Sutliff Bulk Aromatics vs Non-Aromatic & English Blends
ghostsofpompeii
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Sounds like I'm setting up some kind martial arts grudge match but I'm really looking for members who have bought Sutliff bulk non-aromatics or English blends and if so what do you think of them.
I'm strictly a sweet aromatic guy and Sutliff has become my 'go to' source for flavorful aromatics. I've yet to find a blend I dislike and simply refused to smoke.
Now I have made reference to "Coconut Almond" for burning hot and giving me tongue bite. But the flavor is great and if you can withstand the pain you've got yourself a great tasting coconut blend. But since I'm not a masochist I needed to try something to tamp down the heat. So by mixing small amounts with blends like Sutliff Chocolate Mousse or one of Russ' Monthly blends that are heavy on the vanilla, caramel or nougat it can make a great aromatic even better. A pinch of Coconut Almond with Chocolate Mousse and you have yourself a low calorie Almond Joy in a pipe bowl.
My only other issue with a Sutliff aromatic is their Apple Blend. It doesn't taste or smell like an apple. But once again, it has a great flavor and makes for a pleasant smoking experience - tasting of brown sugar, molasses, and pie crust (with maybe a hint of apple way in the background). Imagine you've set an apple pie on the kitchen table, and you come back into the room to discover your dog on the table lapping up all the filling from the pie, leaving nothing but the moist bottom crust. Well the filling that once made contact with the crust may have absorbed the slightest ghost of the apple pie filling ... and that's the amount of apple flavor that's in Sutliff Apple Blend. The Flavor of the tobacco is phenomenal - just change the name to some sweet brown sugar confection and no one leaves disappointed.
I've heard fellow smokers express dissatisfaction with Sutliff blends and never could understand why. But that's because I never taken the non-aromatics into consideration. Maybe Sutliff can do wonders with aromatics but can't get a satisfying English or Va-Per.
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Sutliff Aromatic Pipe Tobacco
Sutliff Blending Pipe Tobacco
Sutliff Classic Pipe Tobacco
Sutliff Crumble Kake
Sutliff English Pipe Tobacco
Sutliff Non-Aromatic Pipe Tobacco
Sutliff Private Stock Pipe Tobacco
Sutliff Tobacco Galleria Pipe Tobacco
List does not include the two recent additions, Eastfarthing and Panna Cotta.
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I have several Sutliff Private Stock aromatics...they are all soaked in goop. I like them ok, but they are very wet to smoke right out of the tin. If I let them dry a bit, they bite less, but also have less flavor, a “catch 22” situation.
I am going to read all can find on blending tobaccos, experiment, and do whatever it takes to blend a clone of the Frog Mortons. I am going to order the required bulk blending tobaccos, and keep working on it until I get it right (or right enough...).
Once I find the correct recipe, I will be happy to share with all, so us former Froggies can blend our own. I may also try to clone Mississippi River.
My initial thoughts are that Frog Morton was a blend of Stoved Black Virginia and Latakia. There may have been a slight added flavor, which I will try to capture by adding a little Sutliff Vanilla Custard. Or maybe a little Lane Buttered Rum. This will give me a place to start, anyway. To create Frog Morton On The Town,, I believe the addition of Macedonian Orientals to the previous mixture will do the trick (I cannot find anywhere to purchase straight Basma Oriental, with was the defining flavor, but the Macedonian has some Basma in it...). For On The Bayou, I believe just adding a bit of Perique to the previous mix will get close. Across the pond is probably not possible, because I do not believe Syrian Latakia is currently available without going into a combat zone..... It might be possible to get close to it by subbing some Dark-Fired mixed with a small amount of Cyprian Latakia. Syrian Latakia was a milder, sweeter, smoother Latakia...almost like smoked cream.... For Frog Morton Cellar, there is a distillery nearby. I will offer to buy old oak whiskey barrel staves from them, add a chunk to the Frog Morton recipe, and allow it to age a bit. >>
Try mixing the walnut blend with something really sweet. I’d recommend Sutliff Molto Dolce, Panna Cotta, or Vanilla Custard, Lane Vanilla Black Cavendish, BCA, or RLP-6.
Pleasant taste, excellent room note, no bite (and a soggy dottle.....)