Sutliff Tobacco Company Match Holiday Mixture
(3.46)
A faithful match of the old Larus & Brothers' Holiday Pipe Mixture.
Details
| Brand | Sutliff Tobacco Company |
| Blended By | Carl McCallister |
| Manufactured By | Sutliff Tobacco Company |
| Blend Type | American |
| Contents | Black Cavendish, Burley, Latakia, Perique, Virginia |
| Flavoring | |
| Cut | Cube |
| Packaging | Bulk |
| Country | United States |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Mild
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Mild
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Mild to Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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3.46 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 21 - 26 of 26 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 2021 | Mild | Mild | Mild to Medium | Tolerable |
Sutliff's Match Holiday Mixture has a jar note that is very sweet and slightly artificial fruitiness, some earthiness with a hint of cocoa. The chucks are a little moist and leaving the lid off the jar for a couple of hrs helped that. The smoke itself is mild throughout. I get a very dry dusty earthiness out front from the burley, the VA's are a sweet base that might have a hint of sweet spice (cinnamon and clove) or this could be part of the topping. The black cav. does have that brown sugar note about it that comes forward at times. The lat. stays way in the background but adds a note of smokiness to it. I don't really pick up the perique often when I do it is far in the background alongside the lat. it does have a hint of spice and a note of raisin/dried fruit. The topping has been applied lightly, it does have that artificial fruitiness and a note of creaminess like marshmallow cream to it, there is a hint of vanilla as well that likely comes from it too. The nic is not noticeable, the room note will not win any friends, the finish is fairly short and does not linger long. The only complaint I have about this blend is that I do get a little chemical taste at about the half way point on maybe from the PG solution or whatever they have used but it is there. It does smoke reasonably dry for an aro as well.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Dec 25, 2023 | Very Mild | Very Mild | Very Mild | Pleasant to Tolerable |
First, the positives.
This blend is priced right with a great plug cut, especially if one is new tobacco and only familiar with ribbon cut. It's a mix of burley, Carolina, perique and latakia. The tobaccos work well together and effortlessly move between one another. Latakia and Perique act in supporting roles, while Burley is the main star.
If someone likes very mild burley blends, this would fit the bill. My review is based on my personal preference and is not a comment on the quality of the tobaccos or blend. That said, I'm not a fan of burley forward blends. I wouldn't say I like the earthy taste because it reminds me of cigarettes too much.
This blend is priced right with a great plug cut, especially if one is new tobacco and only familiar with ribbon cut. It's a mix of burley, Carolina, perique and latakia. The tobaccos work well together and effortlessly move between one another. Latakia and Perique act in supporting roles, while Burley is the main star.
If someone likes very mild burley blends, this would fit the bill. My review is based on my personal preference and is not a comment on the quality of the tobaccos or blend. That said, I'm not a fan of burley forward blends. I wouldn't say I like the earthy taste because it reminds me of cigarettes too much.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Jun 25, 2023 | Mild | Mild | Mild | Pleasant |
Let me begin by saying I like Match Holiday. I like it a lot.
This is a mildly flavorful pipe mixture that is meant to be an all day smoke.
In this anti-smoking era, where the all day smoke can only be enjoyed by retirees and those working from home, it seems that flavor bombs are all the rage. Get the most you can from the one or two pipes you might be able to smoke in a day.
Holiday is not a flavor bomb. It is subtle and gentle. With something of a hidden, yet discoverable, complexity.
The flavors are a blend of the mildly sweet topping and the mild flavors of the mix of tobaccos. As such it is a winner.
This is a smoke that doesn't get in the way of you working on a project, but has sufficient substance to hold your interest if you are just sitting on the patio enjoying doing nothing. Being retired, I do an awful lot of the latter.
I'm glad Sutliff continues to produce this, and I hope they do so for as long as I can smoke my pipe. Highly recommended.
This is a mildly flavorful pipe mixture that is meant to be an all day smoke.
In this anti-smoking era, where the all day smoke can only be enjoyed by retirees and those working from home, it seems that flavor bombs are all the rage. Get the most you can from the one or two pipes you might be able to smoke in a day.
Holiday is not a flavor bomb. It is subtle and gentle. With something of a hidden, yet discoverable, complexity.
The flavors are a blend of the mildly sweet topping and the mild flavors of the mix of tobaccos. As such it is a winner.
