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- Components: Virginia
- Family: Virginia
- Cut: Rope
About This Pipe Tobacco
All Gawith & Hoggarth twist tobacco varieties are manufactured by the same spinning process using dark fired wrapper leaves. The filler for Black Irish X is predominantly dark fired leaf with the addition of a small percentage of dark air cured Indian leaf. They are therefore strong tobaccos. Black Twist, because the cooking process removes some of the stronger tar and nicotine elements, provides a mellower smoke than the brown twist.
Customer Reviews
All in the prep
February 04, 2026
By:
Acheron_Music
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Black Irish X Bulk
t, it shouldn’t hit you too bad. Sip slow and then slower than that. You freight train it—yeah, good luck. To me it seems to enjoy a larger/wide bowl such as an apple or pot. I wouldn’t stuff this in a narrow bowl, but ymmv-seems to do best with more room. It’s fresh/moist. Drying this (sometimes for hours) is imperative. Otherwise, assuming you can light it—moist its going to taste a lot like it looks in the bag—wet cat sh*t. There are a number of ways to prep: sharp knife and cutting board needed. Slice into thin coins. I let these dry a bit. Then rub them out at let dry some more. Springy—not moist, not crumbly works for me best. When adequately dried, pack light, slight tamp/maybe light thumb. Light as normal. This is hard to keep lit—expect relights—its part of it. At some point 1/3 to mid bowl it usually takes off and stays lit better. Oily, leathery, tarry—but in a good way. Not going to win a lot of “best room note” awards here. I’ve not folded the coins or cube cut, but those are options too. A grinder (yeah, that kind) can sometimes help here. But the key is slow draws and dry time for me. The folks that smoke this regularly probably write with fountain pens and hunt with flintlock rifles, make their own booze, etc…. It’s old-fashioned, can be temperamental, takes some prep time and some trial and error, but once you find the groove, there aren’t many better than these Gawith ropes for pure strong tobacco....Read More
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Super smooth light sweet smoke.
March 02, 2026
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Black Irish X Bulk
brown ropes and is just roasted. There is no olive oil as mentioned in reviews online either.
This is soaked in water and some sugar and/or licorice topping. It's very smooth and thick smoke but all I get is roasted tobacco and sweet. It actually reminds me of those swisher sweet cigars a lot.
It does have a fairly strong room note but it isn't bad.
If dried out too much it is becomes sharper and very light on nicotine so keep it a little damp before lighting up.
It is not as complex as the brown but is not flat either and I really like this one.
Nicotine is only a medium, and the roasting definitely lowered the punch compared to the brown irish x.
Next to the brown twist aromatic this is the second smoothest of the ropes so far.
I cut this one a little differently in almost 1/2" slices then cut it lengthwise several times for reasonably large wide ribbons which helps keep the flavor coming.
It does not change much as it burns down the bowl and did not leave any dottle or unburned bits.
The aftertaste is mild and this is much closer to cavendish than to latakia by a large margin.
I can definitely see why this is a favorite.
Nicotine is a bit milder than I like but is present.
This a 5 star, very pleasant smoke.
The sweetness was quite shocking as I was not expecting that, and it has a very rich tobacco taste. This tastes like pipe tobacco and has only an ephemeral cigar note in the background weaving in and out.
This one is quite safe in a big bowl and won't floor you with a subtle nicotine blast like the cherry twist (cherry twist is easily the strongest of the ropes I have tried) which is another 5 star smoke.
Dark flake is by far the strongest tobacco from Gawith & Hoggarth, and was my daily smoke for years, but is bitter, while the ropes are not even remotely bitter.
It really reminds me of a cavendish with a solid medium nicotine content. The room note even smells like an unflavored toasted cavendish.
This is a very interesting tobacco with lots of nuances. If the ropes intimidate you try this one first. It is much less intense in all areas than the brown ropes....Read More
This is soaked in water and some sugar and/or licorice topping. It's very smooth and thick smoke but all I get is roasted tobacco and sweet. It actually reminds me of those swisher sweet cigars a lot.
It does have a fairly strong room note but it isn't bad.
If dried out too much it is becomes sharper and very light on nicotine so keep it a little damp before lighting up.
It is not as complex as the brown but is not flat either and I really like this one.
Nicotine is only a medium, and the roasting definitely lowered the punch compared to the brown irish x.
Next to the brown twist aromatic this is the second smoothest of the ropes so far.
I cut this one a little differently in almost 1/2" slices then cut it lengthwise several times for reasonably large wide ribbons which helps keep the flavor coming.
It does not change much as it burns down the bowl and did not leave any dottle or unburned bits.
The aftertaste is mild and this is much closer to cavendish than to latakia by a large margin.
I can definitely see why this is a favorite.
Nicotine is a bit milder than I like but is present.
This a 5 star, very pleasant smoke.
The sweetness was quite shocking as I was not expecting that, and it has a very rich tobacco taste. This tastes like pipe tobacco and has only an ephemeral cigar note in the background weaving in and out.
This one is quite safe in a big bowl and won't floor you with a subtle nicotine blast like the cherry twist (cherry twist is easily the strongest of the ropes I have tried) which is another 5 star smoke.
Dark flake is by far the strongest tobacco from Gawith & Hoggarth, and was my daily smoke for years, but is bitter, while the ropes are not even remotely bitter.
It really reminds me of a cavendish with a solid medium nicotine content. The room note even smells like an unflavored toasted cavendish.
This is a very interesting tobacco with lots of nuances. If the ropes intimidate you try this one first. It is much less intense in all areas than the brown ropes....Read More
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Put hair on your chest
December 22, 2025
By:
Tristan P.
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Black Irish X Bulk
Very masculine smoke, heavy nicotine hit....Read More
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Plato's Ideal Form
October 11, 2025
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Black Irish X Bulk
If Plato smoked tobacco, he would have used Black Irish X to describe the telos of tobacco in its Ideal Form.
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Smoke, sweetness and strength.
January 25, 2026
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Black Irish X Bulk
e brown ropes are nowhere to be found. Incredibly smooth. Consistent throughout, with no unpleasant changes throughout the bowl. Only potential knock would be if you only enjoy incredibly complex mixtures, this isn’t it, with only dark fired and regular Virginias here....Read More
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