Customer Reviews (34 Total)
Unique and in the best possible way
October 31, 2017
Product: Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake 50g
My daughter took the tin from my hand and took a whiff and said "it smells like tamarind". That's it! I was trying to find a way to articulate the great tin note, which happens to translate into taste as well. Tangy dried fruit with a lasti... Read More
ng and satisfying aftertaste that is both sweet and tart. It smokes well (maybe a bit hot at times but that's probably on me for smoking it too fast) and is an easy flake to become one's daily go to. Read Less
Delicious and Light Flake
August 16, 2019
Product: Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake 50g
BBF has a subtle charm that sets it apart from the many Virginia flakes out there. It is a broken flake, pale brown in color, somewhat mild in flavor, and easy on the nicotine. It's reminiscent of Capstan Blue Flake in many ways, but with the usual j... Read More
e ne sais quoi that Samuel Gawith often has. BBF has a fairly subtle but distinct brown sugar flavor that's just delicious—which is perhaps where the name came from—as well as the typical bright Virginia notes of grassy-hay and mild citrus. Although the tin note gave me a faint whiff reminiscent of Grasmere Flake, there are no flowery Lakeland flavorings in BBF—none whatsoever. There's almost no potential for tongue bite, if any. However, smoke it slow all the same, because its delicious flavor can be ruined from puffing it too hard and/or burning it too hot. Room note is pleasant for pipers, but isn't anything special for non-smokers; those in my house say it smells better than cigarettes but not great. Its mild and flavorful characteristics make it a perfect first smoke of the day. Just like all SG products, this is a moist flake—very moist. You will never enjoy smoking this great tobacco unless you dry it out quite a bit before you smoke it. I recommend leaving it out overnight, or a microwave oven for just a few seconds. Read Less
similar to st. james
December 26, 2017
Product: Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake 250g
a grassier version of the st. james flake (earthy), also suffers from the terrible tongue bite and overly moisture packaging
이렇게 고소하다는것을 느낄수가 있을까 싶다
March 15, 2017
Product: Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake 250g
제목그대로 이다. 그이상이 없다.고소한연초는 분명 있을것이다. 그리고 그연초들은 베스트브라운을 향해서 공격할것이다. 하지만 베스트브라운만의 특별한 고소함은 나를 항상 흥분시키기 딱좋다.
一款有着独特豆香的淡甜V草
March 17, 2021
Product: Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake 50g
劲道2.8 饱满度3.5 室韵3.2
一款SG家不算特别热门的V草，前段有着不弱的劲道，甜味很淡，烟气的主线是一种很特别的烧豆子的味道，同时有明显的土腥味；中段以后甜度缓慢上升，豆香仍然主线但是果香也开始呈现，中前段的烟气饱满度非常不错；中后端以后劲道转柔，主线味道是烤面包味和烤玉米味，甜度仍然不算特别高。总体燃烧和斗温烟气状态在SG家的草里面属于非常不错的，甜度虽然不高但是口腔内的余韵感很强，并且有淡淡的奶香，总体的烟气香味非常特别，如果喜欢烤农作物香味的斗友，这会是你的不错的选择。
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Not Sammy’s Best Brown Flake, But It Still Scores Five Stars
February 28, 2021
Product: Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake 50g
In all of Samuel Gawith’s body of work, Best Brown Flake (with its braggadocio-rich name) might play second fiddle to the magnificent Full Virginia Flake. But in my world, it still clocks in at a full five stars. And if not, at least four-point-five.... Read More
And not because of the fact I’m an Anglophile who loves Samuel Gawith’s blends. With Best Brown Flake, Samuel Gawith delivers an excellent medium-bodied Virginia broken flake. I might be wrong, but the brown sugar, honey, citrus and grassy hay notes all seem to result naturally from inside of the prime Virginia leaf here, and not from any mystery toppings.
The tin note is to me very much like green tea, with Full Virginia Flake smelling like green tea mixed with some unknown other tea variety. Green tea is not as present, however in the flavor post-char light. Instead you get the flavors I mentioned before.
