enough smoke. Quite a heavy hand on the Fruity topping which I found not the best nor most gracious but its not terrible. It doesn't bite or burn too quick its just a very middle of the road smoke I can neither pan nor rave about it. If I was in the middle of no where, wanted a pipe and it was only this available it would do, however any other option and i would probably go for that. Somewhat recommended but if you miss it you haven't missed the Holy grail.
Pipe Used: Falcon
PurchasedFrom: The black Swan shoppe
Age When Smoked: New
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Sep 05, 2016 Mild to Medium Medium to Strong Medium to Full Very Pleasant
That's the best what Gawith&Hoggarth can propose you as a summertime pipe tobacco. Naturally sweetness, quite strong, reminds me a better version of Captain Black Regular. Little bit soapy, but not as much like in others G&H tobaccos. One of my favourite aromatic blends for vacation.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
May 15, 2015 Medium Mild to Medium Medium Pleasant
Experimenting with some of G&H's version of Amphora red; called Gawith Red.

As a visual comparison they are very similar but Red is more of a ribbon cut with broken flake elements as opposed to a pouch of Amphora, which is a light crumble cake with bits of broken flake.

Pouch note is dull compared to Amphora, which shines with its fruity chocolate undertones. Some nutty ripe fruit notes but nothing screams when you open the pouch, unlike some aromatics.

Smoking, This is where the surprise lay.GH Red is a fuller, thicker and creamier smoke than the original, it is not as complex and lacks the chocolate/cocoa notes that develops towards the end of your Amphora experience. BUT The tobacco used in GH Red is of superior quality with a higher nic content and far less bite than of Amphora. The fruit/floral/caramel topping almost identical, coming through in the smoke perfectly. Apparently the blend is Va/Bur,with a slight scattering of Oriental and this is true, sweet,light,earthy virginas construct a backbone where nutty, fruit topped burleys sing with slight sour notes of the orientals creeping in as the bowl intensifies.

I approached this tobacco as a replacement for my dwindling supply of the original but may have found something much more preferable. If you have ever smoked the original, or enjoy sweet fruity Va/Bur mixtures I heartily recommend.
Pipe Used: Falcon Apple Bowl
PurchasedFrom: www.uktobacco.com
Age When Smoked: Fresh from pouch
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Dec 07, 2013 Medium to Strong Mild to Medium Mild to Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
Smokingpipes.com says, "The first idea of GH was to do a replacement for Amphora Red in the U.K. The Pipe Club of London as well as other Pipesmoker Clubs tested it and found it very similar. This is an Air Cured blend of Burleys and Virginias." Smoked it in an MM Washington straight. Nice tobacco, strong, some of the flowery Lakeland scent but not overpowering and did not linger after I was finished. It's enjoyable and interesting, like a conversation with an eccentric aunt. It's probably more enjoyable and intersting if you're longing for a replacement for Amphora Red or a member of The Pipe Club of London or other Pipesomoker Clubs. Meh. If you're looking for a sweet, strong, all-day kind of smoke, you could do much worse.
Pipe Used: MM Washington
Age When Smoked: 1 week from purchase
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Sep 28, 2012 Mild Mild Mild to Medium Pleasant
This blend does not look, taste or smell anything like Amphora Red. Amphora was a crumkle cake and this stuff is shag cut. It tastes ok but it isn't nearly as complex as Amphora. Judging it under it's own merit, it is satisfactory. It does have a slight bite but it burns to a dry white ash. It has a mild, subtle taste and although it likely won't find its way into my regular rotation I don't regret trying it.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
May 22, 2012 Mild Mild to Medium Mild Pleasant
I first tried this last Saturday, at the May meeting of the Pipe Club of London at the Thatcher's Arms in Essex, where it was the tobacco used in the Radford Cup slow-smoking competition. I was impressed, and ordered some, which arrived today. It is described on the pouch as an aromatic, consisting of VAs and Burleys, with "the rich aroma" - by which I take it they mean a casing - "of fresh fruit and caramel". It is said to be a replacement for, and imitation of, Amphora. I wouldn't know, having never tried that tobacco: these notes are based on this tobacco alone. In appearance, it is medium-cut, a mixture of light to mid brown. The smell is strong and fruity. The taste is mild, slightly sweet, fairly rich, with distinct hints of dried fruit and leather. Recommended - sometimes I want something with more oomph than this, when I'll go for a lat or a perique, but this is ideal for the other times, when I want something mild but not boring.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Nov 02, 2011 Mild to Medium Very Mild Medium to Full Very Pleasant
Gawith Red is said to be the G&H attempt at a replacement for Amphora Red in the UK. I have never smoked Amphora, therefore my review is based on Gawith Red for what it is.

Light to medium brown in color, thin ribbon cut, with some birds eye and the occasional chunk of flake, like it may be pressed then rubbed back out. The scenting is very light and lakeland, staying in the background, yet present throughout the entire bowl, adding what I can best describe as a mildly sweet and tart "Cranberry'esque" taste and aroma to the the natural tobacco flavors of fire cured Kentucky, nutty Burley and mildly sweet Virginia. It's on the lighter side of medium bodied with a nice amount of vitamin "N". The combination is very pleaseant and develops into a fairly rich taste by bowls end.

What makes this one special, is its richness comes from a combination of toasted Danish style Golden Cavendish, the body of American Kentucky and Burley, with a very complimentary light Lakeland scent. G&H has created a uniquely refined blend with Red that is light, yet full, smokey and spicy, rich and tasty! All this, with no bite and burns cleanly and completely into a light gray ash.
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