Sutliff Tobacco Company Mild Burley J4

(2.50)
A natural blend of 100% Burleys long cut, great taste and aroma. A soft, no-bite experience for the traditional Burley smoker.
Notes: Sutliff Burley (J4) is the very definition of an all-day blend. It's a mellow ribbon-cut Burley with a smooth casing to counteract the typical Burley harshness and a pleasantly soft top note of vanilla. You'll get real tobacco flavor that's enhanced, not masked by the flavoring. The aftertaste is gentle, and the room note is enjoyable without being heavy. This compares nicely with OTC Burley blends but costs a lot less. If you want a go-to blend that you can enjoy anytime, you've found it.

Details

Brand Sutliff Tobacco Company
Blended By  
Manufactured By  
Blend Type Burley Based
Contents Burley
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

2.50 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Aug 02, 2017 Mild to Medium Extremely Mild Mild to Medium Pleasant
The earthy burleys also provide a bit of nuts, a little molasses, and a touch of cocoa and wood. The mild vanilla topping doesn’t sublimate the burleys much. It does have a slight rough edge that you may not notice unless you puff real fast. The strength is a step past the mild mark, while the taste is a slot past that level. Has a mild nic-hit, and won’t bite. The tobacco may need a light dry time. Burns slightly slow with a mostly cool, very clean consistent flavor from start to finish. Leaves little moisture in the bowl, and requires a few relights. Has a very pleasant, lightly lingering after taste and room note. Can be an all day work and play smoke.

-JimInks
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Feb 24, 2016 Very Mild Mild Mild Very Pleasant
When I smoke an aromatic, I appreciate the flavor of Vanilla. I am also a Burley lover, but, I am also a fan of strength. So, I mixed this 80/20 with Five Brothers (A super stout shag Burley that absorbs the flavor of other blends while firing off cannon shots of nicotine). For once, I made a blend that roared!

For those of you who enjoy the flavor of Vanilla mixed with Burley but do not like strong tobaccos, I think this one will satisfy you. Good stuff!

Pipestud
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jan 22, 2019 Mild Medium Mild Pleasant
Smooth vanilla topped burley. Puffed it like a train with no signs of bite.could smoke this all day rotation. All in all a decent smoke. Better than drug store flavored tobacco
Pipe Used: Bones bent bulldog
Age When Smoked: New
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Dec 28, 2011 Mild Mild to Medium Mild Pleasant
A freebie with an online tobacco order. I need to learn to Just Say No!

Ok, this wasn't bad but it qualifies as a straight and natural burley like video game addicts qualify as athletes. This is an aromatic - a light aromatic to be sure, but an aromatic all the same. And not the best representation of that genre, either. But not bad. Comes wet in the pouch and needs some drying time... which is an exercise in pointlessness anyway.

Ribbon cut with a color all over the map, the pouch nose is decidedly vanilla. As for the flavor, the vanilla is light but somehow the natural burley taste doesn't come through much, and when it does, it has an oddly sweet/sour taste. Overall, I found this extremely bland and not much good for any occasion. There are much better burleys out there, including most OTC's, and much better aromatics as well. This sort of skirts both styles without making a mark in either. Try it only if it's free, and even then give some thought to whether you want to smoke hot air with a light vanilla taste. Not bad, but hardly worth the effort.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jan 08, 2011 Mild to Medium Mild to Medium Mild Very Pleasant
I received a pouch of J4 Mild Burley along with an order from a well-known etailer and figured, “Why not.” I'm usually a bit leery of free blends, but I like burleys and felt it might be OK. It must be noted that I am not usually an aromatic smoker.

The pouch presentation is of a uniformly light-brown, relatively short-cut ribbon. As soon as I opened the pouch I was met with a somewhat strong vanilla aroma. That same aroma is obvious in the charring light, and throughout the bowl. I like vanilla; the flavor is often written off as “plain”, but it comes from orchids and, to me, is rather exotic. The tobacco is relatively moist in the pouch, and after sitting open over night it remained moist, indicating a fair amount of PG was used in processing.

Unlike a lot of aromatics, J4 seems OK both on relights and also after being DGT'd. To me this indicates two things; first, the tobacco used is relatively good stuff, and second, the vanilla flavoring is of good quality.

The smoke stays cool and even, with little change or nuance, from first light to the last puff. Several people told me that the room in which I smoke smelled like French Vanilla, and so a very pleasant room note. In all honesty, the vanilla, while obvious, is never overpowering. The taste is quite sweet, more than straight Virginias, which is unusual for a burley and so must be from the topping.

