Sutliff Tobacco Company Great Outdoors

Pouch/Tin Note - Three words - Oatmeal Raisin Cookie. Ok, 5 words, Oatmeal Raisin Cookie with Vanilla. This smells very, very nice. Lots of sweetness and caramel, but some smokey backbone lurking around in there.

Char and initial draw - Incredibly mellow, and possibly the sweetest smoke I've ever had shy of a goopy aromatic. I stand by the tin note of oatmeal to describe the driving flavor here, it's almost breadlike but the sweetness and very subdued nutty flavors reminds me more of toasted oats.

As the bowl warmed, I started to get some very mild black pepper notes. This bowl is really good, and I've got to pace myself... the taste in my mouth is toasted pecan now, the initial sweetness has taken a back seat to the stronger burley notes, although it's still there. Oddly enough I'm not getting any of the smokey characters in the flavor even though it was in the smell of the tin/pouch.

The room note was odd, despite the sweetness in the pouch and in the smoke, the room note was mildly sweet toasted burley with a whisper of vanilla. Not a big deal to me, as it still smelled fantastic to my nose.

This is an incredibly mellow tobacco with subtle flavors that play very well with each other. Absolutely nothing offensive, and incredibly well balanced. Even with a healthy burley content I didn't feel overpowered by the tobacco strength either. Seriously well done.

On opening the tin, my first thought on the aroma was root beer. Vanilla and anise flavors abound in this blend, but are not overpowering whatsoever. Consisting of burley and black cavendish, this blend is made up of various cuts: from ribbon to ready rubbed. Moisture in the tin was nearly perfect. It seemed hard to keep lit a various points, most likely due to the mixed cut. Flavor-wise, Great Outdoors is pleasant. I would consider this a semi-aromatic, or perhaps an "old-school aromatic." The "aromatic" component works in concert with the tobacco flavr on the blend. Overall, a very nie tobacco that I would recommend to anyone looking for a mild, all day blend, with a little extra aroma added...

Smoked this in a MM diplomat and a rock cob. Worked better in the diplomat. Just like Carter Hall the blend is enhanced in a corn cob pipe.

Very mild and relaxing. The burley is more forward than the Cavendish by far. A nice sweet aroma. This is an all day easy smoker. Lights easily from the tin without drying. You don't have to fight it to keep lit.

Would recommend this to anyone looking for a mild easy to smoke burley with a touch of Cavendish. Also a great beginner tobacco with a better room note than Carter Hall.

Sutliff could do better on the tin instead of describing it as 'Quality Pipe Tobacco'. They are right, but it should give a better description for those looking for certain types of pipe tobacco.

This is one of my absolute favorite blends, I replaced Carter Hall with this and I have smoked that for years. I really like the taste and the room note is quite nice.

This is a good, simple, straight forward, burley blend, the casing is used with discretion and offers some to the overall profile but does not make the tobacco overly moist or goopy. It certainly has that character of the old classic drug store blends of yesteryear but would be " top shelf". I purchased the tin because it was on a very low price clearence but have found that I have returned to it on several occasions because it is so comfortable.

Upon opening the tin you are rewarded with the sweet aroma of the topping and the tobacco, the cut is somewhat coarse and chunky. If were not for the diameter of the tin being too small the blend would certainly invite thrust and pack method of loading the pipe and I found this to work very well when the tobacco was transferred to a pouch.

The initial light does offer some sweetness but is not too sweet, as you progress in the smoke the sweetness does give way to, as others have noted, a peppery experience. Not bad! Not overly complex, and by no means hot. Just very comfortable.

The nic hit seems to be somewhat minimal.

The room note is pleasant enough, I heard no complaints but I also had no real compliments either.

I would say that even though I have returned to this current tin often enough and I have an unopened tin still I will probably not seek it out for repurchasing.

Good but not great.

12/11/18 update. I went through several tins of this and recently purchased another tin of it that i just popped, somehow it seems very different? the cut is much coarser and the casing is much heavier (even sticky). at first I was put off but after a little drying time I loaded a bowl and fired it up, it was very sweet in a casing way. the aroma was pleasant, smoke volume heavy, taste mild and sweet, and most enjoyable. the only complaint is that due to casing and cut it left a fair amount of unburned dottle in the bottom of the bowl.

i am also upgrading the rating to 4 stars because this is one of the best aromatics on the market, IMO.

Very nostalgic both at the tin and the match. Not a real F&S copy, this stands on its own as a pleasant, mellow burley blend with enough Cavendish to make it interesting.

Wife comments on the great room note, this tobacco is a good all-day smoke. Has the characteristic burley nuttiness and a pleasing amount of smoke.

Recommended for beginning smokers looking for a non-aromatic that still smells nice, but won't knock you over. No bite, easy to light, burns clean. Experienced smokers will like this for its nostalgic qualities and ease of smoking pleasure.

Boy, I'm glad I didn't read the reviews or the description before trying this blend. I don't like anise (licorice) so I wouldn't have purchased a tin of this fine tobacco. The tin note wasn't reassuring (very strong anus er anise it could knock a dog off a gut wagon). However, it is a very mild burley flavor with a pleasant vanilla topping. Leaves the best room note of any tobacco I've tried. Light easily and doesn't require too many relights. Another win for illiteracy! If you are looking for an aromatic that isn't artificial tasting or goopy then look no further. Highly recommended.

This tobacco is listed as a non-aromatic even with the vanilla. The tobacco's moisture was perfect for smoking right from the tin no drying needed. All of the Sutliff tobaccos that I have tried have been ready to smoke upon opening the tin. The tin note smelled to me like root beer. The charring light brought the nuttiness of the Burley to the front. The true light still had the nuttiness in the fore front, but the Black Cavendish join in. The vanilla was barely present. The room note was very pleasant. This is a great all day smoke; it burns well with hardly any re-lights. No tongue bite at all and it smoked all the way to the bottom of the bowl. I will be cellaring a few tins for the future.

I received my 1.5 oz tin free from Altadis-- very generous, thanks. This is Sutliffe's purported Field and Stream copy/tribute/replacement, but I think it's a vast improvement upon the House of Windsor version that I tried. Don't know who used to make it before them, so can't vouch for that version, but if it was more like this, it was one quality smoke. This is a lovely, high-quality, semi-aromatic, with notes of licorice, maple, vanilla-- all quite subtle, with plenty of good tobacco flavor coming through. There's little or no bite to worry about, unless you really pushed it, and the biggest difference to me is the absence of the dryer sheet/Grandma's soap aroma that the HOW version reeked of. This is a beautiful blend that stands on its own in addition to carrying on the Field and Stream tradition.