Gawith Hoggarth & Co.: Rum Flake 50g Pipe Tobacco

Product Number: 003-069-0007

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.

Rum Flake is a broken flake mixture of the finest Virginias and Burleys with a slight casing of rum and maple sugars, 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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  • Components: Virginia, Burley
  • Family: Burley
  • Cut: Flake
Customer Reviews
Overall Rating:
4.2
50 reviews
Not at first, but…
March 19, 2025
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Rum Flake 50g
I was unsure of this stuff at first, but after smoking it a few times it’s actually really good and tasty. I don’t taste much rum or maple but I can taste it. The quality of tobacco is supreme. I will be buying this in bulk form as it is a real winner! I really love the dark flake unscented GH has too! Try it!...Read More
Now called Jamaican Flake
January 09, 2025
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Rum Flake 50g
My sentiment goes along with the rest of the reviews. Just thought everyone should know that if you order “rum flake” it will not show up with that lable in your mailbox. It is now apparently called “Jamacan Flake”
Solid Dark Flake
December 06, 2024
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Rum Flake Bulk
GH Rum Flake is a tasty, stout dark flake that has an underlying sweetness but without the Lakeland flavors. The rum is subtle; you can identify it as rum in the bag note, but in the flavor it comes through as a gentle sweetness that boosts the overall profile without being "aromatic" in the usual sense. Burns well, nice strength. A very reliable brown flake that doesn't bring you in through the usual anise and florals. (From Rum Flake, you can step toward Lakeland with 1792 Flake, which leads with tonquin, and then to GH Dark Flake Aromatic, which brings the Lakeland without apology.)...Read More
Daily smoke
March 07, 2025
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Rum Flake Bulk
Have to be in the mood for this one but when I am... it's fire! This is a revisit...this flake has really grown on me as solani abf has essentially went MIA! It's a really cool burning good smoke really all the way through. Changes colors a little towards the bottom. Really top 5 smoke for me after a decade of piping!...Read More
Un-Expectedly Tasty
October 03, 2024
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Rum Flake Bulk
I didn't have any expectation for this beyond it being just solid baccy from GH. I bought a few grams to merely reach their free shipping quota: wow! it's really good. tastes best (for me) out of a briar, (which brought out the ruminess). my meers & cobbs seemed to mute the sweetness of the blend. it's fairly moist and takes a few relights (rubbed out or not). now i'm curious if the tinned offering is any tastier?...Read More
Tasty!
May 11, 2024
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Rum Flake Bulk
This tobacco is sweet, but IMHO not as most descibe it as. The rum comes through as a sort pancake syrup (not maple). It can bite if puffed vigorously, still I enjoyed it and recommend trying it!
A little strong but pleasant
January 18, 2024
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Rum Flake 50g
Seemed on the moist side out of the tin. Smoked great with some drying out and was overall pretty good. I think a smaller bowl size is the way to go if you’re nic sensitive.
Another Amazing Blend
November 09, 2023
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Rum Flake Bulk
It seems to me that the experience that Gawith Hoggarth have just dominates the tobbaco market they have so many great blends. I ordered a pound of it.
Smooth and sneaky strong
July 19, 2023
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Rum Flake 50g
If smooth burley is your thing, then try this. Unfortunately, burley is not a favorite for me, no matter how smooth. I detected no flavoring, despite its reputation. It also was stronger than I thought it would be, but I'm also more sensitive to burley nicotine. Not bad, overall, but I don't think I'll be buying any more of it....Read More
Very good
October 08, 2023
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Rum Flake Bulk
It’s interesting enough to let you light up another ball immediately
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