Sutliff Tobacco Company Match Sail Green

The topping in the Match lacks some of the anise of the original, but it has the same - but milder - light fruitiness with fewer cocoa notes. It also sublimates the tobacco flavor a little just as the original does. Like the original, I get a slight sense of the spice and wood from the Oriental/Turkish, and virtually nothing of the Cyprian latakia, which is probably about one percent of the mixture. The honey from the cavendish is slightly more prominent in the Match, and the grassy, citrusy Virginia is about the same. The cut is the same, as is the burn rate, which is moderate. I noticed inconsistency of flavor in the original. Sometimes, it was bland and sometimes not, from pouch to pouch. Won't bite, and has a very mild nic-hit as does the original. Both leave little moisture in the bowl, and need an average number of relights. The Match has a slightly better after taste, but it's nothing special. Both are all day smokes. This Match is fairly close to Sail Green at its best with a little less strength to the topping, and is consistent in flavor. I rated the original at two stars because of the variance of its quality from time to time. This gets two stars.

-JimInks

The match in my opinion does not match Sail green in many respects. First,the cut. Sail Green is a rubbed out flake. The match is not. Second the topping is different as it weaker and different. I really wanted to love the match and got 2 ozs to make the comparison. Side by side there is a difference in color, and cut. No one does Cavendish like the Europeans and I am sure the match did not receive this process. This isn't a bad blend by any means and the price is certainly a plus. It's just not a match. I love the original and had smoked pounds of it in the eighties and early nineties. And then it was gone. You be the judge and smoke in peace.

Lager