Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. American Blend Cherry & Vanilla
(2.88)
Red burleys with cavendished Virginias cased and top dressed. Exceptionally light, sweet, smooth vanilla flavour, a top note of fresh, ripe cherries.
Notes: From the G&H Catalogue: Exceptionally light, sweet, smooth vanilla flavour combine with a top-note of fresh, ripe cherries. An excellent pipe tobacco for both new and more experienced smokers. The pleasant room aroma will make the smoker popular wherever they choose to smoke their pipe.
Due to EU regulations, this is now sold in those countries as "American C&V".
Details
| Brand | Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. |
| Blended By | Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. |
| Manufactured By | Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. |
| Blend Type | Aromatic |
| Contents | Burley, Cavendish |
| Flavoring | Cherry, Vanilla |
| Cut | Coarse Cut |
| Packaging | Bulk |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Mild to Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Mild to Medium
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Mild to Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Reviews
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Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2015 | Mild to Medium | Medium | Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
The burley is nutty sweet with some earth and wood as the lead component. The Virginia cavendish is a little grassy with a touch of tart and tangy citrus in a back up role, and often not very noticeable. Not sure if the black cavendish is vanilla sweetened, but I think not, mainly due to the sugar content. Everything plays second fiddle to the toppings. The cherry is smooth, and fruity sweet with no chemical taste. The vanilla plays a strong supporting role, but kind of weakens near the finish, as does the cherry. The strength is a step past the center of mild to medium. The taste is medium. The nic-hit is just past the mild mark. Burns cool and clean at a reasonable rate with a mostly consistent sweet flavor. It needs to smoked at a moderate pace or you risk a little tongue bite. Needs some dry time, and leaves some moisture in the bowl. Requires an average number of relights. Has a short lived, pleasant after taste and room note. Two and a half stars.
-JimInks
-JimInks
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 2016 | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Pleasant |
There are various descriptions of this blend and they are all different. The above description says it contains "Red Burleys with cavendished Virginias". SmokingPipes (where I bought it) says "is comprised of various Virginia varieties". PipesandCigars says "sweet, golden Virginias and a soft, smooth black Cavendish". Looks and tastes to me like PipesandCigars is correct, but I've been fooled before so I could be wrong. Anyway....
What I'm assuming is Black Cav has the biggest input as far as tobacco flavor goes. What looks to be golden Virginias has only a minor input. The vanilla is the stronger added flavoring and the cherry is complimentary to that. The cherry fades a bit as the bowl progresses leaving what taste like your basic black cav/vanilla flavor. It's a fairly pleasant smoke, but it's a long way from 4 stars for my taste. 2 seems right.
This is mild to medium all the way around. Burns quite well.
What I'm assuming is Black Cav has the biggest input as far as tobacco flavor goes. What looks to be golden Virginias has only a minor input. The vanilla is the stronger added flavoring and the cherry is complimentary to that. The cherry fades a bit as the bowl progresses leaving what taste like your basic black cav/vanilla flavor. It's a fairly pleasant smoke, but it's a long way from 4 stars for my taste. 2 seems right.
This is mild to medium all the way around. Burns quite well.
Pipe Used:
Chacom cutty, MM Little Devil Acorn, MM Dwarf
PurchasedFrom:
smokingpipes.com
Age When Smoked:
fresh bulk
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2016 | Mild to Medium | Mild | Mild to Medium | Pleasant |
Not quite sure why I bought this particular blend, it's just that I was making an order of several blends in my nearest B&M shop to try and this one brought the tally up to a nice round 6, besides, I rather like both cherries & vanilla.
Back at base I dug out a freshly refurbed International Selection sandblasted billiard estate pipe and opened the packet. An equal mix of jet black and dark tan flakes that had a sweet aroma though I can't swear I smelled either cherry or vanilla. Rather moist & very sticky, packing was a breeze.
It took several lights to get this particular party underway so note to self...let it air for an hour or so. Initial flavour was strangely mushroomy, a first for me in a tobacco but certainly not cherry nor vanilla. In fact at no time during the smoke did I detect either of these 'flavourings'. Only mid bowl (after a couple of relights) did I start to actually enjoy this blend. At this point I was smoking a medium tasting tobacco with nothing in particular in terms of 'flavour', just mild tobacco.
Will I buy this again? No, I doubt I will, in fact I shall give it a couple more goes over the next few days then dump it in my bailtop jar where my Dunhill Nightcap and my Erinmore Balkan Mixture reside in the vain hope that something enjoyable might one day emerge. (This jar is where I dump my none too favourable purchasing errors).
Certainly glad I tried it but it's just not for me. Two stars only from this piper. Let's hope the other five I bought today have a little more to tickle my fancy.
Back at base I dug out a freshly refurbed International Selection sandblasted billiard estate pipe and opened the packet. An equal mix of jet black and dark tan flakes that had a sweet aroma though I can't swear I smelled either cherry or vanilla. Rather moist & very sticky, packing was a breeze.
It took several lights to get this particular party underway so note to self...let it air for an hour or so. Initial flavour was strangely mushroomy, a first for me in a tobacco but certainly not cherry nor vanilla. In fact at no time during the smoke did I detect either of these 'flavourings'. Only mid bowl (after a couple of relights) did I start to actually enjoy this blend. At this point I was smoking a medium tasting tobacco with nothing in particular in terms of 'flavour', just mild tobacco.
Will I buy this again? No, I doubt I will, in fact I shall give it a couple more goes over the next few days then dump it in my bailtop jar where my Dunhill Nightcap and my Erinmore Balkan Mixture reside in the vain hope that something enjoyable might one day emerge. (This jar is where I dump my none too favourable purchasing errors).
Certainly glad I tried it but it's just not for me. Two stars only from this piper. Let's hope the other five I bought today have a little more to tickle my fancy.
Pipe Used:
International Selection billiard.
PurchasedFrom:
Harvey's of Redruth, Cornwall.
Age When Smoked:
Fresh.
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