Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. Coniston Cut Plug
(3.22)
This tobacco is a blend containing 75% dark fired leaf 12.5% Malawi burley and 12.5% Virginia. You would therefore rightly expect a very strong smoke and one perhaps dominated by the pungent burnt smokey flavour so characteristic of leaf cured by open fire and smoke.
Details
| Brand | Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. |
| Blended By | Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. |
| Manufactured By | Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. |
| Blend Type | Virginia Based |
| Contents | Burley, Virginia |
| Flavoring | Floral Essences, Other / Misc |
| Cut | Flake |
| Packaging | Bulk, 50 grams tin |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Strong
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Medium
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Tolerable
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Full
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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3.22 / 4
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Reviews
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| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| May 19, 2020 | Medium to Strong | Medium to Strong | Medium to Full | Pleasant to Tolerable |
I don't believe there are aromatic tobaccos, aromatic simply means "fragrant" in my language (Greek), therefore I only call them flavoured tobaccos, meaning that something has been added to the tobacco, aside from flavour developing through curing and steaming/pressing.
This is a flavoured tobacco, fairly strongly so, of the Lakeland variety. I can't put my finger on what the flavours are, there's clearly a base Lakeland mix to which stuff is added to make the various Gawith offerings. This is the English school of flavoured tobacco too, adhering to rules regarding what can be used to add to tobacco. I detect some similarities with Bob's chocolate flake in the base additive, although there is a lot more of it, as well as at least two types of floral essence (some whiffs of jasmine, maybe rose, maybe orange blossom, maybe incense), over strong tobacco. It smells absolutely divine from the pouch.
The presentation is thick cut broken flake, my bag actually sat for 3 months due to Covid-19 restrictions therefore it is possible that some of that goodness dissipated. Nevermind as I will be buying more given the first chance. It was much dryer than usual Gawith, but that's due to sitting for so long.
Lighting up was easy, needing a lot of relights. I find that Gawith flakes tend to turn to stone before burning to ash. It gave me a very long, cool smoke.
Taste is initially a strong floral blast, with some citrus zest for the first quarter bowl, then it slowly gave way to the excellent and strong tobacco, until at the heel it was all tobacco with just a hint of the floral essence. Really excellent tobacco. This is no nonsense, it isn't a goopy cherry cavendish leaf, nor is it particularly sweet, although the added flavouring makes it feel this way. It has a ton of layers too, from sweet to cool to floral to savoury to real strong tobacco. Someone may think that because it smells a bit like old fashioned cologne it is not a "man's" tobacco, but it is, it is really exquisite.
Something about the Gawith blends is just special for me, they are unlike anything else I've tried and they are loud and proud about it.
Not for everyone, but for me this is top notch.
This is a flavoured tobacco, fairly strongly so, of the Lakeland variety. I can't put my finger on what the flavours are, there's clearly a base Lakeland mix to which stuff is added to make the various Gawith offerings. This is the English school of flavoured tobacco too, adhering to rules regarding what can be used to add to tobacco. I detect some similarities with Bob's chocolate flake in the base additive, although there is a lot more of it, as well as at least two types of floral essence (some whiffs of jasmine, maybe rose, maybe orange blossom, maybe incense), over strong tobacco. It smells absolutely divine from the pouch.
The presentation is thick cut broken flake, my bag actually sat for 3 months due to Covid-19 restrictions therefore it is possible that some of that goodness dissipated. Nevermind as I will be buying more given the first chance. It was much dryer than usual Gawith, but that's due to sitting for so long.
Lighting up was easy, needing a lot of relights. I find that Gawith flakes tend to turn to stone before burning to ash. It gave me a very long, cool smoke.
Taste is initially a strong floral blast, with some citrus zest for the first quarter bowl, then it slowly gave way to the excellent and strong tobacco, until at the heel it was all tobacco with just a hint of the floral essence. Really excellent tobacco. This is no nonsense, it isn't a goopy cherry cavendish leaf, nor is it particularly sweet, although the added flavouring makes it feel this way. It has a ton of layers too, from sweet to cool to floral to savoury to real strong tobacco. Someone may think that because it smells a bit like old fashioned cologne it is not a "man's" tobacco, but it is, it is really exquisite.
Something about the Gawith blends is just special for me, they are unlike anything else I've tried and they are loud and proud about it.
Not for everyone, but for me this is top notch.
PurchasedFrom:
www.thebackyshop.co.uk
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Aug 14, 2017 | Medium | Medium | Medium to Full | Pleasant to Tolerable |
A stout, deliciously smooth and well built flake. This is one of my top 4 or 5 GH scented flakes, and its easy to see why. This is a quite traditional scented flake, composed of dark fired, burley, and virginia, with a cool flower-sweet scenting. You must like Lakeland style, or don't even bother. If you do, however, then this is a great choice. Its pretty middle of the road in terms of strength of scenting, the tobacco as per usual with GH is of the finest quality, deftly blended and aged. A superb flake that i smoke an oz or two a month.
