Sutliff Tobacco Company Blue Danube
(2.56)
Aromatic Golden Cavendish with Burley and rich Virginias.
Notes: The scenic Danube is both unique and vast. It is the only major European river which flows west to east, gushing some 1,770 miles through ten countries. Much like the Danube, this Aromatic Golden Cavendish of Burley and Rich Virginias has depth resulting in a distinctively, delicious character.
Details
| Brand | Sutliff Tobacco Company |
| Series | Sutliff Private Stock |
| Blended By | Carl McCallister |
| Manufactured By | Sutliff Tobacco Company |
| Blend Type | Aromatic |
| Contents | Burley, Cavendish, Virginia |
| Flavoring | Rum, Sweet / Sugar, Vanilla |
| Cut | Coarse Cut |
| Packaging | 1.5 oz tin |
| Country | United States |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Mild
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Medium
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Very Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Mild to Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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2.56 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 11 - 16 of 16 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 08, 2019 | Very Mild | Extremely Mild | Very Mild | Pleasant to Tolerable |
As an aftermarket pipe tobacco buyer, I am currently riding a wave of selling where the explanation is "thinning down". This tin of Blue Danube came to me in such a buy recently where there were several of the Sutliff Private Stock tins. Having never smoked this blend, I ripped it open in due time. Blue Danube has two good things going for it; beautiful tin art and, an alleged, rum infusion . Then I opened it and everything changed. First of all, the verbal description on the label is of a "golden cavendish" but I didn't find anything golden in the tin. The appearance was of a relative uniformity of dark tans to very dark umber browns with a tad of black included. To the touch, this blend was damp and drying times ran in the five to ten hour range. The tin aroma was not easy to find and required close sniffing. What I did get was weak and indeterminate in character. I could not grok either the rum or the vanilla, but did get a persistent alcohol odor. A couple of days later it reversed and I could pick up both vanilla and rum in the tin. Now, for the important part; how did it smoke. Well, at first, that was a good question and it took most of the top third to find out. I couldn't get anything out of the blend in the top third and the middle third showed a weakish Burley aroma only. The bottom third attempted to show some backbone but, again, rather weak for a Burley based blend. I have now smoked ten of the Sutliff Private Stock blends and I can say this: Blue Danube is, at one and the same time, the weakest, least enjoyable and least successful of the ten. Since it isn't offensive in any way (my definition of a one star blend), I give it two stars and weakly recommend it to the reader.
Pipe Used:
Ashton LX Brindle Dublin
PurchasedFrom:
an Ebay seller
Age When Smoked:
2 yrs old
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 05, 2018 | Mild | Medium | Mild to Medium | Pleasant |
This was sent entirely to moist and burned hot. The flavor is billed as Rum and Vanilla, but I found no trace of the rum. After drying it out, I found it to be a uninspired vanilla blend (still no rum) with nothing to set it apart from the expansive field of vanilla blends. Not a bad smoke, but not unique in any way. I will stick to Barbados Plantation when I want a rum topping
Pipe Used:
several
PurchasedFrom:
Pipe and Cigars
Age When Smoked:
new
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| Feb 13, 2015 | Very Mild | Very Mild | Mild | Pleasant |
Appearance: Medium and light brown ribbons
Label: The scenic Danube is both unique and vast. It is the only major European river which flows west to east, gushing some 1,770 miles through ten countries. Much like the Danube, this Aromatic Golden Cavendish of Burley and Rich Virginias has depth resulting in a distinctively delicious character.
Aroma: Light hay and mild tobacco. There is a light sweet smell, but it is much lighter than most aromatics.
Taste: Reminds of a good, very mild cigar. It's not too sweet, and the tobacco flavor peeks through occasionally. Some puffs bring a bit of a light grassy, sweet, or nutty taste. The flavors are faint though, you have to try to pick them out.
Smokability: Stays lit easily and burns down to ash. I'm normally used to several relights when smoking, but after the initial light, I only needed one more for it to burn through to the end. There was no gurgling, which I experience with a lot of aromatics as well.
Room Note: Pleasant and inoffensive. It's not strong and seems to fade quickly.
Thoughts: It's a very non-finicky, easy to smoke tobacco. I could see myself smoking this while working on the car, or watching a movie. Somewhere where I'm occuppied and just want a nice smoke without relighting or needing to run a cleaner down my pipe steam to quiet the gurgling.
