Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. Sliced Black Twist

A very dark chocolate brown ribbon. It has a dried fruit and spice tin note, and a significant lakeland presence, to my nose sandalwood and geranium. Perhaps these notionally unscented tobaccos pick up aromas along the way at G&H but its something I've noticed in all of their pipe tobaccos. This tobacco also has an interesting earthy smell, a petrichor smell that is not unpleasant.

Now to the bad news. Once lit there is something very unpleasant happening, at least for me, with this stuff. With my first bowl I seriously thought I might have managed to get a piece of plastic or hair into the bowl. But each bowl since confirms that this unpleasant aroma is all Sliced Black Twist.

I really didn't like this tobacco, which surprised me since the G&H Irish Twist I found to be acceptable, if unremarkable. But this I cannot recommend.

Edit. I really have to say this. I have given this baccy a fair shot but I find it unsmokeable. It is a grotesque. Aros aside, this is the worst tobacco I have ever smoked.