Gotlandssnus Anis (Grey) Loose Discontinued 20120901

[Snusdog]

I wonder the cost in materials/time is for a tin of lössnus. There might be a decent market for an artisan operation with only one or two employees kind of like Pioneer. Might make a good living for someone.

OK

You work the phone

I'll hold the gun to make sure Jimmy doesn't try to escape

Jimmy makes the snus

If you want to bring PP in on this.........he can hold a gun while one of the Vogel Brothers makes Coffee Vanilla

[lxskllr]

I wonder the cost in materials/time is for a tin of lössnus. There might be a decent market for an artisan operation with only one or two employees kind of like Pioneer. Might make a good living for someone.

Edit:
If it costs $1 to make a tin of snus, and you sell it for $4, you'd have to sell 167 tins per week to make $500. That's a lot of snus to move for a modest living :^/

[GoVegan]

Still the problem with gringo is that gringos cant buy it.

[chadizzy1]

I saw that. The extra salty description appeals to me but on Northerner it also describes Gringo as flowery. The last flower snus I had was Gustavos which was ok but not great.

Another issue - we can't get it here. Thanks for telling us about a potentially great snus we can't even order Chad. May all tobacco shops in Arkansas be filled with General Wintergreen.

I didn't get floral. I reviewed it a while back:
http://chadizzy1.blogspot.com/2011/1...-december.html

From that review:
"Gringo Snus is very moist and very soft - very comfortable in the lip. The texture reminds me a lot of Oden's Extreme Los. Gringo Snus tastes great. It's a very rich and earthy tobacco flavor that's a little smokey and has a nice salt balance to it. Though I don't get the floral notes, I do get a nice rich flavor that matures into a spicy tobacco taste the longer you have it. Not spicy in the Extreme/pepper sense, but in a well flavored, and full bodied tobacco."

[GoVegan]

I saw that. The extra salty description appeals to me but on Northerner it also describes Gringo as flowery. The last flower snus I had was Gustavos which was ok but not great.

Another issue - we can't get it here. Thanks for telling us about a potentially great snus we can't even order Chad. May all tobacco shops in Arkansas be filled with General Wintergreen.

[chadizzy1]

The Gringo snus rocks pretty hard too. 50g can, too.

[bpc720]

I think ill be giving my money to pioneer and GN from now on

[Monkey]

I would love to be shopping at Northerner and have to pick between Gellivare, Gotlands yellow, bla, Pioneer, Claque and Granit los!

That would be an easy choice for me...Gul.

[GoVegan]

I would love to be shopping at Northerner and have to pick between Gellivare, Gotlands yellow, bla, Pioneer, Claque and Granit los!

[UsualSnuspects]

I also believe that quality is compromised with some of the flavored stuff. The flavorings allow you to use cheap tobacco because they mask the taste. Gotlands yellow los was sublime and you could definitely taste the quality of it. To me it was earth, grass and very natural. Nothing like it exists anymore. Candy flavored smokeless is a dime a dozen and can be bought at 7-11 right now. Products like Gotlands yellow and Gellivare just cant be duplicated.

At least there's still Pioneer, though I get nervous every time Northerner is sold out (like now).

Seems reasonable that once a lös-only manufacturer invests in portioning equipment, the margins on tobacco-per-can for lös would be about half that of portions, and the investors would complain that now lös is dragging down profits/growth.

Amirite?

[GoVegan]

I also believe that quality is compromised with some of the flavored stuff. The flavorings allow you to use cheap tobacco because they mask the taste. Gotlands yellow los was sublime and you could definitely taste the quality of it. To me it was earth, grass and very natural. Nothing like it exists anymore. Candy flavored smokeless is a dime a dozen and can be bought at 7-11 right now. Products like Gotlands yellow and Gellivare just cant be duplicated.

[lxskllr]

It's funny to me, because I promise that I tried this snus on multiple occassions and it just didn't "speak" to me, lol. Now you guys have me wanting to try it again. Oh well ;-)

What made it good was it was just tobacco without a bunch of bullshit. Big brands are a little too smoothed over. It's liked blended scotch, where the goal is sameness and consistency. There's nothing inherently wrong with that, but a lot of the character gets lost in the process. I'm sure it was closer to historic Ettan than Ettan is. Ettan has had too much "smoothing" over the years.

[rickcharles606]

It was Rick, it was sublime.

At least Doris & Roger kept making quality stuff until the bitter end. And they still sell the kits with the flavourings for Gellivare and Landstroms ... Just not internationally :-(

It's funny to me, because I promise that I tried this snus on multiple occassions and it just didn't "speak" to me, lol. Now you guys have me wanting to try it again. Oh well ;-)

Maybe we should start using the term "lost" instead of lös on these boards then.

Maybe so

[squeezyjohn]

It's always disappointing to see a company discontinue a snus, especially ones that have been produced for such a long time. However, I don't fault Gotlandssnus for making business decisions that help keep their bottom line nice and trim. We have to remember that they aren't the behemoth Swedish Match and can't carry brands that aren't making money. Face it guys, lossnus use is declining, no matter how much I love it and no matter how much you love it...less people are using los.

Maybe we should start using the term "lost" instead of lös on these boards then.

[squeezyjohn]

It was Rick, it was sublime.

At least Doris & Roger kept making quality stuff until the bitter end. And they still sell the kits with the flavourings for Gellivare and Landstroms ... Just not internationally :-(