Sutliff Tobacco Company 504C Aromatic English

(2.78)
A mild aromatic blend with just enough Latakia to give satisfaction to the pipe smoker's taste, yet with a very pleasant aroma for those around him. Smooth and full-bodied.

Details

Brand Sutliff Tobacco Company
Blended By Carl McCallister
Manufactured By Sutliff Tobacco Company
Blend Type Aromatic
Contents Black Cavendish, Burley, Cavendish, Latakia
Flavoring Alcohol / Liquor
Cut Ribbon
Packaging Bulk
Country United States
Production Currently available

Profile

Strength
Mild to Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Mild to Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Mild to Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming

Average Rating

2.78 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
May 13, 2014 Mild to Medium Mild to Medium Mild to Medium Very Pleasant
The mildly smoky, woody, earthy, musty sweet Cyprian Latakia takes a small lead here. The tangy dark fruity, earthy, woody, bready red Virginia is a secondary star. The burley is earthy, woody, nutty with some molasses in an important support role. The black cavendish offers a mild sugariness. The mildly sweet vanilla topping moderately sublimates the tobaccos. Well blended, you’ll notice most every aspect of the very consistent flavors in every puff. Burns at a normal rate, cool and clean with a fair amount of smoothness as it easily burns to ash. Won’t bite, and has no harsh spots, and barely any rough edges. The strength is in the center of mild to medium. The taste is nearly medium. The nic-hit is a slot below the strength level. Requires an average number of relights, and leaves little dampness in the bowl. Has a short lived, pleasant after taste and room note. An easy going, mild all day smoke.

-JimInks
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Nov 13, 2014 Mild to Medium Mild to Medium Medium Pleasant
Like so many of us, I am one of those pipe smokers that has varying tastes. One day it might be a nutty burley, or a burley/brignt, a nice aromatic, and an English latakia forward blend. Depend on the day and mood. Quite by accident my friendly tobacconist offered me a taste of this one. I had my doubt whether this combination of burley, cavendish and light latakia was a bit of a mongrel, neither fish, nor fowl.

My first puff, and I was shocked.

Yes it had a lovely light vanilla tone, but then again the latakia was there too - just enought - while my very favorite burley nuttiness came through in intermittent wisps. Now at least one other reviewer felt these different elemets cancellled one another out. For him I'm sure this was a personal reaction - he wants a blend to have a more singular character.

I don't.

As a spirits reviewer, I can tell you that younger spirits do in fact have that singular element, but the reward of aging begins to bring the elements together in what can only be described as a balanced and intergrated harmony, complex enought that no one element dominates, but is clearly there. That is a mark of a great spirit and in this case applies to this lovely blend.

Yes, the elements are there. Yes, they do at times coalesce, but still allow each component to sneak out here to make themselves evident. Oh - nice aromatics! And then alongs comes a bit of nuttiness, then some smoke. Such a presentation is interesting and infatuating. Lovely and rewarding, easily a daily smoker that won't bore, but won't overwhelm, that will keep you interested and pleased.
Pipe Used: Savinelli full bent military, Peterson style; cob
PurchasedFrom: Local tobacconist
Age When Smoked: unknown, months at least
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Dec 22, 2016 Very Mild Mild Mild to Medium Very Pleasant
Sutliff Tobacco Company - Aromatic English #504.

The blend looks very coarse, more-so than the badge 'ribbon' implies. It's too wet, even after a few weeks in a loose pouch it could still use some airing time. The constituents are a 50/50 split between black and brown, of which both are chunkily cut.

A bowl of #504 lights up easily, and then gives me a flavour that doesn't exactly give credence to the name Aromatic. The smoke has primarily a natural flavour, with just a splash of aromatics. The natural side consists of some smoke and wood (from the Lat'), some nuttiness (from the Bur'), and the Cavendish offers a flavour that sits on the fence, a bit: there's a vanilla creaminess that you'd expect from black Cav', but I'm unsure as to whether to put that under an added flavouring as it's from the manufacturing, or natural as it's not from a casing? I have no idea what alcohol/liqueur has been used to make this, as apart from some alcoholic sharpness I get no actual flavour.

