Sutliff Tobacco Company Field Master

(3.18)
Voted Best English Blend in Show 2013 Richmond C.O.R.P.S. Show. In fox hunting, the quarry, the pack, the field and the field master are all essentials of the hunt. Conversely, this luxurious English mixture has its essentials: Smoky Latakia, Matured Virginias, Rich Burley and Quality Turkish.

Details

Brand Sutliff Tobacco Company
Series Sutliff Private Stock
Blended By Carl McCallister
Manufactured By Sutliff Tobacco Company
Blend Type English
Contents Burley, Latakia, Oriental/Turkish, Virginia
Flavoring
Cut Ribbon
Packaging 1.5 oz. tins
Country United States
Production No longer in production

Profile

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

Average Rating

3.18 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Aug 08, 2013 Mild to Medium Extremely Mild Medium Pleasant
A mild to medium American English blend with high quality Virginia that is a little grassy and citrusy. The Cyprian latakia gives the proper smoky, woody sweet bass notes in a small support role. The woody, buttery dry Turkish is a condimental addition. The burley adds an earthy, nutty, mildly molasses taste, and at times, is more obvious than the Virginia. Has an extremely mild sweet topping. The nic-hit is mild. Won't bite or get harsh even when pushed. Burns smooth, cool and clean at a moderate pace with a very consistent flavor. Requires an average number of relights, and leaves little moisture in the bowl. Has a pleasant after taste and room note. An all day smoke.

-JimInks
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Feb 09, 2014 Mild to Medium Extremely Mild Mild to Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
This is a good mild/medium English blend. It is a sweet, slightly bright Virginia with latakia as a condiment and just a whiff of orientals. I can only barely taste the burley. For me anyway this blend would benefit from some more depth or a little more complexity. I found it pleasant and reliable. Someone who likes Virginias and wants an English blend that is not too heavy on the latakia or the orientals would like this.

Update: I tried this in a Kaywoodie pot, and I think this blend favors a larger bowl. While still not quite a 4 star rating from me, it was a better smoke.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Oct 22, 2013 Extremely Mild None Detected Extremely Mild (Flat) Unnoticeable
I am sorry. Based on other reviews and the sales pitch, at my local B&M, I was really looking forward to this. I got a whole tin at the Richmond Pipe Expo, as a free sample, and was drooling over it. I prepacked a couple of pipes the night before and my first taste was in a brand new MM cob. My second was in an estate Oom Paul sitter. It did light right up and burn through ok, I will give it that but that is about as far as I can go. I got no taste of an English tobacco from this at all. I did get a strong, consistent taste of P&G and other chemicals. I have noticed this with other Sutliff tobaccos and I am beginning to suspect that they do not really "blend" their tobaccos, or even put traditional toppings on them, so much as just adding chemicals for flavoring. Sort of like is done with cigarettes. I smoked two bowels of this stuff, at different times and it left my mouth with a goupy, chemically feeling. I did not get the taste of good, quality pipe tobacco. I did check myself with a bowl of Pirate Kake, in case it was me, maybe a cold or something. Nope, Pirate Kake is still good.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Sep 12, 2014 Mild None Detected Mild to Medium Tolerable
Very smoky and rich. I enjoyed this a great deal.

Tin note is medium English.

Smoke is thick and dense, and like all Sutliff easy to manage.

Nothing spectacular, just a good all-round English blend.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Sep 06, 2014 Medium to Strong Very Mild Full Pleasant to Tolerable
The tin note is smokey, but the Turkish neutralizes the smokiness, and the Burley rounds it out. Faint chocolate/maple undertones, and a touch of spice, not overwhelming.

Fills the pipe with ease. The charring light doesn't ask for much flame, which is nice. The bowl smokes like a freight train right off the bat. Tamps down for the true light with no fuss. Little to no relights with the right smoking cadence.

The chocolate/maple undertone takes a step forward when you put the lighter down. Then the Turkish takes about 3 steps forward followed by the Burley to hold it all together. The Virginias are on the side, while the Latakia fills in the gaps and nothing more.

The room note is similar to a hot cut piece of lumber.

