Tobaccos Sutliff Tobacco Company - Alexander Bridge (Sutliff Private Stock)

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	JimInks (3047)	2013-12-12		Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant

The tangy, dark fruity, lightly earthy, woody red Virginias competes with the mildly grassy, tart and tangy, citrusy gold Virginia, which also seems to provide a touch of lemon. The burley adds very slight nutty, earthy, woody and molasses notes as a supporting player. There's a lightly added rum and vanilla topping that reminds me of red wine for some strange reason, along with a light apricot and honey essence that hints of sweet bread flavor. The toppings mildly tone down the tobaccos. The very consistent flavors expertly meld to create a well balanced semi-sweet all day smoke with no bite, no harshness, and no dull moments. The strength, nic-hit, and taste levels are mild. Burns cool and clean at a moderate pace. Leaves little moisture in the bowl. Requires an average number of relights. Has a short lived, pleasant after taste and room note, and is an all day smoke.

-JimInks

14 people found this review helpful.

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	fr_tom (393)	2014-07-07		Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

This was an enjoyable smoke. I smoked it straight out of the tin with no drying or special prep. The tin note is slightly heavy and sweet - maybe caramel. Smoked it is a VaBur with a mild fruit topping with hints of hazelnut every now and then. Burn was good and the flavor was consistent.

This did not knock my socks off, but it is a solid, lightly topped VaBur blend. It is easy to recommend.

8 people found this review helpful.

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	Hunter (54)	2018-09-12		Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

Lightly topped, friendly smoking mild aromatic. Definitely Virginia and burley with a hint of vanilla and maybe caramel. Not too pronounced. Flavorful, with a very nice room note. Burns clean, with little bite. A nice all-day smoke.

Pipe Used: Cob, briar, meer

Age When Smoked: Fresh tin

Purchased From: smokingpipes.com

5 people found this review helpful.

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	Pipestud (1829)	2016-02-29		Mild	Mild	Mild	Very Pleasant

For several years Sutliff provided my local pipe club with a sample of the month box that usually contained about 15-tins of a particular blend. Alexander Bridge was one of the more popular ones. Most of the guys, myself included, could taste the Vanilla in the blend but nobody got even a hint of rum. Nice lighter Burley/Virginia with light misting of the Vanilla.

Pipestud

5 people found this review helpful.

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	Capn Jimbo (24)	2015-07-03		Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant

Tin note, medium fruity/red wine, lovely ribbon cut, easy packing, easy light, easy burn, easy smoking. Rather that be repetitive just refer to Jimlinks review up top, as he has precisely and accurately torn this one apart to reveal all it's elements - I agree with his scoring as well.

What I will do is speak to the integrated effect. This is not a complex blend, but rather an extremely pleasant way to experience the lighter lemony Virginias, delivered with a rather singular apricot brandy/wine overtone for a nice mild, easy smoking and very pleasant Virginia experience (whatever burley is WAY in the background). Burns very easily and steadily, so sipping is easy, and will extend and expand your experience. The burn is so easy, that sipping is preferable - not really to avoid burn - but to get the most from the Virginia. Take your time, and enjoy.

Very nice - dried apricot is not a typical note, but one that will surprise you with its surprising sophistication. Nice. Would buy it again...

Pipe Used: Falcon

Age When Smoked: Perhaps 4 to 5 years

Purchased From: Tobacconist Closeout

4 people found this review helpful.

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	keithk (1)	2015-01-31		Mild to Medium	Mild	Mild	Unnoticeable

Smoke slow because can burn hot and bite. Burns easy all the way to the end. Had some gurgling half way through the briar bowl.

Sweet tasting. Honey maybe.

Wife did not care for room note.

This was not for me.

Pipe Used: cob, briar

Age When Smoked: new and 3 days after opening tin

4 people found this review helpful.

