Sutliff Tobacco Unveils New Product Lineup For 2014

My first impressions on what i've tried

April Dawn

An aromatic blend of Sweet Cherries applied to a base of Virginia and Burley tobaccos - Lighter than their previous cherry attempts...smells/tastes too much like my girlfriend's Cherry Blossom Perfume...a little bitey but NOT a sticky aromatic
Honey and Chocolate

Chocolate and Honey sweeten this mixture of Burley, Virginia and Black Cavendish. - Light Sweet burns perfectly and awesome room-note..More Honey than Chocolate...for those of you who miss MacBaren's H&C this is way way better. Sutliff scored BIG with this blend
Sutliff 1849

A delightful mixture of Rich Virginias and Spicy Perique tobaccos. - I really love this blend. LIGHT SWEET and mildly peppery (only hints not punches of pepper) - smoke this daily if you like VA blends with hints of Perique...go for this and you can't beat the price
Old San Francisco

A complex mixture comprised of Virginia, Perique, Dark Fired Burley and Latakia. - first impression not bad...but letting it rest a bit. Like a lot of Sutliff blends i find myself asking when i first open a tine "am i tasting tobacco or preservative" - my best buddy swears by this stuff and loves it...but after only one bowl (so a completely unfair assesment) i'm not impressed
Court of St. James

Spicy Perique with Tangy Virginia Flake. - HAVEN'T smoked yet but popped the tin about two weeks ago and have looked at the blend and smelled it 4 or 5 times. the blend does not have an appealing look. The VA broken flakes along with ribbon cut perique lead me to believe that this blend will never be consistent. But the tobacco smells good (haven't smoked yet but still smell the preservatives used in the tin - will smoke once i no longer pick up on that smell)

I would like to try that 1849 blend. Sounds tasty!

I'd better hurry up and open my Taste of Summer before fall gets here.

The 1849 is a good tobacco. I was the taste tester for it, and made one suggestion (a little more perique), which Sutliff followed, which greatly pleased me. Here's my review of it:
The tangy sweet red Virginia short ribbon is complemented by the citrusy sweet bright flue cured Virginia thin flake. The red Va. is the more obvious of the two Virginias. The perique is both granulated and ribbon cut, offering some sweetness with bursts of pepper. Burns well with few relights; smooth and dry with no dottle, and no discernible topping. A pleasing all day mild to medium VaPer for those who want some spice during their smoking day. It's also tinned in the MacBaren style.
Here's a link for my reviews of the new Private Stock blends in case anybody missed them. Some are real winners!:
http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/jims-sutliff-private-stock-reviews-chapter-two

Don't they already have enough blends that no one smokes?

Court of St. James is a great blend It is actually a broken flake and very tasty.

Don't they already have enough blends that no one smokes?

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I smoke them, and I'm not a nobody. Many other people smoke them, and they are not nobodies either. The company produces tobacco, they are making money, they sponsor various events that benefit pipe smokers, and Paul Creasy, the president of the company, is a first-rate gentleman and very approachable fellow. They manufacture a range of tobaccos from the drugstore variety up to the premium level, and produce quite a few pleasant, enjoyable premium tobaccos that are enjoyed by many pipe smokers.

I enjoy Sutliff blends. I may give the 1849 a try in the near future.

Yeah, I have a bunch of Sutliff aromatics that I really enjoy.

No one ever mentions the latakia in the Court of St James, and it took me off guard. I grew to like it very much, but it was hardest for me to acclimate to the lat.