Samuel Gawith Irish Spring Flake - A Brief Review

[workman]

This is a mildly topped virginia flake with a little perique.
I don't know how much perique is in it, but I hardly sense it, so it can't be a lot.
On first light there is a very typical Samuel Gawith sensation of warm bread, spices, something like a vegetable broth.
It settles into a very floral virginia flavor, bready, sweet, no dark fruits and no grass or hay.
It is not complex like FVF or BBF, it has the bread notes, a little acid and an undercurrent of a peppery tingle on the tongue, which may or may not be from the perique. Virginias can do that as well.
The floral flavors come through as something like apple juice and elderflower, but it's all intertwined and I find it hard to distinguish any unique flavors from this very well melded concoction.
The name is apt, it is spring like with its floral, apple, elderflower on bready virginia flavor, and it is consistent to the last puff.
It is presented as a flake, very much like FVF and other SG flakes and requires the same prepping.
I give it 4 out of 4 stars.
On my personal score board, it gets a 5 out of 6 possible.
It's very good, highly recommended, but I have a few that are better.

 

[bent1]

"Manly, yes, but I like it too"

 

[philobeddoe]

Now in ready rubbed as well!

 

[FurCoat]

Now in ready rubbed as well!
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You beat me to it

 

[gerryp]

The flake that has 2 deodorants, for when you smell too strong.

The jokes just write themselves for this.

 

[BROBS]

This is a mildly topped virginia flake with a little perique.
I don't know how much perique is in it, but I hardly sense it, so it can't be a lot.
On first light there is a very typical Samuel Gawith sensation of warm bread, spices, something like a vegetable broth.
It settles into a very floral virginia flavor, bready, sweet, no dark fruits and no grass or hay.
It is not complex like FVF or BBF, it has the bread notes, a little acid and an undercurrent of a peppery tingle on the tongue, which may or may not be from the perique. Virginias can do that as well.
The floral flavors come through as something like apple juice and elderflower, but it's all intertwined and I find it hard to distinguish any unique flavors from this very well melded concoction.
The name is apt, it is spring like with its floral, apple, elderflower on bready virginia flavor, and it is consistent to the last puff.
It is presented as a flake, very much like FVF and other SG flakes and requires the same prepping.
I give it 4 out of 4 stars.
On my personal score board, it gets a 5 out of 6 possible.
It's very good, highly recommended, but I have a few that are better.

Good review I felt quite similarly about it.

 

[maduromadness]

I have a couple of those tins in the cellar, thanks for the review! Surprised to see a review on a limited series that ended a while ago.

 

[canucklehead]

 

[anotherbob]

You beat me to it

us he beat all of us to it.

 

[3rdguy]

Winter Time and Scottish Autumn Flake were my favorites of the series.

 

[scloyd]

Bar soap review? This guy has too much time on his hands. I guess I do too for watching most of it.

 

[BROBS]

Bar soap review? This guy has too much time on his hands. I guess I do too for watching most of it.

It’s actually what he does is review soaps. Check his channel lol