Sutliff Tobacco Company Black & Golden Cavendish B27

(2.17)
Golden Virginias, Rich Burleys and Smooth Black Cavendish blended with a delightful creamy vanilla topping.

Details

Brand Sutliff Tobacco Company
Blended By Carl McAllister
Manufactured By Sutliff Tobacco Company
Blend Type Aromatic
Contents Black Cavendish, Burley, Virginia
Flavoring Vanilla
Cut Ribbon
Packaging Bulk
Country United States
Production Currently available

Profile

Strength
Mild
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Mild to Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Mild
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming

Average Rating

2.17 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Feb 10, 2015 Very Mild Mild to Medium Mild Very Pleasant
The golden cavendish offers some grass, citrus, and a touch of honey. The black cavendish has a little vanilla. The burley is nutty. The topping is a little vanilla and a drop of caramel. Hardly much tobacco taste, though that isn't a complaint. The flavor is fairly pleasant and comfortably smooth and creamy, but doesn't stand out much as the vanilla topping lacks richness. I didn't find it sticky like some of the other reviewers did, just slightly moist. Burns at a reasonable pace, clean and cool with a consistent flavor. Needs few relights and leaves little dampness in the bowl. Has very little nicotine. Won't bite or get harsh. An all day smoke.

-JimInks
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Dec 22, 2004 Very Mild Medium to Strong Full Pleasant to Tolerable
I knew this stuff was probably going to be trouble when I loaded my bowl. The tobacco was very soft and moist. My fingers were also a little sticky after loading, which was a sign of things to come.

1st light: Tobacco started sizzling. This stuff sounded like bacon frying in a pan. Not good.

This tobacco produces a lot of smoke, which I liked somewhat. The room aroma is very nice, but a little cloying. Taste and smell is definitely creamy vanilla with a little nuttiness. In this case, the tobacco flavor description is accurate. I found the taste to be way too cloying and creamy. I might as well have been smoking vanilla custard or pudding.

One good thing about this tobacco is that it's remarkably gentle. I had no bite or heat, even during re-lights.

Well, 1/2 a bowl was about all I could take. As expected, the bottom half of my bowl was coated in that thick, disgusting sludge that's reminiscent of roofing tar, and that I oh-so-hate! Needless to say, the rest of my 2oz. baggy of this garbage tobacco will be disposed of immediately.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jan 24, 2021 Mild Medium Mild to Medium Very Pleasant
A great indoor wintertime blend. I do not seem to have as much moisture in my 2oz pouch as some have stated, and i I didn't have any burn issues due to excess moisture.

The pouch aroma is that classic vanilla cavendish smell, reminiscent of the old Churchill's tobacconist in the local mall. There were a few stems and sticks in my pouch, but fairly easy to pick out.

Packs well, initial lighting is no trouble. I smoked through this 2oz fairly quickly. No tongue bite, smokes cool with just a little leftover moisture in the heel of the pipe. The vanilla room note is a definite crowd pleaser. Always received compliments on this blend, even from the wife!
Pipe Used: Several
PurchasedFrom: Pipesandcigars.com
Age When Smoked: Fresh
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Nov 29, 2017 Mild Mild Mild Pleasant
Sutliff Tobacco Co. - Black & Golden Cavendish B27.

A very coarse mixture heavier on the black Cavendish than golden. It's a bit too moist but that's congruent with the pouch-note: clearly aromatic. In all fairness, though, it's no damper than I like a blend to be: tacky but smokeable.

This is one of those blends where the smoke's produced in big clouds-the downside is you'll want a window open! The flavour's more of a sweeter vanilla aromatic kind, as well as the vanilla there's honey and caramel; the honey emanating from the golden Cavendish, and the caramel from a topping. I get a rugged, nuttiness from the Burley, and the black Cav, of coarse, has the usual viscid quality. B27 burns cool and bite free.

Nicotine: mild. Room-note: heavy but pleasant.

Black & Golden Cavendish? It's a nice enough blend but a bit mediocre for any higher than two stars:

Somewhat recommended.

Pipe Used: Cob
PurchasedFrom: Smokingpipes.com
Age When Smoked: New
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
May 01, 2014 Mild to Medium None Detected Extremely Mild (Flat) Pleasant to Tolerable
Looking for a light to medium sweet blend and was very underwhelmed. This has an awful flavor, not sweet in the least, and just plain unenjoyable. There were no redeeming qualities and I doubt I'll even be able to give it away.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Apr 16, 2011 Mild Mild to Medium Mild Very Pleasant
From the files of "I'll Smoke Anything As Long As It's Free", comes this plastic pouched ditty from Altadis that came to me free with a tobacco order. A sniff inside the pouch gave me the typical aromatic burst of really nice aroma. As the tobacco came very moist, I dried it out until it stopped leaving so much nasty residue on my fingers.

