Sutliff Tobacco Company Match John Rolfe

(2.20)
This is a match blend for Lane's John Rolfe mixture.

Details

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

Profile

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

Average Rating

2.20 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jan 21, 2015 Mild to Medium Medium Mild to Medium Pleasant
The smell of the peach bandy flavored tobacco is a little more intense than it is in the smoke. Not much tobacco taste, but that’s not the point of the blend. The same goes for the original, where the peach brandy taste is stronger and a little sharper. The Match burns cool and smooth whereas the original loses a little of the flavor at the finish, and is bitey if puffed fast. The Match doesn’t have that problem. I found the peach in the original is slightly chemically with a sour note whereas the Match avoids those characteristics. Has virtually no nicotine. Burns at a reasonable pace, and leaves a little moisture in the bowl, as did the original. Needs an average number of relights. The after taste is okay. Not quite an all day smoke. I gave the original one star.

-JimInks
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Sep 12, 2020 Mild Medium Mild Very Pleasant
John Rolfe Match smells amazingly like its topping, peach brandy. Medium brown and lighter shades make up the evenly cut ribbon. I've tried a handful of these Sutliff Match tobaccos, and have been pleasantly surprised by almost all of them.

Rolfe Match is shipped with the optimum smoking humidity. Packs well with some spring.

Initial lighting definitely brings forth the peach aroma. No problem detecting that one! It has the right amount of sweetness without being cloying. Puffed slowly and sipped, this sweetness with remain throughout the bowl. If puffed too hard, it can sting the nostrils and get cigarette-ish when exhaled through the nose. Can get bitey if pushed. Leaves an off aftertaste, but a great room note. 2.5 stars from me,
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Feb 06, 2021 Mild to Medium Mild Mild to Medium Pleasant
I haven't had the opportunity to smoke the original, so I'm basing this review on this blend's merits alone. Excuse my brevity as I don't post wordy reviews. The tobacco itself reminds me very much of Carter Hall with the exception of the flavor. The peach brandy is there but not at all cloying. It smokes well and provides a very pleasant experience. I will buy it again.
Pipe Used: Cob
PurchasedFrom: P&C
Age When Smoked: Fresh
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Oct 18, 2018 Mild Medium to Strong Mild to Medium Pleasant
Sutliff Tobacco Co. - Match John Rolfe.

I had it in my head that this was an English, that couldn't be further from the truth!

Anyhoo, the presentation of it's coarse, and blimey, it smells strong of peach brandy. The moisture's how I expect a blend supplied from bulk to be, it's smack on.

MJR takes to lighting with only a few quick touches. The flavour? The way the peach brandy comes over is with a 'WHACK!' of very sharp peaches; quite natural, and not overly alcoholic. The tobaccos, although pushed aside by the topping, have a pleasant enough taste; a little mundane, maybe, a VaBurCav, but are perfectly inoffensive. The burn from MJR is a good one, sitting in the middle with temperature, and the smoke only bites when forced to do so.

Nicotine: mild. Room-note: pleasant.

Match John Rolfe? A decent aromatic, but not a great one. Two stars:

Somewhat recommended.
Pipe Used: Peterson Kapp Royal #03
PurchasedFrom: TobaccoPipes.com
Age When Smoked: One month
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jul 21, 2023 Mild Mild Mild Pleasant
I bought this Sutliff match as part of my sampling of the existing and match "codger" blends that are still on the market.

A little poking around on the internet led to the discovery that this was originally a Larus and Brother blend. You know, the folks that gave us Holiday and Edgeworth Ready Rubbed.

Unfortunately, John Rolfe does not begin to approach the stellar heights that those two blends achieved.

The pouch aroma is peaches. I didn't find it overpowering. And it was rather pleasant.

So I filled a Falcon and gave the mixture a whirl.

The taste was mildly of peaches. That was good. But the rest of the experience for my tongue was a walk through the fires of Dis. This blend stung and bit and was just downright nasty: the worst that burley can deliver. I couldn't even finish the bowl. And Falcons have rather small bowls.

Shame on Larus for insulting the good name of John Rolfe! They should have called this blend "Peaches" or "Peach Brandy".

And shame on the tobacco gods for letting this blend survive the closure of Larus's doors.

What puzzles me is why Sutliff, which has discontinued a fair number of venerable matches, such as Briggs Mixture, would keep this one going. I just might have to ask them. Because it is a good waste of tobacco and peach brandy.

As you might have guessed, I can't recommend this. Try at your own risk.
Pipe Used: Falcon
PurchasedFrom: smokingpipes.com
Age When Smoked: New
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