This easily could become an all-day, with its mild nicotine levels and mild flavor, but it is at least an ideal morning puff for a pipester with Virginia on the mind. Rub this out and dry for a couple or few hours before packing the bowl, for best results. 5.0 stars. Read Less
Flavorful Virginia
July 11, 2018
Product: Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake 50g
A very pleasant blend that is neither too grassy nor too strong, but squarely in the middle realm. If rubbed out well, Best Brown becomes an easy all day smoke filled with a steady, warmish taste that remains constant from beginning to end. It needed... Read More
a little time to dry, but not as much as it use to. The tins I received in July of 2018, were not that soddened. Perhaps the complaints of some smokers, regarding this issue, has been addressed. Whatever the case, it's still one of the best and purest Virginias out there. Read Less
Thank You SP.com
September 15, 2017
Product: Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake 250g
Thank you SP.com (Kaz specifically) for making an errant order right, I had been waiting on the order, which contained a box of my lovely Best Brown Flake thus making it's elusiveness even worse.
I'm happy to say, SP.com have sorted this out for me ... Read More
showing they always put their customers first over anything.
Thank you once again SP
This is one of Samuel Gawith's top selling tobaccos, and a favourite of many pipe smokers. Read Less
Moisture Issues
July 24, 2017
Product: Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake 50g
The times I've gotten past the moisture issues it taste delicious. The satisfying smoke average seems to be 2 out of 6 times. I've played around with it as far as drying out with hit and miss success. I've found with most Samuel Gawith offerings it'... Read More
s best to open them and let them breathe for 3-4 hrs, close them back up, then let them sit for 1-2 months. When I come back to them they're usually good to go. We'll see. I like it a lot when it smokes well Read Less
Product: Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake 50g
This is trully the best brown virginia flake that you can find outthere.Rhodesian leaf is,of course,quite different from northamerican stuff,both splendid.Humidity optimal for cellaring,just a little Sun and air to become the perfect smoke.This is no... Read More
t only an all day blend,it´s a all life blessing in my pipes. Read Less
I like it alot
March 31, 2016
Product: Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake 50g
It is very good. Its a little more interesting than BB#2 by G&H. Its a tad sweeter and a tad mellower.
a top virginia
December 23, 2015
Product: Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake 50g
If you can get through the moisture problem this is one of the best flakes you will ever have . Try mixing it with a neutral Virginia like Newminster flake so you can light it . The tobacco is high quality and very well blended .
Product: Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake 50g
Best Brown Flake is my preferred virginia flake over all those i´ve smoked up to now. This is a medium bodied, frangant and mellow smoke, with hints of anisse, cinnamon and hay. Needs a good time to dry if you want to experiment a smooth and delightf... Read More
ul smoke. Never load your pipe right out of the tin!! Too moist for that!!. I put a pair of flakes at the oven for 10-12 minutes and get ready to go!. Fantastic smoke!! Read Less
Product: Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake 50g
I'm so lucky to find a 1995 tin at local shop. It fermented well with tangy, sweet. But still hard to stay lit, need some dry time but not to long .
Not what it use to be
June 04, 2020
Product: Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake 50g
This use to be a full length flake with a deep semi sweet, nutty characteristic in taste and a nice nicotine punch. Now it's a broken flake with and sour sharpness that bites me. I think the samuel gawith / gawith hoggarth merger has ruined this ble... Read More
nd. It was one of my favorites but now has been replaced as one of my top picks. I'm sadly disappointed. Read Less
Smooth!
December 23, 2019
Product: Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake 50g
Ill be quick.
This is superb.
Browb sugar, honey, no bite.
NEXT!
Lovely flavor for sipping only
June 27, 2019
Product: Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake 250g
This blend has a terrific taste, if you possess the self-control to only sip it. If you're a heavy puffer, which I typically practice, you might want to seek another Virginia. Heavy puffers will endure a bite like a Nile crocodile with this blend.
Product: Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake 50g
I've got to say that the aged Virginia's really hit the spot for me. I prefer this over the Samuel Gawith FVF and 1792. My tin was perfect. Didn't need to dry it out, smoked great, and no bite. This is one of my top five favorite Virginians.