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	Gentleman Zombie (729)	2015-04-02		Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

A very nice tasting light aromatic. I get the Virginias foremost with a little Burley in the background. The topping is light and tastes like vanilla and apricot with some fainter notes I can't quite identify. My first thought on the topping was apricot brandy, but I'll just go with apricot. I can't always trust my first thought. I wish it were a little more pronounced. It's a very pleasing smoke.

Mild in body. Mild in flavoring. Mild to medium in taste. Burns well straight from the tin. No bite.

Pipe Used: MM Diplomat 5th Ave, MM Patriot

Age When Smoked: fresh

Purchased From: pipesandcigars.com

3 people found this review helpful.

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	CTS (138)	2014-01-08		Medium	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

Good base tobaccos, well blended. Mild topping flavor of vanilla/rum lingers through the bowl. Virginias come through, particularly on the retrohale. Lit well, burned clean. 3-.

Pipe Used: MM

Age When Smoked: undated; bought 2 months ago

Purchased From: CI

3 people found this review helpful.

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	Corncob3 (77)	2013-10-20		Mild	Mild	Mild	Very Pleasant

Great after dinner or down time smoke. Caramel/cocoa taste, mabye a hint of red wine. Fantastic room note. A true smoker's delight (and you can smoke like a snob at a very cheap price with this one). A new addition to my rotation from now on. Thank you AB for taking me out of the daily rut and making me feel cultured and worldly. Both aroes and non-aroes will love this blend. Best of all, it's smooth with no bite. Enjoy!

3 people found this review helpful.

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	Dragon76 (4)	2012-05-27		Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

I went to my local tobacco shop to buy a tin of Mac Barens Seven Seas Gold. Unfortunately, it was not available. The Tobacconist reccomended a tin of Sutliffe Alexander Bridge. I decided to give it a try. Overall, I was "Impressed". The tobacco is a Blended-Aromatic mix of Red and Gold Viginias/Cavendish. The texture of this tobacco is dry. Lighting it was easy and it stayed lit for the duaration of the smoke. After a couple of Puffs, It quickly delivered a distinct smooth/sweet taste from the Red Virginias. The flavor notes of this tobacco are of Hazzelnut, Appricot, and Molasses. My satisfaction stayed consistent from the begining of the bowl, to the end. a good outdoor smoke on nights when the weather is warm.

3 people found this review helpful.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2020-02-02		Mild	Mild	Mild	Very Pleasant

This is a mild Virginia blend with a little Burley and a light casing of vanilla and rum. I feel that I have come full circle in my 55 years of pipe smoking, because I find this blend to be very appealing. The casing is lightly applied, which means that the Virginias are not completely sublimated, unlike a lot of heavily cased vanilla blends. The rum is in the background, but still adds to the experience. I think the quality of tobaccos used are excellent. This blend needs drying out of the tin to avoid tongue bite. Sip and you will savour. Drying this blend out is the key to enjoying the experience. Update: This blend smokes relatively fast, but for someone like me, who only smokes a couple of bowls a day, the pleasure is well worth it.

Pipe Used: Lorenzetti Constantine 9mm

Purchased From: Smokingpipes.com

2 people found this review helpful.

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	CDM Jr. (19)	2019-11-09		Medium	Strong	Medium to Full	Pleasant to Tolerable

Typical Sutliff aromatic. Low grade tobacco sauced to death and drowned in propylene glycol.

Perhaps it's shite like this that the FDA will clamp down on.

Private Stock only means you get to pay more for this fancy-canned glop than the standard fare Sutliff garbage.

Absolutely not recommend. CDM Jr.

Pipe Used: MM Cob that is now ghosted into oblivion.

Age When Smoked: Dried for a week. Still a propylene glycol mess.

Purchased From: P&C

Similar Blends: Any Sutliff aromatic..

2 people found this review helpful.

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	StevieB (2081)	2019-01-23		Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

Sutliff Tobacco C0. - Alexander Bridge.

Mostly dark brown ribbons with a few lighter coloured ones. Although perfectly sealed, the roomy tin has allowed a small amount of breathing, ergo, my hydration's perfect. There's a slightly alcoholic tin-note, but nothing strong.

