Lakeland Aficianados - Please Share Your Knowledge

[spearheadbill]

Are you saying they do?

You state it with such authority I’m surprised you answered a question with a question.

 

[Tn Steve]

I would be surprised to hear they do. It's great tobacco, but it certainly dries out quickly if care is not taken with storeage. As opposed to otc pouches, some of which I have left open for weeks without much drying observed.

 

[Hutch Piper]

Awesome. I’ll start doing my research and pick out a few blends to try. I want to see what this Lakeland essence is all about. Thanks.

If you try a few and don’t care for them, my recommendation is to keep going as there is a lot of variation between the GH blends. Some have a strong essence and others not so much. Just depends on your tastes.

 

[Sobrbiker]

You state it with such authority I’m surprised you answered a question with a question.

My question stands.

I know that even the wettest Gawith products I’ve had can dry to crumble dry if rubbed out and neglected for a week in an arid environment, whereas I’ve got known PG treated tobacco in a “pipe rack” jar that doesn’t seal for crap for three years that isn’t even what I would consider dry.

 

[spearheadbill]

No I’m not saying they do use PG but they use something. Something oily it seems to me. I’m not a fan of cavendish aromatics but I’ve smoked my share of Kendal black cherry. Palace gate etc… those seem like maybe PG but I don’t get that particular flavor that PG has. I’m not trying to badmouth Gawith, they are by far my favorite manufacturer and their products are historical. I’m also not an expert in tobacco, pipes or anything really but I’ve been fortunate to smoke many different things. But there’s something in FVF, St James, best brown, dark plug that makes smoking them more of a task than the usual flakes. I’ve left dark plug out to dry for weeks as experimentation and even though it drys there’s an oily aspect to it that doesn’t dry. I don’t expect Rachel to tell us or really even care much. I’ll continue to smoke to the end.

 

[gawithhoggarth]

| Gawith Hogarth - https://www.gawithhoggarth.ltd/faqs

You will be hard pressed to find any tobacco that uses no PG as it would just go mouldy. PG does not stop tobacco drying out, it is a mould inhibitor. It means moisture can be added to the tobacco at production level and the tobacco is not just a mass of mould spores by the time it gets to you.