“To n9inchnails, I’m not insulting, but wanted to stress that we are talking about vacuum boxes on here, not the leaking tap box.” No, not insulting - just rather simple. The topic is not vacuum-sealed tins but London Brown. Grasp that undemanding fact and your anguish will quickly fade. Hope this advice is of assistance to you. Best wishes.
@PhilipS: Well said
Anyway, it’s good 25g vacuum sealed tins are making comeback, they’re the best containers ever. 2 Sam Gawith’s snuffs have been available in those tins at Peterson’s of Dublin for a while. Hope all range will be available in the future, also the toasts.
The only way I will try any of the sams is with a vacum seal.
I’ve ordered a vacuum tin from snuffstore as I’ve been wanting to try London Brown for quite a while, hopefully this will be better than the tap boxes. Frankly it couldn’t be any worse lol. Stefan
@ AllanH: Can you pester Petersons to get London Brown or other varieties for you in tins? Would they do special orders?
@Xander I asked once about that and they promised to look into it but seems they forgot the whole thing. Might try again or send a goon like our friend whistlrr there, I’m not so good with people.
Good news that at least one SG in vacuum sealed tins is finally available online ! I think I’ll wait and see if Mr. Snuff manages to get some more varieties in stock.
Keeping this discussion open as the review has been cross posted in the reviews section. Category has been reassigned and delted users posts have been deleted.
Good stuff indeed and our man @cstokes nailed it absolutely right! London Brown is simply a very good snuff and a good example how wisdom of tradition works.
London Brown/ Black Rappee. Just received these and must say they are very honest, straight up tobaccos. Very coarse indeed but I tend to like that. Much like a los snus. Rich deep flavour un-tainted by confusing scents. Good strength and probably not a beginners snuff but worth a go for all who would like to experience a “naked” style of snuff with just the taste of fermented tobacco. A true classic from the snuff box of history. BTW: we have it from HR_pufnsnuff that these snuffs are one and the same. See thread: http://snuffhouse.org/discussion/comment/291096#Comment\_291096
guess i’m a “little” confused. if buying the snuff in a tap box is not an option—how do i try the stuff? can’t rehydrate into a representative sample?
@bogybill The only way I have ordered SG snuffs are in the vacuum tins. Always fresh. Of course I live in the US so order through MrSnuff. If you buy from a B&M then ask them to stock the tins. Yes you could re-hydrate but best to buy fresh. Always iffy to get the tap box. I have seen many Poschl snuffs so packaged here in the states and can never be sure how fresh they are. Probably not very as use of snuff is not common where I live.
I LOVE this snuff. I’m still very new, but this is currently my fave. I have it in a tap box and towards the end it dried out and was near impossible to take, but it rehydrates very well and easily. And what’s this McCombie mentioned in the OP? That’s MY name… I guess I’m gonna have to check out my snuff. There is snuff named after my town (Ozona) and state (Mississippi) and now I find a snuff named after me, lol. Maybe it was fate that I started snuffing.
Both of these are my favorite SG snuffs. In fact, just thinking about them got me over to MrS., where I ordered a good supply of LB, still have some Black Rappee. Wonderful snuffs.
Funny - I now have almost all of the SG classics… but this one has slipped through the net. I love Black Rappee. How does this differ?
Related to the comment posted earlier in this thread ( http://snuffhouse.org/discussion/comment/291096#Comment\_291096 ) I can attest that BR and LB are not at all the same. They are both good, but they differ in color, grind, moisture level and other aspects. I have just opened one fresh 25g vac tin of each and have them in front of me. LB is more fluffy, and even has some lighter colour bits mixed in the base tobacco. To me it seems more refined and sophisticated, both pack a certain level of satisfaction, but BR is simpler, stronger basenote, while LB shines on middle and top notes. And these differences are beyond batch variation for sure. I plan to buy them both in bulk very soon, and will come back with detailed descriptions.
Sorry I never got back to my “detailed” descriptions. What I wrote I still believe. Others have described them probably better than I can. Nevertheless, the Viking Brown is good, simple, tasty, and mixes well with other plain snuffs.