Gawith Hoggarth & Co.: Best Brown #2 Flake 50g Pipe Tobacco

Product Number: 003-069-0003

Founded in Kendal, Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. has fashioned quality pipe tobacco since 1887, utilizing processes and techniques that date to 1792. The Cumbria-based company prioritizes natural tobacco flavor, and in many of their mixtures, Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. maintains the standards enforced by the United Kingdom's strict purity laws of the 19th and 20th centuries — such laws dictating how much and what type of flavorings could be added to pipe tobacco and ensuring that sub-quality leaf wasn't hidden under the veil of exorbitant toppings.

Best Brown #2 is a flake mixture of the finest Virginias and Burleys with a slight casing of complementary sweetness, and it's among the pinnacle of Gawith, Hoggarth & Co.'s production. The blending house is particularly lauded for their flake tobaccos, which are still produced using machinery from the 1790s and with production patents from the late 1800s. Gawith, Hoggarth & Co.'s only production change in the last 100 years involved transitioning from coal-fired to gas-operated tobacco presses, and their flakes are pressed for nearly a month before being sliced and tinned, personifying traditional pipe tobaccos at their best.

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Customer Reviews (30 Total)
Overall Rating:
4.23 out of 5 stars
Sweet & Sour
February 26, 2018
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Best Brown Flake #2 Bulk
Sweet and sour, tangy and delicious! This is yet another one from GH&Co that just ticks all the right boxes. To be honest, this one took me awhile to figure out and really fall for. I remember tasting a light Lakeland topping when I first tasted... Read More
Classic Flavours
August 17, 2016
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Best Brown #2 Flake 50g
Upon opening, you are greeted with a block of beautiful, partially broken flakes dotted with a decent amount of sugar crystals. The smell is akin to McClelland virginias; sharp, with a vinegar like sourness. This is the dominant smell, but there are ... Read More
This is no #2
March 08, 2020
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Best Brown Flake #2 Bulk
Bought the last oz of this. Some of you might know what I mean when I say this: Best Brown is like a finely crafted Porter Beer. It is sweet, thick, and molassesy. With a hint of smokiness. I could could go for a lb of this right now. Wonderful!
Grrew on me
May 19, 2018
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Best Brown Flake #2 Bulk
So i had expected it to be more like best brown flake, its similar in name but stops there. Here we have a very rich heavy smoke. Not very complex but what is there i really dig. Its much more earthy than BBF. I would assume its cause its more burley... Read More
温和柔软
April 28, 2021
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Best Brown Flake #2 Bulk
就像柔软而温和的少女,没有风情万种也足够让人神魂颠倒。
wonderful virginia flake
February 15, 2021
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Best Brown Flake #2 Bulk
Very nice Virginia flake. I like the sweetness and a hit of sour. The lakeland is not significant but can be recognized. Slow burn and nice white ash. 非常好的V切。很甜,一点点酸味。湖区味能尝到,但很淡。烧的很慢,烟灰很白。
微甜 V草香 淡淡的湖区味
February 11, 2021
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Best Brown Flake #2 Bulk
微微的甜味,就是烟草天然的香味,若隐若现的湖区味。力道适中,燃烧很好,不烧舌。相对来说是没有什么特色的一款草。
vb爱好者的选择
May 02, 2022
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Best Brown Flake #2 Bulk
点火以后你就会发现,其实b草不是主导,淡淡的甜味始终在口腔流转,没有咬舌的顾虑,虽然层次不够,但是抽一天你也没有压力……桂花鸭
好抽得很嘛?那个儿豁
February 08, 2022
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Best Brown #2 Flake 50g
太巴适,太安逸咯
Winner
September 02, 2021
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Best Brown Flake #2 Bulk
What a delicious tobacco. Behaves nicely with ample drying time plume of rich smooth smoke and in mo full flavored Bought 4 oz. And went back to order a lb. And all gone just a perfect blend
awesome!
November 19, 2022
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Best Brown #2 Flake 50g
Package note of stewed fruit, raisin and vinegar. Tobacco flakes are a marbled brown and fairly dense, will require some prep either cubing or rubbing out. Tobacco is moist and may need some drying. Burns is slow with a few relights. The strength is ... Read More
