Customer Reviews (49 Total)
Deep and Rich
July 01, 2017
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 50g
Ordered it because i heard so much about it. outstanding rich and deep tones in the smoke. doesnt come on right away either. i tend to puff away and this one shouldnt be rushed--but savored. it will reward you for that. fruity in a deep way--raisin... Read More
y slightly. liked it so much immediately bought the 250gm. Read Less
Tasty and strong top-level Va/Per.
December 26, 2016
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 50g
Delicious tin nose of fermented Virginia and fruity Perique. As always with Samuel Gawith, the tobacco in tin is soaking wet. A nuisance! First of all I take theses dark brown and thick flake straps, rub them out roughly, spread it on a plate and let... Read More
it air for several hours or even overnight. Don’t overdo it with drying, the blend will lose a lot of flavours, not strength, even if you re-moister it. There is only Virginia and Perique in this mixture and I cannot detect any added flavouring, casing or topping.
It’s all top quality tobacco. The robust Virginias donate aromas of bread, yeast, fermented grass, earth, natural tobacco and sweetness, all in different grades and shades as you go on. The Perique is both, pleasantly fruity (plum/raisin) and peppery. ST. JAMES FLAKE is rather a strong mixture, due to the robust selection of Virginias on the one hand, and the peppery part of Perique on the other hand. Perique is the leader in this blend most of the time. Nic-hit is medium to strong. It’s a characterful Va/Per, but not an all day smoke. Read Less
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 50g
I am from Louisiana and this blend reminds me of home. Just the right pairing of sweet raisin notes with a fair amount of heat. As VaPer's go, this is a beauty. I could go for some more heat in this blend but that may be because I am a Louisianan.
Great Tobacoo
September 13, 2016
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 250g
Cold very pleasant aroma, with hints of chocolate, leather, plum and a touch of coffee. Invites burn slowly in a medium pipe. Perique, with a touch some pepper, adorns a somewhat creamy and very tasty smoke. VAPER is necessary to have wide collection... Read More
of tabacoo. Read Less
Dreams are made of this flake.
August 17, 2016
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 50g
This flake is like a drug sometimes. You hit the sweet spot and you will chase that experience everytime. Dark, brooding and utterly fantastic. I usually rub out or 1/4 inch strips and stuff. Always satisfies if done right.
非常好抽的一款草
October 22, 2020
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 250g
必须要存货的一款，经常断货。窖藏后味道更美。
很有饱足感的草，很醇厚，P草的点缀让变化更有节奏。
非常好抽的一款V草
October 22, 2020
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 250g
适当陈放风味更佳，香气四溢。作为口粮来说非常不错哦。
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 50g
最爱的一款烟草没有之一,可惜现在买不到了
Outstanding
February 04, 2018
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 50g
Reminds me of Dunbar with its sweet, figgy aroma. A bit on the moist side out of the tin. Needs drying to be able to smoke without an abundance of relights. Highly recommended.
Age It!!!!
April 02, 2014
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 50g
After my first smoke of this flake I was left wondering why it was in such short supply and loved by many. A fellow pipe smoker told me to jar it up and forget about it. It ages like it's on "steroids" so he claims. After only 3 months of p... Read More
roperly jarring/aging it he was absolutely right. This will become a main stay for me and well stocked in my cellar. I can't even imagine what this will taste like 1,2,3,4,5 years from now. Like candy I'm sure. Pure bliss for me. Read Less
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 250g
哇噻！经过半年时间的等待终于买到了几包，开心🥳
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 250g
烟草非常好，与ph棒子比较厚重感稍差，排名第二
产品:塞缪尔·加维斯圣·詹姆斯·弗雷克50g
February 06, 2019
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 250g
非常好的一款草，SG独有的口感使人难以忘怀，很遗憾 很可惜的是在这里买不到了
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 50g
最爱的一款烟草没有之一,可惜现在买不到了
Beautiful Surprise
September 10, 2018
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 50g
I knew I had Something special when I took the first whiff of the tin. Dates, fig, pepper and wet hay... awesome tin aroma that was unlike any Va/Per I have smelled. The smoke is almost perfect, I did let it dry a bit before lighting. The same tin ar... Read More
oma is in the entire smoke, from top to bottom... Absolutely beautiful. Very high quality tobacco. I’m going to buy a ton and age it, I can only imagine what this will bloom into in a year or more. Read Less
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 250g
This is All-Time for me! I bought a box on a whim and dang, good purchase. Needs to dry more than I let it but I don't mind. Doesn't bit me, I have no complaints on this at all. On my short list for best everyday tobaccos.
