Another Pleasant Surprise from Sutliff

theboz · Mar 28, 2014

I have been getting a little bored with what I have open at the moment, and I wanted to wait for better weather to crack a tin of some of the more complex blends. Then I found three neglected tins of Sutliff that I received as samples. French Quarter, Molto Dolce, and Great Outdoors. The Molto Dolce was OK, a nice change of pace but I didn't fall in love with it either, it just tastes sweet to me with no real flavors but it still makes my truck smell good. French Quarter on the other hand, I am greatly enjoying the first bowl. I taste mostly burley, with hints of bourbon. It seems a little bitey to me so I'll have to be careful. I haven't opened Great Outdoors yet. I guess this means I'll have to investigate some of Sutliffs other offerings.

voorhees · Mar 28, 2014

I like Molto Dolce and French quarter. Great Outdoors was to much like cigarette smoke to me. YRMV.

-Jason

theboz · Mar 28, 2014

Interesting, hopefully I have a different experience than that, cigarette-like is something I try to avoid. It is supposed to be an aromatic though isn't it? If so did any of the flavoring come through in taste?

mso489 · Mar 28, 2014

Great Outdoors surprised me, in a good way. It's a well-crafted blend. It didn't knock me over

on the first bowl, but I enjoyed it, and it seemed to get better. I also like their English blend,

Westminster (not be be confused with G.L. Pease blend by the same name, also a good one).

I also have, unopened, Taste of Summer, which several have commented on favorably. Sutliff

does good blends at reasonable prices, and also contributes generously to pipe show goody

bags.

voorhees · Mar 28, 2014

I did not find it "aromatic". Maybe I got an "off" tin. But trying it a few more times didn't help.

rmbittner · Mar 28, 2014

I enjoy Great Outdoors. It has a distinct anise flavoring, which I don't usually care for. But this one really grew on me.
I will say that Great Outdoors can lightly ghost a pipe. It doesn't need the kind of exorcism required for a Lakeland ghost -- it's more Caspar than Poltergeist -- but I've found that it can take more than the usual three bowls of a new blend to get past the licorice flavors.
Bob

theboz · Mar 28, 2014

I like anise, used to smoke the anisette cigars, Avanti or something like that.

pylorns · Mar 28, 2014

Pretty much every one of their aromatic tins that have been the private stock blends have impressed me.

JimInks · Mar 28, 2014

The Westminster blend is very good, and is a creation of Dunhill London Mixture.I reviewed all their Private Stock blends here, in case anybody missed them: http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/jims-sutliff-private-stock-reviews

Search

Search

Another Pleasant Surprise from Sutliff

Log in

SmokingPipes.com Updates

PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor

Site Sponsors

PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor

PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor

PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor

PipesMagazine Approved Sponsor

theboz

Can't Leave

voorhees

Lifer

theboz

Can't Leave

mso489

Lifer

voorhees

Lifer

rmbittner

Lifer

theboz

Can't Leave

pylorns

Lifer

JimInks

Sultan of Smoke