Pipe Used:
Cobs, meerschaums, briar
PurchasedFrom:
PipesandCigars.com
Age When Smoked:
Newish
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 2017 | Strong | Medium | Medium to Full | Tolerable |
This reminds me of Bosun Cut Plug, but there are some differences. First of all, the broken flakes seem to be a little thinner and it rubs out pretty easily, so be careful to not rub it out to much. There are some cloves in here as well as the typical G&H Lakeland floral toppings (which I like) and it's a little less sweet with plenty of good, natural tobacco flavor, very tasty!. I rubbed it out just a little and packed it loose. It burned good with only a few relights and did not require any drying time. G&H uses good quality tobacco in this, just like in all of their blends. Take note, this is a strong tobacco, so you'll want to sip it and have something on your stomach when you smoke it.
Pipe Used:
Peterson Dracula XL02
PurchasedFrom:
Smokingpipes.com
Age When Smoked:
1 week
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 2016 | Very Strong | Mild | Full | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Coniston Cut Plug offers a bit of best worlds. The flavor mainly comes from the Dark Fired as it makes up the majority of the blend. At the same time, there is enough Lakeland style added flavors to make those seeking some added flavor happy too. But with that said, the tobacco flavor dominates. CCP starts off medium to strong and by mid bowl it is strong to very strong. Many of the Gawith Hoggarth blends offer a visit from Lady N and CCP invites her to move in for a long stay! I enjoy this blend more than similar GH blends as it burns cool without any hint of a bite. CCP is a full flavored blend made from high quality tobaccos and recommended for the experienced pipe smoker. Proceed with caution.
Age When Smoked:
New
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 01, 2015 | Very Strong | Extra Strong | Medium to Full | Very Strong |
This tobacco is nearly perfect: a strong but harmonious mixture, delivered in shreds that if folded and inserted gently into the pipe with frayed ends upward, lights relatively easily with a match. It burns well and delivers a glorious full dose of nicotine. It tends to leave a few partially-burned fragments at the bottom of the bowl but for the most part burns completely. Where this goes wrong is in the rosewater soap flavoring in which it is soaked. I purchased the unscented variety to avoid that, but ended up gagging at the dead rose stench that floated off the two ounces in my bag. For those who fear the pipe ghost, this leaves an entire undead army of elderly zombies bathing in horrific soapy rosewater. It melts down into the pipe and manifests itself at random in future bowls, usually toward the end of the burn. While the impact of this is excellent, and its flavor -- what can be detected under the foamy surge of dead flowers -- is both strong and nuanced, the rosewater deluge utterly kills this tobacco for me.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Jul 25, 2011 | Strong | Medium | Medium to Full | Strong |
This is a "man's" smoke if ever there was one. Almost but not quite as powerful as Dark Flake or 1792, this is a nicotine powerhouse with a full, smoky flavor that is utterly unique. The Lakeland perfume here is reminiscent of Ennerdale (perhaps St. Bruno, as well) but it's applied with a lighter hand. Or, maybe it's not that less flavoring is used but rather that the base tobaccos are so powerful they drown out anything that's added to them! I really like how this stuff smokes, its lack of bite and its ability to cure my desire for a nicotine fix. I also like the flavoring that's used. What ruins Coniston Cut Plug for me is that there are almost no "light" or sweet tobaccos here. The underlying leaf is bitter and unpleasant, and the polar opposite of what is used in, say, Kendal or Ennerdale flakes. I've found that mixing this 50-50 with other G&H mixtures can yield some very smokeable products, but taken on its own I hsve to force myself to finish each bowl.
Somewhat recommended, as this is a high-quality product that just isn't to my taste.
Somewhat recommended, as this is a high-quality product that just isn't to my taste.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Nov 15, 2009 | Medium to Strong | Mild to Medium | Medium to Full | Tolerable |
Another nice trip to Kendal, indeed.
I received 50grms of bulk CCP from Kingsize of Sheffield (UK), alongwith Ennerdale (and others).
CCP belongs to the same cathegory( and brand) of Ennerdale, sharing quite the same cut, colour and flavouring. Just, CCP is one notch stronger and a couple milder in flavouring. This makes it something different and more user-friendly. And deserving a higher rating.
A small Castello long-shanked Prince, was used for this review. Rolled a couples of pinches of this roughly rubbed flake, one false light and here we go !
The smallest quantity of flakes gifts the longest and coolest smoke! Never the bowl is hot, never the smoke stings. Sweet, earthy and flowery. Mildly soapy/citrusy/almondy. The presence of fire-cured leaves makes evidence to the nostrils. The strength is satisfactory and perfectly manageable all the day. So the complessive body is as well.
At the end, only dry fluffy ash.
Traditional english flakes have a special place in my heart indeed.
I received 50grms of bulk CCP from Kingsize of Sheffield (UK), alongwith Ennerdale (and others).
CCP belongs to the same cathegory( and brand) of Ennerdale, sharing quite the same cut, colour and flavouring. Just, CCP is one notch stronger and a couple milder in flavouring. This makes it something different and more user-friendly. And deserving a higher rating.
A small Castello long-shanked Prince, was used for this review. Rolled a couples of pinches of this roughly rubbed flake, one false light and here we go !
