Sutliff Tobacco Company Blend No.5

Winner. Almost a full home run.

Big statement this, this is a well research, crafted and presented smoke, with a lot going for it.

Its simple, strong, and very well done. The burley gives it big body and helps the burn, the Latakia is high in quantity and quality, the VA's overshadowed a little but they come through.

Decent Nic level, big flavors, heavy smoke and aftertaste.

I love it.

Sutliff, you get better and better each go-around, and this is an English I have reached for more than once.

Keep powering.

Tin note is lat heavy, smoky, woodsy.

Initial char has none of the "bready" characteristics of other English styles. I get a lot of woodsy lat with some bitter citrus pith and toasted walnuts.

Throughout the bowl (I used a very small 20 min pipe to sample this so the "middle" was shortlived) the flavor was much the same, scant spice or bready characteristics, mostly latakia and virginia. A very faint caramel sweetness covers the mouth. There is a hint of bite, but as soon as you notice it seems to disappear. No gurgle at all and a coarse oily grey ash left behind with no dottle at all.

Room note is dominated by latakia. Not much else. This is a "porch smoke" for me.

All in all, not an unpleasant smoke. If you like a mild blend that is both bright and brooding, and dominated by two distinct tobaccos, this may be good for you.

I bought this on a whim because i was at the store and in the mood for a latakia fix and this is what they had readily accessible. I have enjoyed this blend from time to time over the past month or so. It doesn't have a huge hit of Latakia but contains a good bit of it. It burns good all the way to the bottom sometimes with out a relight. The only issue i have is a strange and unpleasant after taste i think is coming from one of the oriental leaves used in this blend. Other than that it is a good blend and the aftertaste may just be my taste and not everyone else so don't be afraid to try it. overall its a pretty decent english.

.Starts and stays cool and smooth. Creaminess to the smoke. Latakia in just the right amount to complement the other blending components. A nutty flavor is in the background, as well as a floral note. Burley, with spice on the retrohale, comes out when sipped Well managed in the bowl. 3 stars.

I received this as a free sample and just opened it...some 2 years later. The first thing I notice is the latakia. I am a latakia fan so I like this. It is like a weaker version of 'Father Dempsey' but it has some other flavor that is nice.

My first impressions are that I like this pretty well. It is nice for a afternoon smoke in the backyard.

It is not staying lit well but I just opened the tin and it probably needs to breath a bit.

I am not getting any kind of a vanilla casing or other artificial flavoring. If it is there it is very light. I find I like it much better than 'Perfection' and fairly close to as much as I like Father Dempsey. The Father is a bit heavier but both are nice.

Not much I can add that has not been said. It is primarily a smoky latakia flavor. The Virginia notes are very light fresh out of the tin. I can see where people have the illusion it is cased by vanilla or something else. Let the tin/tobacco breathe a bit before loading into the pipe. This will take out that smell. Great blend for a middle lat forward tobacco. I don't see the comparisons to 965. Dunhill 965 is a step above this because it balances in the other tobacco better. With age the blend No5 would come closer. The room note won't please your company imo. Best as an outdoor or open air smoke. What I would call an excellent campfire smoke.

When my Fiance gave me this tin of tobacco as a gift, I though wouldn't like it. The packaging looked cheap, and it smelled a little too strong for my taste. It wasnt a bad smell by any means, but it just smelled strong. But when I first lit a bowl of this stuff, I was pleasantly suprised. It was actually much milder and cool burning than the strong and most unlit aroma would lead you to believe. After I got it to true light, my friend commented on how good it smelled. Even though it is an english blend, the burning aroma is very sweet, almost aromatic in character. Price isnt too bad either. It had a very slow burn, lasting for about 30 minutes in the relativly small bowl of my favorite pipe. When I first stared smoking, I thought that expensive meant higher quality. Now I know this is not necessarily the case. I would recommend this blend to anybody who likes a more mild english blend, and who tends to smoke around other people like me.

Not a blend that will smack you you down at all.easy to smoke with enough taste to keep it interesting.Going in and out of the room i don't find it offensive but the misses can pick any tobacco that has even a hint of latakia in it and whine about the incense smell as she puts it.Blended well and smokes really good in deep bowled meerschaum to where you can just enjoy the smoke instead of thinking about each and every puff and trying to diagnose the flavors of each tobacco that's in it.I would say at least once a week this will do as a break in the rotation. For what it is i like it.

This came as a free sample. I smoked two bowles and almost wrote this one off, but a couple of weeks has changed my mind. Two weeks after opening the tin has let some of the overwhelming latakia smell and taste mellow out enough to taste the other tobaccos in the blend. There is a slight sweetness from the virginia detectable now, and the taste has grown on me a bit. It is much lighter in the nicotine content than Dunhill, and even though it is in the style of 965, it does not totally remind me of it.

It burns clean and slow if sipped, and I detected no bite at all, so this is a candidate for an end of day smoke after i've burned vaper's all day. It may become a part of my rotation before it's over. Anyway, it's a tobacco with a pleasent flavor which burns well, and the price is very attractive as well. 3 stars.