Sutliff Tobacco Company 504C Aromatic English

Like many things that divide their energies, this one doesn’t really get either right. It’s a mediocre English and a mediocre aromatic. This split personality leave it to be a jack of both trades but a master of none. Just like this blend, I don’t know what this blend is.

As a whole, I really enjoy sweet and aromatic English blends. Also as a whole, I'm not a fan of Sutliff blends, so I tried to venture into this 2ozs with a fairly open mind.

Initial pouch aroma smells quite lovely. A classic aromatic pipe tobacco scent, with just a hint of mildly smoky Latakia. Medium brown ribbons, and large chunks of pitch black tobacco make up the majority of this blend.

Packing leaves a sticky humectant on the fingers. Usually not a good sign to me.

Initial light took a few rounds, as this tobacco is fairly saturated. Reminds me of a Captain Black aroma, with just a touch of smokiness. The latakia really hides out in this blend. Its there, but in a very miniscule amount.

Room note is superb. That is about the only positive I have of this really. It burns a bit hot, sears my tongue, and leaves the pipe quite wet and goopy. Not even a quarter of the way through this bowl my pipe began to gurgle, something that has NEVER occurred in this Ascoti Business bent brandy.

There are so many other aromatic/sweet English blends to smoke, pass on by this one.

If Sutliff would just leave all the PG out of their tobaccos, they would probably be terrific!

Update 12-2-21

After 7 months of aging, Im going to bump this up to 3 stars. It doesnt burn as wet, nor as hot. The sweet English flavor is really something I enjoy now!

This was (for my taste) entirely too sweet, and the Latakia was wasted on it. I got a few hints of it, but the black cavendish runs the show, and that’s all I can detect most of the time.

This blend is good but there are much better out there as far as aromatic english goes. That's not to say that this is a good starter blend for those (like myself) trying to get more into English blends. For me, it starts out good but halfway through I get a dry uncomfortable feeling in my throat like I have a wad of cotton stuck there.

It smells sweet and leaves a smoky sweet taste in your mouth after you finish your bowl. The latakia is not over powering or very heavy. It is enjoyable but I have to dock it a couple stars because of the cotton throat I get every time I give this a go.

It is low on the nicotine content which I am ok with but others might not be.

It was a super snow day here in Centennial CO and I called in "sick" to work. So I cruised down to the Smoking Cave Outlet. I was hoping for some house blended bulk tobacco but, unknown to me, the stupid FDA put a stop to that I guess. Well, I bought a pouch of Sutliff Aromatic English. It's good. I like how the one gentleman described it as a crossover blend. That's exactly spot on. It's good. I'll say, it's not great. But it smokes like an English and smells like an aromatic. It's a good blend, give it a try.

I'm really new to the joy of piping, but after sampling 6 or 8 bowls of this stuff I felt compelled to throw in my 2 cents. The taste of this baccy is really quite good. The casing is discreet and not overpowering and the leaf itself is really nice. But, alas the taste is not what brought me here. This tobacco performs better than just about any other I have had. It smokes cool, gives the perfect amount of smoke, doesn't need to be constantly re-lit and is consistent right down to the ash. There are better and more complex blends I have had, but this ones performance in the 2 different pipes I used is what brought me here.

A very tasty, if light, hybrid. To me, and for my palette, that's a feature, not a bug. It starts and stays sweet, easy to smoke, never heated up, and has a pleasant room note to the bottom of the bowl. The taste, due to its English nature, is also good all the way down. I've gone through most of a four ounce order before writing this, and I think I'll be ordering some more.

When I first tried this i loved it. I liked the mix between an aro and an english and the sweetness that didn't fade after the first quarter of a bowl. Soooo I ordered a large quantity in bulk. I should have waited... After smoking roughly a pound of this I have become very familiar with it. I still like the aro/english character but I can't seem to get past the large amount of PG that is present. All I seem to taste now is an antifreeze like sweetness. (Anyone who has had their car overheat and taste the vapor of old school antifreeze knows what Im talking about. ) its a chemical sickly sweet taste that leaves a bitter after taste. PG and EG are closely related.

Anyways, it burns fairly hot as well. Need to take this one slow or it will bite and get bitter. Not much nic to speak of and comes pretty wet (PG] so it will need dry time.

I prefer Lane HGL to this as it has a bit more Latakia. If you like crossovers you will probably like this. However, after smoking so much of it I don't think I'll ever buy it again.( I still have a few pounds to trade if anyone wants some. )

20230412 edit: tin note is definitely coming across as strong vanilla, which is kind of weird after smoking various non aromatic Latakia blends back to back. Almost don't want to smoke it. Taste is very strangely sweet, somehow "green". I hesitate to say this, considering my limited exposure to it, but maybe pandan? Think i taste some cocoa, definitely some vanilla. I almost wonder if I've mislabeled the tin, because I'm getting almost no Latakia this time. That could be because of the stronger Latakias I've been smoking all day though, just very weak in comparison. Maybe if you really enjoy your aromatics and you want something a little different, you'd really enjoy this. Doesn't scratch the Latakia itch at all, but now that I've settled into the bowl, it is a pleasant experience.

Nice mild Latakia blend, with slight aromatics i can't really place. I think generally I'd like to smoke something with more Latakia though. Not a favorite, but it's decent.