On what basis do you reject blends so varied and so many as blended by an entire House, McClelland or Sutliff? You decide. But I have a hard time understanding this.
For me, Sutliff is just a top notch aromatics "house" to use your term. Sure, they offer a few non-aros, but they just don't appeal to me. I still get a hint of their house sauce on them. And, folks will mention that they make things for other "houses." And, if I was a company wanting to outsource an aromatic to be made for me, I'd use them too. But, there's just not anything on their list that appeals to me. And, when I mention this, it always seems to crawl under some people's skins.
I love McClellands, but I can see how their "house" sauce could be a turn off to some, so it doesn't bother me when folks say they hate them. It's not my job to make other people like what I like, and it kills me to see when folks take this stuff that seriously. We've become such tender people. Like they are protecting a special needs kid getting bullied on the playground.
But, the thread is what we hate, so we really shouldn't be reading this thread looking for things to get butt hurt about. It's just a fun thread to share our dislikes. I dig it. camaraderie. It's a cool thing.
I kill spiders in the house, and my families appreciates it. I kills snakes close to my house. It really doesn't bother me if this upsets tender hearts. I don't like cobs, but I'm not coming to anyone's house to take theirs away. if you like snakes and spiders, good. Keep them at your house. I've also shot coyotes attacking my dogs. And, I have a few top notch artisan pipes relegated to the back of drawers because I just don't like them. I've thrown away a Peterson, and if this all makes me a lesser human in the eyes of others, well... that really doesn't bother me.
It actually makes me smile that someone else hates, despises Danish made pipes... that I love. And, if someone said that they hated them so much that they fly into a rage at the mere sight of them... I'd giggle, while packing up my Neerup to smoke. I actually like that we are all different. Hell, I love C&D blends, and everytime Skip is at The Briary, I love to ask him when he is going to start carrying them, just to see him get mad and spit on the floor. Embrace the damned rainbow.