Samuel Gawith Brown No. 4
(3.17)
Brown No.4 is a full flavoured full strength tobacco made by Samuel Gawith in Kendal. It is spun from Dark Fired Virginia's and is a slow burning tobacco. Despite popular belief, the brown twist is a stronger strength and flavour than the black twist. This tobacco is definitely not for those new to pipe smoking!
As per Gawith&Hoggarth the only components in this rope are dark fired and dark air cured leaf. There is no cigar leaf, that taste comes from the dark air cured tobacco used. The outer wrapper leaf is a dark fired variety.
Details
| Brand | Samuel Gawith |
| Blended By | Samuel Gawith |
| Manufactured By | Samuel Gawith |
| Blend Type | Virginia Based |
| Contents | Virginia |
| Flavoring | |
| Cut | Rope |
| Packaging | 25 grams pouch, 50 grams tin, bulk |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Strong
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Strong
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Full
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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3.17 / 4
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Reviews
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| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| May 06, 2020 | Very Strong | None Detected | Very Full | Tolerable to Strong |
So I only got this yesterday and I have been experimenting with it today. So I prepared my first bowl for my morning drive. I gave it an hours worth of drying so it was a good mix of crispy and moist. So that smoke was nice with very relights. I had a bowl on my drive home which was left to dry for 30 minutes. A little more moist took a bit more of a charring light but after that fine. My third bowl this evening was left for about 10 minutes. Mixed with thicker cuts and shag type cuts. A fair more charring lights and one extra relight in the bowl. Overall preparation and lighting seems fine with varied drying times.
Now the important part. The flavour. What can I say, this is a nice tobacco. Very deep earthy Virginia flavours come through, these are followed by a sweet smokey apricot (to me anyway) Virginia taste. Once you breath out and smack the roof of your mouth with your tongue or retrohail you get nice cigar/coffee tones. I was massively surprised with how pleasant the combination of leafs has been. There is a lot of vitamin N but it is manageable, i had some black coffee with a sugar in it and it kept it at bay in the main. I have been smoking it all day and it has been fine. That being said my main smokes are twist tobaccos so I have a good tolerance and experience with this type of tobacco. There was NO bite with any of the times that I have smoked it. So it is smooth and cool in that sense.
I would recommend this to anyone. The rope is big and thick so it is easier to rub out and prepare. It does have an odd tin note and the room note is little bit odd. Not unpleasant but not odd.
Now the important part. The flavour. What can I say, this is a nice tobacco. Very deep earthy Virginia flavours come through, these are followed by a sweet smokey apricot (to me anyway) Virginia taste. Once you breath out and smack the roof of your mouth with your tongue or retrohail you get nice cigar/coffee tones. I was massively surprised with how pleasant the combination of leafs has been. There is a lot of vitamin N but it is manageable, i had some black coffee with a sugar in it and it kept it at bay in the main. I have been smoking it all day and it has been fine. That being said my main smokes are twist tobaccos so I have a good tolerance and experience with this type of tobacco. There was NO bite with any of the times that I have smoked it. So it is smooth and cool in that sense.
I would recommend this to anyone. The rope is big and thick so it is easier to rub out and prepare. It does have an odd tin note and the room note is little bit odd. Not unpleasant but not odd.
Pipe Used:
Corn cob
PurchasedFrom:
My smoking shop
Age When Smoked:
New
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 11, 2020 | Strong | Extremely Mild | Very Full | Strong |
Brown #4 is an awesome tobacco.
Presentation is of two curled up Pomeranian turds crammed into a tin. This isn’t a joke, it looks like sh*t in a can.
It comes wet and oily.
Tin note, as others have stated, is hard to define...but the Kentucky is there in spades right off the top.
As far as my favorite preparation method, I like to take a cigar cutter and snip off coins about 1/8” thick, rub them out, and then do a little tearing and mixing of the longer strands until I have a nice-if uneven-ribbon, then set it out to dry for about 30 minutes. I don’t like this stuff too dry, but it needs a little bit of airing to take and hold a light well. I find the flavor is best for me if it’s still a bit oily to the touch. Since I’m currently working from an old jar that has dried a little, I will say that things may be different from a new tin and it could require some more drying to your taste, but personally I recommend not going TOO far with the drying out.
Right off the bat, I find that just like the tin note, the Kentucky is front and center. That lovely Smokey, sweetly floral, reminiscent of BBQ flavor hits like a freight train. The Virginia is there but its role is to break the edges off the powerful DFK-I can sense a muted sweetness, hard to pinpoint but an essential element to keep things tasty and out of the torture realm.
Things stay this way for about half the bowl, then the cigar leaf shows it’s face in a creaminess and, for me at least, subtle spice notes that meld more and more into the DFK-taking the Dark Fired’s woodsy smoke farther into the background and accentuating the sweeter, floral side of things. Here, the Virginia also becomes a louder player-I can’t pick out many subtleties attributed specifically to it other than a general sense of sweetness amplified.
