I just saw on SPC that Chatham Manor is now being offered in bulk by Sutliff. I've only ever seen this on offer from P&C as it is one of Russ Oulett's Midtown blends. Did I miss something? Did P&C sell the recipe or something?
Chatham Manor Now Produced By Sutliff??
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I'm pretty sure that it was always made by Sutliff. But I could be wrong.
Huh... so it does. I don't see any of the other Mid-Town blends on SPC though. I wonder if they will be following soon?
Sutliff has made all of the Mid-Town blends from the very beginning. The tubs tell you that. Besides, I was Sutliff blender Carl McAllister's taste tester for the blends when he and Russ were working on them.
I ordered a bag of Chatham Manor as soon as SP stocked it. (I had wanted to try it for some time, but use SP.com exclusively for export to Canada.) excited to compare it to all the other codger-type burleys I’ve been enjoying lately.
Ditto. Hopefully it meets or exceeds expectations, unlike Mixture 79 which was a bit of a let down. Maybe I should make Embers smoke the rest.
I'd be interested in trying Prince Andrew as well.
Yeah, I'd be interested in trying all the other mid-town blends without buying a tub of each.
I checked my tub of CM as soon as I saw this, but mine doesn't have "Sutliff" anywhere on it.
You didn't buy that tub on aliexpress, did you? ?
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Not a big codger blend fan but I find Chatham Manor to be a great smoke (especially so considering the price).
I just checked mine and you are correct. I am a little surprised by that. If you buy the Mid-Town blends in bulk under the "Match" names, especially in the one pound bags, you will see the Sutliff name.
Guess we're just concerned about getting something different from the real deal. Although I'd think that to sell a different blend under the same name would be copyright infringement or something like that, I dunno how strictly policed the 'no two products can share the same name' condition is.
If I had a nickel for every time I've smoked a blend under many different names, I could take a trip around the world several times and still have change to pay for @Sablebrush to get a face transplant.
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