Review of Samuel Gawith Bothy Flake (the Kearvaig Pipe Club).
Some say they smell peated whisky, more specific Lagavulin !? I missed the peat, perhaps a lack of imagination, but there's a scent to it that remind me of whisky, that's for sure. Perhaps that's just a +1 for SG.
As always with Samuel Gawith it's to moist fresh out of the tin, so I let it dry for a couple of hours before I cube cut the flake and load the pipe.
It needs a couple of relights but it burns well and delivers a cool smoke with no bite at all . The Virginia plays the first fiddle with the latakia playing in the background. Certainly not a latakia bomb. Compare it a bit to Squadron Leader for the latakia.
I taste the whole bowl something sweet, but not the same thing as with their Celtic Talisman or worse Grousemoor. Not that typical Lakeland smell/taste, something I don't like. Therefore the +1.
Good quality Virginia as usual with SG, a bit more latakia would not hurt but I can live with that. Fine tobacco, glad I bought me 2 tins.
For a moment in my thoughts I was in a bothy somewhere in the Highlands of Scotland after a day backpack hiking enjoying a good dram of Laphroaig with the mates.
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Thank you sergeant Matron, thumbs up.
P.S. If you really appreciate Whisky don't smoke it, taste it out of a nosing glass.
Friendly greetings
Chris
