Sutliff Tobacco Company Count Pulaski

I really enjoyed this when I first smoked it a little over a year ago. The Anise topping worked with the Latakia and different Burley cuts providing a very smokey, nutty and smooth flavor with a cool slow burn into a dry white ash. The overall flavor and aroma was wonderful. I went through a pound quickly and enjoyed every puff. I recentley purchased four ounces to re-visit it now that the weather has cooled off again and to my dismay, the Count was not at all like I remembered it. The flavor was completely different as was its burn quality, even the ash color was very different, much darker. I thought it possible that I may have received some older stock where the topping had diminished or it had dried out a bit too much due to improper storage. After purchasing a few more ounces from several different sources to see, the negative changes in flavor and burn quality were consistant. It's a shame as I really enjoyed this at one time.

This tobacco is a bit of an enigma to me. The "tin note" is of a cased Burly, almost chocolate smell; the taste is burly, with an almost english taste (the latakia sits nicely in the background to me); the room note is strongly like an english to me, very grassy.

My wife smelled frankinsence.

My wife was having some Absinthe as I was finishing this bowl, and I had a sip. I suspect this or Ouzo, would be perfect compliments to this if it was something you were settling in with. this smoked down to a fine grey ash for me.

This blend has a lot to recommend it, but it's just not my cup of tea. For a english smoker looking for something with more burly, this would probably be a great blend. I get the feeling that this is something I might grow to like more after several bowls, but I would have to smoke it outside.

Not bad, not great. If you don't mind your tobacco treated with humectants(this stuff is swimming in it) and your local shop carries it, you might want to give it a try. It's cheep so it won't be too much of a loss if you only smoke half a bowl and throw the rest away. I finished half of my 2oz. bag and then passed it on. It really is an "interesting" smoke but I wouldn't go out of my way to purchase it again. Too much humectant!

A good tobacco in the tradition of aromatic English blends (which I have liked for a very long time). I do not believe this tobacco warrants a 4 star rating but it is certainly no slouch either.

Interesting mix of various cuts from coarse ribbon, short flake and even a smidgen of cube. Lots of eye-appeal. Delicious pouch aroma of sweetened Latakia and cavendish. Reminds me very much of McCranie's Hell's Gate or Uhle's Irish Aromatic (both of which I prefer much more). Others which are similar include Tinderbox's Philosopher, Wilke's Pipemaker's Choice and Hermit's Pink Champagne (a real knockout in terms of pure strength).

This tobacco has PG in it and has been "steamed" or cavendish treated to some degree. Not a bad thing per se but perhaps a turn-off to you diehard English smokers. I do think it lightens the body of the smoke substantially. Yes I can detect a slight PG aftertaste (ala Lane Limited) as in some of the other bulk belnds.

Give it a try if you like this genre of tobacco. But even if you do not like this tobacco, there are other examples of the genre as mentioned above.

Hot, strange flavor. Apparently the burleys and I do not agree. Good moisture level, left very little moisture in bowl. Lit readily, burned slowly. May be a good mixer.

Well other than the fact this blend sticks like glue to the bottom of your pipe like only an aromatic can do. It tastes like licorice with a hint of latakia weird combo for me. It is just an average tobacco i got a pound of it free so I will smoke it eventually. As of yet I can only think of one tobacco worth dumping Red Dawn. Try it it might be your cup of tea.