REVIEW | J. F. Germain & Son "Germain's Brown Flake"
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
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You can count me in the camp of really enjoying your reviews when you are really excited. As an aside, best part of my trip to the UK in 2019; having access to blends that are hard to come by in the states. Worst part of my trip to the UK in 2019; paying the exhorbitant costs that people have to pay for tobacco in the UK.
Life is too short too not spend money on good tobacco.
The band aid smell you're referring to are phenols, or more specifically TCP (tri-chloro-phenols) that have that 'medicinal' smell and taste. A lot of the heavily peated scotches, from Islay especially, have this in their flavor profile. Some people hate it but some of us absolutely love it! You really should try sometime if you get a chance.
My buddy just bought me a bottle of 10 year old Laphroaig. Good stuff.
@@asahelnettleton9044 Laphroaig is probably my overall favorite distiller for heavily peated whisky. Laphroaig 10 Cask Strength is definitely in my top five of all time.
Well, I love the taste in pipe blends, so perhaps I'd enjoy it in my scotch as well. :-)
@@akranov A great unforgettable flavor 🥂
Since you've emptied two tins in quick succession before making a video of the contents (Samuel Gawith Hansom Flake and now Germain's Brown Flake) it might be advisable to make a new rule for yourself on opening a tin: OPEN TIN, FILM CONTENTS!
He shows it during the first impressions video.
Dude, it's a special treat even in the UK! I maybe find it in stock once a year, if that. Don't know about plasters!?! but I think it has a new world cigar 'barnyard' aroma.
I've seen a review from a fella who emailed Germain and got a response. They say it is 100% Virginia leaf. And since it's air-cured VA, it'll definitely feel like some burley in there, despite there not being any. I haven't had this blend yet, but there's some other blends with air cured VAs and they're dark and heavy. Stuff like GH Brown Bogie and Dark Flake Unscented (some of that may be dark fired VAs but there's air cured VA as well).
One of these days I'll track down a tin. I love the dark VAs.
Thanks for the info!
Yep, I feel you Bradley. This is my favourite Virginia flake that I can't get. Next time I'm back in the UK, I'll be buying a 250g pack. Rich Dark Flake and Special Latakia Flake are some I'm sure you'd enjoy.
Castello filled with Germain. Congratz on your Bar Mitzvah.
Band-aids are iodine and iodine is “peaty”. Many Scotches and even pipe tobacco are peaty. Like you, I describe that essence as Band-aids😀
I dont even smoke, but here i am.
Never too late!😉
Welcome to the club...lots to choose from. And its the hard to find that truly keep the hobby exciting! Its all about taste and the occasional ah ha wow moments that keep it exciting and fresh.
Welcome
When you say tin note has mushroom, and that it gives a bit of spice when smoking/retrohale makes me think of Semois.
Do Americans just never buy tobacco from overseas? Maybe it’s because here in australia it’s either impossible or prohibitively expensive to get much pipe tobacco locally so I buy practically every tin I have from either the US, UK or Germany and ship it here.
Germains is pretty easy to get in the UK. It sells out but you won’t be waiting longer than a few weeks at most to find it again and when it’s there, it isn’t selling out in 3 hours like it does in the US so you don’t have to be Johnny on the spot.
Brown flake, rich dark flake and special Latakia flake are my favourites from the germains line - they’re all outstanding.
Bradley whenever I think of Dr Pepper I think almonds
You should try Gawith & Hoggarth's "Brown Flake unscented" - A flavorful medium-strength Virginia-Burley flake that has become a personal favorite.
I was just thinking that. That's my next acquisition. Everyone keeps talking about Brown Flake U/S
my favorite blend of all time. with age this gets a lot better. Wessex brown flake is also really good its my second favorite.
Things change but one thing that should NEVER change is the SaT theme song. It takes me back to when I first strated looking up tobacco reviews.
Now I didn’t hear you say anything about a Lakeland essence but I just wanted to check and see if there was any Lakeland essence? Thanks
Oh, I'm sure he would if there was. So I would assume not.
No Lakeland essence - this is not made by Sam Gawith or Gawith Hogarth so won’t have even a hint of that.
