Samuel Gawith Grousemoor

Gawith tobaccos seem to be uneven. Some, like BBF, FVF or SL, are very good, in terms of their consistency and of the clarity of their flavour (e.g.: straight Virginia or good, strong Latakia). I find others to have an indefinable quality, in the sense that one does not know exactly what the stuff your smoking is made of.

IMO, Grousemoore (togehter with Perfection) is one of them. It purports to be a kind of Virginia blend, with a slight aroma. I couldn't make out neither. Some reviews question the "soapy" taste of many a British tobacco. In this case, it is not so much a soapy taste, but a sour-sweet concoction that pervades whatever tobacco there may be in this blend, effectivel turning it (at least for me) into something I cannot smoke.

At worst, it reminds me of something called Palladin Black Cherry; at best, it is akin to Erinmore mixture (i.e, a pineapple gone bad).

I am not an aromatic person so my apologies for dooming this one! This blend looks great and smells wonderfully but waaaaaayyyy too strong! It reminds me of the Old Spice perfume! When it comes to smoking it has an earthy and heavy floral taste! I bet the casing involved shoveling earth and flora otherwise it just doesn't make any sense! As with all the Gawiths its quite wet and needs some drying. But still it will smell like after shave or creamsoap! If you like herbal staff and you feel adventurous yeah go and buy some. To smoke this (as with the Black Cherry) I had to tame it down with some squadron leader.. I love Gawith flakes and blends but this one it did crossed the line..

OH MY GOD! THIS IS EXACTLY LIKE SMOOKING A PERFUME. Impossible to find any tobacco taste. It is a really strange aromatic Virginia. Inebriating. This tobacco (smell and taste) seems like a woman’s perfume (essence). A wonderful long – lasting fragrance, also for cupboards (believe me). Strong, persistent and highly scented. Flowers? Not only, lemon for example, but it is quite impossible identify the single scented ingredients. When you open the tin you can perceive notes of talcum powder, face powder and cosmetic products (and not lemon grass). Anyway this is not a classic Lakeland tobacco. It is different and it’s impossible to classify it. I’m sure Samuel Gawith wanted to surprise and amaze us and personally I am really shocked from this one. Samuel Gawith is particularly good in making strange and unusual tobaccos (for example Brown No. 4 and Black XX). Unfortunately in my personal system rating (from 1 to 10) my score is 3 and only a star because in my opinion smoking pipe tobacco is not smoking women’s perfumes.

I did not know what to expect when I opened the tin, but not this. Cheap perfume, or maybe a floral potpurri. The taste is very dry and the soapy smell fills your mouth. It says aromatic on the lid, and in my vocabulary it means rather sweet VA, maybe toasted burley, cavendish and so. Not this dry perfumed stuff. I really hope that I haven't ruined my thirty year old Peterson.

Why would you want to smoke "pledge" (lemon scented furniture polish)?

Seriously, I dont get this one. Its unique, I'll give it that. A new flavor in aros. Not sticky sweet.

But all I can think is that I'm smoking pledge. Even the tin note smells like lemon polish. If I wanted to huff pledge, I think I can buy a can from target. I'm stumped.

RECOMMENDED, SURE, BUT PLEASE PAY ATTENTION ! I'm not a fan of SG - the wettest tobaccos in the world - but a friend of mine pushed me in a try of this Grousemoor. I admit try was good enough to have more of it: gold appearance, wet (yes, wet wet) thin-cut leaves, wonderful fruity aroma and optimal packing, lighting and smoking. So I decided to buy a couple of tins... and THAT WAS MY MISTAKE, since even if well vacuum-proof, both tins once opened showed all another stuff: gold AND BROWNY ROUGH-cut leaves. It can be the time it has been cellared: vacuum and humidity were ok, and as far as I know leaves do not change their consistency even after ages. At worst they become dry and darker, but this is not the case. In addition, I can still smell fruitiness, but aroma changed in some way into a sort of incensed smell: let me say, I purchased another tobacco... which I do not recognize, not being a fan of SG. Not smoked yet because I'm afraid of what I'd meet - in terms of sensation AND health too. So I'll definitely give up with such Brand, and this explains my poor star. Sure, I can ask to change both tins, and I'll do: with another brand!

I don't know what to make of this. It really tastes like it was soaked in a chemical bath...not good chemicals mind you. A blend doesn't have to have tons of latakia or stoved VAs for me to like it, but it does have to taste good. The oddly floral aroma and flavoring of this blend were simply...well...very bad and this is being kindly. The worst SG blend I have tried.

* Awful, never again! // ** I can smoke it, I won't buy it // *** Quite good, worth trying // **** Must-have, I'm happy

The most horrible tobacco I ever smoked. I had to give it away. The lakeland flower essence it carries is totally disgusting. I'm sure I'm going to die without having smoked it again