Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. Happy (Brown) Bogie Unsliced

Potent. Delicious. A bit peculiar.

Recieved an ounce of this along with another GH twist. Have tried and liked SG Black XXX twist, so I had to try a brown twist. Yes, it looks like a turd.

Sliced into 1/16 inch disks and rubbed out. Really pissed off my wife by using a "good" cutting board and one of the Henkels knives. Let dry on table overnight until dry but not crunchy. I expected it to be potent, so I packed it into my smallest bowl- a small filtered prince.

Nice, true tobacco flavor from first light. Even, clean burn. Substantial bluish smoke. Smooth and biteless. Wonderful nose notes- almost maduro cigar scent. Reminds me a bit of a Parodi or DeNobili dark italian style stogie. Then the nicotine hits after about 5 minutes (and I'm not a nicotine lightweight), wow! Cottonmouth, throat tightens and a bit of heartburn. Put the bowl down! Sipped on a pint of iced tea and watched the rest of the Bigfoot show. Lit it up again- this time the flavor is SO much nicer and even delicately fragrant. Once again about 5 minutes into it- cottonmouth and a little N rush that I haven't really felt since chuffing down Lucky Strike Unfilterds in the boys room between classes in high school...

I like this stuff. Drug tobacco for the masses. Probably would be great for a night of drinking hard spirits or dark and bitter beers.

Even this little bowl is a bit to big for this stuff-just too much drug delivery- will try it in a corncob pony or maybe one of my small clay pipes that get too hot. Or perhaps I'll dig out thos chunks of pipe shaped cherry branches that I've been hiding in the garage and actually fashion a 1/2 inch diameter deep bowl pipe that I'll use just for this stuff...

I'll definately be ordering more of this. Definately a primo choice for those doing the cigarette to pipe thing. Jeeze, this might me the only tobacco that I hide in my marsh shack next to that bottle of bourbon for end of the world use...why not.

Certainly recommended...

Same as Brown Irish X (Brown Irish Twist). Extremely excellent strong stand alone, or as a top end blending agent. It's a helluvalot more convenient for prep because the rope size is 2/3 less the width. The positive consideration for the aforementioned fat lovely rope is that it's width allows for moisture retention that will age nicely in glass jars for at least 30+ years, and like fine wine, ONLY GETS BETTER! Providing you and I live long enough to enjoy the outcome. At that point, we could only hope that family members/friends have the good fortune to inherent such a curious thing, and the knowledge that would allow it's privileged pleasure.

Anyway, I love this stuff. It is for the experienced smoker. See my review for Brown Irish Twist, and you'll have my review for this super little twist.

I Tried this purely out of curiosity. I tried black bogie, which I quite liked. So I thought I'd give this one a go, knowing it is stronger. There are some nice flavours that come through in this tobacco, which have stopped me throwing it away. But this is just too strong and way too harsh for my liking. Might smoke it occasionally to see if it grows on me, but I doubt it will.

Once you get past the smell, you've got it licked.

Once sliced, rubbed and dried a bit, it lights easily and produces clouds of white smoke and a good nicotine hit. It just doesn't seem to taste like much.

It does make a fine chew, and I think I may grind some into nasal snuff.

Very plain, very strong. Somehow more plain and bland overall than brown Irish, but also vaguely spiced, with a set of fleeting flavors that i can only describe as petroleum-adjacent. No fruit, nothing green or fresh or bright. No smokiness or sweetness. Sliced into thick coins and roughly chopped and rubbed out, it burns well enough with no dry time. Still requires more effort to light and more relights than most tobaccos. I highly recommend you try it, some people will love it, but probably more will hate it. Worth knowing where you land, but don't start off buying a pound of it.

Like all Gawith Hoggart tobacco there is an obvious and fast quality degradation with this tobacco, it lost its intensity and amount of nicotine. I think it should be a problem with the crop or the process of tobacco leaves as it fade out. What I don't like is the fact that this company deny it totally and the prices increase. My review is over 25 words..lol

Package note of barbecue, earth and mild ripe fruit. The wet 1/2-inch-thick rope is brown and darker brown and needs slicing into thin coins (with a razor or thin sharp knife) and rubbed out to get the fastest drying time. Burn is slow and requires numerous relights. The strength is very strong and nic is strong. No flavoring detected. Taste is full and consistent, with notes earthy spicy cigar, wood, leather, slightly sweet, wisps of coco powder and floral. Dark fired leaves leading more Dark fired leaves supported by dark air cured leaf, if I didn't read the "contents" above, I'd say burley was the lead component. Room note is tolerable, and aftertaste is good.

Happy Brown Bogie is like having a Bull in a china closet in that you know what is going to happen: It's a strong earthy rope tobacco that gives plenty of Vitamin N and is very predictable. I imagine this is what my forefathers smoked and chewed back in the day.

The tobaccos used for this rope are clearly of superior quality and distinctive in flavor but if you are seeking the lighter side and nuance, this is not the blend for you. This is Graduation day stuff and everyone should try this blend to get to know the "Darker Side" of pipe tobaccos. All this being said, it's still not as strong as most cigars and about 100 times more flavorful.

I REALLY enjoy this stuff but not in regular rotation, rather as a treat or to extend a foul mood or maybe to run my wife out of the neighborhood.... It will need some serious drying time.

A fairly solid 4 stars from me.

I received a few inches of this twist from a friend, to sample. I sliced some and found that it needed an overnight drying to smoke without too much effort. The taste was rich and satisfying but after half a bowl I got an unpleasant buzz and thought I tasted cigar leaf, which I avoid like the plague. Perhaps that is the wrapper. This blend is tasty but I would recommend it only to those who can handle the cigar-y nicotine buzz. I could not.