Sutliff Tobacco Company Almondine J3

(1.48)
At last, the intriguing taste of Almond Liquor captured in a mild and mellow blend. Definitely, smokes cool.

Details

Brand Sutliff Tobacco Company
Blended By Carl McAllister
Manufactured By Sutliff Tobacco Company
Blend Type Aromatic
Contents Burley, Virginia
Flavoring Alcohol / Liquor, Almond
Cut Ribbon
Packaging Bulk
Country United States
Production Currently available

Profile

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

Average Rating

1.48 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Aug 12, 2014 Mild Medium Mild Very Pleasant
The almond is more like amaretto, and mostly hides the cavendish style burley and Virginia, though the tobacco taste does show up here and there. When it does, you get a light nuts and earth, and a few blades of grass. Has almost no nicotine. Won't bite, but it is a sipping blend. It needs some dry time, and then will burn reasonably well with a fairly consistent flavor. It gets a little syrupy near the finish. Leaves some moisture in the bowl, and needs a few relights as it tends to burn a little wet. Has an okay after taste. More of an entry level aro, but it's also a pleasant enough all day or change of pace smoke.

-JimInks
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Aug 30, 2019 Mild to Medium Medium to Strong Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
Sutliff Tobacco Co. - Almondine J3.

I see this as a blend of two halves: nice tobaccos but bad topping.

The ribbons have a coarse build, are medium and light brown (more medium brown), they have a nice hydration, and a definite alcoholic aroma.

The Amaretto is a hearty addition from the start; it also ruins things. Although I get a nuttiness, I also notice an incisive, bitter, alcoholic flavour; too sharp, too cutting. On the positive side, this bitterness calms a little after half a bowl! The tobaccos, to be fair, have a nice flavour; the Burley outweighs the Virginia, so it isn't too fresh a flavour. Although the burn's good, even and not warm, it bites like mad; ouch!

Nicotine: mild to medium. Room-note: not bad.

J3? The bitter alcohol subconrads the smoke. So, I can say with imperturbability ''I don't recommend it'':

One star.
Pipe Used: Altinok Lee Van Cleef Replica
PurchasedFrom: Tobaccopipes.com
Age When Smoked: New
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Feb 25, 2006 Very Mild Medium Very Mild Pleasant
I'm with Sop - this one is not for pipe consumption.

The casing was certainly present in waves at the initial lighting (almond extract?) but burned off quickly and left one with a pipe loaded with sour mash burley.

The above descriptive is accurate, it is mild, mellow and cool burning.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Sep 08, 2010 Mild Very Mild Very Mild Pleasant to Tolerable
You've gotta love Altadis: their only consistancy is their very inconsistancy.

This one smells pretty decent in the pouch, very rich and the almond liquor really comes through. Smoking, however, is a different matter. Like the Wild Cherry they put out, the tobacco tastes faintly like...well, something. It's not quite almonds, but I wouldn't call it unpleasant. My girlfriend commented that the room note was "not bad," which is HUGE for her, because the pipe reminds her of her ex-husband. This is, in fact, the first time she hasn't turned her nose up at it.

I'm on the fence about Almondine. It's not bad, but it's just not much of anything. Needs to be smoked low and slow, or it will bite (which is typical of these blends anyway).
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jun 03, 2009 Mild Mild Very Mild Pleasant
This is another sample that came to me. I love almonds but I did not get that flavor or aroma from this blend at all. To be honest, I liked the flavor I did get from it and enjoyed the aroma very much. Just does not live up to it's name so I can't rate it higher. It is a mottled, multicolor blend and with a very long shag cut. It is way too moist out of the pouch and somewhat sticky. It took a couple of lights and relights to smoke. Personally, though I liked the liquer flavor I found this to smoke really hot. Not for beginners at all. Not one of Altadis's better blends and will use it mixed with something else, maybe a chocolate and have a Mounds experience.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jul 21, 2008 Extremely Mild Extremely Mild Extremely Mild (Flat) Pleasant
Years ago I had been accustomed to smoking aromatics. I tried this blend and other Altadis tobaccos after taking up pipe smoking again. A number of these tobaccos suffered from the same affliction as this one. The casing had been horrible. After an initial pleasing flavor, Almondine went bland. There is not much more to say except, Altadis could do themselves a favor by taking this off the shelf and reworking it. This is not a good blend.

There has been a bright side to all of this. As a result of my aromatic experiences. I did a bit of research and looked more seriously at English and Virginia blends and never looked back. Occasionally, I will smoke an aromatic. More often than not it will be an aromatic that shows strong leanings towards and English or Virginian profile.

Q
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Sep 02, 2017 Extremely Mild Strong Mild Tolerable
Just don't....don't do this to yourself. I only tried it because it came in a bomb/sampler/freebie package.

Grossly sticky, feels like plastic. Smokes like chemicals. Tastes like nothing with a hint of burning trash.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jun 16, 2017 Mild Mild to Medium Mild Pleasant
Not the best effort from the Sutliff stable by any means. Smells like a winner in the bag and in the first half of the bowl more or less. Goes from a sweet aromatic to a common VaBur in the end. When I finish these 4 ounces I will not likely re order. This for me is a hay cutting or weed eating smoke.
Pipe Used: Various
PurchasedFrom: Pipes and cigars
Age When Smoked: New to 6 months
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Feb 08, 2010 Mild Mild to Medium Mild Pleasant
Expected more flavor but wasn't a bad smoke. Smelled great. Taste alright. I would smoke it again.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jul 13, 2009 Mild Mild Mild Very Pleasant
This is one of the first non-drugstore tobaccos I ever tried.I loved the taste and smell of this tobacco,but it doesnt keep its flavor.It taste horrible at the half bowl point.For that reason,I cant recommend this tobacco.
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