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 50g
最爱的一款烟草没有之一，可惜现在买不到了
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 50g
There isn't much more to say about this blend that hasn't been said here already. Great right out of the tin. One of the best tin notes for a Va/Per. These flakes age better than any other blend I've ever purchased. By which I mean that the color,... Read More
tin note (jar note), and flavors become dramatically different with age. More so than any other blend. Read Less
My first VaPer
October 13, 2017
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 50g
This was my first VaPer St James flake very tasty, very moist, very thick, already put it away see what happens
Top 5 Va/Per
June 28, 2016
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 50g
Definitely the prettiest flake you ever did see. Browns, marbled with black, and even cream (cross sections of leaf stems?). Tin note is wonderfully pungent, slightly acidic. It even had some sugar crystal blossoms, indicating it is well aged. I wa... Read More
sn’t so sure at first. It started out with more grass/hay than I care for in Virginias. But it sweetened, and developed more chocolate half way through. Generous amount of Perique, which I like. Could use some drying time, but smokes well straight from the tin. A complex, and delightful smoke. I would rate it in my top five Va/Pers. Read Less
One of the Very Best
May 28, 2015
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 50g
I've tried multiple VaPers, and this is among the best. I smoked it right out of the tin with no drying time. Lighting was a bit of a challenge but once it got going it burned evenly. It began with the taste of Virginias, sweet and mellow, and then t... Read More
ransitioned to the strong, smoky Perique. There was little bite. This could easily become my everyday, all-day go-to smoke. Looking forward, I expect to see a lot of this in my cellar before too long. Read Less
My goto Va/per...
February 05, 2015
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 50g
Thanks to St James Parish Louisiana for this spicy but smooth Perique. And Samuel Gawith for the masterful blend. It does need a little airing out as it is fairly moist when first opened. Can't speak to aging it as it is never around long enough at m... Read More
y house. If you want to experience the Perique spice this is a great place to start. Read Less
S.G. reinvented Virgina/Periques
May 30, 2012
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 50g
I affectionately refer to this blend as 'The Hammer' as it vastly eclipses just about every other VaPer I've come across.
Samuel Gawith has really changed the game with their expertise in creating full flavoured, full bodied virginia flakes applied ... Read More
to creating a full virginia perique blend. If you like Full Virginia Flake, and I'm pretty sure you do given how hard it is to find it in stock, and you are fond of VaPers, then this might be, for you, like me, your The One tobacco.
The virginia in this flake is very dark and intense, yet mellow to smoke - this is enriched and spiced up with the application of particularly spicy perique. I do not know if this is a factor of their source of perique, or whether it's the crusty bits falling off of their three century old flake presses, but this has all the flavour, strength, and pleasure of smoking 3 bowls of escudo at once; yet it's quite mellow and smooth!
As with all S.G. Flakes, it's very earthy, dry, and smokey, rather like my favourite red wine, and as mentioned, the perique in this blend is a spicy fig-and-pepper bolt in the dark. Read Less
The Best Virginia/Perique EVER
December 05, 2022
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 50g
Sweet... grass, pastry, a sweet yeasty/malted raisin nuance, a slight tanginess akin to plums, caramelized sugar, coffee, even a few floral notes here and there. I don't get much black pepper from the Perique, but rather stewed fruit. The finish is c... Read More
lean and sweet and it leaves a decent room note, unlike many other perique mixtures. This is 'Top Shelf' pipe tobacco. Not much to add from what's already been stated; This is the pinnacle of a Virginia/Perique (VAPER). Hard to find, but worth the effort. Nicotine is 3.5 out of 5. Read Less
VP草中的TOP 5？
August 24, 2022
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 250g
慢慢买，慢慢屯吧。SJ陈个7、8年就可以了吗？希望到时候还没有退坑。😂
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 50g
This stuff with just a bit of age is really good.
sweet virginias and tends to be spicy. Really good. Can't wait to see it come into the country again.