未见尾灯
September 21, 2022
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Best Brown #2 Flake 50g
又败给了我国机器人!
非常不错
August 28, 2022
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Best Brown #2 Flake 50g
没啥好说的,保存得当的话,烟气淳厚,劲道柔和,酸甜可口,好东西。
The king of the hill
July 30, 2022
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Best Brown #2 Flake 50g
This is the king of G&H tobbaco line up for me! After aging for over two years now It's sweet & sour burns great has a great tobbaco core, so I bought a pound of it.
VB经典混合
May 19, 2022
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Best Brown Flake #2 Bulk
Best Brown Flake #2 可以慢慢抽一天,温和酸甜,缺点层次不够...桂花鸭
美味しいバージニアフレーク
February 18, 2022
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Best Brown #2 Flake 50g
このタバコは最初より中間以降に良い香りと甘味が出て来る。人気があるタバコの理由が分かりました。
经过激烈战斗
February 07, 2022
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Best Brown Flake #2 Bulk
灵魂理解的战斗种族抢到一盒,不容易啊,真不容易
ifc
December 11, 2021
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Best Brown Flake #2 Bulk
otv 21
Solid snoot of smoke
November 05, 2021
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Best Brown Flake #2 Bulk
I'd buy pounds of this stuff if you had it.
湖边柳下一壶茶
September 29, 2021
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Best Brown Flake #2 Bulk
一直柔,一直柔,你很怕一大口就会把她咬碎,所以你也要慢一点,轻一点,细心体会那种淡淡的香甜。
Tart and Citrusy Sweet
September 01, 2021
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Best Brown Flake #2 Bulk
No Lakeland. Yep, it's tart, but it has a sweetness that balances that a bit. There's no spiciness associated with the VA, which I suppose is in higher proportion to the burley, which calms, smooths and provides mouthfuls of smoke. It's not bad... ... Read More
Best brown
April 28, 2021
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Best Brown #2 Flake 50g
Mild but satisfying
Quality
April 20, 2021
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Best Brown #2 Flake 50g
This is smooth and calming. Straight tobacco taste that lets you enjoy the sweet flavor.
Pretty decent!
June 10, 2020
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Best Brown Flake #2 Bulk
Only a mild sweet casing. It's tasteful, unlike aromatics. Forms a nice thick carbon cake.
Everything a Tobacco should be.
April 08, 2020
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Best Brown Flake #2 Bulk
For a long time I’ve sought after a tobacco that.... I’m not sure how to explain it. Is perfect. It’s cool smoking, comes very aged, simply rub it out, (no drying) and stuff it in your pipe a puff away. It’s rugged in its form and elegant in its perf... Read More
Beautiful flakes. Amazing taste.
March 29, 2020
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Best Brown #2 Flake 50g
A very delicious blend. Mild but very tasty.
Different
August 02, 2018
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Best Brown Flake #2 Bulk
This is pretty good but not something I'll smoke very often. Has a decent sweet and sour flavor going on but not my favorite blend from this company. I give it a good rating because it's a quality blend just not exactly what I'm looking for.
A pleasant change
April 21, 2017
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Best Brown Flake #2 Bulk
to SG Best Brown Flake. I've enjoyed best brown for a longtime but only recently tried Best Brown #2, I can honestly say I like it a lot and think it'll become a favourite. However, I don't get any Lakeland 'essence' or 'floral' taste or smell, I don... Read More
One more step in the quest...
November 03, 2013
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Best Brown Flake #2 Bulk
I keep this around because it's not a bad smoke; initially, I tried it in my seemingly never-ending quest to duplicate the now unavailable Amphora Brown of my youth. Alas, another dead end. Judging it on its own merits, I find that half a bowl is suf... Read More
Best Brown #2 [Lakeland Flavor]
July 24, 2013
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Best Brown Flake #2 Bulk
Best Brown #2 [Lakeland Flavor]; Star Rating = 3.0; Rating Scores - 10 is the Best and 0 is the Worst; Pouch Note = 6; Room Note = 6; Flavor = 6; Bite = 6; Burn = 6; After Taste = 6; Raw Score = 36; Rated Percentage = 60%; Comment = Smooth... Read More