Sutliff Tobacco Company Buttered Rum

Nice and smooth, like a hot buttered rum. It burns slowly, and burned all the way down to a medium gray ash. Even the dottle was not overbearing, something that is often characteristic of aromatics. When sipped slowly, the taste remains sweet throughout, yet there is an enjoyably smooth taste of tobacco pervading the smoke. I regard this as a very pleasant change of pace aromatic, and will make this a part of my regular rotation. As others have noted, this should be smoked in a pipe dedicated to aromatics.

Sutliff Tobacco Company - Buttered Rum.

The buttery, rummy, topping works very nicely alongside the sweet Cavendish, which has a lot more Burley nuances than Virginia. It's a mild to medium (more mild than medium) weight of added flavour, so we're not talking a gloopy aromatic. The Virginia doesn't give much, I recognise a lot less of this in comparison to the other flavours'. The temperature of Buttered Rum is relatively cool, but I do get tongue bite if I puff harshly; this can happen a lot with such a tasty blend! It can be a bit problematic where the burn's concerned, unless it's regularly tamped and maintained.

There's very little nicotine in this, and the room-note's lovely.

If it weren't for the burn and bite this would get four stars, but considering those points three stars feels right:

Recommended.

A nice blend that provides for an enjoyable smoke. Nothing earth shattering, but it has something very tranquil about it. Burns nicely and produces a sweet nuance which keeps you wanting to draw it in. Gives you that - I could smoke this all day feeling. With that said, it must have been done right. I've enjoyed other rum offerings quite a bit more that have a greater punch on the palate, but I can't say a bad thing about this one. It's a smooth, enjoyable smoke.

The tobaccos are present but take a backseat to the sweet toppings. No tongue bite and it doesn't burn overly hot, although it does smoke fairly quickly. Although sweet, it is somewhat balanced. Not on the level of GH's Rum Flake, this is still pleasant, and it's flavorings are strong enough that you can add it to your favorite VA or VaPer to give it some tobacco strength and flavor while keeping the sense of the rums.

I was pleasantly surprised by this blend. Rich, creamy and flavorsome - you can definitely taste both the 'butter' and the 'rum'. Smokes to a fine grey ash, and no issues with bite whatsoever.

No matter how you cut it, this is essentially a drug store tobacco - but in the finest traditions of drug store tobbies. It's a mild, lightly aromatic VA/Burly blend. It's mild in strength, but bites a little. It's easy to smoke, the room note is very nice, the "tin note" is light and it tastes like it smells.

If Dunhill tobaccos are formal attire (tux and all), and Peterson Tobaccos are "academic formal" (dockers and a tweed sport coat), then this is just lounging around the house in a pair of cargo pants and a comfy sweater. Basically, just a good blend for those times when you just want a pleasant smoke with not complicated nuances to ponder.

This is one of my "house blends." I keep a jar of this stuff around the house at all times, and smoke it in my pipes with the largest bowls. Good stuff.

A very pleasant and tasty blend. I really enjoyed the butteriness and the rum flavoring used in this blend.

I was thinking of the Holidays when I bought this and it does remind me of a "Hot Toddy" my parents used to drink during the Christmas Season.

The tobacco smokes well. Doesn't gunk up. Has no bite and the flavor is consistent throughtout the bowl. No bitterness or drastic change during the smoke.

I thoroughly enjoyed it and might order some more in the near future. Especially - when I want get into the "Holiday Spirit."

Altadis' Buttered Rum reminds me of tobaccos I smoked as a kid, 40+ years ago; what I might call 'barely' aromatics as opposed to 'light' aromatics. The flavors of the tobaccos used are predominant rather than the flavoring added. In fact the casing is very light, which is why I'd call it 'barely' aromatic. It might be called a 'codger' aromatic by some people; mot flowery nor perfumed. I think it smells fine when smoking it but I doubt if anyone who did not like tobacco would like it. It's not one of those aromatics that win over non-smokers but it doesn't stink to high heaven either.

It packs and lights easily and stays lit without any problem. Once lit, and settled down, the flavoring is apparent for the first half of the bowl or so. The tobaccos are never pushed to the side, but after the first half bowl or so the flavorings gradually step aside and let the tobaccos themselves completely take charge. And they are quite good; perhaps not the finest tobaccos in the world, but nevertheless very good.

Unlike plenty of aromatics the last part of the bowl, rather than being sour, is really full of the flavor or the tobaccos and very enjoyable. That taste lingers in my mouth for 15 minutes or so after the smoke, making it very tempting to pack up another bowl and have another round.

It may bite if you really force it but it never bit me, and I do tend to smoke rather hard. At least my pipes are usually hot by the end of a bowl and I'm told that means I'm smoking too hard.

I've taken straight tobaccos, mixed them, lightly flavored them, and cellared them for a few months to marry, and come up with some very similar blends as this. Because I have them, and like them very much, I doubt I'll be buying any more of this. But if I had not gone to that trouble to make my own I probably would be turning to this tobacco regularly.

A pleasant rhum flavoured smoke and one I would recommend to a beginner...or a pipe smoker daring to experiment with more rhum flavoring in their tobac lineup. Smells pleasant in the pouch and provides enjoyable flavour throughout the totality of the smoke. It's a delicate taste avoiding some of the harshness of old Rum and Maple I used to smoke in my youth and for me then was so strong I needed to blend it down. Actually, when I smoke rhum tobac today I really want to taste the "rhum," so that's why I couldn't give this "Montego Bay" blend by Tobacco Galleria **** stars. Happy hunting!