Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. Bobs Chocolate Ready Rubbed
(3.67)
The main characteristics of this ready rubbed flake come from the 8% latakia included in the blend and the smooth chocolate aroma. Brazilian, Zimbabwe, and Malawi Virginia leaf make up 82% of the blend providing a mild/medium smoke cooled with the addition of 8% Malawi sun cured and 2% Malawi Burley. The cocoa casings and chocolate top flavours are rounded off with vanilla providing sweet notes.
Details
| Brand | Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. |
| Blended By | Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. |
| Manufactured By | Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. |
| Blend Type | Aromatic |
| Contents | Burley, Latakia, Virginia |
| Flavoring | Cocoa / Chocolate, Floral Essences, Other / Misc, Vanilla |
| Cut | Ready Rubbed |
| Packaging | Bulk |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Mild to Medium
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Reviews
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| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 2015 | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Medium to Full | Pleasant |
Beautiful rich tasting quality leaf.Tastes even better than flake form after further rubbing out and pouching.Very easy light.Whatever smoking cadence employed it stays lit wonderfully.Mellow chocolate taste first third of bowl then deepens to a very nice sweetish Virginia taste.No bite whatsoever. Smokes dry with no gurgle leaving a fine white ash.
If Ennerdale Flake is floral (and it is ) and turned up to 11 Bobs is lowered down to a 3 which should be acceptable to most Virginia lovers. A mil dish smoke ideal for all day smoking imho.Top notch.
If Ennerdale Flake is floral (and it is ) and turned up to 11 Bobs is lowered down to a 3 which should be acceptable to most Virginia lovers. A mil dish smoke ideal for all day smoking imho.Top notch.
Pipe Used:
Various pre Republic systems
PurchasedFrom:
My smoking shop
Age When Smoked:
New
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2015 | Medium | Mild to Medium | Medium | Pleasant |
Gawith Hoggarth - Bobs Chocolate Ready Rubbed.
Ready rubbed? I wouldn't go that far, Bobs Chocolate Chunky Broken Flake would be a far more applicable title! Although it says chocolate when I smell the pouch I can only really detect an added sweetness that's not necessarily chocolate but it's a lot easier to identify it as being so in the smoke, especially when the retro-hale technique is used. Seeing as the 'ready rubbed' mix consisted of quite chunky pieces of broken flake you may expect them to hold too much moisture but this isn't the case, even though it includes some fairly hefty flake pieces they don't seem to have excess water and this makes ignition easy.
As it burns it does so quite slowly leaving behind a white ash. Out of the different tobaccos I can only really pick the Virginia out, the Latakia and Burley are added in such small quantities it makes them seem redundant. Now nicotine, it's smack on the middle amount. It would please N smokers yet not overwhelm taste only folks. The room note is pleasant enough, not that chocolate like albeit not bad.
Bobs Chocolate R' R' is a great smoke so I will happily highly recommend it. Four stars.
Ready rubbed? I wouldn't go that far, Bobs Chocolate Chunky Broken Flake would be a far more applicable title! Although it says chocolate when I smell the pouch I can only really detect an added sweetness that's not necessarily chocolate but it's a lot easier to identify it as being so in the smoke, especially when the retro-hale technique is used. Seeing as the 'ready rubbed' mix consisted of quite chunky pieces of broken flake you may expect them to hold too much moisture but this isn't the case, even though it includes some fairly hefty flake pieces they don't seem to have excess water and this makes ignition easy.
As it burns it does so quite slowly leaving behind a white ash. Out of the different tobaccos I can only really pick the Virginia out, the Latakia and Burley are added in such small quantities it makes them seem redundant. Now nicotine, it's smack on the middle amount. It would please N smokers yet not overwhelm taste only folks. The room note is pleasant enough, not that chocolate like albeit not bad.
Bobs Chocolate R' R' is a great smoke so I will happily highly recommend it. Four stars.
Pipe Used:
Comoys Elegance
PurchasedFrom:
My Smoking Shop
Age When Smoked:
New
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