Sutliff Tobacco Company Tobacco Galleria - Fox & Hound

This blend is not bad. However, if you are looking for a "traditional smoke for the discriminating English smoker," you will probably be disappointed.

Given the blend is said to include Latakia, Virginia, and Perique, it's surprising how bland and thin tasting it is. I suspect these components are used in lower quantities relative to the Burly base than expected.

To be fair, when smoked in a pipe well-seasoned with prior Latakia use, there were moments of genuine interest and flavor that came through. They just weren't very consistent or very often.

This stuff is...crap. I've had it for at least 6 months to let it age a bit and hopefully dry out, it arrived so moist it was hard to keep lit. I added 3 oz. of latakia to it: it's better but still crap. I'm determined not to let any tobacco go to waste, but as soon as I smoke a pipefull I feel I need to smoke something decent just to satisfy my pipe craving. However, the room note isn't bad.

Bought this while traveling and being unsatisfied with the price of that particular B&M's bulks. It was on sale and I've been meaning to try a non-aromatic. Big mistake buying this one instead of one of the many tins on display at reasonable prices.

Like some of the other reviewers, I thought it smelled like piss at first. The pouch smell is slightly growing on me though. Lights VERY easily, even in a brand new cheapo MM Ozark. Burns slow (I puffed for more than an hour and a half and only got the bowl half way down) but very hot. My tongue is still raw 24 hours on.

No matter how I puffed it, I couldn't get any flavor out of it during the smoke. I was under the impression that I would be able to taste the tobaccos in it, but all I could taste was fire with hints of urine on the edges. It was definitely a dry smoke though, so there's that.

First impressions were a strong perique smell of peppery wasabi masking a medium flavored tobacco underneath. packing was easy, it stayed lit fine, the smoke was dry. Sadly smoking well doesn't make up for the preservative taste I kept getting as others have noted. Otherwise its a decent smoke, cheap and has plenty of vitamin N. Be mindfull that this stuff ghosts a bit with briars, although I found it to add some depth to my usual aromatics. The aftertaste makes me feel like I used fox and hound piss as mouthwash.. blehh

If you want to try a decent english blend this is not it...

What can I say? I wanted to try an english blend and this happend to be the first and only one that I've tried. It has a very noticeable PG coating and taste. So that alone turns me off of this one. But for those of you who don't mind the chemical taste go for it.

Upon recommendation from a local tobacconist, I tried this as he swore this would be a comparable English to what I was used to smoking. Well, after purchasing 2 oz. and smoking a few bowls, all I can say is it was a disappointment. It had far less flavor than anything I've smoked. Medium strength it was not either. Needless to say this tobacco became a "gift" to a friend. I'm just glad he got more enjoyment from it than I did. At least it was not a total waste.

Received in a sampler pack. Altadis has a consistency problem with their blending in my humble opinion. I see this in the reviews, like Forrest Gump might say "Altadis tobacco is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you'll get". With this one, the hound bit me and the sly fox eluded me. Other reviews I have seen on this one seem to like it, they might have received a good batch, mine tasted like old leather shoes dunked in rancid fish and chips oil. English, yes, like drinking, Thames river water!

So...I receive this in a sampler pack (with two other tobaccos) from Altadis, and I immediately notice that this is the only one that isn't an aromatic. Naturally, this is the one that I fill my bowl with.

Out of the pouch, it smells sweet, with an undercurrent of wood smoke. Very pleasant. The tobacco is moist, but not so much that gurgling occurs while smoking. Lighting is easy, as is the first draw. And that's where it all goes south.

All I can taste is propylene glycol. It's absolutely overwhelming. And it's a damnable shame. This could be a terrific smoke, and I'm at a loss to understand how Altadis feels that more of this blend will sell over time with the horrible preservative flavor, then in a shorter amount of time without it.

I'm saddened and frustrated. I love Red Virginia, and I'm a solid fan of Perique and Burley. I'm even developing a taste for Latakia. This is a blend I so desperately want to try...if only I could actually taste it.

Altadis, I beg you: give us a 'companion' pouch without the preservative. These fine tobaccos, and your customers, deserve it. That, or replace the actual tobacco with much cheaper pencil shavings and sawdust and really increase your profit margin, as smokers will never be able to tell the difference. As it stands now, I'm marking Fox & Hound 'avoid at all costs.'

I, too, received a pound of this. (Thank you Altadis!) Now I am looking for someone to give it to.

There is nothing wrong with it! It is just way too mild for me. It smells great in the bag, and it smells good when lit. But I cannot taste it. I have burned my tongue from puffing too hard to try to get flavor.

IF you like a mild tobacco, this will probably be a delight. It just doesn't work for me.