There's no heavy artificial taste, but no heavy tobacco taste either. In one word, mild.
http://www.sutliff-tobacco.com/blue-danube.html
Label: The scenic Danube is both unique and vast. It is the only major European river which flows west to east, gushing some 1,770 miles through ten countries. Much like the Danube, this Aromatic Golden Cavendish of Burley and Rich Virginias has depth resulting in a distinctively delicious character.
Aroma: Light hay and mild tobacco. There is a light sweet smell, but it is much lighter than most aromatics.
Taste: Reminds of a good, very mild cigar. It's not too sweet, and the tobacco flavor peeks through occasionally. Some puffs bring a bit of a light grassy, sweet, or nutty taste. The flavors are faint though, you have to try to pick them out.
Smokability: Stays lit easily and burns down to ash. I'm normally used to several relights when smoking, but after the initial light, I only needed one more for it to burn through to the end. There was no gurgling, which I experience with a lot of aromatics as well.
Room Note: Pleasant and inoffensive. It's not strong and seems to fade quickly.
Thoughts: It's a very non-finicky, easy to smoke tobacco. I could see myself smoking this while working on the car, or watching a movie. Somewhere where I'm occuppied and just want a nice smoke without relighting or needing to run a cleaner down my pipe steam to quiet the gurgling.
There's no heavy artificial taste, but no heavy tobacco taste either. In one word, mild.
http://www.sutliff-tobacco.com/blue-danube.html
Pipe Used:
Savinelli
PurchasedFrom:
I received this tobacco for review.
Age When Smoked:
Fresh from the store
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 02, 2014 | Extremely Mild | Mild | Mild to Medium | Very Pleasant |
This blend is the first of the Sutliff Private Stock I've had. It will not be the last, thanks to my YTPC Secret Santa.
This is a very mild tobacco. The tin note is absolutely wonderful, smelling of vanilla and liqueur with just a little nuttiness in the background. The smoke is mild to medium bodied and goes through two stages for me. At first it tastes like hazelnut, eventually morphing into a vanilla with a little cinnamon. The room note is just mildly sweet and pleasant.
Overall a very pleasant smoke but probably not something I would go out of my way to get.
This is a very mild tobacco. The tin note is absolutely wonderful, smelling of vanilla and liqueur with just a little nuttiness in the background. The smoke is mild to medium bodied and goes through two stages for me. At first it tastes like hazelnut, eventually morphing into a vanilla with a little cinnamon. The room note is just mildly sweet and pleasant.
Overall a very pleasant smoke but probably not something I would go out of my way to get.
Pipe Used:
Missouri Meerschaum General
Age When Smoked:
fresh
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 2023 | Mild | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Very Pleasant |
Give this one time to breathe coming out of the tin or it will have a bite from the alcohol sharpness. The rum flavour is more distinct after it's had a bit of time to dry (but careful not to over dry or it may lose some flavour). There are notes of sweet bread, vanilla, and even a marshmallow aftertaste. This aromatic does have some rough edges, but I prefer my aromatics not to be overly sweet. If you are like me prefer aromatics that are not sugary or fruity, then give this one a try.
3/4 scratches an itch for aromatics for the non-aromatic smoker.
Edit: This blend has a serious bite to it. I am dropping my rating down to a 2 on that factor alone. It is smokable with a filter though, but otherwise it has far too much bite for a mild aromatic.
3/4 scratches an itch for aromatics for the non-aromatic smoker.
Edit: This blend has a serious bite to it. I am dropping my rating down to a 2 on that factor alone. It is smokable with a filter though, but otherwise it has far too much bite for a mild aromatic.
Age When Smoked:
1 year
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| Jan 08, 2014 | Very Mild | Mild | Very Mild | Pleasant |
A weak vanilla, and a touch of rum flavor is always present with this one. The very mild tobacco flavors peak through now and again, to deliver a nutty burley on the palate, and a pleasant spiciness on the retrohale. Low maintenance in the bowl, burns clean. 2- for an anemic, mild aromatic.
Pipe Used:
Karl Erik Semi-Churchwarden, MM
PurchasedFrom:
CI
Age When Smoked:
undated tin; bought 2 months ago
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