Samuel Gawith - Medium Virginia Flake pipe tobacco reviews

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wolf	12/04/2006	Medium to Strong	Medium	Medium	Tolerable
I love this Virginia. It is one of my absolute favorites. Full but not too full and i find no bite. But my tongue has turned to leather. I like the brown roundness of the flavor, the clean burn and consistent taste through out a bowl.I much prefer it to Best brown that I find bites a bit. What is sometimes do is add 5% 1792 to the MVF and find that gives it a bit of added punch. 1792 straight I find overpowering. The Demerol of tobacco.
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Pipestud	05/03/2006	Mild	None detected	Mild	Pleasant
RCUSElder (who wrote an excellent review, IMO) enjoys this blend for the very reasons I find it only average, it's a weakling compared to Full Virginia Flake and I like more strength and flavor in my Virginia leaf. Like FVF, this is a high quality flake Virginia that will burn clean and dry all the way to the bottom of the bowl. And, I think because I tugged too hard trying to find some taste, I got a bit of a nip on the tongue. More reasonable puffing should keep this one from biting.
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RCUSElder	03/23/2006	Medium	Extremely Mild	Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable
Appearance and Aroma: This comes in bulk form. It is mostly a medium to light brown blend in a broken flake presentation. Smells like hay but with a slight "Lakeland" scent to it. Packing and Lighting: I prefer to pack "as is" and just rub a little on top for easier lighting. Lights easily. Initial Flavor: Like "Best Brown Flake". It has that same "earthiness" that I enjoy, but with a little more "oomph" and is a tad sweeter and brighter. Mid-Bowl: This is plain delicious! Bottom of Bowl: I much prefer this blend over FVF because it doesn't have the strong build up of strength of that blend. This builds up nicely, but I don't have to let it go out so that the strength doesn't overwhelm me. Ends with a light, dry, grey ash. Overall: This has now become a staple VA blend for me. More flavor than BBF, but not the punch of FVF. It does have an occaisonal flavor of the "Lakeland" scenting, but you really have to pay attention to taste it. I like that so it won't get any complaints from me. I look forward to aging some to see what will happen to this stellar VA blend... Meanwhile, go get some now!
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Ranger	01/11/2006	Mild to Medium	None detected	Medium	Pleasant
One of the purest Virginias I have had the pleasure of smoking. Maybe the nicest looking tobacco ever. A wonderful, golden, chunky, chewy semi-flake. Very nice aroma and smooth, mild taste for frequent smoking. Doesn't have the depth of other Virginias, but its simplicity is its charm. I love ordering this at least once a year. After smoking this again through the 2005 holiday season, I am updating this to four stars. The slower and softer I puff on this wonderful tobacco, the more flavorful it becomes.
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JoeBriar	07/11/2005	Mild	None detected	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant
I only recently tried this, being a fan of FVF. Appearance is like a rubbed out FVF. This one packs & burns easily. In the pipe, the taste is like a milder version of FVF. It's honest, subtle and as another reviewer rightly states, charming. Another plus, it's not as tangy as FVF. This flake is really underrated and overlooked because it lives in the shadow of the more famous SG blends. More fool you if you fail to try it for that reason...I'm sorry it took me so long! I found the smoke very tasty, wanting to puff almost continously. It's quite kind to your tongue too. A delightful smoke.
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Black Dog	02/06/2005	Very Mild	None detected	Very Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable
My experience with Medium Virginia Flake was uninspiring. It is a very mild tobacco, in both flavor and nicotene strength. It comes in a "chunk" rather than a flake, and is very moist. I found, even with proper drying, that there was little flavor, and it wanted to burn hot. With so many excellent Virginia's available, I cannot see any reason I will want to smoke this again.
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Inquisitor	11/03/2004	Medium	None detected	Medium	Very Pleasant
One of the sweetest all-natural Virginia flakes produced. Made from the same leaf as Best Brown and Full Virginia Flake, it is dry-pressed for two hours, steam cured for only about one hour. MVF is often overlooked by fans of its high-quality cousins, which is a crime. This is a great all-day smoke, rich and sweet. While true Virginia fans will relish MVF's charms, it is also an excellent transition tobacco from aromatics to Virginias because of its sweet, cool-burning characteristics. You owe it to yourself to try this! Addendum: MVF doesn't benefit from prolonged DGT, though it doesn't become unpleasant.
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bigblends	10/26/2004	Mild to Medium	None detected	Medium	Very Pleasant
First, the color of this broken flake is fantastic. The scent and smoke are on the sweet side and very satisfying. MVF is a fine all-day smoke, and it's clearly composed of high-quality leaf. I prefer Gawith's Full VA Flake and Kendal Plug, but I'd be happy to have another opportunity to smoke MVF. It really is good stuff. I gave it an "I smoke this on occasion" rating only because I don't see MVF breaking into my short list of VAs to stockpile.
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Paddy	08/27/2004	Medium	None detected	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant
This is my third most favored tobacco, right behind SG Best Brown and Full Virginia Flake. This a tobacco that for me requires a dedicated pipe. The Virginia tobacco flavor is pure and delicate and is to be enjoyed in small sips. Smoking this tobacco in a pipe in which another tobacco has been smoked will likely mask the flavor of this unique Virginia. I buy it in bulk, rub it out to a ribbon while moist, and allow it to thoroughly dry. I like to start with a bowl of Medium Flake, follow it with a bowl of Best Brown and finish up with FVF while clearing the palate from time to time with a jar of Guinness, exquisite pleasure for us simple folk. Most highly recommended. Paddy.
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NEWMAN	12/05/2003	Mild	None detected	Mild to Medium	Pleasant
I only based this review on smoking two bowls from a sample. Although the presentation and technical smoking characteristics of this blend were fine, the taste, although sweet, was one-dimensional and weak. At ~ $40/# in bulk, I find much more enjoyment in other VA flakes or VA/Perique flakes that are also cheaper.
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howie	02/27/2003	Mild	None detected	Mild to Medium	Pleasant
The following review was the result of a blind taste test. I found this to be the blandest of the set of three, and never really was able to get into a grove with it. Initially, there was some crossover flavor from Sample B, and I had to give it a couple of weeks to recover. Comfort for this blend was reasonable, and I would suspect that it is a VA/Burley blend. Cut was somewhat rough and irregular. Packing was reasonable and lighting qualities were good. The overwhelming characteristic that I experienced from this blend was a lower flavor level than I usually care for. Early metallic flavors reminded me somewhat of older Dobie?s Ready Rubbed, although the cut was not the same. This tobacco shined with sweetness in the late first half of the bowl, for perhaps a sixth of the entire bowl, before settling into a decent but unexceptional finish. This is not a blend that I would expect to reach for or purchase on my own, due to the paucity of flavor. Overall, give this an 80/100 for burning character and comfort, a 40/100 for flavor, and a 50/100 overall. This would do in a pinch, but not something I would tend to go back to. February 2003
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