Sutliff Tobacco Company Stoved Virginia #507-S

(3.48)
Bright Virginia is heated, turning it dark and bringing out the natural sugar. Good as an everyday smoke or as a blender.

Details

Brand Sutliff Tobacco Company
Blended By  
Manufactured By Sutliff Tobacco Company
Blend Type Straight Virginia
Contents Virginia
Flavoring
Cut Ribbon
Packaging Bulk
Country United States
Production Currently available

Profile

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

Average Rating

3.48 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jan 07, 2019 Very Mild None Detected Medium to Full Pleasant
Stoved Va is my favourite genre of tobacco. With the demise of McClelland and the now absence of those blends containing their wonderful stoved tobaccos, and the unreliability in supply of Rattray's Black Virginia and Rattray's Dark Fragrant, the tobacco apocalypse appeared to have come early for me. I have trolled thru dozens of tobaccos described as 'unflavoured Black Cavendish' or 'natural Black Virginia' and similar hoping to find a bulk, easily available dark stoved Va, all to little avail. For my efforts I now have a very large jar of mixed tobacco of varying shades of vaniila, caramel, maple and Heaven knows what else. I use it for my excursion tobacco. It isn't very nice, but it at least has the virtue of being relatively inoffensive to strangers.

So when I came across this tobacco on my Friday Buy Day, my heart leapt a little to see a bulk offering clearly marked as a Stoved Va and unflavoured. But the often disappointed part of me was cautious. I was well past 'fool me twice' on this score.

But praise be! This is what it claims to be. A straight, bulk offering of unflavoured Stoved Black Viginia. I have found my unicorn blend.

To the tobacco. Given the sort of reviews I see on Tobacco Reviews, stoved Va is not a well loved beast. I appear to be an outlier in this regard, so take this review with that in mind. Chances are YMMV.

This tobacco is loaded with dried fruit aromas: currants, candied lemon peel etc. For me it is like smoking a Christmas pudding. It has very little nicotine. Puffed at a slow pace, as I think it should be, it does not produce much smoke at all. But it is packed with interesting flavours. I find stoved Vas do not bite, and 507S is no exception. Again, YMMV. It has the odd rough edge; I doubt this has the same quality source leaf as the Rattray's product, but to be fair, it is also a fraction of the price. Loving it. Highly recommended but only for lovers of the type.
Pipe Used: Ceramic
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jun 11, 2019 Mild to Medium None Detected Medium to Full Pleasant
Once the bright Virginia leaf is stoved, it offers mildly fermented and tangy, rich, deep, dark fruit, some citrus, a lot of earth, wood, bread, and sugar, and very light lemon notes. The strength is a couple of steps past the mild level, while the taste just passes the medium mark. The nic-hit is hair more obvious than the strength threshold. No chance of bite or harshness. Burns a tad slow, very cool and clean with a sweetly consistent flavor from start to finish. Leaves little moisture in the bowl, and requires an average number of relights. Has a very pleasant, lightly lingering after taste and room note. Does well in the pipe as it is, though I do recommend a smallish bowl. As a mixer - which it was designed to be - it adds depth and dimension to any blend you choose to invent.

-JimInks
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
May 29, 2019 Mild None Detected Medium to Full Pleasant
Sutliff Tobacco Co. - Stoved Virginia #507-S.

This review could be short: a very rich Virginia!

#507-S isn't just a ribbon, as badged. In fact, the blend's made of virtually black, very coarse pieces; a Mixture. The nose is full and fruity. I'm smoking this fresh and the moisture's refulgent; no airing was needed.

The moisture aids an easy ignition, and then, that word again: rich. The taste has all the fruit/luxury, one could expect from a top end Va. However, any citrus/sharp Va flavours are defunct; it's all about sweet, dark, fruit. Due to the coarse cut it burns slow, and medium in temperature. I get no tongue bite.

Nicotine: mild. Room-note: nice.

Stoved Virginia #507-S? Four stars:

Highly recommended.

Pipe Used: Mr Brog Bulldog
PurchasedFrom: 4noggins
Age When Smoked: New
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jul 24, 2020 Mild to Medium Mild Medium Pleasant
This is a blending component, but I am surprised it seems to be so good in its own right as a standalone. There is nothing remarkable about the first quarter of your bowl, but it evolves quite nicely once you go past it. Something worth mentioning is I can't detect any casing, this tobacco feels so clean it is hard to believe is one of Sutliff's. It looks as though it had been treated in the red Cavendish way, and it is reminiscent of C&D's Autumn Evening but without the casing. The tin note is sweet and evokes the smell of sultanas and figs. It comes as wet as those towelettes they use to wipe clean a baby's bottom, but I have been able to smoke it without needing many relights. Yes, I like it, and I can see myself buying again, so 4 stars this time.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Sep 19, 2020 Mild to Medium None Detected Medium to Full Pleasant
This was a very pleasant surprise. The last black stoved Virginia I had (from E A Carey UK) had been cooked to the point where it had scarcely any flavour left. By contrast, as soon as I opened the pouch of this one, I was struck not just by the expected earthiness, but by warm fruit aromas, blackcurrant say, with a hint of citrus. It smelt almost like a black Cavendish (I tasted it to make sure there was no mistake).

