**Manufacture Change: Lightly Vacuum Sealed with Plastic Seal On Tin**
Samuel Gawith Squadron Leader is one of those almost-perfect tobacco blends that every fan of English blends should keep a stock of. It’s medium-bodied, smooth and easy to smoke, while still giving enough strength to satisfy. This blend won’t knock you out, but it will knock your socks off -- the perfect balance in our humble opinion.
Brand: Samuel Gawith
Model: Squadron Leader
Tobacco Type: Virginia, Turkish and Latakia
Cut: Ribbon
Blend Type: English
Strength: 2 of 5
Taste: Medium
Room Note: Tolerable
Flavoring: None
Amount:
- 50 g. / 1.75 oz.
- 8 oz.
Country: United Kingdom
- Brand:
- Samuel Gawith
- Tobacco:
- Latakia
- Tobacco:
- Oriental
- Tobacco:
- Virginia
- Strength:
- 2
- Cut:
- Ribbon
- Blend:
- English
- Taste:
- Medium
- Room Note:
- Tolerable
- Flavoring:
- None
- Country:
- UK
- Packaging:
- Tin
- Packaging:
- Bulk
46 Reviews
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As expected
I don’t write many reviews but I did read reviews on squadron leader. The flavor profile was as expected and quite a pleasant smoke. I expect that I’ll be ordering more as the temps continue to dip into autumn.
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Very pleasant
Smells great in the tin. A very mild smooth smoke. Not Latakia heavy but has a very pleasing taste. When I opened my tin the tobacco was so wet I had to dry it out for at least 8 hours before I smoked it. Not sure if that is normal. This is a great English tobacco blend.
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Favorite English
Decided to pick some of this stuff up recently and it instantly became my favorite English. I’m not the best at picking out note but something about it make this blend smooth and creamy. One issue I had was that there was no vacuum on the tin at all so I’m not sure about long term storage for these.
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Samuel Gawith Squadron Leader
Was not a fan of this when i first tried this blend, came back to it a year later and its now my favorite light english blend. An all day worthy english.
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I want to like it, but...
Just doesn't work for me. Tastes soapy and bites. Tossing out the tin to make way for something better.
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Squadron Leader
Very bland and tasteless compared to what it used to be.
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Perfectly balanced
It can't be said enough how balanced this blend is. From the top of the bowl to the bottom nothing took center stage, just a great even flavor throughout. It seemed too moist upon opening the tin but to my surprise it gave off a pleasurable, heavy and dry smoke. Very little moisture in the bowl. One of my new favorites from the very first bowl.
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Squadron leader
This is what an English blend should taste like. Nothing in this blend jumps out at me but I love it right ratio of tobaccos, very well balanced.
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Squadron Leader
Good stuff.
