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- Components: Virginia
- Family: Virginia
- Cut: Rope
About This Pipe Tobacco
Manufactured according to age-old processes, Gawith, Hoggarth & Co.'s Aniseed Twist is a traditional rope tobacco hand-spun from Indian Dark air-cured Virginia leaf and other strong Virginias, and flavored with aniseed.
Customer Reviews
Unsure smoking, sold for chewing.
March 03, 2026
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Trauma Monkey
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Aniseed Twist Bulk
Smoked this once so far and it didn’t have to licorice- Aniseed flavor I’d hope for. I still need to try again for a better opinion. However, this is really good for chewing tobacco. The taste is great and will make your mouth water.
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Heavy, extra strong cased aromatic with nicotine.
March 03, 2026
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Aniseed Twist Bulk
rth uses) I fire cure with alder coals in a very small toughshed. I then stuff it in mason jars after dousing in a liter of rum which has a pound of licorice roots soaking in it for a year (or ground) in a mason jar, and that same flavor plus a lot more going on in this one.
This blows esoterica ramsgate out of the water in every conceivable category by a landslide.
This is a straight up aromatic and might be the most heavily flavored Gawith & Hoggarth tobacco if not any aromatic I ever tried, right up there with ennerdale, bosun, etc.
Most of the ropes are very lightly topped. Not this one. This is absolutely soaked to perfection.
This burned surprisingly well even wet out of the bag in a cob. Needs to be dried before going in a briar obviously.
Smooth, ultra sweet, and the topping lasts right down to the end of the bowl.
This doesn't just smoke well, it smells phenomenal. People complain about the smell of brown or black irish X? You'll have no complaints here. This smells really, really good to people around you.
Licorice is my favorite flavor and this is like smoking straight licorice.
I have to emphasize again, this isn't some faint casing in the background. This stuff is just saturated with it.
This is my favorite of the ropes from the first pipe and I am going to cellar a very large amount of this. It comes nice and wet for aging, and I can't image how good this will be if aged for a year or longer in mason jars.
I thought all the ropes were too mildly topped until I tried this. The strongest aromatic which I have enjoyed for years was Sillem's linea epotique, a coffee, plum and caramel topping vs the licorice in aniseed twist, but this has just a strong flavor, albeit not as nice a room note (still great), and has nicotine as well which linea epotique has little to none.
This stuff has as much flavor as 965 in the aromatic side if not more so.
Was not expecting this to be so flavorful and was very happy I ordered this. I am now wondering why I put it off so long, as I really like ropes.
If you like black licorice get this, if you don't, you'll choke on it. It tastes even stronger than the candy.
A real desert island smoke....Read More
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This stuff is amazing.
January 22, 2026
By:
Sean C.
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Aniseed Twist Bulk
I plan to buy as much as I'm able as often as I can....Read More
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What a great aromatic!!
January 25, 2026
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kraigseder
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Aniseed Twist Bulk
. On my first free puffs I was surprised how the sweet black licorice flavor came through and remained throughout the bowl. Like other GH twists you can also chew this one. While pipe making I don’t smoke s pipe much because I’m so engrossed with what I’m doing I don’t enjoy the tobacco, but I find myself cutting a little off the twist and chewing it. I bought 8oz of the tobacco and will be back to but a pound of it to cellar....Read More
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Ksarak meets Virginia. This is special.
February 05, 2025
By:
teejski
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Aniseed Twist Bulk
As far as the smoking experience, this is a good one. After the 1/3 of the bowl the virginias take over and it shifts to the standard Gawith rope cut journey after that - which is fantastic all in itself. Truly a special experience. I will be stocking up on this!
If you enjoy the rest of Gawith Hoggarth rope cuts, you will appreciate this one. And if you’re a ksarak lover, you will thoroughly enjoy the Aniseed Twist!...Read More
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