This is a smoke that doesn't get in the way of you working on a project, but has sufficient substance to hold your interest if you are just sitting on the patio enjoying doing nothing. Being retired, I do an awful lot of the latter.
I'm glad Sutliff continues to produce this, and I hope they do so for as long as I can smoke my pipe. Highly recommended.
Pipe Used:
Various briars
PurchasedFrom:
PipesandCigars.com
Age When Smoked:
New
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 2023 | Mild to Medium | Very Mild | Mild | Pleasant |
One of my favorite blends is Edgeworth RR, either the original or the two matches so when I read Holiday contained a base of ERR Burley I had to try it. This is a chunky rough cut mishmash of flakes and chunks of burley which if you smoke Sutliff’s ERR match, you will instantly recognize. Bright yellow fish food flakes of golden Virginia stand out amongst the blacks and browns. Tin note is sweet and musty, not pure tobacco but surely not an aromatic. If you wanted a touch and I do mean a touch more flavor to your ERR match then this will punch that ticket as it just adds a bit of smokiness and is a tiny bit more complex. I can see why this might have been very popular in the first half of the last century. Mild and flavorfu with a decent enough room note!
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 08, 2023 | Mild | Mild | Mild to Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Package note of chocolate, spices, and earth. Tobacco cut is a mix of cube, course, flake chucks, and a few ribbons. The tobacco is mostly brown, with a little tan and black. Moisture content is ok, some may prefer to dry it a bit. Burns slow with a few relights once lit. The strength is mild and nic is mild. Flavoring is mild, with notes of vanilla and sweeter. Both are up front in the beginning but settle down in the background after a few minutes. Taste is mild to medium and mostly consistent, with notes of toasted wood, very dry, slightly spicy, mildly sweet nuts, floral/herbal, molasses, spice, lemon grass, earth, bitter dark fruit, a brown sugar background note, and a peppery retro. Burley is leading with Cavendish and Virginia supporting. Latakia fills in when needed, and Perique is supposed to be here, but represented at all. Room note is pleasant to tolerable, and aftertaste is great.
Pipe Used:
2015 XXX Ashton Brindle Author
PurchasedFrom:
smokingpipes.com
Age When Smoked:
1 year
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 2022 | Mild to Medium | Very Mild | Medium | Tolerable |
The bag note is slight molasses sweet, hay, vegetative, woody, (smells I associate with burley), and a slight Latakia smoky musty smell. Bits and pieces of tobacco, not a cube cut, slightly moist but not sticky cased, packs and lights just fine.
So I notice the burley right away, which I tend to have an adverse reaction to. Sharp on the initial light but it never bite me. Woody, nutty, it’s nice. There’s a slight spice to this too, it’s very mild but I assume that’s the perique in it. The Latakia is very faint so much that I almost don’t detect it. The Virginias come out on top with tartness and sweetness. They say there’s black cavindish in it, this isn’t a sweet blend but it’s not a dry blend either. It had a happy middle spot where tobacco flavors dominate.
Overall it is a tart, citrus, slight pepper spice, a little smokey, nutty kind of blend. Not aromatic sweet, but not English dry. There’s another flavor working here too that I can’t put my finger on but it has a spice cabinet quality to it. May be the topping at work.
They say it’s an aromatic but not in todays sense. It’s a rather complex va/bur blend with a lot going on. Perfect for relaxing on holiday I suppose.
So I notice the burley right away, which I tend to have an adverse reaction to. Sharp on the initial light but it never bite me. Woody, nutty, it’s nice. There’s a slight spice to this too, it’s very mild but I assume that’s the perique in it. The Latakia is very faint so much that I almost don’t detect it. The Virginias come out on top with tartness and sweetness. They say there’s black cavindish in it, this isn’t a sweet blend but it’s not a dry blend either. It had a happy middle spot where tobacco flavors dominate.
Overall it is a tart, citrus, slight pepper spice, a little smokey, nutty kind of blend. Not aromatic sweet, but not English dry. There’s another flavor working here too that I can’t put my finger on but it has a spice cabinet quality to it. May be the topping at work.
They say it’s an aromatic but not in todays sense. It’s a rather complex va/bur blend with a lot going on. Perfect for relaxing on holiday I suppose.
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