Pipe Tobacco Review: Samuel Gawith "Best Brown Flake" 

Bradley thank you for your review . Your the best pipe and Tobacco reviewer in YTPC . I have been following you for many years and you get better with time . Cheers Scott from Tennessee

FVF is BBF just more fermented. Try a wider bowl and cutting it into cubes helps a little bit, too. Some bowls I really enjoyed because of the very sweet hazlenut-flavours. Greets from Germany!

My last box came with verrrry wet flakes and I'm having a hard time drying them enough. Had more luck with tins in the past. As for the taste, you described very well. I prefer these bready virginias, but in BBF I can taste a bit of citrus too. A pleasant experience all the way -- if you can tame it successfully. Another great review Bradley, thank you. ✌🏻️

Thanks for the review. I agree that all the SG blends need to be dried to a point where they are dry to the touch no clumping. Any moisture in their blends make them temperamental.

Now that you've reviewed Best Brown Flake and Full Virginia Flake, I think you can continue the SG straight Virginias range with Golden Glow. As always, excellent review! :)

Always Funny and Wonderful. I found Best Brown to be very consistent and always rich in its flavour for me. You mentioned Full Virginia, but I found that I could not taste not a thing from it: it was just like sucking straight moist air for me, no flavour at all. In this, we seem to be opposite tastewise. But it goes to show that everyone, either by nature or nurture, experiences the world differently. And that is a wonderful thing.

Smoking a bowl now while watching and also know Full Virginia Flake well. I agree, you're review is spot on for me too. Also, you're right, both would burn your tongue to the point of a butcher's block if not careful.

9mm Filters. Smooths and Cools the Smoke. Bite eradicated. Flavour not affected. Happy Days. Cheers.

Full Virginia is a nic bomb! It had me throwing up 🤢 but I liked the flavour. Best Brown (for which I have some on the way) sounds like a subdued version of FV, which to me sounds great! Ps I am a nic lightweight.

My favorite way of drying BBF is to rub it out and fill a pipe right away and then let a pipe sit on a shelf for a day or two. Somehow it yields best results to me.

I really like this stuff a lot. I've had good luck with packing it slightly more loose than normal. Good from start to finish! But seriously, don't taunt this stuff cause it'll bite! Hey, love your channel. Keep it up man!

Well, Bradley... another good review! Probably not for me though on this one. Yet, I would like to add my experience in some of my personal blending. I took your advice on trying, Dunhill Elizabethan Mixture, and I liked it but it was missing some umph ...here again I took some Mississippi River which to me was good, yet the Perique was a little over the line. I then decided to do a 50-50 blend of both with a pinch of Orlek Flake...O M G....What a perfect end result! A very cool, yet bolder smoke, with a creamy finish!!! I hope you try this because I think you will be p!eased!!! But, as you said, let the Mississippi River and rubbed out Orlek lay out for and hour! Then add the perfect Dunhill...I hope you enjoy this blend as much as I enjoy your Vid's!!! John

Hey Bradley, I recently discovered a method to smoke SG tobaccos with a super high moisture content. All we have to do is to draw smoke through the mouthpiece while tamping, and never attempt to tamp down the baccy without a continuous air flow. I could smoke a whole bowl of freshly opened St. James without any relight!!!!!

I did open it and left it in the box with strong paper cover inside and the lid closed for three months or 5 , to be honest I didn't have any storage jar for it. post this period , It turned out to be good to smoke after you rub it and it shines the most in smaller piper like castello 2k size , or peterson system pipe. Currently, smoking it with peterson spigot system bent apple and its magical. SG tend to be hit or miss to be honest

Snagged a 250g from SP yesterday. Don't know if it's still available, they had FVF too. Great video as usual!

Another great review. I'm going to give it a try.

Good review Bradley. I too find I need to give this ample time to dry out. I seem to be getting a little more consistency then you have. I also get a little bit of a nutty taste as well, on top of the flavors you mentioned. Not a favorite yet but will keep it in the rotation.

Very good review Bradley, I know how you feel; have to have time to prepare the pipe and then it is great. Thanks

Good review.

excellent review! huge fan! I've watched every tobacco review that you got. would love to see a review of Maltese Falcon! one of my favorites! anyways happy piping

hello Bradley this was a great review I've heard alot of gd things about this blend thanks for sharing Happy smoking my friend☺☺☺☺💨💨💨👍👍

Thank you for the great reviews. I watch your channel on the regular. Ever think about reviewing SG 1792?

Awesome review

Gawith blends can create quite a divide but I do have to say anything I've had from them has been great. Might have to try this. don't smoke many Virginias. wouldnt mind a job there lol. less than an hour from where I live

It’s hard to believe Zimbabwe still has a tobacco industry. Or any industry come to that.

