Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. - Dark Bird's Eye

[npod]

I love hate the blend. But then again, I love hate Commodore Flake.

 

[paulfg]

tufftony

It sounds like a great smoke but why "wait for friends to come from England to bring it"? I've just ordered 8oz from

Smokingpipes.com - https://www.smokingpipes.com/tobacco/by-maker/gawith-hoggarth/bulk/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=4014
because it would likely get stopped/confiscated by customs as you cant order from abroad/shops cant send tobacco abroad in europe,but you can bring a personal allowance with you on an aircraft so my friends would just say its for personal consumption

 

[hawky454]

After several bowls of this now over the last several days, I'm happy to report that it is even better than I had hoped. As Hawky said above, "Very bold flavor...full bodied, stout". Most definitely...full bodied as in a deep, rich flavor.
Likely a future unicorn blend that is available now...I'll certainly be getting more. Looking forward to trying it with some age on down the road, but even fresh this is really good stuff.

I love hearing happy endings to stories like these! I think my reaction was similar to yours when I first tried it, I was blown away by it. Let me tell you, if you ever get a chance to try their Westmorland Slices I think you will have another love as well but since it’s not available to us in the States I don’t know if it’s worth falling in love with because it can be very hard to get and/or expensive. Why they don’t import it with the rest of their blends is beyond me.

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

@Hawky454, agreed,Why doesn't G&H import the rest of their blends to the U.S is beyond of me as well, My guess is that is because of a vast majority of their domestic-only blends are imported to Russian Federation and other eastern European countries as well, in Russia I can find almost any G&H blend both in 40gr zip log pouches and 50gr tins

@Paulfg, Depends on what European country one does reside if quantities are kept reasonably small and infrequent our C authorities won't get bothered, too much hassle for them You see,