Sutliff Tobacco Company Great Outdoors

The tin note is of an artificial fruit taffy, which in itself is appealing but more than a little worrisome for a bowl of tobacco. There were also notes of acidic chocolate, like a cheap milk chocolate. This one I have very little to say about as it was quite flavorless. A little sweet, but otherwise I'll use the cliche that I so hate, "tastes like smoking air." Mild doesn't really describe this tobacco accurately, as that would be generous. Maybe it's me, but I gave this tobacco it's fair few tries and repeatedly failed to get any semblance of aromatic flavor, much less tobacco flavor from it. Would not recommend.

If you're in a bind and trying to impress upon people that pipe tobacco smells good, maybe pull this out, and you can fill the room with a nice citrusy/dairy note.

Label: Perfect for fans of Field and Stream. It is perhaps ironic that a blend named Great Outdoors should be appreciated for its room note. This outstanding aromatic is a mixture of Burley, vanilla, and flavored Black Cavendish.

Aroma: First I get a whiff of a sweet doughy bread, maybe fruit cake. There's a bit of licorice that comes through as well. It is a bit artificial if I get my nose down close to the tobacco. From a few inches away it's pleasant.

Taste: I'm not a huge fan of licorice, so I was glad it didn't come through strongly in the taste. Surprisingly, the vanilla doesn't come through much either. It's hard to describe the taste, not super sweet and not super strong. Just a clear and mellow tobacco.

Room Note: More pleasant than you would expect from the taste. Sweet, like a lightly scented candle.

Thoughts: It was dryer out of the tin that I expected, and seemed to smoke a little hot. I smoked it through a thick walled freehand Nording, and even it was getting hot to the touch. If you don't like a heavy aromatic flavor, but would prefer a nice room note for the sake of people in the house, it's definitely worth a shot.

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I had a can of this over the last spring into summer.A Burely mixture.Has a great tin note of root beer which translates into the taste as well.The flavor lasts through most of the smoke and ends on a good burley finish.Not much nic but I really liked this blend and would order it again in the future,In fact I plan to.An all day smoke indeed.I do not know of any blend with a root beer taste so I think it is unique.

This blend is beautiful! Upon opening the tin I am impressed by an aroma of the smooth burley. The batch I had was about perfect on the moisture level. It packed well in my pipe and I probably could have gotten away with packing it in tighter. Most of the bowls I smoked only needed one light to get started but on occasion I needed to relight during the sitting. This blend smokes very smoothly and seems very mellow to me. "Great Outdoors" is an apt name for this blend as it tastes like a forest after a cleansing rain. It's a very smooth and mellow smoke and I think it encourages a nice slow smoke. The room note is very nice.

Holy tongue bite batman! Not impressed with this one, might be OK but for the horrendous bite. I smoke burleys often with no bite however this one gets me bad every time. I'm going to let it age for a bit and see if that helps.

I had a bit of this that a friend sent me. I found it easy to light and it stayed lit very well. The nose is very nice, not an overwhelming aromatic at all. The taste was very good, it got very sweet during the middle of the bowl. I got a bit of bite but I was smoking it faster than I should have.

I would smoke this again for sure and enjoy it.

I am not fond of the aftertaste though. It's got a bit of a cigar aftertaste that I'm not fond of.

This is the first aromatic that I've smoked in about a year. At first I light I thought, YUK! But then I had to remember that it is quasi-aromatic in my opinion. The blend smells really nice. When I first opened the tin I found a familiar smell that I couldn't quite put my finger on. I gave some of this tin to a good friend and brother of the briar and he said it smelled like a root beer float. That's what was familiar! This blend is easy to light and fill the bowl. A little moist right from the tin so I think it's wise to fill it a bit loose otherwise it won't burn easy. Or a few minutes to air dry out or a few under a desk lamp always works quickest for me.

After not smoking an aromatic for a long time I needed several bowls to give it a fair shake. This blend hasn't bitten or gotten sour for me and that's a good thing.

Nice chunky burley for body and the cavendish for some sweetness. No problems with the room note/wife test here either. Not being a confirmed aromatic fancier I am grateful for the experience but don't think I'd get another tin. It does freshen up my truck nicely though and is a heck of alot nicer than those pine tree fresheners that my wife likes to use when she's behind the wheel.

pretty straightforward--tin aroma is pleasant--easy to light, and stays lit--a sweet smoke until the very last minute, where it turned a bit ashy--little or no bite--what bite i may have noticed was probably attributable to my getting in a hurry at the end of the bowl--no dottle left--just a fine gray ash--

Edit--10-03-11--knocking this one down a notch--3 star now-after smoking it for some time i find it a bit monotonous--still a decent blend just not four star material--hey, i just changed my mind--

I opened the tin and the smell in the tin was that of Vanilla and Black Licorice, I thought it would be awesome, i loved the smell in the tin. Got it lit up, My Wife said that smells like crap, i said funny it don't taste all that great, about half way thru the bowl it has a sweet taste but then it starts to kind of go sour, it was a little wet for my liking, had to puff hard to keep it lit. next time will try to dry it out some before i smoke