Gawith Hoggarth & Co.: Scotch Flake Pipe Tobacco

Product Number: 005-001-0011

A slightly sweet 100% Virginia tobacco, Gawith, Hoggarth & Co's Scotch Flake is a combination of flue-cured Virginias from Brazil and Zimbabwe, augmented with a smaller amount of sun-cured to add sweetness and body. Similar in content to Broken Scotch Cake its darker appearance is a result of it being pressed prior to slicing into flakes.

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Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Scotch Flake

Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Scotch Flake

Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. Scotch Flake

Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. Scotch Flake

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Components: Virginia
Family: Virginia
Cut: Flake

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4.1

16 reviews

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Quite good.

August 12, 2023

By: Davey Jones locker

Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Scotch Flake Bulk

Sweet Virginia with only a tiny touch of Turkish for effect. Flavors of mild cocoa and delicious Virginia tobaccos. The Turkish nudges the cocoa along and makes for a really fine taste.

One note

January 08, 2023

Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Scotch Flake Bulk

A pleasant enough smoke that is very mellow and semisweet. For me, however, it felt one dimensional and lacked the depth I desire. You get hints of Lakeland and some grassy hay-like qualities from the various VAs. It burns rather cool and slow and it best when dried a tad.

awesome!

January 08, 2023

Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Scotch Flake Bulk

Package note of chocolate, flowers and mild hay. Tobacco Flakes are a marbled brown, dark brown and black. Moisture content is Good to Go (a bit dry for GH&C), rubs out with a little effort. Burns slow with few relights once lit. The strength is mild to medium and nic is mild. Flavoring is mild, with notes of very mild chocolate and Lakeland. The chocolate comes in and out sporadically. Taste is medium and somewhat consistent, a little strong in the first half, but mellows in the second half. Tasting notes of wood, spice, bread, earth, floral, hay, mildly spicy, mild tangy citrus, lemon zest, ripe fruit, a sweet grassy background note, and a peppery retro. Virginias are leading with 1/2 the flavoring supporting. Room note is pleasant to tolerable, and aftertaste is great....Read More

Same as Curt's Review: Mild Sweetness, Grassy, Bran, Sweet-tea... No Bite

September 01, 2021

By: James Marc R.

Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Scotch Flake Bulk

Reminds me of Gawith Bothy Flake. "Mild sweetness between grassy and bran notes, sometimes like sweet-tea. There is no bite."

A Coy Mistress

February 07, 2018

Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Scotch Flake Bulk

I struggled for a while with this flake. As initially it was bland and bitey which seemed at odds with its generally favorable reviews. I determined the best approach would be to microwave for 10 seconds and smoke in a filtered pipe. While definitely not a flavor bomb it quickly became subtly sweet and toffee like in the bowl with slight herbal notes. Not your usual Scotch blend as there is no oriental to give that sour depth I normally associate with good Scottish flakes. But it does leave one wanting more as the taste shifts between toffee and herbal and back again. Definitely worth smoking in those more contemplative moments as the flake is enticing in its subtleties

(Edit Update 12/13/2018): I have recently updated this tobacco from a 3.5 to a 4.5 and have moved this as my favorite tobacco. This flake is excellent when stoved. Take 4 oz and put in a mason jar, secure the top with tin foil and the outer ring and cook in the oven for 2 hrs at 220 degrees. A deep dark sweetness is present in the finished stoved product with hay and grass through out the bowl. Once stoved, this tobacco gains a deep, molasses like sweetness that sits just behind a rich grass/hay Virginia flavor. If you can wait for a 2 week rest, you will not be disappointed, I could not wait and started smoking immediately the next day, once all the moisture appeared to be re absorbed back into the flakes and am being rewarded with a deep floral smoke, that moves between a deep grass and hay flavor. Occasionally a subtle sour earthiness pokes out an then goes back into a rich herbal flavor. This is a phenomal smoke once stoved and very well worth takin the time to stove. Wow, this is now my favor tobacco. Take a flake, and fold and stuff 2/3 of the pipe, rub some out as filler and pack on top and around the folds of tobacco and prepare to be amazed!!!...Read More

Instant Fave

July 11, 2017

Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Scotch Flake Bulk

This became an instant favorite of mine. Mild sweetness between grassy and bran notes, sometimes like sweet-tea. There is no bite. It's great.

Scotch Flake

August 11, 2016

Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Scotch Flake Bulk

A proper flake and all, but there is nothing in the flavor that will get me to buy more. I compare it to McClelland Fragrant Mature Cake, which is a bit milder, but has more flavor.

Real nice

May 20, 2016

Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Scotch Flake Bulk

Has a nice bit of sweetness to it, good amount of strength, flavor is pleasing and mild, I think it can use a bit drying and rubbed out really well, but it burns good enough if left a bit chunky right out of the bag. Would definitely buy again.

appealing

May 20, 2015

Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Scotch Flake Bulk

One of those tobaccos I order more of. A simple virginia but satisfying, full and slow to smoke.

5 Star tobacco

December 13, 2013

Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Scotch Flake Bulk

Well worth a try if you're looking for something full-bodied, rich and sweet. I keep a large bag of this on hand for when I fancy a nice change from my two other favourites, Gawith Hoggarth brown twist, and Seattle Pipe Club plum pudding.