Regarding the other points, it's all good: cool burn, thick smoke, no bite, nice room-note, and very mild nicotine.

Highly recommended, a nice smoke.

Four stars.
Pipe Used: Peterson Christmas 2015 #03
PurchasedFrom: Smokingpipes.com
Age When Smoked: One month
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Feb 11, 2010 Mild Mild to Medium Medium to Full Pleasant
This is my favorite tobacco so far. When I decided to venture into English tobaccos, I was sniffing the bulks that my tobacconist had and the smell of this one pushed me to purchasing an ounce. When I lit it I found myself in tobacco Heaven! It had the pleasant smells of an aromatic and the strength and kick of a mild English tobacco. This tobacco goes for aromatic and English lovers alike!

I give this 5 stars. The availability of this seems limited, but if you can get hold of some, please give it a try.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Nov 12, 2017 Mild to Medium Mild to Medium Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
I'd been on the hunt for a good crossover blend for a while now. I wanted something with a little more character than a straight aromatic but also wanted not to offend (as badly) as a nice English. During my exploration, I discovered "Aromatic English" blends and found a couple that I like. I've got jars of Lane's HGL and Karer's Blend for Cary Grant. But, honestly, while those are good blends, "I still hadn't found what I was looking for" (sorry U2). And then I bumped into Stuliff's 504C. When I opened the bag, the smell was intoxicating. There was the nice smell of vanilla (I believe) but not too over powering. I could still make out the nuttiness of the burley and hints of incense-y Latikia. The bag was very wet. Very. Wet. I left it in the bag for the duration and it never completely dried out. I'm not sure if this is done so that it doesn't dry out "on the shelf" but it would benefit from not being so wet. With that stated, however, it still smoked fine. I packed it very lightly and lit my pipe. A few more relights than normal and it left a little moisture in the bowl. But the taste was outstanding! I first tasted the light topping (maybe vanilla or caramel or perhaps some plum or rum) and then the earthiness from the burley came through. Then, in wisps once in a while, I get the slight incense of the Latikia. As I was smoking it a colleague stopped by and said that he really liked the way it smelled. I offered him a bowl and excused myself. When I came back I caught a waft of the tobacco. "Oh my gosh," I exclaimed. "When I think of pipe tobacco, that's EXACTLY what I think of!" It became my all-day, go-to blend. Sadly, I've since run out it and am smoking my other tobaccos before I order more of this. The subtlety is there from all the components--the earthiness of the burley, the gentle sweetness of the cavendish, and the light wisps of incense from the Latikia. It's all blended so beautifully and each part of the symphony plays off each other in a very balanced way.
Pipe Used: Savinelli, Dunhill, Peterson
PurchasedFrom: Smokingpipes.com
Age When Smoked: newly purchased; about a month or two (last bowl)
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Mar 02, 2017 Mild Very Mild Mild to Medium Pleasant
I find this a very nice and relaxing all day smoke. The flavor profile is never singular as with most English blends.. the aromatic is pleasant and not overwhelming as one may think.. but rather adds to the experience. This is a great blend for those wanting to dip a toe into the English blends and for those of us who love the heady smokey pleasures that only Latakia can provide.. but want to take a break from the campfire and satisfy a light sweet tooth.
Pipe Used: M&M Cob and Dr. Grabow Omega
PurchasedFrom: Smoking Pipes
Age When Smoked: Fresh from the pouch
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jul 20, 2020 Mild None Detected Mild to Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
I've been an avid english smoker and latakia fan boy for the past decade, but when my wife hinted that I could move my smoking indoors if I smoked aromatics, my search began. Unfortunately, this one just isn't it for me, although it has its merits.

