Bob’s Chocolate Flake

[aro222]

I’ve been looking for some of Bob’s Chocolate Flake tinned but it seems like everyone is out of stock

I hope Gawith Hoggarth and co. is still available

Anybody know where I could find some ?

 

[didache]

Interesting you should mention that .. Bob's Choc Flake is currently on my 'want' list - there is a local tobacconist to me who stocks all the SG mixtures - maybe I will drop in on him in the next couple of days.
Good luck with your own search!

Mike

 

[npod]

Good Luck! It’s a very tough blend to procure. It’s been one of the hardest for me to get. It’s one of the Unicorn blends. I kinda gave up chasing it, similar to Esoterica.
And ... it’s awesome.

 

[Waning Embers]

The bulk is readily available.
https://www.smokingpipes.com/tobacco/by-maker/gawith-hoggarth/bulk/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=3998

 

[npod]

Chasing, thank you. Good to know.

 

[npod]

Also, Chasing, as you know I don’t like the Lakeland essence, but I really like ages Chocolate flake. Wonder why? I couldn’t stand that Hyde Park.

 

[pipesticks]

Consensus seems to be the Kendall Mayor's chocolate flake blows Bob's out of the water. And its like $31 for 250g at SPC... in stock bulk box.

 

[Waning Embers]

Also, Chasing, as you know I don’t like the Lakeland essence, but I really like ages Chocolate flake. Wonder why?

The chocolate and Latakia meld well with the florals. Lat bombs are also good for deghosting a Lakeland pipe.

Consensus seems to be the Kendall Mayor's chocolate flake blows Bob's out of the water.

I actually like Bob's and Two Friends "English Chocolate" better.

 

[npod]

One of the episodes of pipes radio with Brian LeVine had a guest that briefly discussed GH vs SG chocolate flake. I can’t remember which show off hand. I agreed with the guest that GH Bob’s is better, at least for my tastes. I don’t think the two are similar at all.

 

[oldgeezersmoker]

Bob's Chocolate is a decades long favorite, a rare Lake District (Lakeland is a town in central Florida that used to have an Edwards with great house blends) tobacco with the essence that I not only tolerare, but enjoy. With more or less equal age and dry time, I have not noticed any discrnible difference between the bulk and the tinned versions.
I have not tried the Samuel Gawith product, but from reading about it it seems to be distinctly different. Nothing in the description of the product or the reviews I have read at Tobacco Reviews excite my interest at all.

 

[mso489]

I like pipe tobacco, obviously, and i like chocolate a lot, various types and formats, but I don't like chocolate as a blend flavoring. Most food flavors wear out fast for me, even old standbys like vanilla and caramel, though a few really understated food flavors, fruit, whisky, liqueurs, etc., can be exceedingly pleasing. I even like PS Pistachio, to my surprise -- it is tobacco forward.

 

[smittyd]

I just bought 5 tins from SP 2 weeks ago. Let it ride they will stock up soon.

 

[Waning Embers]

I like pipe tobacco, obviously, and i like chocolate a lot, various types and formats, but I don't like chocolate as a blend flavoring.

Not quite that kind of chocolate. Plus, Chathom Manor also has chocolate in it.

 

[oldgeezersmoker]

tins in stick at Iwan Ries

 

[aro222]

Thanks so much oldgeezersmoker

Just ordered a bunch from Iwan Ries

What a score

Appreciate that

Cheers

 

[oldgeezersmoker]

@aro222, glad to be of service. Ries is an often over looked source.

 

[midwestpipesmoker70]

I haven't compared through reviews yet but have been wondering how Bob's compares to SG Choco Flake.

 

[oldgeezersmoker]

I think the only fair thing to do if you are curious is to try some of each. Bob's absolutely has tonquin, or whatever it is that constitutes the famed Lake district essence. I am not a fan of that, but I love Bob's Chocolate. Something about the combination just clicks for me. I do smoke it very dry. And it is, and has been, an occasional smoke for me. I think I might go fire up a bowl now. Been about 3 weeks since I have smoked any, that is typical.

 

[npod]

[/quote]Lake district essence. I am not a fan of that, but I love Bob's Chocolate. Something about the combination just clicks for me.

Yep. Dido.