I remember that when 1849 came out 10 years ago, Skip at the Briary, had an open tin and he was excited for me to smell it. I was like, "I don't get it."
He asked me what it smelled like. I was like, "actually, it just smells like cigarette tobacco, like I just opened a pack of Camels."
He was all radiantly smiling, "Yeh, it smells like tobacco! A Sutliff product where all you can smell is the tobacco!"
I finally got his joke, and we shared a "hardy har har at Sutliff's expense." But... in all seriousness when I set back 20 tins of this, all it smelled like when I popped a tin was RYO tobacco.
Fast forward to the other day... I popped a tin and remembering Skip's joke, I expected it to just smell like tobacco. But, amazingly, with ten years in the cellar, it smelled very faintly like ketchup, with a faint hint of vinegar. It was very similar to a McClelland Virginia. Letting a little air mix with the freshly opened tin, it packed easy, and I still got a little tang on the initial lighting, but subsided to a tangy sweet smoke. I could definitely tell when the pipe's cherry touched a grain of perique, so there was always something new coming up in flavors as the bowl progressed.
This was my first tin to open since 10 years ago, and it just adds to the hundreds of confirmations that acetic acid is/can be formed on natural tobaccos with age. I have found this also in several of my own homegrown tobaccos. I am anxious to see how this one progresses further with maybe another ten years.
I highly recommend this tobacco. One of the few Sutliff products that I like. It is also one that you might try cellaring if you like VaPers.
He asked me what it smelled like. I was like, "actually, it just smells like cigarette tobacco, like I just opened a pack of Camels."
He was all radiantly smiling, "Yeh, it smells like tobacco! A Sutliff product where all you can smell is the tobacco!"
I finally got his joke, and we shared a "hardy har har at Sutliff's expense." But... in all seriousness when I set back 20 tins of this, all it smelled like when I popped a tin was RYO tobacco.
Fast forward to the other day... I popped a tin and remembering Skip's joke, I expected it to just smell like tobacco. But, amazingly, with ten years in the cellar, it smelled very faintly like ketchup, with a faint hint of vinegar. It was very similar to a McClelland Virginia. Letting a little air mix with the freshly opened tin, it packed easy, and I still got a little tang on the initial lighting, but subsided to a tangy sweet smoke. I could definitely tell when the pipe's cherry touched a grain of perique, so there was always something new coming up in flavors as the bowl progressed.
This was my first tin to open since 10 years ago, and it just adds to the hundreds of confirmations that acetic acid is/can be formed on natural tobaccos with age. I have found this also in several of my own homegrown tobaccos. I am anxious to see how this one progresses further with maybe another ten years.
I highly recommend this tobacco. One of the few Sutliff products that I like. It is also one that you might try cellaring if you like VaPers.