I like this blend more than Sutliff's Sunrise Smoke, because it's less sweet, and a bit sharper. Good solid smoke.

I plan on keeping Fieldmaster in my rotation.
Pipe Used: Savinelli Orient, large straight rustic billiard
PurchasedFrom: Gift
Age When Smoked: 1yr
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
May 20, 2021 Medium None Detected Medium Pleasant
Most of we reviewers feel that Sutliff Field Master smokes like a Va/Bur with some Latakia in it. Some of us have labeled it as an American English. All of us think it is of medium strength. I agree with all of it and want to add that this is a beautiful mixture that makes me feel good when I smoke it anytime of the day or night. When I opened the tin I thought that it looked a little bit like Dunhill London mixture. The tin note said otherwise and showed a Burley content. When I lit my first bowl, I knew it was not London mixture; I thought it was better. Strong, but not too strong, English, but not too English is often a formula for a "middlin'" blah blend that we aren't sure we will ever smoke again. I don't know what Carl McCallister has done, but I sure am glad he did it. I only have one single negative thing to say about this blend and that is, its out of production. Already bulging at the seams at three and a half stars, the equally beautiful micro blends I am making with Field Master pushed this review to the four full stars that this blend deserves.
Pipe Used: Larry Roush lovat 2002
PurchasedFrom: a fellow pipe smoker
Age When Smoked: unknown, but between 5 and 10 years old
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
May 24, 2016 Medium None Detected Medium to Full Very Pleasant
I agree with reviewer Flatticus that this is a VaBur-lover's English. It is good, understated (like Davidoff Royalty) and very satisfying, though less English-y than Royalty. The tin note splits the difference between a VaBur and English. The Turk and Lat is there, but laying back quite a bit. The room note is English, just barely, with a strong chocolate presence and it is wife-approved. I did not notice choclate in the tin note, however.

The ribbon packs easily and lights and burns well. My tin was a couple of years old and verged on dry -- which I like -- which may be why the Turk and Lat were understated. Some have questioned the point of a watered-down English, but that is not FM's purpose. It offers some solid "English" taste with a very rich VaBur experience added. When Greg Pease makes one like this it gets raves, and so should Sutliff. Solid 4 stars, though I am, um, not a Sutliff man.

If you are an English devotee, pass on Field Master, b/c you will find it too lacking in Lat punch and the Oriental leaf too mild and neither sweet nor sour enough. It doesn't need more negative reviews from guys looking for a new Nightcap. But if strong English puts you off, and better yet you like a good Burley or VaBur, this blend will probably ring the bell for you. I will be buying more.
Age When Smoked: 4 yr
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Dec 06, 2014 Mild to Medium Mild to Medium Mild to Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
This is a Virginia/Burley lover's English, if it's an English at all. The notes are by far primarily burley and virginia, and both are excellent, the burley sweet and nutty and the virginia making it even sweeter. The Turkish was only evident to me in keeping the Virginia from biting and perhaps restraining the latakia. However, as a lat fiend, this wasn't English enough for me. It's more of a va/bur with a light sprinkling of condimental latakia than an English, or it's as mild as an English can be. Still, a good smoke, and if I wasn't in the mood for a usual latakia frenzy it might hit the spot. Good introduction to lat for virginia/burley lovers, and a good all day smoke.
Pipe Used: Meerschaum, Briar
Age When Smoked: Fresh
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
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Jan 08, 2014 Medium Very Mild Mild to Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
Very tasty, mild-to-medium, complex blend. Components come together well, with Latakia predominant on the inhale. A nice spiciness noted on the retrohale. In the second half, the base tobaccos increase somewahat in strength. Nice Sutliff blend, without much of the cloying vanilla/rum topping flavor. 3+.
Pipe Used: Italian Basket 35+ years old, MM
PurchasedFrom: CI
Age When Smoked: Undated tin; bought 2 months ago
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Sep 01, 2013 Medium Mild to Medium Medium Pleasant
I'm new to English blends. All I can say is wow what a good blend. Its full of nutty smoky goodness. I'm torn between this blend and the Berkshire blend.
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