Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. - Broken Scotch Cake pipe tobacco reviews

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fourshephards	05/05/2005	Medium	Very Mild	Mild to Medium	Tolerable
Another VA type flake though from a excellent company. Perhaps I expected too much from BSC, but to be honest this just seems very average. It burns very well with little rubbing out. It lights easily and burns very evenly. The flavor is kind of citrus-like at the atart and mellows as you smoke it. So whats the problem? When compared with some other VA type flakes like S. Gawuth Full Virginia Flake and some of McClelland's offerings, this just underwhelms. I didn't hate it. Its just..fair.
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Le2	01/22/2005	Mild	Very Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable
It is a ok all day light V.A , nothing special though.
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Darwin	01/18/2005	Mild to Medium	None detected	Medium	Tolerable
I recently discovered Broken Scotch Cake and I'm impressed with its quality and flavor. I love the creamy smooth taste and the gentle citrus tang. I don't find the flavor as mild as advertised; I would call it medium. Fans of Bosun Cut Plug and Conniston Cut Plug might find it a little too mild in strength. This could be a wonderful all-day smoke, if that's what you're looking for. I really like GH blends, particularly the natural ones like Bright CR Flake and Brown Flake. I think BSC is as good as the aforementioned blends. I wish it was made in flake form, but the coarse cut burns slow and even, so it's not a huge deal. I wonder what a little perique would do for it. I'll get back to you.
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Briarabbit	12/23/2004	Mild	Very Mild	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable
A very nice flue cured Virginia. Cut from flake form and rubbed out most completly. Packs easily,and lights with two matches. The first taste is Lakeland district tobacco flavoring,but is most restrained,and almost hardly noticeable through the very pleasant Virginia taste. This blend almost reminds me of Sam Gawith's Grousemoor,but don't let that sacre you away here,it's different. On down the bowl it has gained a almond toastiness,and yes,a creaminess as well. The taste/flavour is good,and as soon as you're done with a bowl full you want another. I haven't tried a whole lot of G.H. tobaccos but of those I have tried so far this is my favorite.
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Spike	10/16/2004	Medium	None detected	Medium	Tolerable
I bought the unscented version. A unique blend that is a blond color and very coarse cut. At first go-round this one was too understated. I would recommend this one as your first smoke of the day or before any really strong tobacs. If given a chance to shine by itself, it is excellent. It does have a touch of the Lakeland Floral "soap" taste. The Virginnia is tangy and sweet. It does have a bit of a kick to it from the nicotene content.
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Paddy	08/20/2004	Mild to Medium	Mild	Medium	Pleasant
I divide the G&H tobaccos into two categories: The light brown tobaccos and the dark tobaccos. BSC is my favorite in the light brown range. It comes in a sort of pressed form which requires a little bit of rubbing, but you can pinch it up and load the pipe that way. It does require a bit of drying to bring out its better qualities, and it does have a slight bit of the G&H flavoring additive, or top dressing which I find in their light colored tobaccos, but much less than in, say, their Brown Flake or CR Flake. For me this tobacco has no bite and delivers what I am looking for in this type of tobacco which is the distinctive taste of Virginia. I buy it in bulk and smoke a bowl every other week or so as a very pleasant change from my usual Virginias. Highly recommended. Paddy.
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chaplikc	04/30/2004	Medium	None detected	Mild	Pleasant
This is perhaps one of the brightest colored blends that i've smoked with the exception of GL Pease Stratford. This is very similar to stratford. I know that Greg Pease is a big fan of G&H blends so I have to assume that this blend influenced him in a big way towards the making of Stratford. This is a bright, light and slightly sweet blend. The burn is very even and consistant and smokes cool for a blend of this genre. I gave this a higher rating than Stratford because right out of the tin it was very good where as Stratford took aging to reach its potential. They are both very good and I highly suggest them both if you like Bright virginia style of blends. Another thing to note is that my palate felt very clean after smoking this. A refreshing smoke! This is definately worth buying a few tins for aging in that I suspect that it will get even better with age. Highly recommended!
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Inquisitor	07/19/2003	Medium	None detected	Mild to Medium	Pleasant
Mainspring's review above says it all for me. This doesn't displace Brown Flake as my favorite natural GH flake, but its a very close second. The flavor is less dark, but the hay-like character comes through more strongly as a result. It smokes as cool as Brown Flake. It is natually sweet, smells wonderful in the pouch and not bad in the room. Give it a try!
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NEWMAN	01/13/2003	Mild	None detected	Mild	Pleasant
My bulk purchase consisted of nicely prepared flakes ~ 6" long x 1.5" wide of brownish VAs with some golden birdseyes. The moisture content was much < my preference and resulted in the tobacco crumbling in the pouch and especially during packing. This might have been older stock from my supplier but I couldn't bring it back to life. Normally, I don't rub out my flakes. It still smoked cool and dry without a hint of bite and was easy to light and keep lit. In addition, family felt that it had one of the better room aromas for a VA flake. It was mild enough for an all day smoke but failed my taste buds. I sensed a soapy undertone to the creamy, smooth taste that just spoiled the experience. Although not nearly as prevalent as with their Ennerdale Flake, perhaps this is a result of G&H processing or the VAs from Brazil or Zimbabwe that may be common to both blends.
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Mike Castello	09/02/2002	Mild to Medium	None detected	Medium	Pleasant
This tobacco is described as a fully rubbed out flake even though it is called a crumbled cake. I would consider it a shag cut, but call it what you want, that's ok. It is my current tobacco of choice. I love the aroma and the taste. This is a straight ahead taste with a bit of initial creaminess. It tastes great all the way through the bowl. I can not tire of it, and feel guilty about all my other opened tobaccos that have been deligated to a lower status. I could go on raving about this blend for a long time, but I would rather go and smoke another pipe full.
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Willy	04/06/2002	Mild to Medium	None detected	Medium	Pleasant
Since purchasing a 5 sample trial pack of Gawith & Hoggarth tobaccos, I've come to enjoy a couple of them on a regular basis. One of these is Broken Scotch Cake. I find it to be just a good no-nonsense tobacco, though maybe a little mild for some puffers who prefer the heavier blends. I tend to go with BSC as an everyday, anytime, good utility smoke, like an old stand-by. The color is a mixture of browns and the cut is shredded with some 'flake bits' mixed in. I just pull some apart when I fill a bowl just to assure there is no bunching together to impede the draw. It lights very well and burns easily to a light grey fluffy ash. While smoking there is that familiar VA tang which in this case is like the after-effects of a mild salsa, just enough to tingle a bit. The flavor, to me, is just a good honest VA tobacco flavor with just a hint of natural sweetness (as compared to cherry, maple, etc. sweetness). There is an airiness in the smoke that would allow easy exhaling through the nose, and that 'tobaccoey' scent lingering in the mustache. In some ways it reminds me of GLP Cairo but not in the flavor sense, more in the smoking sense. The smoke is cool and soft with that slight edge I mentioned staying pleasant all the way down the bowl. There is an underlying and very faint citrusy note during the first half of the bowl, but it's subtle and changed to the rich flavor found in the last of the bowl. It's like a char-broiled taste. The sample came with just the right moisture level (at least for me) and translated to very little moisture in the pipe. It gurgled once about halfway down the bowl, and one swab with a cleaner took care of it. The room aroma reminds me of a dear family friend whose pipe has provided me with a lot of fond memories over the years. IMHO this would be a good tobacco for anyone, but newbies should be somewhat cautious not to puff too hard and get the heat rising. Just a good VA smoke.
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