Sutliff Tobacco Company Vanilla Custard Z92

This stuff is absolutely great!!!!!! It smokes good, and tastes exactly like it smells. This is one of the tastiest tobaccos I have ever smoked! I would HIGHLY recommend this one.

I really wanted to like this blend...I enjoy tobaccos across the board, in search of a "dessert" like occasional smoke I expected this one to be sweet and heavily cased from the reviews I've read. P&c lists it as a top selling aro..it arrived and did not diss appoint the smell permeated the entire box like vanilla cake batter. I excitedly packed a bowl and the first light was terrific. This is what I was looking for a bulk I can grab a few on ounces of and pull out on those occasions when I get a "sweet tooth" with a good cup of coffee in the evening...as I relight my elation was torn from me before I even knew what happened.,I was hit by a horrible chemical taste mixed with ash like I was cleaning the inside of my bowl with my tongue. I press on and begin the pipe smokers checklist of self doubt I'm smoking too hot, to fast packed it too tight in my eagerness etc. you know the thoughts. I spend the rest of the bowl chasing that first taste like a crackhead chasing his first high, and while I get wisps of cool creamy smoke every so often, they are few and fleeting...no tobacco flavor, no vanilla, no cool creamy smoke,. About as pleasant as having a sweaty butthole all day. It needs to be fixed it your all dressed up and in public there's nothing you can do about it. I smoked close to an ounce in several pipes treating it like many of my aros leaving it in the ziploc bag it came in to "dry" a bit before storing it properly. I packed it light smoked half bowls but the result was the same every time.. Rancid chemical smoke with a room note that turned sour as quick as the bowl. Maybe I'll sprinkle it under the seat of my car and use it as an air freshener.. And although it's probably my ph I can't recommend anyone share in this experience... I'll press on to find another...

Wonderful stuff, and smokes better with age. The thing I like about this aromatic is that it actually tastes pretty much as it smells when loose. Lovely, creamy taste with the vanilla really coming through mid-bowl. No bitterness nor loss of flavour towards the end and absolutely no tongue bite, even when puffed aggressively. Highly recommended.

Sweetest smelling blend I've encountered. Didn't even taste like tobacco. If you really like the smell of vanilla, this one's for you. If you like vanilla a lot, don't miss this. I'll pass however.

This blend has the same artificial chemical taste as found in the bargain brand bagged tobaccos one would find at a Walgreens. I strongly suspect this is due to the amount of humectant used.

While the vanilla flavor is present, it is not enough to overcome the artificial flavor. It can only be described as cheap flavored tobacco that has no business being sold as a premium smoke.

Smoke slow. It can bite as well.

Vanilla flavor front and center! Strong and thick in keeping with its name. Nothing subtle about this blend. The room note is wonderful and this is one that I commonly smoke in public. I have never recieved a negative comment from those around me. A nice, smooth smoke, no tongue bite and a great aroma.

As this is a vanilla tobacco, I will compare it to my favorite bulk tobacco, Lane 1-Q. While it is sweeter, and has more flavor, it is more moist and requires more relights. 1-Q is a "light it and forget it" kind of all day smoke. I would call this an after dinner, dessert tobacco. Still sticky after 2 years in a Mason jar.

I enjoy 1q and 1m on occasion as well. I puff very few aromatics. this one is my favorite. I enjoy it indoors. I luv custard anyway. i do enjoy 1m and 1q also but not often. this is a really good mellow smoke with some body. the room note is most pleasant. the flavor does carry that custard vanilla flavor. not over done at all. most aromatics don't carry the flavor of the smell. this one does for me. I do get a hint of marshmallow. the tobacco itself is satisfying. as a Balken/English smoker this is nice for a break and cleanse the palate some.

Revised 7/3/23: After a couple of years of trying all kinds of tobaccos, I settled on English tobaccos as my favorite. The only aromatic I continue to smoke is Davidoff Danish Mixture.

Original review:

Revised review: After having this tobacco resting in a jar for six months I tried it again and was very pleasantly surprised. Though it does have the strong added flavor, it has mellowed a bit and was much more pleasant to smoke than when new. I will be smoking this occasionally for a change of taste from English-style tobaccos.

This is a good example of why a tobacco that makes a bad first impression should be kept and allowed to rest in storage for a while before making a final judgment about it.

Original review: A bit too strongly flavored for me. Leaves a lot of deposits in the pipe bowl.

For me, this was a good tobacco for helping me to learn how to taste pipe tobacco, and to properly light a bowl of tobacco. It's great for that because the strong flavor makes it easy to sense when I've used too much flame and overly charred the tobacco, and the sweet flavor is so strong that it makes it easy to sense when I'm getting a good vanilla flavor.

But for better or worse, I've found that I prefer less assertively flavored tobaccos. I have had the same experience with Boswell Berry Cobbler and Raspberry Cream: Helpful to learn from but just not my cup of tea for smoking regularly thereafter.

A quality product and I can recommend it for someone looking for the stronger flavor. I highly recommend it because it is what it is claimed to be: a full flavored vanilla aromatic.

Technique notes: My smoking technique is to focus only on smoking. No reading or work or other distractions. Just enjoying the smoke. Outdoors only. A few bowls per week of pipe smoking. Lightly charring the tobacco initially and with relights. Sipping. Occasional retrohale. Peterson pipe lighter with smallest practical flame. Sometimes a BIC EZ Reach lighter.

Am using a variant of the Frank method to pack a 2/3 full pipe without first putting loose tobacco in the bowl. I just take a wad of tobacco and press it into place Frank-style. Tobacco is stored in OXO POP container with size 60 Boveda 72% pack.

Savinelli 207 smooth is my favorite pipe and favorite pipe design.