Samuel Gawith’s London Brown Mill: Coarse Color: Really dark “brown” (Black) Moisture: Moist (Almost spongy) Nicotine: Medium-High? (I have a hard time telling anymore) Menthol: Surely not! Samuel Gawith’s London Brown is a blend that I have wanted to try for quite a while. I received it in my order from Snuff.me.uk. Upon dosing onto the hand, the snuff is of coarse mill and moist content. As stated above, it has a spongy feel, very soft. I suppose you could line this up with Samuel Gawith’s other plain snuffs such as Kendal Brown, McCombie and other fine selections. This is indeed a straight tobacco snuff. It appears to have a deep fermentation which gives it a dark earthy flavor with leather tones. What a wonderful snuff. Lovers of plain tobacco and straight snuffs will love this. I can see a 19th Century Londoner snuffing this whilst walking the cobblestone streets en route to the pub for an ale. Once again, 5/5 pinches.
Very good review cstokes.
Give Black Rappee a try then if you haven’t yet. If you enjoy London Brown that much, Black Rappee should be a treat for you.
With that avatar it looks like Samuel Gawith himself is writing the review!
That sounds iike a snuff for me! I just tried Black Rappee from S Gawith. Wonderful snuff, but hard to take! It keeps falling out of my nose!
Thanks cstokes! This was one on the “gotta try this” list for me as well. Love the dry Scotches and HDT, but wanted to find something as a constant go to snuff that would balance everything out. Sort of an inbetween other snuffs snuff. In the 250 g. drum, it would go quite a long way!
Just received e-mail from snuffstore.co.uk They have stocked it in 20g vacuum sealed tins. Awesome! It was time to have Samuel Gawith in 20g tins. This is on my ‘must try’ list.
great, now i have to try this one too…
You make this stuff sound pretty damn good, I’ll have to get some with my next order.
it is pretty damn good, dude.
Be very carefull when buying this in the SG 10g tap box. Mine had dried out so badly that I had to get it out of the box and re hydrate it. Doesnt like being re hydrated. It was 'orrible. Tasted like a cross between well used engine oil and the diesel exhaust fumes from a london cab. Wont make that mistake again.
This was meant for fellow uk snuffers. Most SG in the uk are still sold in 10g tap boxes.
“Be very carefull when buying this in the SG 10g tap box. Mine had dried out so badly that I had to get it out of the box and re hydrate it. Doesnt like being re hydrated. It was 'orrible. Tasted like a cross between well used engine oil and the diesel exhaust fumes from a london cab. Wont make that mistake again.” A sound warning, London Jack. I buy London Brown by the pound, which arrives factory fresh in a drum. The real stuff is an all-natural brown rappee of tobacco fermented in brine. It is similar to French Morlaix that is no longer made. A while back was gifted some of those hideous 10 gram plastic things. The London Brown box contained only stale shotgun pellets. There is something uniquely British about this this level of manufacturing idiocy. Among quality controls the snuffs at Sam Gawith are subjected to tests for correct moisture to ensure perfection. Why the snuffs are then totally ruined by packing them in containers meant for paraffin based snuffs is beyond my comprehension. It’s good news that vacuum-selaed tins are available.
No, you’re not pissing in the wind, but why are you attacking London Jack? my first london brown came in a 10g tap box. so what do you want?
Looks like we have a new bulldog in town.
@Afterburner: Because its available in 20g vacuum sealed tins does not change the fact that the 10g tapboxes dry out quickly, London Jack gave a good warning no need to be insulting, and in defence of London Jack I’m, going to repeat your post “Oh! we just can’ read, can we?”, Oh! we just CAN’T spell, can we?
i sense a troll.
No, at the time this review was written it was the tap box, not the new vacuum container.
I see that Snuff store is now selling London Brown in the 20gm tins. We have PhillipS and London Jack to thank for that I’m sure. I would expect some of the others to be restocked in this manner as well. I hope Samuel Gawith didn’t buy too many of those tap boxes or it may well turn into a costly mistake for them.
Finally someone else can be the troll, I’m getting tired of it being me. And finally we have Samuel Gawith in 20g tins! Rejoice!