The burn of the tobacco is even and easy, and it stays lit. There isn't a lot of ghosting from the flavor. I would call this a light aromatic. J4 reminds me of Burley Light Without a Bite, in appearance and smoking flavor. As aromatics go this one is quite pleasant. I would recommend it to aromatic smokers who like vanilla, or to any smoker looking for a slightly sweeter than usual change of pace. Those seeking a light burley, but not wanting the aromatic side, will want to look elsewhere. As a non-aromatic smoker it isn't a blend I'll ever buy, but judging impartially I would have to say that J4 is a pretty nice offering, and one I wouldn't turn down if offered a bowl at a Pipe Club meeting.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Mar 31, 2010 Mild None Detected Mild Pleasant
This tobacco is exactly what it says it is, a mild burley. And it's a pretty good mild burley. It has everything you'd expect in a burley; a mild natural sweetness, nutty flavor, real tobacco taste and aroma. And it doesn't taste like it has anything at all added (another positive for being what it says it is).

It is easy to light, smoked to the bottom of the bowl without a relight, does increase in strength as you near the bottom of the bowl (as expected) but never really has a foul taste even to the last puff. Like most tobaccos it will bite if you force it to but you'd have to force this to bite. And it leaves a pleasant after taste.

Don't come to this tobacco looking for any flavorings or complexities. They aren't there. That's not what this is all about. It does have a pleasant tobacco aroma, but again if you're looking for an 'aromatic', this is not what you're looking for.

It's more gentle than what I usually expect from a 'codger' burley like PA or CH. In fact, this tobacco almost tastes innocent by comparison. It does not lack for flavor when compared to those tobaccos, it's just more whey faced.

If you're interested in a blending tobacco this will probably blend well with almost anything or make for a good base to start a blend with. Or if you're interested in flavoring your own tobacco this will probably take on a topping quite nicely.

There are a lot of burleys out there to be tried. This one is probably about as clean and unadulterated as you will find.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Apr 25, 2012 Mild Medium to Strong Mild to Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
Not gonna lie here, I really did not expect much from this one. Came free as a sample in an order I placed. I thought "oh boy, they cant sell the stuff so they are giving it away". Also the name led me to believe it wasn't very good. J-4? Not even worthy of one of those silly pipe tobacco names? like brimingshire forest? or country side escapades? Whatever, I put in in a bowl and fired it up.

I have to admit it is not that bad. It is not spectacular by any means, but enjoyable. It is pretty sweet, and needs some drying time, but I couldn't help but think this was a sweeter take on the tradition american OTC burleys.

Sometimes Altadis blends get poor reviews based on prejudices. This may be one such blend. It is not bad at all. It performed better than I thought it would. this would make a nice blend to keep in the tackle box.

Recommended.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Aug 07, 2011 Very Mild None Detected Mild to Medium Pleasant
Altadis gets dissed a lot and for some blends they deserve it but they have many good ones as well. I just smoked 2 oz of this blend this week and i have to say it's one of the best straight burleys I have ever smoked and I have smoked a lot of them. Simply put, if you like a cool burning, creamy nutty flavor that can very easily be an all day smoke, then you must try this one. In the pouch it is a mix of colors from light khaki to dark brown cut in a ribbon cut and rather thin. It smells rich and natural in the pouch and it does need to dry a little but after drying it packs very well into the pipe and smokes nice and slow and cool all the way down. It will smoke all the way down too leaving a dark gray ash and very little dottle. The room note is very pleasant, I never got one complaint from the war wagon on this one. The smoke is very creamy and nutty and goes fantastic with coffee or tea. This would be a great mixer with other tobaccos though i did not as I enjoyed it straight too much to try. I will be buying more of this blend to keep on hand and I highly recommend trying it if you are a burley fan.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jul 07, 2022 Mild Mild to Medium Mild Pleasant
Like others note, I received this as a gift with an online order. I stuck it away and forgot about it until a few days ago. Was surprised when I opened it, after ten years it was still moist. Since it is ten years old this is the Altidas version of J4. I understand the Sutliff version is no different. Since it has been in a baggie for ten years does make me wonder what was done to it since it is still so moist. It did still have a mild woody and vanilla smell somewhat similar to a drug store tobacco. Easy to pack and light, it burned well. Mild taste of cocoa and vanilla is gone early in the bowl, then you are left with the typical burley flavor which is not a bad thing to be left with. Not complicated and not much different than the typical over the counter smoke but better quality. If you like the typical over the counter smokes you will love this. It can easily be an all day smoke. You will also smell like someone's grandpa but in a good way.
Pipe Used: Savinelli Aurelia
PurchasedFrom: gift with order
Age When Smoked: 10 years
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jan 22, 2021 Mild Strong Mild Tolerable
This is described as a vanilla flavored burley. I got a touch of vanilla for the first puff or so, and then the licorice obliterated it. Also, the underlying burley is very bland. Why do they describe it as vanilla flavored when its dominated by licorice?
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