A discussion on an other thread got me thinking about this subject. The subject being Samuel Gawith tobacco before their merger with Gawith Hoggarth and after. The before is obvious, SG only put their Lakeland essence into blends that were designed for them. Since they merged and are now reportably using GH equipment is the Lakeland essence tainting blends that are not supposed to have it?
On another thread( Preparing SG Flakes) hawky454 mentioned tasting the Lakeland essence in one of his boxes of SG Full Virginia Flake he received after the merger and sometimes in his Cabbies Mixture. I would be pissed if that had happened to me. I don't want to taste Lakeland where it does not belong.
So the big questions are when did GH & SG merge and do we need to now look at SG blends as before GH and after GH. Are blends from before going to be worth more in the open market because there is no chance of their being a Lakeland taint associated with them?
On another thread( Preparing SG Flakes) hawky454 mentioned tasting the Lakeland essence in one of his boxes of SG Full Virginia Flake he received after the merger and sometimes in his Cabbies Mixture. I would be pissed if that had happened to me. I don't want to taste Lakeland where it does not belong.
So the big questions are when did GH & SG merge and do we need to now look at SG blends as before GH and after GH. Are blends from before going to be worth more in the open market because there is no chance of their being a Lakeland taint associated with them?