Great review 👍🚬.. Thank you very helpful to me.. Take care 🙋

Solid review per usual. Love you to see your review McClelland's Scottish Woods if you ever get a chance.

great review as always Brad. I was wondering if you've ever tried Mac baren's HH Latakia flake? it's quite tasty. I know you enjoy meaty latakia blends and this one is pretty up there. I would love to see a review of it 😊

Funny enough, I get the same experience from best brown that you did. However, best brown is the base tobacco for firedance flake and in the firedance flake it just sings.

Hi Brad! Have you ever checked out STUFF like Cherokee, Sparrow, Gambler, etc.? The bag's day " pipe tobacco." To me they're like cigarette. They have Cavendish. Maybe that's what they do to call it pipe? I will be checking out Samual Gowen's Black XX + black cherry rope. I'd like to try Newminster #17 English Luxus @ $35.95 Thomson Cigar Co. You might like what's in the non- aromatic. ✌😁

Right, finished my Best Brown. I think it’s only a shadow of FV. Won’t buy again. FV flake or plug in my meerschaum calabash rigged with meerschaum granulate filtration will be a real treat, so I concur with your assessment: FV is the best!

When you were talking about bready vs grassy VAs, I thought that it would be cool if you do a video, in which you go back to previously reviews tobbaccos to compare and contrast them or something like that. You've recently reviewed dunhill flake... I think it's going to be my favorite. The less bready for me, the better. Any recommendations?

interesting Thanks Brad

Awesome, excellent review Bradley. Congrats. I liked it so much man. Thank you very much. Just two questions: Do you use filters? What do think about filters, like Medico Filters ou Savinelli Balsa System? Thanks.

Hello gr8 vid. Can you give me Any SG rekommendation tanx

hey Bradley you have to review 2 of the most popular vapers out there! which is only available in bulk and at a great price point.. Peter stokkebye luxury navel flake and luxury bullseye. very quality tobacco for a value. thanks

Need advice . I have a 7 or 8 yo pound of S. Gawith . Its dried out . Is it salvageable ?

Hey Bradley, thank you for your channel content. I'm a new pipe smoker what Samuel gawith do you recommend to start with?

From your experience can you name some other "bready" VA's? Most of what I have tried tended to be of the "grassy" taste. Thanks Bradley.

Can anyone tell me the brand and model of the pipe that was used in the video clip?

hey Bradley! I'm just about to start up the pipe smoking hobby myself and I was wondering what tobaccos are best for beginners and best for budget? thanks! love content and keep on piping

You should try Astleys 109 flake. It may be too sweet for you based on some comments you have made before, I don't know though. Regardless, I think your take on it might be interesting.

Just stumbled on this channel, love it. But i have to ask do you take the smoke into your mouth like a cigar or inhale it?

Admittedly, I'm not the most prolific VA smoker, but Best Brown was not for me. Too wet. too much dang effort to get it remotely smokeable. I'd love to hear your thoughts on Mac Baren HH Pure Virginia one day...or even the newer VA they've come out with, Modern Virginia. Nevertheless, thanks for an informative review as usual.

Would you consider-consider, mind you, reviewing your stogies as you do the pipe tobacco? like yourself, I delve into the cigar at times.

great job..review davidoff royalty!

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Hi Bradley,and Thanks for this informative review again,I'm becoming a bit scary about straight virginias, many time if find em biting, the worst experience I had in past was with that Mc Barens Virginia nro 1-while OGS is among my preferred ones,assumably this Gawith is a little stonger in Nic and flavor than OGS?Yet, I'd curious to ask you,Do you happen to keep sliced tobaccoes in their original retail tins or wheter you prefer to move them flakes into a glass jar?Have a Nice weekend and Be Well, Paul

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Oh yeah, confirm my opinion, baby! In all seriousness though, inconsistent, harsh and... "oat-y" are all spot-on descriptions of this particular blend. If you think this one was lacking, thank your lucky stars that you never tangled with either of its revolting progeny, Chocolate flake and Fire Dance. The alleged popularity of this blend never ceases to perplex me.

Not a fan of straight Virginia's, and Best Brown was no exception. Totally concur with your variable smoking experience with BBF however, and that may have influenced my opinion. Ashamed to admit that I threw the last few flakes in the tin away. C'est la vie!

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should call this stuff "Best Brown Bread"

Do you fill your pipe then just let in sit for an hour to dry? I'm just getting in to smoking a pipe.

I always cringe a bit when I hear "bready" as a descriptor- and I have yet to meet it in any tobacco. I am nervous that this was bitey for you, as I am CERTAIN it will be for me. I have a ton of this in jars and sitting, and will someday try it out. Thanks for the review.

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An okay smoke...IMO. Very inconsistent from bowl to bowl.

Can you please use your English accent. You sound like a true English scholar/sportsman/gentleman.

No sir, I didn't like it. My observations were pretty much the same as yours. Bought it to try; didn't finish it.

inconsistency is bad - I do not want to play the lottery when I smoke a pipe. So not for me then.