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| Snuff-Reviews.com [BETA]Reviews for Wilsons of Sharrow Kendal Brown
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| Xander | 03-16-2010 06:56AM |  | | Grind: Fine | Moisture: Medium | Nicotine: Medium |
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Wilsons of Sharrow are excellent snuff millers. They can make excellent SPs, florals, and even have some good menthols and dark rappees. In this area of snuff making(Kendal Browns) they are out of their depth. Leave the KBs and the dark leathery rappee mixtures to Samuel Gawith, please. That's their specialty.
This snuff is not made in Kendal, and its barely even really brown! Its more of a light brown, and a rather fine milled snuff. Perhaps knowing their strengths they have made this into a floral. There is a nice smokey/peaty hint, but not really what you want in a Kendal Brown. The floral notes are more prominant, a touch of rose, perhaps and some geranium. I get none of the traditional light citrus tones.
Three stars because its as good as any good snuff, but its not really what it claims to be. Wilsons, please, stick with your strengths!
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| LHB | 03-04-2010 05:02AM |  | | Grind: Medium | Moisture: Dry | Nicotine: Medium |
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I guess you can call a thing whatever you want, but take it from me and everyone else who's reviewed this, this has nothing to do with "Kendal Brown" as that term is usually used to classify snuff. This is fairly dry with an uninteresting perfumed character that reminds me of a stale F&T Morlaix, maybe. It's just so unmemorable and undistinctive, even among perfumed snuffs, and then there's the disappointment of not getting what you thought you were getting. There are far better perfumed snuffs out there, and more than a few that are dark, coarse and moist, and memorable. Given how hard it is to find a genuine "Kendal Brown" style of snuff these days, I have no idea why Wilson's chose to offer something bland and nondescript like this instead of at least giving the authentic style a good try. I would pass on this one.
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| Dogman | 02-18-2010 03:07PM |  | | Grind: Fine | Moisture: Dry | Nicotine: Medium |
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People warned me, but I didn't listen. I just didn't believe they could call it a KB and make what people said they made. It's true, this is a (very) finely ground, dryish, perfumed snuff.
It's very good, even fantastic, when taken moderately, but it's just so odd when you look at the name on the tin that I can't get over it. Please rebadge this and give us an old-fashioned, coarse, moist KB. 4 stars now, 5 if you call it something else. This really isn't my style of snuff, but it is excellent in its own right.
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| Red Star | 12-19-2009 04:28PM |  | | Grind: Fine | Moisture: Medium | Nicotine: Medium |
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It´s indeed a bit strange this snuff is called Kendal Brown as it´s very different to the offerings from Gawith Hoggarth or Samuel Gawith. There´s no trace of peat or old tires to be found here. Orange and lemon dominate the flavour very nicely, there´s a hint of geranium in the background adding to the excellency. Once started one can hardly stop to go for the bottom of the tin. Outstanding!
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| Nachman | 10-19-2009 03:49PM | | | Grind: Fine | Moisture: Dry | Nicotine: Medium |
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I really like this snuff. That being said I have no idea why they call it a Kendal Brown. I have stuffed a lot of Kendal Brown from Kendal mills up my nose and this ain't it. An authentic Kendal Brown is a fairly course ground, leathery smokey snuff with a touch of citrus. Sort of an 18th century working man's snuff. The kind a miner or farmer might use. This on the other hand is a fine ground, floral snuff (geranium and violet). The kind you might find in the snuff box of a peer of the realm. It is a good all day snuff with a nice nose burn (a sine qua non for me). I recommend it highly. Just seems to be misnamed.
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| sandy130674 | 06-14-2009 06:19PM | | | Grind: Fine | Moisture: Medium | Nicotine: Medium |
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Pale to medium brown, finely ground and of medium moisture, this snuff shares some of the characteristics of the Fribourg and Treyer version, but differs greatly from the Gawith Hoggarth and Samuel Gawith offerings. The tobacco base is quite light in style, with none of the leather, coal tar and earthiness of the Gawith Hoggarth and Samuel Gawith examples, but there is a very pleasing geranium, violet and citrus aroma. The scent is similar, but less powerful than the Fribourg and Treyer version. Quite a hefty initial nose burn, but easy to take over an extended period with a reasonable nicotine hit. Well worth a try, especially if you enjoy the geranium flavoured Princes style snuffs. 9/10.
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| ermtony | 01-24-2009 06:37AM | | | Grind: Medium | Moisture: Moist | Nicotine: Medium |
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This is a lightly scented version of Kendal Brown, finer in grind than the Samuel Gawith and Gawith Hoggarth versions but not quite as fine as the one from Fribourg & Treyer. Neither is it quite as floral as the latter. The basic, classic KB flavouring of light citrus with a touch of orange readily apparent, and is overlaid with a hint of geranium. Very moreish!
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