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 50g
Samuel Gawith的草特别难打理，因为湿黏，准备工作要做的更多，需要积累一些经验以及足够的耐心才能得到奖励。St. James Flake是我开始接触烟斗购买的第一盒草，也是直到现在尝到的最好VP混合，Perique的香味和 Virginia淡淡的干草味以及甜蜂蜜味道相得益彰，完美的融合在一起，燃烧以及味道之间的化学反应又衍生出其他复杂醇厚的香气，对于我向来平庸的舌头和鼻子来说，这是一颗彩蛋。
非常好抽的一款V草
December 17, 2020
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 250g
常年断货，大家的眼睛是雪亮的，值得珍藏。
As Good As It Gets!
February 26, 2018
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 250g
I don't know why it's taken me so long to write up my thoughts on this flake but sometimes I just forget to sing my praise of some old favorites. This one is definitely a favorite and I consider it to be one of the finest VaPer's on the market. This ... Read More
will give you low base notes with some sharpness from the Perique. It's of the yeasty bready kind of flavors rather than the light hay like notes you would find in lighter VaPer's. I enjoy dark flakes and low notes and this one satisfies on every level. The flakes are packed ready to smoke, especially in the box and that is usually uncommon with Samuel Gawith tobaccos, I've smoked a lot of this and have never had to dry it before I load up and I like my tobaccos dry because I get a lot more flavor that way. These flakes will age with grace but require no cellar time to produce an amazing smoke. Nicotine level is just about medium so this is perfect for all day smoking. I just can't praise this one enough!
Essential! Read Less
버지니아 페릭 와우
August 26, 2016
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 250g
핫프레스드 버지니아의 구수한 고질의 향에 적절한 페릭의 가미가 잘 조화된 최상의 연초입니다.
세손가락안의 페릭연초로 꼽습니다
숙성되면 어떨지 기대됩니다.
Yet Another 1st Class Blend from Samuel Gawith!
June 10, 2016
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 50g
This went straight into my regular rotation after the first tin I enjoyed it so much.
True to S.G form, it comes out the tin very moist and requires some drying out but this isn't necessarily a bad thing as there's nothing worse than opening a tin/p... Read More
ouch of tobacco to find overly dry dust where there was once an enjoyable tobacco!
Tin note is figs, plum, raisins and I also get the "ketchup" yet not as strong as with McClelland 2015 Virginia/Perique for example. Sweet too with the VAs coming through with fresh hay/grass notes
Not too much Vitamin-N at all as I can smoke this all day, unlike McClelland 2015 which has given me a nicotine rush before but I still enjoy immensely.
I experienced no tongue bite whatsoever from this tobacco, it tastes really nice & sweet with increasing strength the further down it gets, enjoyable all the way to the bottom leaving a nice fine clean ash at the end.
On the whole this is a highly enjoyable VaPer tobacco from Samuel Gawith, one I suggest you try if you haven't done so already, one well worth putting some age on so buy a few tins and one to smoke just now of course! ;-) Read Less
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 250g
first in rate of just 25 tobacco...
Typical Sam
March 15, 2016
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 250g
This stuff is well-deserving of its reputation... both the good and the bad. When you hit it, it's complex, deep, almost frightening and brooding, with a sweetness that entices you back into the swamp.
But it's inconsistent, and very difficult to wo... Read More
rk with, and will burn like an inferno if you're not careful. What can I say? Skill rewards smokers. Read Less
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 50g
Similar to Full Virginia Flake but with the addition of Perique. Burns cool but tastes spicy, St. James flake is an excellent blend and is considered by many to be a benchmark Virginia/Perique.
