Samuel Gawith Grousemoor

I foolishly picked Grousemoor up because it looked like the sort of tobacco one might smoke while hiking. I've been trying various blends to find one that will work well in a small pipe while hiking in Alaska. This ain't it! Maybe it has some good qualities, but in spite of the cover showing men wandering the moor, it is NOT a good idea to shove a wad in your hiking pipe and light up. I was badly burned and the taste overpowered me, I tried to puff more lightly but when moving over rough country with my hands full of a stick, a shotgun and a dog that's not very easy. I'm going to come back to it later after I heal. Maybe it would work well in something with a long, long stem.

Old fashioned stuff, smells of burnt figs or prunes. I'll take it to the dump to mask the odor...not my style! This poor stuff required 7 pipe cleaners to keep my Sasieni from gurgling, and as many relights. I cry foul at the moistness and perfume of this weed. I then proceeded to smoke a bowl of Three Friars (see review) and thought it was so refreshing to have something from last century to contrast! Now that stuff is good!

Neither fish nor fowl. I doubt the light dusting of floral taste and scent here will appease the Lakeland afficionado, while it will most likely deter the Virginia smoker out experimenting. Smoked slowly, this tobacco is sweet and cool, and most, not all, of the flavoring agent dissipates after about a third of a bowl. I don't mind this tobacco, too much, although I don't care for the floral taste. I may smoke a bowl here and there in the future, but I won't stock this, and at the rate I'm smoking it, my second 50-gram tin seems likely to last the rest of my natural life.

In short, Grousemoore should be named ?Urinal Mint?... because it?s exactly how I imagine one would taste.

Upon initial lighting, I immediately knew ?something wicked this way comes?. The smoke extinguished once after the char light; I think my pipe was actually protesting. I foolishly re-lit.

Shortly thereafter, I found myself fumbling for my trusty pipe tool, which handily dug the mixture out and ended my suffering. I can therefore only mention how the first 10 minutes [of what would have been an hour of torture] burned - dry and even. I?m therefore certain that anyone who favors the flavor of urea & menthol will enjoy a clean smoke all the way to the bottom of the bowl [pun intended].

To think this abomination came from the same blender as the great Squadron Leader is ponderous.

Holy Hell!

Spring in the air? MMM, that's what I was waiting for, well something arrived. The tobacco is a golden hue, from the processing I believe and a mixture of flavor, wasn't sure of the mixture, couldn't put my finger on it, certainly not to be compared to the english "soapy" flavor. I haven't read anything positive about this blend, and so I waited, and waited, until the time was right. The tobacco needed some air, that is a long flight from Cumbria, anyway, packed well and charring took off. A mixture of flavors is right, with each puff I detected something different, not the moor, or even dogs on the moor, well I proceeded to smoke and wait,mmmmm, nothing yet, halfway down, ok, almost a candy essence, something not familar with most, I'm sure, well I'm approaching the bottom and with the exception of cornicopia of flavors, out, that's it. The tobacco burns well, and it looks good too, but this isn't a tobacco beauty contest. This will be good for some, but it's not english, in the traditional sense, and not a scented flake. You be the judge.