The smoke is rich, sharp & tangy, but with little tongue bite. Fairly mild by my standards. Sometimes takes a few relights, but not much above average; does better if packed a little loose. No gumminess as it smokes down. Altogether a pleasant smoke. It also blends well with some Burley I have on hand.

I had just about given up on stoved Virigina, but this tobacco changed my mind. A solid 3 stars.
Pipe Used: Carey Magic Inch
PurchasedFrom: smokingpipes.com
Age When Smoked: Fresh bulk
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jul 28, 2019 Medium None Detected Medium Pleasant
I use this as a substitute for McClelland's Blackwoods Flake when blending. It does the job, however, it lacks the famous barbecue sauce note. On it's own, it is a good, tangy, easy to smoke Virginia.
Pipe Used: Variety of pipes dedicated to Virginia.
PurchasedFrom: Don't remember.
Age When Smoked: New
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jan 07, 2021 Mild to Medium None Detected Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
A cooked black virginia, with a thick cut and where the predominant flavors are fruity, acidic and especially burnt caramel, similar to the one that is stuck to the bottom of a saucepan that has been used to caramelize sugar. Stays on smoothly and doesn't sting your tongue. Leave a pleasant and tolerable note in the room.

In my particular case it has turned out to be quite an original tobacco, since in my short experience as a pipe smoker I had never tried anything like it. It seems that it is a tobacco made mainly to mix, which I have not tried yet, having only smoked it without mixing with other ingredients.

Despite being rich and recognizing its virtues, it is not one of the Virginias that I liked the most, perhaps because that predominant flavor of caramelized sugar in the long run tires me a bit. For this reason I recommend smoking it in small capacity pipes.

However, I will continue to smoke it to see how it evolves in me.

I can imagine some reviewers trying to mimic some McClelland mixes by adding Stoved Virginia 507-S, as it similarly reproduces the now-defunct brand's toasted virginias. If someone get it and wants to do a service to humanity (pipe-smoking humanity), let them leave their recipe as soon as possible. It will be gratifying ...
Age When Smoked: Young
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Dec 02, 2019 Mild None Detected Mild to Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
Wow! This blend is just great! I love it. The stoving really brings out the sweetness. It is like carmelizing an onion or garlic clove. The pouch note is understated, but a slightly charred aroma is noticeable. The smoke is rich, thick and tastes of ... stewed fruit with a touch of charred grassiness. Burns easily and slowly. Fantastic! Get some!
Pipe Used: MM Country Gentleman, Al Pascia Curvy 03
PurchasedFrom: SmokingPipes.com
Age When Smoked: Fresh
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Aug 01, 2021 Mild None Detected Mild Pleasant
With all of the comparisons to McClelland Virginias, I had to try this. I was a huge fan of Butera Dark Stoved and was hoping to find something in that ballpark. Spoiler, it is nothing like dark stoved. To readers who remember the beavis and butthead couch fishing episode, there is one phrase that sums up the pouch aroma: Prune box air. It is a course, wide cut ribbon that can paradoxically be rubbed out. This led to one annoying feature I have noted in other sutliff made products, a sort of tobacco dust/flour that coats the leaf. It is weird and surprisingly doesn’t work well as kindling. The fairly dry leaf is mainly charcoal black with errant stripes of dark brown leaf. This is one of those tobaccos that is “all in the snork.” It is mild to a fault, and I often perceived more flavor in the sidestream than the smoke itself. On the upside there are some nice charred/roasted marshmallow notes. These are followed by some hints of marginally sweet earthy autumn leaves towards the end of the bowl.

This is not a bad tobacco, just a bit weak in many respects per my taste. All of that being said, if I could talk to myself as a new pipe smoker, I would push myself past all of the traditional starter aromatics that so many potential smokers have likely been driven away by, and towards something like this. It is mild, gentle on the tongue, natural tasting.

This may be the perfect first tobacco to give a new smoker.
PurchasedFrom: SP
Age When Smoked: Fresh bulk
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Mar 31, 2021 Medium None Detected Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
Wanted to attempt a reasonable copy of Mc 5110. Asked the man Russ if he could give me some pointers and he did. Blended an equal amount of this stoved black and Ps Latakia. Added about 10% blending Turkish. It was a reasonably good match for my taste. Of couse its not McClelland but we have to take what we can get anymore! Happy blending!
Pipe Used: Ascorti
PurchasedFrom: smoking pipes
Age When Smoked: fresh
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