The King of VP
December 13, 2022
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 50g
心目中的VP之王，几乎不挑斗，对新人友好，稍微掌握基础抽吸技巧即可尝试，又有足够的辨识度，秉承SG家一贯的深发酵酱香传统。开局点火后一口出甜，火点透后，香气扑鼻不间断，一斗到底，层次感虽然偏弱，但香甜已如此均衡，发挥又稳定，还要啥自行车？！有年份加持效果更好。
The King of VP
December 13, 2022
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 50g
心目中的VP之王，几乎不挑斗，对新人友好，稍微掌握基础抽吸技巧即可尝试，又有足够的辨识度，秉承SG家一贯的深发酵酱香传统。开局点火后一口出甜，火点透后，香气扑鼻不间断，一斗到底，层次感虽然偏弱，但香甜已如此均衡，发挥又稳定，还要啥自行车？！有年份加持效果更好。
Like it very much!!!
December 09, 2022
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 50g
Like it very much!!!
awesome!
November 19, 2022
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 50g
Tin note is tart fruit, raisins, vinegar and mildly sweet. The tobacco is dark brown, fairly dense and sticky. Rubbing out takes some effort and may need drying. It burns slowly and requires relights. Virginias leads the perique. The strength is med,... Read More
nic is mild and no flavor topping discerned. Taste is full and fairly consistent with notes of tangy lemon, earth, sweet grass, slight note of vinegar and slight note of florals, lots of pepper. Room note received few complaints and great after taste. Read Less
Ritualistic
July 21, 2021
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 50g
I have a meerschaum I call St. James and she patinas only one. Once you tune the moisture and packing it’s over. Ask me anything while I draw on this.. I won’t hear a damn thing. (5yr Tin)
Very tart, almost sour
November 22, 2018
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 250g
Yes, the spicyness from the perique leaves are there, but maybe a tad in excess as the tartness almost becomes sourness. It's still very sweet and grassy, with a noticeable earthy, musty tone.
Difference in bulk?
February 23, 2018
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 250g
I'm scratching my head on the bulk purchase. The flakes were much lighter in color and the cut much thinner than the tinned version I have on hand. I tried a flake before splitting the box into two jars and putting it in the cellar, but it didn't hav... Read More
e near the taste that my tinned version had. This being the first bulk version I've purchased, I thought maybe a bit of time would improve things. After 11 months (purchased in March 2017), I cracked one of the jars to give it another shot. Surprisingly, there wasn't much smell in the jar, especially compared to the tinned version I also have in the cellar, but the flakes had still maintained their moisture level. I tried a smoke and it was still quite bland. Unfortunately, this didn't resemble my stash of the tinned version at all. Maybe a poor batch? I'll probably just stick to the tinned version in the future. Read Less
Gawith Quality
January 10, 2018
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 50g
First off I should say that my opinion may be a little biased here as I have a lot of love for all blends Gawith. The Virginia they put out is of optimal quality and has a unique strong flavor due to whatever casing they use and the variety of Virgi... Read More
nia also. All that being said, St. James flake is slightly different for me. It comes in beautiful, long, very dark brown flakes, and when fresh it tends to be very moist and puts off a strong acidic or vinegar smell. Based on past experiences with blends purporting to contain St. James perique I can only conclude that this particular brand of vinegar aroma is being put off by the perique. Without significant air time (and in my case air time along with several months of aging), this can lead to a rather uncomfortable smoke. When smoked fresh, the flavor was fantastic, and the nicotine just right, but the acidity of the smoke was too high, and the worst part is the flavor is so good I would soldier on and get severe tongue bite. For me the experience is reminiscent of fresh Deception Pass or Mississippi River, both of which had a similar issue when fresh and needed significant airing out and aging. When this happens (at least for me), there is no amount of slowing down that will spare me from horrific tongue bite, but despair not fellow pipe smokers! Given the time it needs to air out and settle down, St James flake becomes a solid medium strength, deliciously flavored vaper with a very minimal chance for giving tongue bite(though I should state that I've been smoking in an off and on way, often putting down
