Samuel Gawith Brown Rope No. 4 Whiskey

The best Whiskey tobacco blend I ever smoked. Nice and strong with a huge belt of whiskey flavoring. I do admit that slow smoking was required to keep the flavor at its highest level without adding a little harshness. But, I do find that most of the Gawith ropes will heat up and offer harshness if the puffing cadence is stepped up past a tip-toe. Ride your horse carefully while smoking this one because the nicotine content could make you lose your grip on the saddle.

Pipestud

Very smooth, heavy, strong, use the coffee grinder after coining and re-soaking in more whisky and drying, most often mix with 50% Perique. Little lady actually likes the room note. Sipped and smoked very slowly. Burns well if dried enough, with just one or two lights. Excellent in the late evening...

Sample 5/12 from a briar-brother from the UK! My 2nd SG Twist so far (No. 4 was my first).

The scent from the sample bag is heavenly. Earthy, smoky, with a decent malty-whiskey aroma to it that also has a slight sweetness to it.

Comes pretty moist and needs some 1-3 hours of drying time. But be aware, the more you'll dry it out, the more the Whiskey aroma will fade! Medium thick rope, dark colors with very few bright speckles and a joy to handle, as every rope/twist tobacco.

I loved Brown No. 4 (but not the price of it....16,50€ per 50g...too much!), and Brown No. 4 Whiskey Rope is just as good. It offers lots of earth, some smoky-wood and cigar-ish notes with a minor nutty-sweetness. The Whiskey enhances the nutty quality, and gives it a malty aroma, without adding any alcohol-ish notes (luckyily for me, as I hate alcohol, both in taste and its effects!).

Does it taste like Whiskey? Maybe...I'm not a alcohol-drinker and there for no Whiskey Connoiseur, but I have drank some Whiskeys in my youth days and know its taste...I really only get malty qualities by Whiskey flavored tobaccos, which I really love and appreciate. Compared to other Irish Whiskey by Peterson, No. 4 Whiskey Rope is MUCH, MUCH better! Bold and intense flavors, refined with the Whiskey-ish aroma, this is a wonderful smoke! Has to be smoked slowly to enjoy it most and prevent it getting harsh and bitey! But if you take your time - and mind on this tobacco, if you love a strong, hearty smoke...youl'll love No. 4 Whiskey Twist by Samuel Gawith!

Yet to me, this is only 3,5 stars, as I found the "normal" Brown No. 4 a tad better than this one. This may well be a 4-star worthy blend for some tho!

This is very dark brown tobacco twisted into a rope about the thickness of George Foreman's thumb. It has a sort of fermented, malty smell. The cigar cutter works well for trimming some flakes which I then rub out a little before packing. This is very strong tobacco in the dark, English flake sense. The addition of the whiskey adds a unique flavor, not exactly of whiskey but of something medicinal. It has got plenty of nicotine and it is strong. When you swallow, the residual juices may hit your stomach in a way that will remind you of the experience of sucking on your grandfather's pipe when you were seven or eight. This is not your father's tobacco. It is probably your grandfather's tobacco if he worked in England's coal mines a half century ago. This tobacco is not for the aromatic lover, the berry tobacco lover or the sweet, mild, effete tobacco lover. You will need to bring a cast iron gut to the proceedings and a high tolerance for nicotine. I think you could develop a real taste for this tobacco, and it does go well with Guinness, always a good test of fine tobacco. I recommend this as an interesting change of pace, a return to the days of yesteryear. Paddy.