Gawith Hoggarth & Co.: Black Cherry Twist Review

[hauntedmyst]

So this isn't an initial review as I have finished 4oz. I've copied over my review of GH Coconut Twist from TR and modified it.

if you've tried the unflavored ropes, you've tried this one. I loaded up G&H Cherry Twist in an multiple billiards. In the bag, no Cherry smell. In the pipe, no Cherry taste or smell. If you took this tobacco down to the police station and asked their K9 unit to sniff for Cherry, they wouldn't be able to detect it. This blend is to Cherry what Miley Cyrus is to lady like elegance or what Bruce Jenner is to sanity.

Here is the thing, G&H ropes are fantastic if you like the genre. But when they say Cherry or Coconut, do not expect a Cherry or Cherry aromatic. I'm not sure what they put on the Cherry or Cherry but it certainly never lasts beyond the initial lighting that I have experienced. From then on, it's just great, rich tobacco. Maybe they wave a Cherry over this at the factory or are just thinking about Cherry when they make it but it has no Cherry flavor and no Cherry aroma. Maybe have some Cherry pie while your smoke this or suck on a Cherry Jolly Rancher to bring some Cherry to the experience. Actually, that might be good.

 

[Casual]

Mmmmm, cherry.

 

[alaskanpiper]

I bought a bunch of the ropes. I think I chewed 3/4 of it before I ever smoked any. I agree, the flavored ones are pretty darn light on the flavor, even when chewed.

 

[BROBS]

What if you mixed in exclusive black cherry?

 

[hauntedmyst]

What if you mixed in exclusive black cherry?

I was thinking of buying their Cherry favoring from GQ to see if it's just red water.

 

[rushx9]

I really think the "flavoring" on twists is just straight up rum, coconut rum, cherry rum, whiskey, etc. The flavor is already very dilute and most flashes away with the alcohol. It would make sense since that's the way navy twists were supposedly historically made.

 

[craig61a]

That hasn’t been my experience with it at all. I get a nice light cherry flavor from it, more of an aftertaste. Much better than any American cherry blend. European aros are much better as far as I’m concerned...

 

[hauntedmyst]

I really think the "flavoring" on twists is just straight up rum, coconut rum, cherry rum, whiskey, etc. The flavor is already very dilute and most flashes away with the alcohol. It would make sense since that's the way navy twists were supposedly historically made.

And for me, the rum version is softened a bit. It's one of the few I noticed a difference with. I tried spraying some coconut rum on some brown bogie and you are right, it just flashed away any coconut. I'm going to try some dark rum and some bourbon and see if they make a difference.

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

Great reviews sir, keep them coming.

I get some coconut flavor from the coconut twist. To me its more like sun tan oil than coconut cake. I swear if I smoke it carefully I can taste some of those lucky nights at Panama City Beach during spring break, waaay back in the day.

I'm only a little curious about the cherry, I'm sure I'll get around to it though. Is this a brown or a black rope? My understanding was that coconut and maple were brown and the cherry was the black.

 

[Magpiety]

Thanks for the review, I always look past the GH blends for some reason. I'll give some of this a shot.

 

[trubka2]

Sweet Maple Twist is pretty maple-y, I think. Smells like hangovers.

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

Thanks for the review, G&H is a wonderful blender, love how they do things,they doing it by G&H way and not imitating to any other blenders products,

 

[saltedplug]

Because of their rep I avoided the ropes for years. But the when I became a nicotine fiend I began to smoke the GH Black and Brown. I found the Brown an incredibly rich tobacco and the Black with so many overtones I couldn't count, and always exotic. I would render a bout 100g at a time completely by hand so as to commune with the faithful departed rope smokers past.