my pipe several times per bowl). Depending on whether you rub it our fully or into thick twigs it can smoke for less than an hour or well over an hour in my experience. I like to prepare mine a little crunchy, as it speeds up the smoke a little and gives large volumes of creamy smoke and tons of flavor, though more care is required to prevent bite. There is definitely a casing here that infuses the tobaccos with a dark fruity flavor and hints of chocolate in the background. There is also a slight sour note that remains regardless of how long you air it out or age it. The flavor of the Virginia here is much the same as FVF to my taste, which is a good thing. The perique, though present throughout, is more noticeable towards the bottom with added spice, and remains secondary to the fantastic VA flavor the whole time. Nicotine levels can be medium to high depending on your tolerance, so take it slow. I enjoy St James flake in a tall and narrow pipe like I do with all Gawith VAs, as it really let's that sweet and salty VA flavor develop. I almost hope that I've just been unlucky with my purchases and that I've been receiving abnormally high acidity batches, but I have a feeling this is just the way it comes. Therefore, if you have a sensitive palate then it becomes a question of if you mind waiting for the perique to settle down and smooth out or not. For me, it is worth the wait. Read Less
terrible bite
December 24, 2017
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 250g
sweet, creamy, earthy, undoubtedly tasty, but the bite is just too strong for me. overly moist out of the bag, a bit difficult to find and pricey
Bulk Purchase, perhaps bad batch?
May 02, 2017
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 250g
i have always been happy with Gawith. i particularly enjoy the fact that they produce much of their blends on 18th century equipment....BUT this little bulk purchase i made was unsmokable. It was as sour as drinking vinegar...not like the citrus you ... Read More
may get from other VaPers, and it certainly isn't the Lakelands "essence". It was plain awful, and Smoking Pipes refunded me without question, which has made a loyal customer out of me. i am now aging the remainder of the flake to see if anything changes in 6 months or longer that may change it. If it doesn't lose that acrid acidity, it isn't even worth blending with...ill probably end up using it around tomato plants to keep the insects away. Still, i am going to give a tin a go. Many times bulk and tins are quite different, and it is wholly unlike Gawith to produce something like i have in the jar now. i give them a free mulligan on this one, cuz all other Gawith Tabacs have been Bang on. Read Less
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 250g
제가 두번째로 좋아 하는 연초 입니다
이것 역시 페릭과 버지니아의 조화가 아주 좋습니다
입아에 감도는 구수한맛이 일품입니다
Hold the frosting
October 03, 2015
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 50g
Wow, does this have a lot of sugar casing. I bet it's great tobacco underneath but I can't tell. Also one of the wettest flakes that I've encountered. Maybe my tin got too much mountain dew sauce at the factory. All that said, Sam G makes excellent t... Read More
obacco. I must be of a different school of thought on tobacco. I prefer american VA Pers... hold the frosting. Read Less
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 50g
This blend was a good break from my normal routine smokes. The sweet va's interplay with the spicy perique rather nicely. Full bodied, yet simple and refined. Took some drying time. Good smoke and didn't taste dirty.
Great stuff!
August 04, 2015
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 50g
Smoking this for the first time right now; I'm blown away! Lots of pepper and fruit flavors, mildly sweet, and burns very cool. I let the flake dry for an hour and a half, it probably could have used a little more drying time but I couldn't wait any ... Read More
longer. The tin note and room note are both very pungent and fruity. A beautiful Va/Per! Read Less
VA(...pe...?)
November 13, 2014
Product: Samuel Gawith St. James Flake 50g
I use this to rest from University Flake, it's a good medium Virginia. They say there's Perique here... kidding! Of course tastes a bit different from pure Va and I like it (I love Va).
But if you're at the stage where you want to know how Perique t... Read More
astes like, this is not the right tobacco in my humble opinion. Read Less
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