Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. Coniston Cut Plug

Other / Misc Flavoring is tasty and integrates well with the tobaccos dark rich and smoky character. I Was originally going to rate this only three but instead feel this one deserves no less than 4 gold stars. An excellent complex smoke.

I am glad I tried this.

I am looking for a Hogarth Lakeland floral with a little more scent than Best Brown No2 but not quite so pronounced as Ennerdale.

Unfortunately this one is not it because it is a bit to heavy for me, but it is very good all the same.

Noting the St Bruno comparision from the previous reviewer. I think it compares more favourably to Condor original actually, Similair strength and flavour

My search for a Lakeland floral continues,I might give that Glengarry Flake a try actually.

A real "man's" tobacco. Cool & slow burning, full on tobacco flavour. Nice and earthy. Peaty with a pleasant smokey flavour from the curing process. The flowery topping is evident, but varies from batch to batch. Sometimes it's hardly noticable, other batches it's quite evident.

At times, I'm reminded of a slightly damp day in the woods with a wooden fire burning somewhere nearby. It's a warming and comforting smoke, and makes me relaxed and happy. When I'm smoking CCP, I feel like I've been transported back a couple of hundred years to simpler (and better?) times. It's the sort of thing I expect Tolkien's "Old Toby" to be like. I can envision many a happy Hobbit smoking this blend.

Another one on the strong list, and another 4 stars. One of the best strong ones from gawh.

Another 'Claasic' from the Lakeland region of England. Mainly a dark flake, easy to rub out. A false light, a quick tamp, a re-light and on to the experience. A rather floral, ever so slightly sweet taste as one goes down the bowl. I view this type of blend as a change of pace, not an everyday smoke. Sort of a weekend, 'kick-back' type of blend. As with most of the blends from this region, the flavoring (or flavouring) really accentuates the high quality tobaccos, rather than over-power them.

Reading the other reviews, I'm a bit shocked, like maybe somehow I got a different GH blend than what I ordered. This is based on a couple of bowls, no more, no less, but my tobacco was fairly light in color, and I didn't get any of the flavors I associate with Kendal blended dark fired leaf blends. The smoke was fairly acrid and tended to bite. The Lakeland essence started off present, but then disappeared. I just wasn't happy with this tobacco at all.

I like many of the other GH blends, such as Kendal Kentucky and the Dark series (Thick, Flake and the default shag), but just didn't get this one at all. The other reviews sound a lot more interesting than what I just smoked...

If you enjoy British flavoring like I do you gonna love this tobacco. It is of extremely high quality leaf with an endless rolling of flavor-filled smoke tempting taste and smell senses to continually beg for more. I cannot say enough good about this mixture. It is sweet but not offensively so. It has plenty of strength to carry its aroma relentlessly pleasing the smoker always. If you like Condor, St. Bruno, Ennerdale, and Bracken Flake you should find solice in this kin weed. Order in a small sample and give it a go. Absolutely bliss!!!

Many thanks for Rich from 4noggins dot com, for sending me a good sample of this blend.

This is a typical Kendal dark pressed tobacco, scented with the typical flowery Kendal topping (after shave foam, ladies hair spray and all?), the smoke is strong in nicotine, which requires an extremely slow puffing to better enjoy this fine tobacco, the taste is flowery semi sweet with some bitterness and with sort of dark caramel undertone, there is a lot of delightful flavors to be discovered during the smoking experience, I found that a narrow bowl with a Very slow puffing (sipping) is the best way to enjoy this blend. Overall, this is an excellent blend in the finest English traditions; I like it and I will be buying more for sure.

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This is a fun tobacco. I prefer to order it in bulk so you can cellar what you want and put what you like into your rotation.

In bulk it's a broken, stringy kind of flake and the bag aroma is that of fine tobaccos. I don't find a need to rub it out futher but just kind of crunch it up and pack (gently). As with all GH I've tried so far the moisture content is dead on perfect.

Gives you a mouth full of smoke, no burn, no bite, stays lit and does not offend others (at least around my place).

It does not seem to be particular as to type of pipe, briar-meer-cob-clay, but does seem to like a medium to large bowl. A small bowl doesn't let the flavor(s) develop. You might consider layering it a pipe with a mild Virginia until you become familiar with it's burn characteristics but otherwise...go for it.