The tin note presents as strong brown sugar with a light underlying smokiness. The flavor is more of a creamy undefined sweetness with a tiny hint of the peaty/smokey latakia in the background. I don't detect any flavoring or topping aside from a splash of sweet booze that barely if at all comes across when smoking. It burns relatively warm if puffed hard, so breathe smoke it for best results.

I've smoked about 1oz of it in several different pipes, and tried various drying times, but honestly it smoked just fine as it was, in whatever I put it in. The room note, while pleasant to me, was described by my wife as "barely better than your normal stuff". I think latakia is just a solid no for many non-smokers room note wise.

I would say this is most likely a good tobacco for someone looking to go from aromatic to english, but unfortunately not really the other way around. There is minimal to no body and the vitamin N is very light, so it can be a great smoke if that is what you're looking for, but not so great if you like bigger, bolder tobaccos like me.

All in all, the room note didn't pass my wife's test and the very light bodied smoke didn't pass mine.
Pipe Used: Several pipes
PurchasedFrom: Pipes and Cigars
Age When Smoked: Fresh
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Oct 30, 2020 Mild to Medium Medium Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
Smoking now.

Aroma from the pouch, bought in bulk, is very nice, natural sweet tobacco, molasses, caramel, liquor, dried fruits, red wine or brandy and smokey Latakia.

The smoke is more of an aromatic than English. Meaning it is sweet and mild like a cavendish blend. An aromatic with a dash of Latakia in it. A mild natural sweetness can be tasted from start to finish. The topping is noticeable especially the first quarter of the bowl and it’s very enjoyable. The Latakia is noticeable but it’s a very subtle offering of a nice smokey and herbal tone. The burley gives it an earthy woody mellow depth. There’s a topping that I can’t place but I’ll say it’s a wine or brandy. Really mellow and smooth retrohale.

If you’re an aromatic smoker and never tried Latakia before this might be a good introduction as it is very mild. Smoked reasonable once dried out for 30 minutes. This blend very much improved with some drying out. Mellow no harshness to speak of very easy, consistent flavor, pleasurable smoke.

I’ll continue to smoke this and see how I feel about it as I’m new to the world of aromatic English tobaccos but they are becoming a favorite of mine.

*update 4 Jan 2022*

Yeah I like it. It’s a pretty decent aromatic Latakia blend. Good noticeable top flavors and a tad amount of musty herbal smokey Latakia. Sweet but not sickly sweet. One of the better bulk crossover blends
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PurchasedFrom: Bulk SP
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
May 03, 2018 Mild to Medium Medium Medium Very Pleasant
I consider myself unique in that I enjoy English blends AND I enjoy aromatic blends. Some folks are "so refined", that they can't enjoy something that simply satisfies. If it doesn't have "hints of this" and "subtleties of that", they'll turn their noses up at it.

This tobacco is just delicious. You can instantly tell that it's an aromatic tobacco as soon as the smell hits your nose, but it's closely followed by the latakia. It is definitely a bit on the wet side, but it takes a light without any trouble, and I've been able to burn through a bowl with only one or two relights.The flavor is amazing, the room note is more than pleasant, and it certainly leaves you craving another bowl.

This is definitely one that you could smoke all day long, with no problems.
Pipe Used: Grabow Omega, Savinelli Arcobaleno
PurchasedFrom: pipesandcigars.com
Age When Smoked: Fresh
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Mar 11, 2017 Mild to Medium Mild Mild to Medium Pleasant
Just tried this for the first time , so this is an impression more so that a review . In a nutshell .... it's lovely . The idea of an aromatic English usually isnt somethng for me to get to excited about but Sutliff has nailed this one big time . Smoooth , cool smoking , flavorful !!! It isnt over the top in the flavoring dept and I wouldnt be able to tell what it even is , other than it is an asset to the blend . As far as crossovers go , I think this is " IT " . I'm only just getting into this pouch but I will edit and do a proper review later . But it has made a fantastic impression on me
Pipe Used: Calabresi Billiard and Basil Meadows " Hawkog "
PurchasedFrom: Gift from a PSF member
Age When Smoked: fresh
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