Sutliff Tobacco Company Pumpkin Spice

Ah September. You know summer is over when the temp drops below 105* here in Las Vegas and when you start to see the four star aromatic reviews. Something about the colder air and change of season hypnotize us pipers into either a bowl of essentially pure Latakia or an over the top aromatic concotion. Well i fell into the latter camp ordering a few ounces of Sutliff's Pumpkin Spice which is actually quite nice. Burley, Virginia and black Cavendish with a topping that to me tastes like Pumpkin Pie. A lighter aromatic that will not goop up the pipe and will please bystanders to no end.

**There is an old urban legend that states if you look into a mirror and say "Pumpkin Soy Latte" three times, a white valley girl in yoga pants will appear behind you and proceed to tell you everything she loves about Fall/Autumn....**

No nicotine. A slight bite, but I am a heavy puffer. Pretty good about staying lit. I didn't taste pumpkin or cinnamon. Did taste allspice, or nutmeg, or clove. Or all three. I liked it and might buy it again. Pleasant when exhaled through the snork. Bystander approved.

I guess I'm in between the first two reviewers a bit. I enjoy the smoke a great deal, and I will be getting some to sell at the store my wife & I own. Still, this reminds me overall of somewhere in between a pumpkin soup, with some acidity, and pumpkin pie filling sweetness balancing about 60-40 (60% acidic taste/feel gets to the halfish balance that works so well in this blend. Neither outfavors the other, and the sour element leaves a relatively short, albeit pleasant, finish. The spice are present, but they are singing backup to the lead Pumpkn's nice balance. I detect flavors of nutmeg, allspice and cinnamon. Perhaps the slightest hint of clove. While I was aware of the black cav, it appears to be such a small percentage that, at the rate I smoke, I didn't pick up any vanilla. Should taste great on a cool Fall day. I can see it now... heater in my garage blasting, watching football from an ol' beatup recliner.

If you are familiar with wines that have higher acidic to them or more sugar can sometimes be called "dry' I'd say I get the same feeling when smoking this. You get this feeling when you rub your tongue to the roof of your mouth and its kinda gravely is the best description. No tongue bite, and the after taste in the mouth is slightly nutmeg and a hint of pumpkin. Retro-haling gives you the full flavor of this, which I have to say is on the fainter side, but enough to be enjoyable.

I would say this is the best pumpkin type blend I have tried thus far and it is well done.

Prep: Somewhat wet but nothing 10 seconds in the microwave couldnt solve. There are wetter blends out there.

I was quite surprised with this blend. I've become cynical with aromatics; expecting a delightful aroma with little in the flavor department. However, this one isnt bad at all. A vanilla flavoring seems to be the base while cinnamon, pumpkin, and nutmeg flavoring supplies the fall like flavoring and aroma. You pick up a bit hay and honey notes from the Virginias and Cavendish but they nothing significant.

I wouldnt desire this out of the fall season but when the air becomes crisp and the leaves change, I'll have it on hand to light up a few times a week. 7/10

The tobacco is sublimated by the flavorings although they do sneak in from time to time. Nice blend for early fall/autumn. Won’t bite unless pushed hard. Pleasant room aroma. Flavors consistent to the end. I’ve tried other autumn names or themed tobaccos and this ones second in line with sleepy hollow being my favorite.

Easy going, warm and comforting aromatic. If you’ve had the likes of Captain Black or 1-Q, then this will seem pretty familiar. I was a bit worried at first because this came out pretty wet and reminded me of Molto Dolce, which I remember getting pretty hot on me. This seems to behave a lot better and has that familiar crackling as you smoke it.

As far as flavor, I get a bit of brown sugar and vanilla mixed with your standard pumpkin spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, etc). There’s some tobacco taste here and there but not a lot. The smoke has a nice creamy texture. Barely any nicotine. Subtle enough to be an all day smoke if you wanted. Could get away with smoking this one indoors. It’s pretty standard stuff here and there’s nothing too crazy happening to speak of, but that’s kind of what you’d want out of something like this. Solid aromatic.

Hints of vanilla, cinnamon and aniseed. No bite. Low nicotine pleasant smoke however a little heavy on the PG. This is one to smoke outside Starbucks.

The smell is like a spicy autumnal aroma. Pumpkin, spices, vanilla are all very strong in the tin note.

The burley has a characteristic nutty taste. As usual the smell is stronger than the taste, but it is there. The taste is just interesting enough to keep your attention, but not so much that it's overly complex.

You can view my video review of this blend here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CfIYj5ue1Y