Originally, I didn’t know this blend contained cigar leaf, and assumed this flavor shift was just due to the Virginia “stoving” a bit as I smoked-and I’m sure that that aspect does play a part, but now that I see there IS cigar leaf in here, I can pick it up in the smoke.
The smoke is remarkably cool, but if horsed a little too much I can sometimes get an ammonia-like flavor, just like with a cigar smoked a little too hot-so I recommend going a bit slow with this one, but not being too conscious of speed as this stuff seems forgiving in that regard.
The nicotine-yes. If you’re sensitive, smoke on a full stomach and go slow, because this blend has plenty.
#4 isn’t a smoke I reach for often. I have one jar left, and it’s pushing ten years old. Since Gawith is getting so hard to come by these days, I want to save and savor what I’ve got, for as long as I can.
Presentation is of two curled up Pomeranian turds crammed into a tin. This isn’t a joke, it looks like sh*t in a can.
It comes wet and oily.
Tin note, as others have stated, is hard to define...but the Kentucky is there in spades right off the top.
As far as my favorite preparation method, I like to take a cigar cutter and snip off coins about 1/8” thick, rub them out, and then do a little tearing and mixing of the longer strands until I have a nice-if uneven-ribbon, then set it out to dry for about 30 minutes. I don’t like this stuff too dry, but it needs a little bit of airing to take and hold a light well. I find the flavor is best for me if it’s still a bit oily to the touch. Since I’m currently working from an old jar that has dried a little, I will say that things may be different from a new tin and it could require some more drying to your taste, but personally I recommend not going TOO far with the drying out.
Right off the bat, I find that just like the tin note, the Kentucky is front and center. That lovely Smokey, sweetly floral, reminiscent of BBQ flavor hits like a freight train. The Virginia is there but its role is to break the edges off the powerful DFK-I can sense a muted sweetness, hard to pinpoint but an essential element to keep things tasty and out of the torture realm.
Things stay this way for about half the bowl, then the cigar leaf shows it’s face in a creaminess and, for me at least, subtle spice notes that meld more and more into the DFK-taking the Dark Fired’s woodsy smoke farther into the background and accentuating the sweeter, floral side of things. Here, the Virginia also becomes a louder player-I can’t pick out many subtleties attributed specifically to it other than a general sense of sweetness amplified.
Originally, I didn’t know this blend contained cigar leaf, and assumed this flavor shift was just due to the Virginia “stoving” a bit as I smoked-and I’m sure that that aspect does play a part, but now that I see there IS cigar leaf in here, I can pick it up in the smoke.
The smoke is remarkably cool, but if horsed a little too much I can sometimes get an ammonia-like flavor, just like with a cigar smoked a little too hot-so I recommend going a bit slow with this one, but not being too conscious of speed as this stuff seems forgiving in that regard.
The nicotine-yes. If you’re sensitive, smoke on a full stomach and go slow, because this blend has plenty.
#4 isn’t a smoke I reach for often. I have one jar left, and it’s pushing ten years old. Since Gawith is getting so hard to come by these days, I want to save and savor what I’ve got, for as long as I can.
Pipe Used:
Briars, Cobs of all description
PurchasedFrom:
4noggins, JoVann’s Cleveland
Age When Smoked:
New-10 years
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 2017 | Strong | None Detected | Full | Tolerable to Strong |
A rather thin twist/rope compared to the Motzek ones. I got granted a generous sample of this by a pipe friend along with 11 other UK and US blends, and even tho Brown No. 4 is also available here, I wanted to dig into this one first. Came back from (evening-)school, wanted a smooth nightcap, grabbed for Brown No. 4.
The note from the bag is nice. Little smoky, cigar-ish and earthy-woody. Even tho this was a sample from a cracked tin, it could make use of some drying time! But oh well..that's the (former) purpose of twists and ropes...keeping the tobacco fresh for long(er) times.
Contrary to Black XX (which is said to be just harsh and one-dimensional) this one has a better reputation and I see why people like this rope! It has some decent strenght to it, from the first puffs on. But also some smooth, creamy taste! Cigar-notes from the first puffs, creamy, spicy and woodsy. Also some decent earthiness, with a minor sweetness in the background this is very tasty and reminds me a lot of Tom´s White Twist (White Burley, Perique, Virginia) with its nutty-sweetness in the back, this one also has. Also a little dark fruits in the back.
This is really, really close to Tom´s White Twist by Motzek! And I love White Twist! I'd love this one too, if it wasn't that pricey...16,50€ for 50g...whilst Motzek Twists cost 19€ per 100g I don't have a hard time chossing White Twist over this one, but really only because of the price! If it was cheaper, I'd buy some tins and add this to my rotation. Like this I'll have to treat it as a "rare candy" by times.
