Hey guys, this is my first post. Recently I've tried a few of the sutliff private stock blends and would like to explore more of them. I really like the Navigator, Top Shelf, and Molto Dolce blends in particular. What are some of your favorite blends from Sutliff and why?
Favorite Sutliff Private Stock blends?
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1849 is a very nice VaPer. Love the leaf combo. I'm sure it'd age very well.
Maple Street is a very good maple aromatic.
Maple Street is a very good maple aromatic.
I prefer their non-aromatic Westminster (not to be confused with GL Pease's Westminster) and Balkan 957, but I have enjoyed Great Outdoors and Taste of Summer aromatics as a change of pace. I like aromatics that are tobacco forward, not all flavored up or over-sweet. However, I do keep in mind that aromatic smokers are the majority of pipe smokers and keep the economy of pipe smoking alive.
I'm a fan of the Luxury Balkan 957 and Westminster. I have a tin of Bosphorous Cruise that's unopened and I'll give it whirl after I clear up some of the many open tins I'm smoking my way through. As for Sutliff they make a ton of blends at very affordable prices and there's more than likely a few that any pipe smoker can enjoy.
Golden Age and Blend No. 5 are both good. I have yet to find a SPS aromatic blend that I've enjoyed.
From the Private Stock line I have only tried:
Taste of Autumn (not in my regular rotation)
1849 (not in regular rotation)
Molto Dolce (won't buy again)
Others I enjoy from the Sutliff line:
*511 Black Whiskey (no longer available?)
Whiskey Cavendish (in bulk, same as Dutch Masters)
*Dutch Masters Whiskey Cavendish
*Voodoo Queen
Vanilla Latte (1 free tin)
*Denotes favorites.
Taste of Autumn (not in my regular rotation)
1849 (not in regular rotation)
Molto Dolce (won't buy again)
Others I enjoy from the Sutliff line:
*511 Black Whiskey (no longer available?)
Whiskey Cavendish (in bulk, same as Dutch Masters)
*Dutch Masters Whiskey Cavendish
*Voodoo Queen
Vanilla Latte (1 free tin)
*Denotes favorites.
It probably is the same tobacco. TobaccoReviews.com still shows it as 511 and being available but I was thinking after the buyout by Mac Baren it was one of the blends that was to be discontinued last fall. The last I bought & have jarred I bought from P&C I think.
This does bring up another question however, between Dutch Masters Whiskey Cavendish & Whiskey Cavendish (bulk only). I've never bought any of the WC in bulk but was always under the belief that it was the same as DMWC. Apparently not however. TobaccoReviews.com rates DMWC at 2.7 & available, and WC at 4.0 & available with the addition of burley & Virginias. I guess I should try some of the WC!
Classified as aros but to me these seem to be whiskey cased & not topped, and tobacco forward blends.
Thanks for pointing that out, Okiescout.
Not much of a fan of the aro's, but Blend #5 is great stuff. It's a light and smooth all day English blend.
Blend #5 and Edward G Robinson.
Molto Dolce gets a lot of love, but I found it ridiculously wet and thus very difficult to keep aflame.
Molto Dolce gets a lot of love, but I found it ridiculously wet and thus very difficult to keep aflame.
Lately I've seen videos of Cornell and Dheil's production, a visit with the owner of Milan Tobaccos, a clip showing the making of Semois, and one of the Mac Baren factory. Quite a variety of production facility.
Consolidation of resources by tobacco processors (Scandinavian Tobacco?) seems to result in having several brands produced by one blender.
The names of companies, and blends become the consumer touchstone. Which name do you 'respond' to more favorably?
Sutliff? Mac Baren?
I'd be interested to know if P&C's blends are produced by Sutliff/Mac Baren.
http://www.sutliff-tobacco.com/home.html
Consolidation of resources by tobacco processors (Scandinavian Tobacco?) seems to result in having several brands produced by one blender.
The names of companies, and blends become the consumer touchstone. Which name do you 'respond' to more favorably?
Sutliff? Mac Baren?
I'd be interested to know if P&C's blends are produced by Sutliff/Mac Baren.
http://www.sutliff-tobacco.com/home.html
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