Not Too Bad But No Bell Ringer For Me
May 26, 2019
Product: Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake 50g
My sample required picking, tamping & relighting throughout the smoke session & my pipe had to be left unsmoked during several cool-down intervals which served two purposes... less bite & a cooler smoke. Now I have time to prepare a strong cup of Iri... Read More
sh Breakfast Tea before resuming. This is a slow burning tobacco and one deep bowlful lasts for at least forty-five minutes to an hour & strangely enough, doesn't leave a very strong tobacco odor in the room. That tells me there's very little Vitamin N in the mix... a rather wimpy concoction.
Unfortunately, I like so many other types/blends of tobaccos & will be setting this one aside and doubtful I'll ever revisit it. It was a gift from a friend & thought I'd give it a go. However, I love Samuel Gawith's FVF, especially after a few years of age... one of my all time favorites but there's nothing better on the planet than C & D's Small Batch, Carolina Red Flake which is the best tasting & strongest VA I've ever smoked. I found BBF to be lacking in strength with little flavor. However, we're all of differing DNA with varying taste receptors & many prefer milder blends. I just couldn't get past the harsh, biting nature of Best Brown Flake. I'm glad many find this exceptional but it will not remain in my rotation. Read Less
Top virginia
February 07, 2019
Product: Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake 50g
Needs time to dry, as always with S.G. Also, as always with S.G (in my opinión), needs to understand the way to smoke: slowly, without purpose. It is grassy and earthy, with a lot of flavour. In the acid side i think, not very sweet. medium strength,... Read More
top quality Virginia. If you smoke It fast and hard, It will become an ugly tobacco. Sometimes a fine grassy flavour come around, and its when i really enjoy It, but sometimes a bitter sensation Also comes, and i dont like It, but anyway, on a corn-cob pipe with a Frozen tea and time to smoke It with calm, its very pleasant. Read Less
Nice - cellar some
January 14, 2018
Product: Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake 250g
Somehow I managed to buy 2 boxes of Best Brown, don't ask me how that happened, but I'm glad it did. I finished the first box in a year and enjoyed it. I opened the second recently and wow that second box after a year was so much better! The moistur... Read More
e content was just right making it much more enjoyable. Once they get this back in stock, I am ordering another so in a year's time I can continue to have this experience. Wonderful Read Less
Best Brown for sure
March 14, 2017
Product: Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake 50g
Great stuff. Rich and dark side of VA tobacco. I think my tin wasn't sealed because I was surprised to find fairly dried out tobacco inside. I was wondering what the sweet smell was among my tin stash (others are all American style round tins and I'm... Read More
sure they're all sealed). Not as much sweet topping as with Saint James Flake maybe? It's a worthy VA flake. I mostly smoke McC VAs and this is a good treat but don't know if it will be a regular for me. Read Less
Really excellent tobacco
January 15, 2017
Product: Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake 50g
I understand that this tobacco seems wet. From what I hear there are no added moisture or humectants just the ambient humidity the day it was made. The thing about these Gawith flakes is they make you figure them out. How much do I dry? What's the be... Read More
st way to prep? Fold and stuff cube cut? Full rub? I found that a full rub and an hour really work. Flavor. Absolutely brilliant when found. Cinnamon spice and mellow mustiness that is inherent in brown virginias. Leaves no dottor and burns all the way down. I really do enjoy this flake when done properly. I have a special love affair with these old fashioned English made flakes. I dont complain when any go out of stock for months cause I know that they will not sacrifice quality for production. And prepping and drying is part of the ritual for finding that sweet spot of a smoke that's truly sublime. Read Less
Very mild and rather disappointing.
December 26, 2016
Product: Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake 50g
This was the tobacco to smoke at the EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP in October 2016 in Slowakia. As always with Samuel Gawith, it’s not moist, it’s wet, and therefore needs considerable drying time. In large bowls I fold the flakes and cram it in my pipe. In ... Read More
smaller bowls I prefer to rub it a little. Both ways lead to a good, slow, steady and cool burnig. For those used to smoking flakes it’s (mechanically) a pleasure to smoke.