It's a pleasant enough smoke, the only reduction in rating comes from a little tongue bite. I find the added flavouring a bit stronger than the prominent number of reviews. The rum seems a little heavier for the initial quarter, giving way to the vanilla after this. The vanilla tastes smooth, and reduces the asperity from the rum and the rugged Burley. After half a bowl I notice a sort of peachy flavour creeping into the smoke. This, is also, why I'm with the few reviewers who find the flavouring stronger.

Nicotine: not much. Room-note: not great.

Alexander Bridge? This epitomizes three stars:

Recommended.

Pipe Used: Comoy's Tawny Saddle

Age When Smoked: 9 months

Purchased From: eBay: 757habano

2 people found this review helpful.

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	geoffc (6)	2018-10-21		Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant

I have had this tin on my shelf for 5 years. The vanilla toppings likely deteriorated somewhat. Rum is still prevalent along with sweet citrus of the Virginia tobacco. It burns nice and cool and enjoyable.

Pipe Used: 2001 Tom Spandu Apple

Age When Smoked: 5 years

Purchased From: Given

2 people found this review helpful.

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	CriolloCorojo (18)	2013-10-17		Very Mild	Medium	Mild to Medium	Tolerable

Rotten fruit, low grade tobacco, propylene glycol and plenty of gurgling: If that is what you like, then enjoy! I tend to avoid tobaccos that leave a goop in the bottom of the bowl and even create moisture on the rim of the bowl. I tried seven different bowls of the this stuff in a few different pipes. I waited weeks between smoking it. This stuff is outright garbage. If you try it and think it is good, then you really need to spend a couple of extra dollars and get a tin of quality tobacco from the hundreds of other blenders and marketers out there. Sutliff advertises like mad. You know a lot of their budget must go to that. At the same time, they charge almost as much as a much better quality tin. If all tobacco tasted and smoked like this, I would never smoke again. Garbage! Aweful, sickly-tasting sewage, rotten fruit and garbage tobacco marry together to leave the most unpleasant taste in the mouth this side of a swisher sweet or other drug store quality tobacco product. There is stuff that is actually less expensive and much better from Peter Stokkebye, Lane, the bulk jar at your local brick and mortar etc....... OMG!

2 people found this review helpful.

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	cturnitsa (9)	2013-03-30		Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant to Tolerable

Good tin note, good room note. Easy to pack, nice initial light, easy to stay lit. Flavor is OKAY (for me, YMMV), but not great. I have to be careful, crosses over into the hot zone easy, and then some bite... But, nothing out of the ordinary for most aromatics. In short - good, but not enough to recommend itself over some of my favorites.

2 people found this review helpful.

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	Emeritus Account (30171)	2012-06-16		Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Very Pleasant

Got a free can in the mail. It tastes great, the only problem I have with it is that it's so lite I smoke it to fast and get bit. I did have some McClelland Darkest Chocolate that I found would not burn without a fight, I mixed it one to one with Alexander Bridge. Turned out to be a great mix. Think I'll keep some on hand.

2 people found this review helpful.

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	Mike Cronis (37)	2021-10-14		Mild	Mild	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable

Strange mixture of a few things here. Grassy and lemon-y topped with seemingly Cavendish vanilla and maybe a bit of rum, then an odd oriental taste of Latakia back-finish similar to Edward G. Robinson by Sutliff, though a little more flat. I might let this one age a few years before coming back to it. Moderately unimpressed right now. Almost reminds me of a blend of D40 Vanilla or Brandy Alexander by Sutliff with Peterson Early Morning. Not very complex but a bit muddled and confused, though borderline intriguing. Worth a try.

Pipe Used: Peterson Anniversary

Age When Smoked: 1 month

Purchased From: Pipes & Cigars

Similar Blends: Sutliff Edward G. Robinson + Sutliff Creme Brule, Peterson Early Morning + Sutliff D40, Balkan Sasieni+ 2x Sutliff Brandy Alexander.

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