The flavor was vanilla and caramel, which was quite nice. It also gave off a hefty volume of smoke, for those who find that important. Dried out, it didn't leave quite so much goo in the bottom of the pipe, and smoking it in a meerschaum helped as well. The best part of this blend is that the flavoring is maintained further down the bowl than most inexpensive aromatics I've smoked. Generally, a decent aromatic goes bitter when the casing burns off about halfway down the bowl. This lasted to at least the 3/4 mark. Nice! I'd have to say that I prefer this one to Lane's 1Q or BCA. Recommended for aromatic lovers that don't concern themselves with complexity and want a very nice room note. I smoked 5 bowls of this and will save the rest for those rare times I really crave something extra sweet.

Later downgraded due to it not holding its flavor over time, even when sealed. This became dirty and foul after just six months. I wonder if the excessive PG caused this. Two weak stars.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Apr 15, 2022 Mild Mild to Medium Mild to Medium Pleasant
Sutliff’s Black and Golden Cavendish B27. Often found in many B&M’s across the country under cleverly fashioned aliases, this Black Cavendish, Burley and Virginia compote is tastefully flavored (officially) with an optimum letting of rich vanilla. My two sense is the blender further sauced up the recipe with a kiss of gentle honey and supple cream as well. B27 is a becoming mixture tempered by a coarse ribbon cut mesh of what else, bold black and golden hued quality tobaccos (ala my alma mater ole Purdue). Notes of sugary creamed vanilla and warm honey provide a tasteful dance over a tarty original zest coming from the base components, as a pleasing aroma boosts from the pouch. I rather like its presentation straight up. With the flavor, much of the note pouch essence does consistently carry through to the actual taste. Namely, a pleasurable melody of vanilla sweetness, sugary buttered cream and baked honey lead the primary notation. Underlying in equal measure, one captures the base line of brown sugared Burley nuttiness, charred Cavendish spice moving in colorful parade of earthen wood and some quaint mint-like accents, and a highlight of tart tang elicited by the comprising Virginia. Comparatively, Sutliff has arrived at a smartly blended balance between the additives and the native strains. Overall, the taste profile objectively measures as even keeled and quite rounded in contrast for the aromatic genre. Burning with characteristics of a coolness and no chemical sting, Black and Gold produces a mellow and enjoyable feel within the mouth during the smoking session. Ignited the mixture shows itself with a thick and fragrant plume of rich smoke. The immediate smoking area is endowed with a comforting essence of tasteful cooked vanilla cream and zesty charisma of the native tobaccos. Yet another that passes the scrutiny of my wife’s critical acceptance for tolerability.

I’ve been enjoying this blend for a while now and I respect those others don’t necessarily carry an equivalent opinion as my own. Nonetheless, do give it a try if you want to revel in the enjoyment of a delightful and well-crafted aromatic experience.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
May 31, 2011 Mild Medium Medium Pleasant
I also received this as a free sample but it's not so bad that they couldn't sell it as an aromatic. I don't buy or typically enjoy them but did finish this pouch. Very moist and soft and packing had to be done carfeully. Smoked without bite but also without a hint of tobacco taste; just the vanilla casing. Towards the bottom of the bowl, it started popping from the condensation and origianl mositure content. Guess this is why I don't smoke aromatics but if you do, this is better that those I've had from the drug stores.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Mar 25, 2011 Mild Mild Mild Pleasant
B27 Cavendish … Just like the description on the pouch, black Cavendish with a few strands of gold, and of course the ever popular vanilla topping. My sample was somewhat moist, so I dyed it to the point where the pieces would not stick together when squeezed. Flavor wise, IMO it's far more interesting than their B20 Cavendish, and maintains a mild degree of sweetness longer. Still not my kind of tobacco, but I'll have no trouble finishing the pouch, that's for sure. It is bite free, dry, and mild enough to be an all day smoke, but does require some puffing control, because at a faster pace this stuff can hinge on the harsh side. For those that love mild aromatic tobaccos, I would only somewhat recommend a try, because IMO this stuff offers nothing new, to this already overly crowded genre.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Mar 19, 2011 Mild Mild to Medium Mild Pleasant
A "crowd pleaser" for sure - but for those looking for a more satisfying "tobacco" experience, look elsewhere. I received a free pouch of this with a recent tobacco/pipe order. The pouch aroma was similar, but not the same, as Captain Black White and Mac Baren's 7 Seas Regular; a nice vanilla presence without being too cloying. Relatively moist as American aromatics go, but there was no difficulty loading or lighting this offering. I was happy that the chemical presence, or taste, found in so many American aromatics was at a minimum, but present none the less. It smoked relatively dry and without bite, but there was no real tobacco taste to make me want to revisit. All being said, I do give it a 3 star recommendation as it was not at all bad. It certainly has a pleasing room note, and I believe it would be a fine offering for a new pipe smoker to use in getting accustomed to the pleasant past time of pipe smoking.
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