BEST BROWN FLAKE is a pure Virginia. Regarding the taste of this mixture, well, it’s not my pair of shoes. I was expecting a broad fan of all kinds of Virginia flavours. I thought I was smoking a soft, light Aromatic. I could not find all these pleasurable flavours, typically attributed to Virginias. It is smokable, sure, but I am disappointed. Read Less
Product: Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake 50g
This is a wonderful Virginia, one I first tried many years back while still being an English only smoker. Apart from the excessive moisture which many other users comment on, this is a superb tobacco that can be enjoyed with some drying time. Plan ac... Read More
cordingly. Read Less
Most Excellent
December 18, 2015
Product: Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake 50g
This was my first experience with flake tobacco, and it was delightful. A gentle, aromatic smoke! I found that rubbing the flake (instead of various other methods described for prepping flake tobacco for smoking) worked the best. Highly recommended.
Truly the best brown
November 04, 2015
Product: Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake 250g
This is a delicious and mild Virginia. Complex flavours, no tongue bite, no nasty after taste...
You can smoke it at any time of the day. Like most SG flakes It is too moist out of the tin (box) so it is better to leave it to dry for an hour.
A Smooth, Easy Going Smoke
September 26, 2014
Product: Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake 50g
I'll have to agree with Gregg F. This flake comes out of the tin with a rich moisture. It needs some drying out for sure. After a friend recommended it I was looking forward to it, took out two flakes, the rest to the mason jar. Dried it for 30 m... Read More
inutes, rubbed it out, dried it some more. A guy can tell when the moisture level is a tad high and as such it did require some attention throughout the bowl. Smoked in a new cob, I found Best Brown to be a mellow, full-bodied (yet not overpowering) complex smoke. It really did make me wonder at the fact that Orlik is over two bucks cheaper but yet I find myself reaching for the red tin very, very often. I will also plan to reevaluate this flake after some aging and some more drying. For now, I'm a fan and I do think it'll be a four-star rating upon further review... Read Less
fabulous tobacco but....
August 19, 2014
Product: Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake 250g
I was immediately entranced with the rich complex aroma when the tin was opened but I found the moisture content extremely difficult to manage. First bowl folded and stuffed right out of the tin with no drying time, burned a little indentation inside... Read More
... the bowl of my new Sav 320 so I tried rubbing it out - it was still too wet, left the rubbed BBF out overnight but that apparently was too much, I will try this tobacco again because of the incredible richness and complexity but the nic hit was overwhelming for me. Next time I will leave the flakes out for an hour or so and then place them in one of my tiny 1/2 pint mason jars to balance and try smoking rolled and stuffed in a smaller bowl. At this point I feel this tobacco is worth some effort in finding the right balance of moisture since it is so very rich and wonderful, I will update after another effort, for now 3 stars for me Read Less
This is a fabulous tobacco, but....
August 19, 2014
Product: Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake 50g
I was immediately entranced with the rich complex aroma when the tin was opened but I found the moisture content extremely difficult to manage. First bowl folded and stuffed right out of the tin with no drying time, burned a little indentation inside... Read More
the bowl of my new Sav 320 so I tried rubbing it out - it was still too wet, left the rubbed BBF out overnight but that apparently was too much, I will try this tobacco again because of the incredible richness and complexity but the nic hit was overwhelming for me. Next time I will leave the flakes out for an hour or so and then place them in one of my tiny 1/2 pint mason jars to balance and try smoking rolled and stuffed in a smaller bowl. At this point I feel this tobacco is worth some effort in finding the right balance of moisture since it is so very rich and wonderful, I will update after another effort, for now 3 stars for me Read Less
Product: Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake 50g
This is a regular go to in my rotation!
Decent Smoke
October 26, 2012
Product: Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake 250g
This is a decent tobacco
Product: Samuel Gawith Best Brown Flake 50g
This is one of my top 3 favorites of Sam Gawiths. I keep it on hand , and its my traveling /working/ all day tobacco. Its light,and creamy smoky , and tastes great all day. I dont seem to get tongue bite from it.Its just a flat out good for all day V... Read More
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