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It all started in Kendal, England in 1792. Thomas Harrison was a successful snuff maker. Jane Harrison Thomas’s daughter, eloped in 1838 to a young man of Kendal, Samuel Gawith. When Mr. Harrison died in 1841, he left the business to his daughter and son-in-law, and over the years Samuel Gawith continued to prosper.
In 1865, Samuel Gawith died prematurely at the age of 48. His eldest son, also called Samuel, was only 22 and his father had wisely left the firm in the hands of three trustees, one of whom was this son. The elder trustee was Henry Hoggarth, a boyhood friend and neighbour in Lowther Street who had founded a Kendal firm of land agents and surveyors.
In 1878, Samuel and his younger brother, John Edward Gawith decided amicably to go their separate ways and so the two Gawith firms came into being. Samuel took over the snuff mill and business at Mealbank, and John stayed on in Lowther Street.
The firm in Lowther Street went through some troubled times but, in 1887, a new partnership was founded between Samuel’s youngest brother, William Henry, and Henry Hoggarth junior, to be known as Gawith Hoggarth Company.
Gawith Hoggarth Company continued to manufacture tobacco products and snuff at the Lowther Street works until 2009, when they moved to new business premises.
And now, the two companies will be back together under one roof.
This momentous occasion is being celebrated with the release of three Reunion Special tobaccos, “Brown House”, “No. 27” and “Reunion”.
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Brown House, the iconic home to Samuel Gawith & Co Ltd has been honoured by this coin-cut, flue cured Virginia and dark fired Mozambique grown Kentucky.
The tobacco is of utmost quality, as you’d expect from this eponymized blend. The mottled coins are easy to work with, being quite soft and malleable, making them easy to rub to ribbon.
There’s a mild, honest tobacco scent to the leaf, which intensified as you rub but there is no strong odour or heavy smell, no hint of casing or topping.
Upon lighting, the tobacco releases flavours of the Virginias, light, sweet and hay-like. Then steadily, the Kentucky, though fairly light in quantity, gives a punchy wood, oaky, mildly smoky tone. There’s no domination but the flavours sway in and out, gently dancing upon the palate. Maple can just be detected, without over sweetening the bowl, it’s complimentary to both tobaccos.
Not an overly complex blend it can be enjoyed with or without paying attention to the subtleties and evolution of flavour.
Strength: 3/5
Aromatic Taste: 2/5
Room Note: 3/5
