Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. Bob's Square Cut
(2.91)
A complex blend of Virginias from Brazil, Zimbabwe, and Malawi, enhanced with the addition of 8% sun-cured leaf for sweetness, 8% latakia for the character and coolness, and 2% Malawi burley for body. It is then pressed into bricks and sliced into flake form, then sliced again into small squares for easy filling. The addition of cocoa, chocolate, and vanilla essence only adds more character to an already outstanding tobacco. The resultant flake is cool burning, nicely rounded and provides superb room aroma and fantastic flavors for the smoker.
Notes: A fine cut mixture of Virginia, latakia and burley tobaccos, with chocolate, cocoa and vanilla flavorings. This is a similar blend to Bob's Chocolate Flake, but with a different cut and slightly different flavorings.
Details
| Brand | Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. |
| Blended By | Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. |
| Manufactured By | Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. |
| Blend Type | Aromatic |
| Contents | Burley, Latakia, Virginia |
| Flavoring | Cocoa / Chocolate, Vanilla |
| Cut | Broken Flake |
| Packaging | Bulk |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Mild to Medium
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium to Full
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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2.91 / 4
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Reviews
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| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Aug 13, 2008 | Medium | Mild to Medium | Medium to Full | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Definitely NOT Bob's Chocolate Flake in different format. I have the "unscented" Square Cut...God help us if the "scented" version is stronger than this.
Tin aroma is a strong reminder of Wilson's Tom Buck and F&T's Seville Snuffs and Earl Grey Tea...I think it's Bergamot. A good airing out and drying help diminish the strength of this topping.
Rubs out easily, and I recommend this over the fold and stuff method. It does burn faster but the scenting makes a more rapid exit.
On initial light I am hit with a strong pine/cedar scent. Surprising, but not unpleasant. This settles down quickly to a spicy, sharp flavor with hints of citrus and lavendar. Mid-bowl the sweetness asserts itself from the Virginias, and a more natural tobacco flavor comes through with the burley barely showing up. Not bad, not good. An occasional smoke. I may toast some of this in a low oven to see if that helps eliminate some of the questionable flavors and aromas.
Tin aroma is a strong reminder of Wilson's Tom Buck and F&T's Seville Snuffs and Earl Grey Tea...I think it's Bergamot. A good airing out and drying help diminish the strength of this topping.
Rubs out easily, and I recommend this over the fold and stuff method. It does burn faster but the scenting makes a more rapid exit.
On initial light I am hit with a strong pine/cedar scent. Surprising, but not unpleasant. This settles down quickly to a spicy, sharp flavor with hints of citrus and lavendar. Mid-bowl the sweetness asserts itself from the Virginias, and a more natural tobacco flavor comes through with the burley barely showing up. Not bad, not good. An occasional smoke. I may toast some of this in a low oven to see if that helps eliminate some of the questionable flavors and aromas.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Mar 24, 2007 | Medium | Very Mild | Medium to Full | Tolerable to Strong |
Notes: Recently opened a tin from 1998, and it does improve with age. My comments reflect this, as well as fresher vintages of Bob?s Square Cut. Tried this in a variety of pipes, and find it best in a small-bowled Ashton briar.
Appearance: Firmly pressed squares a centimeter or two in size. Typical square cut, this one seems to be made of dark and steamed Virginias, reddish brown to dark brown in color, with some whitish dried topping essence applied lightly. It rubs out with extreme difficulty, and I succeeded only in making it sort of crumble a bit rather than rub out to a ribbon.
Aroma: Walnuts, vinegar, smoke, dark Virginia tobacco, plums, bitter Baker?s chocolate.
Taste: Austere. This reminds me of the renaissance in the German cinema of the 1980?s: Spartan, severe, smugly subdued hostility. A vaguely hollow smoke with occasional plum notes. Clear flavor of dark and steamed Virginia tobacco, unadulterated and naked to the palate. ?It must taste only of smoke!? I imagine the blender thinking, ?it must give no enjoyment, and it must bite ? but only a little, so that the smoker knows he is still alive!?
Comparisons: Like Will?s Capstan Flake, but darker and drained of sweetness. Like Ogden?s St. Bruno?s without the mellow warmth and smoothness. Like Bell?s Three Nuns without the subtle complexity.
Bottom Line: The naked smoke. Tired of flavor and sweetness getting in the way? Enjoy latakia monster blends, but your tongue can?t tolerate latakia? For those seeking a minimally flavored dark leaf nutty Virginia flake, try this one!
Appearance: Firmly pressed squares a centimeter or two in size. Typical square cut, this one seems to be made of dark and steamed Virginias, reddish brown to dark brown in color, with some whitish dried topping essence applied lightly. It rubs out with extreme difficulty, and I succeeded only in making it sort of crumble a bit rather than rub out to a ribbon.
Aroma: Walnuts, vinegar, smoke, dark Virginia tobacco, plums, bitter Baker?s chocolate.
Taste: Austere. This reminds me of the renaissance in the German cinema of the 1980?s: Spartan, severe, smugly subdued hostility. A vaguely hollow smoke with occasional plum notes. Clear flavor of dark and steamed Virginia tobacco, unadulterated and naked to the palate. ?It must taste only of smoke!? I imagine the blender thinking, ?it must give no enjoyment, and it must bite ? but only a little, so that the smoker knows he is still alive!?
Comparisons: Like Will?s Capstan Flake, but darker and drained of sweetness. Like Ogden?s St. Bruno?s without the mellow warmth and smoothness. Like Bell?s Three Nuns without the subtle complexity.
Bottom Line: The naked smoke. Tired of flavor and sweetness getting in the way? Enjoy latakia monster blends, but your tongue can?t tolerate latakia? For those seeking a minimally flavored dark leaf nutty Virginia flake, try this one!
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 06, 2022 | Medium | Medium | Medium to Full | Pleasant |
This tobacco has a nutty and nice roast and woodsy character, but the addition of the flavouring let it down. I personally do not dislike most of the casing or other flavourings GH uses to manufacture their products, but this particular one fell a bit too much on the aromatic side of things. To put it simply, I did not hate it, but I did not love it either. If they had an unscented option of it I would probably try again, but not as it is.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 09, 2021 | Medium | Medium | Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Preparation & Burn: 5/10 A bit moist. Square flakes that are fairly pliable though. Burns fairly cool, not much bite. A few more re-lights than I prefer.
Taste: 11/20 It's decent, but doesn't stand out as anything special. Smells like window cleaner, but I don't mind that! Tastes like lat+choc+lakeland-essence. Well balanced despite being kind of boring.
Mildness: 9/10 My idea of a good smoke is a relaxing, low nicotine session. Therefore, the milder the better. Not much nicotine.
Total: 25/40
Taste: 11/20 It's decent, but doesn't stand out as anything special. Smells like window cleaner, but I don't mind that! Tastes like lat+choc+lakeland-essence. Well balanced despite being kind of boring.
Mildness: 9/10 My idea of a good smoke is a relaxing, low nicotine session. Therefore, the milder the better. Not much nicotine.
Total: 25/40
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