Bradley, regarding the composition of the blend...I would say there is Burley in it. So, why do they say it's all Virginia? Not at all trying to be coy about it, but Burley IS a Virginia tobacco, southwestern Virginia, down near the Tennessee border. The tobacco houses in England referred to all tobacco grown in North America as "Virginia" for many years. Great review!
My grandfather was born in 1897 and grew up on a Dark tobacco farm in Appomattox County, Virginia. He said that it was cured two ways: air and flue. The stuff was used for chewing and for cheap cigars, primarily. It was Burley, but was known as "Dark." My hometown, Lynchburg VA, held the world's largest Dark tobacco auction. Granddaddy said it was so strong, it would "take the top of your head off." He didn't lose the top of his head, but the stuff took all the hair off it!
A cracking blend and one of my top 3. It's not easy to get here in the UK, it goes as it arrives. Special Latakia flake and Rich Dark Flake is also. All the best. Adrian.
in my humble opinion, Bradley is the very Best Reviewer over the whole YT, morover,when possible, I'd be interested to hear your take' on Erinmore flake and St Bruno, Best Greets from across the pond, Paul
You're too kind!
@@stuffandthingsyoutube Yup,seriously Brad, have a nice and restful Sunday ,Paul
Howdy Paul, I concur as to the St Bruno review. How are you holding up with everything going on?👋
@@gardnerwebb3749 Hello GW, Thanks for asking, taking into consideration current events all is pretty well, can't say otherwise I see You have changed your channel name all the Best to the Great State of Texas, God Bless You,Paul
@@paulthescandinavian4992 good to hear you are holding up Paul. Yeah the name changed due to lack of connection I had. The new label better relates as compadre is friend in Spanish and I live so close to Mexico. Looking forward to the day we will get to visit in person. Sincerely GW
I hate being on the hype train too, but sometimes crowds DO have wisdom
As soon as you said Bandaids, I immediately recalled that distinctive smell as if I just took a deep whiff of it. Very bizarre and interesting way of describing that odor, but obviously extremely effective given my comment and others!
Hey Brad, I know EXACTLY what you mean when you say “Band-Aid” smell/taste. I get that every time I smoke Penzance. Maybe it’s a Germain thing. Idk, but I dig it!
Nice review! Have you ever reviewed St Bruno flake I feel like you would like that!
Whats your take on St Bruno?
Thanks once again for the review Bradley, I get bandaid flavor from scotch sometimes but I have never noticed it with brown flake.
Although I didn’t vote, I am really looking forward to the Stonehaven review, I offered to send you some years ago and you declined. I am hopeful that you love it as much as I do. I assume if you like brown flake you will enjoy Stonehaven. Cheers.
I think that was before I had a PO Box!
Maybe when we can travel again a trip to Jersey is in order! Great review sir!
Glad you're still going strong Brad.
Good stuff! I lucked out a while back and got a tin from P&C. Great review, as usual!
Thanks for watching!
Have you considered dipping into the world of snuff?
It's almost impossible to get any germains in the uk
I usually have to sit through a Cannabis gummy vid before I can watch pretty much anything on RUclips, but pipe smoking is no-bueno. The world has gone crazy.
Great video. One day the tobacco will come back. ::Question now for Sunday Stuff and Things:: I smoke on my lunch break at work. Are you able to smoke on your lunch break at work, and or do you smoke while driving? I've had some of the best smokes just going some where, was wondering if you have experienced the same.
"Yes" to both questions!
Excellent review Bradley. Thanks a lot. Have a great week.
Thanks, you too!
Dr. Pepper and band aids?
Shut up and take my money! Sold!
I agree👏
Sounds like it is pretty close to Freiburg & Treyer Vintage Flake
No it is not easily obtainable in the UK that i can assure you .Sometimes you can find in the most exclusive tobacconist like JJFox (this was/is the tobacconist of Curchill /King Edward VII,Napoleon III RD etc)Once a week i visit this tobaccconist to check if there is any good news but since months nothing .By the way the Germains are so secretive they dont even employ anyone outside their family .
Interesting! You kind of have to respect that.
Maybe you should start doing the shoot for the cut display BEFORE you run out. Like when you hit halfway through the tin, be like, "Shit, I better shoot the cut."
Your not doing enough tobacco reviews Bradley.
"Latex" is the smell you detect in the box of Band-Aids.
lol...tissue or plastic(band-aid)???...lol...Cheers!!!...RAL...