Sutliff Tobacco Company CD Blend

I'll preface this by saying that I absolutely love this company's blends! Tasty, inexpensive, and an overall good value. I am, as we speak, smoking my second bowl of this today. Nearly through a tin purchased Saturday. That's saying a lot. I'm a chronic cigarette smoker and believe that this may be my cure!!! FINALLY! There have been moments at which his blend has actually made me a lil woozy and feeling like I need a sandwich. That said, enjoy this one after a good supper. The latakia is sometimes noticeable, sometimes not. About 1/2 through the bowl is when the perique takes over. The final 1/8th? Runny nose and watering eyes doing the old 'french inhale'. LOVE IT! Can't say enough good things about this one... Just an FYI, this is indeed available in bulk. Just ask your tobacconist or order online. I plan to do so. Get some and enjoy!!!

Here is an actual review of CD Blend. This blend is supposed to be a match for Country Doctor. Which I've not tried. Upon opening the tin I was greeted by a slightly fig/ smoky aroma. I was very hesitant to try this because something about the aroma reminded me of the Fox and Hound blend by Altadis which I absolutely despise(They don't smell similar at all side by side necessarily, but there was a certain commonality in the smokiness. Like the difference between a wet campfire and sweet beef teriyaki. Both smell smoky but both are worlds apart.). So the adventurer inside me wouldn't let me give up so easily, and I'm glad I didn't. I was very surprised at how good the tobacco actually looked and felt. Not too moist and not too dry. Just about perfect for my taste. It packed nicely in my cob and off we went. Pre-light, tamp, secondary light. Hmmm?! My fears of tasting another F&H are gone. There's a slightly sweet but rich tobacco taste. The aroma is that of good tobacco and a little fig maybe. After the first third the slightly sweet but rich tobacco taste is still here. The aroma too. The last third maintained the slightly sweet but rich tobacco taste to the end, but getting a little stronger on the tobacco taste. The aroma stayed constant throughout the entire bowl. This blend however, was mild in nicotine throughout. A nice gray ash was left that came out with little to no effort. Needless to say, when I had finished I was relaxed and pleased. This would make a great fall smoke to me. It's also shows potential to only improve with aging. This has a spot in my rotation now, and we'll see what some aging can do. I'm sure there are other blends and opinions that will differ from this one. But I hope this encourages some of us to at least give it a try. Happy smoking!

Don't know if this review should be on CD or another of Sutliff's "Private Stock" offerings-specifically their Maple St. Ordered this because the price was right, the description matched what I'm looking for in a tobacco, and the one review on this site was favorable. Imagine my dismay when upon opening the tin I was greeted by the aroma of an aromatic heavily cases with Maple!! To further aggravate matters, I ordered 8 oz. of the stuff. I suffered through the tin, as aromatics aren't my bag & even mixed some with IRC's Proper English in an attempt to make lemonade out of lemons. It was actually not terrible for an aromatic, earning 2 stars in my book. I would very much like to read if anyone else has a similar experience with any of Sutliff's Private Stock line. Either they put the wrong tobacco in this tin, or worse, they don't know a rum & maple aromatic from an English with Latakia & Perique!!!