So I gathered from some of what I was reviewing on snuffreviews.com that Frebourg & Treyer is no longer in existence as a company, and that their snuffs are now produced by Wilsons of Sharrow? Is this correct? If so, is Wilsons just continuing to produce them under that name because of the brand’s popularity. How long ago did this happen? I’m mainly curious because I have just become acquainted with the F&T High Dry Toast, and it has quickly become a snuff which I believe shall prove indispensable. Need I fear that it might ever go off the market?
First Ive heard this…
This is old news, about 1970s some time.
@ gilgawulf, I think Tim at Snuff Store UK answers your question here HDT is so popular, I don’t think there is any fear of them ever discontinuing with this blend. Anyway Wilsons do their own dry toasts.
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HDT is one of THE best snuffs about - all of their snuffs are pure class, but HDT is something else…
Fribourg & Treyer at 34 The Haymarket in London closed at the end of December 1981 after 260 years of trading. High increases in rents, rates and overheads with a decline in sales were the reason. For some time their remaining stock was available from the House of Bewlay in Piccadily Imperial Tobacco, which bought F&T prior to their demise, sold the rights to a number of snuffs to Wilsons of Sharrow who manufacture it under that name. The snuff from Wilsons is inferior to the real Friboug & Treyer despite the former having the recipes. The heavy dark snuffs that F&T were renowned for are now too perfumey for my liking. The one snuff that was sold by the original F&T that wasn’t actually theirs was HDT. This was Samuel Gawith Irish Dry Light which was purchased from the Kendal company and marketed at an inflated price by Fribourg & Treyer.
Thanks for all the info, guys. I’ll sleep better knowing that my HDT supply is apparently nowhere near being in any danger. @PhilipS: Does Samuel Gawith still make the Irish Dry Light?
@PhilipS: Does Samuel Gawith still make the Irish Dry Light? Yes, look for Irish ‘D’ Light.
Irish D Light is lovely really creamy and almost vanilla like. Stefan
“Irish D Light is lovely really creamy and almost vanilla like.” Yes, this natural snuff has a wonderful flavour. The two Irish companies of Carroll & Co and Gallagher both produced dry light snuff of which the former was very similar to Gawith’s version. Sadly no snuff, as far as I am aware, is now produced in Ireland.
We don’t have any members from Ireland do we? Perhaps they could verify.