Sutliff Tobacco Company Almondine J3

I'm with Sop - this one is not for pipe consumption.

The casing was certainly present in waves at the initial lighting (almond extract?) but burned off quickly and left one with a pipe loaded with sour mash burley.

The above descriptive is accurate, it is mild, mellow and cool burning.

Years ago I had been accustomed to smoking aromatics. I tried this blend and other Altadis tobaccos after taking up pipe smoking again. A number of these tobaccos suffered from the same affliction as this one. The casing had been horrible. After an initial pleasing flavor, Almondine went bland. There is not much more to say except, Altadis could do themselves a favor by taking this off the shelf and reworking it. This is not a good blend.

There has been a bright side to all of this. As a result of my aromatic experiences. I did a bit of research and looked more seriously at English and Virginia blends and never looked back. Occasionally, I will smoke an aromatic. More often than not it will be an aromatic that shows strong leanings towards and English or Virginian profile.

Q

Just don't....don't do this to yourself. I only tried it because it came in a bomb/sampler/freebie package.

Grossly sticky, feels like plastic. Smokes like chemicals. Tastes like nothing with a hint of burning trash.

This is one of the first non-drugstore tobaccos I ever tried.I loved the taste and smell of this tobacco,but it doesnt keep its flavor.It taste horrible at the half bowl point.For that reason,I cant recommend this tobacco.

To be fair, I am a novice and this was one of the first aromatics I tried. I did not like the taste or room note of this blend at all. I wish I'd read the reviews before purchasing this. It seems overly smokey to me, with no discernable almond flavor in taste or smell. This one wasn't for me.

Well if you like to smoke chewing gum this is your blend... wet and sticky. It tastes ok but like other reviewers say the casing wears off and it taste ashy after that. Not my cup of tea.

pipe smoking has brought such pleasure into my life that I am reluctant to be severly critical of any product - after all, if it sells it must be giving some pleasure to someone.

Almondine came to me as part of a gift package of aromatics at Christmas. With all the affection for the gifter it has to be pointed out that the taste and smell of this concoction are synthetic. It is not really possible to recommend it to anyone: there are so many delightful aromatics around.

A friend told me about an online promotion where Altadis sent out samples of its products so I gave them my personal information to exploit. Two weeks later a box of about 15 blends, one to two ounces each arrived.

All but one or two of the tobaccos were aromatic but almondine had the best aroma. Maybe the best pouch aroma I have ever experienced. I wanted to eat it.

The tobacco was moist and burned poorly. Once dried it burned okay but was still a five plus match affair. The flavor was a blast of sugar and the almond did not really come through. The sweetness burned away after ten minutes. The make up was removed from the flavorless, cheap tobaccos. At this point the tobacco is not even worth smoking. I finished a few bowls on principle but it was a bad experience. If altadis is still running the free tobacco promotion maybe this is worth trying as chaw while fishing, but it is not worth gunking up a pipe for ten minutes of sweetness.

Almondine was a huge disappointment. The aroma in the pouch did not prepare me for the burning tobacco. It was mild, but had a strange aftertaste. I tried Almondine twice, both times a quarter bowl was all I could handle.