Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. Scotch Flake Aromatic

(3.17)
Sweet blended with vanilla and cocoa.

Details

Brand Gawith, Hoggarth & Co.
Blended By  
Manufactured By  
Blend Type Aromatic
Contents Virginia
Flavoring Cocoa / Chocolate, Vanilla
Cut Flake
Packaging Bulk
Country United Kingdom
Production

Profile

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

Average Rating

3.17 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Aug 30, 2011 Medium Mild to Medium Medium to Full Pleasant to Tolerable
I received this by accident when ordering Scotch Flake and was about to send it back. It smelled strongly of chocolate and I wasn't sure I would care for it, but being a GH&Co. junky I decided to give it a whirl.

Wow, what a find! Even more chocolaty than Bob's Chocolate, it nevertheless has the full tobacco taste one expects of GH&Co. Virginias. Smooth as butter, sweet to the end of the bowl, nothing left but beautiful white ash, the mark of the finest tobaccos. It's light on the Lakeland but there's a bit of it there, and the vanilla seems part of the chocolate flavor, rather than a freestanding essence of its own.

I had ordered a 500gr brick and I'm keeping it! Excellent!
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Dec 28, 2011 Mild to Medium Very Mild Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
See review of Scotch Flake as I am fairly certian that SF and SF Aromatic are one in the same. I believe the confussion comes from the fact that the 500gm box, is labeled as "Scotch Flake Aromatic" but according to several industry sources, GH only sells one version of Scotch Flake. I will update if I am able to find out otherwise.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Aug 02, 2016 Medium Very Strong Overwhelming Tolerable
I got in trouble one time when I was a little boy, for cussing. My step mom washed out my mouth with some soap that tasted just like this stuff. There's supposed to be some chocolate and vanilla in this. Ya could've fooled me. Soap and more soap is all I'm getting from this blend. I'm just glad I only bought a few ounces of this stuff. Yuck!

Update: On a whim I added a pinch of black cavendish to this, and low and behold, it's quite an improvement to what I thought was something I'd never smoke again. It takes the soapy taste away, and made it quite smokable.
Pipe Used: Tom Howard Bull dog
PurchasedFrom: Pipes and Cigars
Age When Smoked: Fresh
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Apr 10, 2016 Medium Mild Medium Pleasant
Mostly dark brown and very long flakes that smelled of chocolate in the bag. This is based on about 1/2 oz, as I bought an ounce to use to blind test someone (who guessed Bob's Chocolate Flake - not a bad guess!). This stuff is made for fold and stuff but required a bit of maneuvering due to its length. But it was best loaded in that manner.

It's been awhile since I've smoked Bob's Choc Flake, as I strongly prefer the SG version. But this seemed more chocolately than BCF, the lack of flavor being why I didn't care for it. This adds a wisp of vanilla in the flavor profile that comes and goes. Also it has the standard Lakeland essence. The Scotch Flake non-aro was quite different, having much, much lighter flavorings. But once again, G&H shows how to make an aromatic pipe tobacco that doesn't skimp on the flavoring and definitely doesn't push the tobacco taste away. Indeed, this is more tobacco than flavoring, which is my preference in pipe tobacco since, after all, I'm smoking it and not eating it. Not short on true tobacco taste, this one, but still aromatic enough to smoke around non-smokers. And the flavoring lasts down the entire bowl, and without adding any chemical flavors. Most U.S blenders could learn a lot from G&H about how to make an aromatic. Good, flavorful blend that rewards the patient smoker, but not a rotation maker for me. Well worth a try, however - 3 strong stars!
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Aug 05, 2015 Medium Mild to Medium Medium Pleasant
To be upfront, I found the non-scented version rather boring but I am enjoying the aromatic version (also sold as scented I believe) and consider it a solid smoke. The cocoa, barely but continously present in the bowl, is slightly more present in the room note and gives the solid but (as I said above) slightly uninteresting tobaccos something to play off of. I am sure the vanilla is there supporting the blend, but I didn't detect it on its own. Unlike many blends I rate a three here, I am likely to rebuy this at some point, but still wouldn't have it as part of any regular rotation.
Pipe Used: briars, cobs, and meers
PurchasedFrom: pipes & cigars
Age When Smoked: new
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jan 08, 2023 Medium Mild Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
Package note of cocoa powder, sugar, and mild vanilla. Tobacco flakes are a marbled orangish brown, dark brown and tan. Moisture is on the high side, rubs out with a little effort, drying recommended. Burns slow with few relights. The strength is medium and nic is mild. Flavoring is mild, with notes of sweet, mild chocolate, and vanilla, chocolate disappears first, vanilla stays a little longer, sweet stays in the background throughout the smoke. Taste is medium and mostly consistent, with notes of tangy citrus, lemon zest, spices, wood, tart fruit, smooth, dry earth, floral, bread, a sweet grassy background note, and a peppery retro. Virginias are leading with flavoring mostly supporting. Room note is pleasant to tolerable, and aftertaste is great.
Pipe Used: Wally Frank Limited White Bar Sandblast 128
PurchasedFrom: pipesandcigars.com
Age When Smoked: 1 month
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