Better to be puffed slow, not only because of its strenght, but also as the flavors are quite fragile when puffed too fast. It can get hars and bitter when puffed like a train.....but if you take it slow and smooth, you'll get surprised by tasteful Not most complex, but solid and honest.
Well done SG! Deserves 4 stars to me.
The note from the bag is nice. Little smoky, cigar-ish and earthy-woody. Even tho this was a sample from a cracked tin, it could make use of some drying time! But oh well..that's the (former) purpose of twists and ropes...keeping the tobacco fresh for long(er) times.
Contrary to Black XX (which is said to be just harsh and one-dimensional) this one has a better reputation and I see why people like this rope! It has some decent strenght to it, from the first puffs on. But also some smooth, creamy taste! Cigar-notes from the first puffs, creamy, spicy and woodsy. Also some decent earthiness, with a minor sweetness in the background this is very tasty and reminds me a lot of Tom´s White Twist (White Burley, Perique, Virginia) with its nutty-sweetness in the back, this one also has. Also a little dark fruits in the back.
This is really, really close to Tom´s White Twist by Motzek! And I love White Twist! I'd love this one too, if it wasn't that pricey...16,50€ for 50g...whilst Motzek Twists cost 19€ per 100g I don't have a hard time chossing White Twist over this one, but really only because of the price! If it was cheaper, I'd buy some tins and add this to my rotation. Like this I'll have to treat it as a "rare candy" by times.
Better to be puffed slow, not only because of its strenght, but also as the flavors are quite fragile when puffed too fast. It can get hars and bitter when puffed like a train.....but if you take it slow and smooth, you'll get surprised by tasteful Not most complex, but solid and honest.
Well done SG! Deserves 4 stars to me.
Pipe Used:
Clay Pipes
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 08, 2016 | Strong | None Detected | Very Full | Tolerable to Strong |
I love this stuff. Powerful and mellow!
Just buy it, and smoke this! You will never be disappointed.
I really hope I can buy 500g package again...in somewhere...
Just buy it, and smoke this! You will never be disappointed.
I really hope I can buy 500g package again...in somewhere...
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 26, 2016 | Strong | None Detected | Very Full | Very Strong |
Ok, this is a fine tobacco. No argue about that. But be aware of what is going to happen when someone offers a pinch of this one. It feels like some big fat cat is sitting on your chest, while flames are coming out of your ears along with hick ups. It is not easy, it is not tolerable, but it feels good once in a while to challenge yourself. I had to fire it up several times, but it burns really smooth. I liked it!
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 15, 2013 | Extremely Strong | None Detected | Medium to Full | Pleasant to Tolerable |
A delicious natural rope, slow to burn. Yes, the N is on the high side, but fortunately I have some small pipes to smoke it in. When I want a larger bowl, I just mix in a little Prince Albert. A good introduction to ropes or if you want a fairly unflavored smoke.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jul 23, 2013 | Extremely Strong | Strong | Extra Full | Very Pleasant |
This Lovely Neutral Tobacco But I told you this is really strong i never been smoke something strong like this. 1972 Flake is really medium tobacco next to it
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 09, 2013 | Very Strong | None Detected | Very Full | Strong |
Brown Rope No. 4 is just like any other pipe tobacco, only more so.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Nov 20, 2011 | Extremely Strong | None Detected | Extra Full | Very Strong |
Wow--great stuff! I love to mix with Sail green for a potent smoke. Not for everyone, but you know what I mean. This is the bhut jolokia of tobaccos...
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Oct 16, 2011 | Very Strong | Extremely Mild | Very Full | Tolerable |
Folks, this one is simply unique. It is strong, beefy, earthy and greets you with a bunch of smoke you feel as if you are down a steam refinery in the early 1900. After all this ain't no joke, really strong but tolerable if you care to puff slowly...but it isn't that easy especially if you don't allow it to dry a little.
Great stuff, indeed to be smoked alone and exceptional if you mean to use it to harden another mixture. I use it even with some of the few aromatics I smoke and it works well, because its earthy full taste doesn't battle with any other flavour. Some floreal scents are present too, as the bowl goes down.
Plus I love the smell and let me say I don't care, just for this one, about room note or people around me. This is simply the Nicotine bomb you'd expect to smoke in a Tim Burton's movie typical village.
Highly recommended.
Great stuff, indeed to be smoked alone and exceptional if you mean to use it to harden another mixture. I use it even with some of the few aromatics I smoke and it works well, because its earthy full taste doesn't battle with any other flavour. Some floreal scents are present too, as the bowl goes down.
Plus I love the smell and let me say I don't care, just for this one, about room note or people around me. This is simply the Nicotine bomb you'd expect to smoke in a Tim Burton's movie typical village.
Highly recommended.
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