Sutliff Barbados Plantation

[aeropuffer]

If you should have a sweet tooth, then give this Sutliff aero a try. From the first charring light to the bottom of the bowl the sugar taste comes through. First sugar then burnt sugar. Not an all day smoke but an ocasionaly smoke. Really good for when you want something sweet.

 

[shutterbugg]

It was one of the Sutliff Private Stock blends I tried (the others were Top Shelf and Bosphorous Cruise). Whatever tobacco was used in Barbados Plantation was completely drowned in an artificial/chemical-tasting rum topping, which imparted a strong aroma but very little taste. Nicotene was zero, like smoking hot air. I tossed about 2/3 of the tin.

 

[deathmetal]

So it's like an upscale OTC?

 

[shutterbugg]

Upscale in terms of packaging and marketing perhaps. In terms of quality and taste, not really. I tried their Top Shelf (bourbon) blend too and found it likewise. I would compare these blends to OTCs like Captain Black and Borkum Riff, or the majority of bulk aros out there, in that these Sutliffs are literally drowned in topping, with the base tobacco basically serving as a combustible sponge. The real old-timey OTCs like PA, CH and SWR are topped but you can definitely taste tobacco in there, albeit not very good quality tobacco. Not all OTCs are horrid to me though. I've been smoking a lot of Amphora Brown (the red I found a little too heavily topped for my taste) and like it quite a bit. I give it several hours of drying, not because it's too wet to smoke, but because it evaporates some of the generous application of PG.