The smallest quantity of flakes gifts the longest and coolest smoke! Never the bowl is hot, never the smoke stings. Sweet, earthy and flowery. Mildly soapy/citrusy/almondy. The presence of fire-cured leaves makes evidence to the nostrils. The strength is satisfactory and perfectly manageable all the day. So the complessive body is as well.
At the end, only dry fluffy ash.
Traditional english flakes have a special place in my heart indeed.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Oct 08, 2003 | Very Strong | Mild to Medium | Very Full | Tolerable |
I will preface this review by stating up front that I am a relative new-comer to "soapy" English virginia flakes in general and GH blends of this type in specific.
I recently obtained several GH samples. I liked Rum Flake, but after Sliced Black Twist Aromatic, I was not sure I was up to GH "natural" flakes. I was therefore pleasantly surprised with Conniston Cut Plug, a stringy dark brown broken flake with just a few lighter streaks.
On arrival the tobacco seemed a bit moist, so I let it sit out in a dish to dry out, while I fired up a bowl, "as is", i.e., stuffed some moist broken flakes in a kind-of-everything no-name bulldog. Before lighting up, I stuck my nose in the bowl to sense the pouch aroma. Just a hint of floral bouquet, but nothing overwhelming considering the flavor to come.
Immediately upon initial combustion, I was struck with the strong tastes of floral room freshener, kind of like those little christmas tree automobile air-fresheners. While this sounds unappetising, in combination with the sweetness of the virginias it was a great flavor. The balance of flavor was also almost consistent throughout the bowl, gathering in sweetness towards the end. I never did get a sense of a smoky taste mentioned by others, at least in the latakia-smoky way. I am also not sure that this needed to be dried out as that first bowl burned well. It did go out on occasion, perhaps due to neglect, but it is strong enough that this is a good thing.
CCP is a "love it or leave it" kind of tobacco. I could not see smoking it all day (though I have just smoked 3 "demi-tasse" bowls in a row!). This is a strong tobacco, and is best appreciated in small doses and does DGT quite well. Also, the room note is rather overwhelming, especially in confined spaces like my home office.
I look forward to exploring more GH soap flakes.
I recently obtained several GH samples. I liked Rum Flake, but after Sliced Black Twist Aromatic, I was not sure I was up to GH "natural" flakes. I was therefore pleasantly surprised with Conniston Cut Plug, a stringy dark brown broken flake with just a few lighter streaks.
On arrival the tobacco seemed a bit moist, so I let it sit out in a dish to dry out, while I fired up a bowl, "as is", i.e., stuffed some moist broken flakes in a kind-of-everything no-name bulldog. Before lighting up, I stuck my nose in the bowl to sense the pouch aroma. Just a hint of floral bouquet, but nothing overwhelming considering the flavor to come.
Immediately upon initial combustion, I was struck with the strong tastes of floral room freshener, kind of like those little christmas tree automobile air-fresheners. While this sounds unappetising, in combination with the sweetness of the virginias it was a great flavor. The balance of flavor was also almost consistent throughout the bowl, gathering in sweetness towards the end. I never did get a sense of a smoky taste mentioned by others, at least in the latakia-smoky way. I am also not sure that this needed to be dried out as that first bowl burned well. It did go out on occasion, perhaps due to neglect, but it is strong enough that this is a good thing.
CCP is a "love it or leave it" kind of tobacco. I could not see smoking it all day (though I have just smoked 3 "demi-tasse" bowls in a row!). This is a strong tobacco, and is best appreciated in small doses and does DGT quite well. Also, the room note is rather overwhelming, especially in confined spaces like my home office.
I look forward to exploring more GH soap flakes.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jul 23, 2022 | Medium to Strong | Medium to Strong | Very Full | Pleasant |
Intensely refreshing from first light to middle of the bowl. Intoxicatingly floral to the point of transporting me to an aromatic rain forest somewhere in pipedom land. I'm not trying to be creative, I truly mean it! This tobacco captures my attention and holds it. My favorite GH Lakeland. The finish with each exhale reminds me of fabric softener and oil of Olay in a very pleasant way as though a pipe smoking perfumer concocted this blend to cary me away. Far away! Picks up strength 2nd half of bowl and remains floral but morphs into heavier layers on the palate. Smokes clean, cool and slow. Exquisite! Interesting how the same blend affects us differently and personally.
Pipe Used:
Peterson Kildare 53
PurchasedFrom:
Boswells
Age When Smoked:
3months
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 07, 2016 | Strong | Medium to Strong | Very Full | Very Pleasant |
Sweet aroma like some baby powder balancing the heavy taste of the tobaccos. Nice volume of smoke and body I could almost chew on the smoke. Burns nicely best enjoyed in a smaller bowl. Smokes cool and would not bite even if pushed. Some may not like it or may gag at this tobacco but it's a must try tobacco for sure. May not be enjoyable if the smoker is nicotine sensitive or very used to the typical vanilla aro. Will leave a nice ghost that I find rather enjoyable specially with lat blends.
Pipe Used:
Kaywoodie stinger
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