Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. Brown Irish Twist Liquorice Plum.

Gawith Hoggarth - Brown Twist Liquorice Plum.

When I took my twist from the pouch the first thing I noticed was the girth. It's towards the thicker end of the scale so a good knife is a requisite and also, alas, due to the thickness it's kept a good amount of water inside so it needs drying before being smoked. The aroma from the unlit twist is very strong and the collaboration of plum and liquorice makes for a smell that's identical to cough syrup! Once the coins have been sliced they are easy to rub to a good consistency and then it's time to fill and light!

The first puff is exactly what I expected from the aroma, I never realized that cough syrup was the latest tobacco casing! Jokes aside though it's without doubt one of the strongest/falsest tobaccos I have tried. Strong in both flavour and nicotine, flavour only people stay away! The room note is really false with a strange chemical quality to it, urgh! Some good points are the burn, temperature and bite. It burns steadily leaving a white ash, the smoke isn't anywhere near being warm and I don't get any tongue bite whatsoever.

Sadly though, these few good points are nowhere near enough to raise it from the depths of one lonely star. Not recommended!