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The Tobacco Files 26 - Sutliff Mixture No. 79 & Mac Baren Golden Extra

The Tobacco Files 26 - Sutliff Mixture No. 79 & Mac Baren Golden Extra

Posted by Greg Rosenberg on 5th Jun 2023

For May's Tobacco File, I thought I'd choose two pipe tobaccos that are on theme with another blog I was chipping away at through the month; One Decade of Sutliff Tobacco - A Mac Baren Company.May 2023 marks ten years since Mac Baren acquired Sutliff, or, the Altadis USA Pipe Tobac …
Compare & Share May Reveal

Compare & Share May Reveal

Posted by Greg Rosenberg on 1st Jun 2023

Compare & Share June is now live!- Pipe Tobacco Compare & Share -- Cigar Compare & Share -Another fine month of mystery tobacco tasting! The pipe blends and cigars for May 2023? Mystery Blend #1 - Sutliff Model MatchMystery Blend #2 - Sutliff 1004 BlendMystery Cigar #1 - …
One Decade of Sutliff Tobacco - A Mac Baren Company

One Decade of Sutliff Tobacco - A Mac Baren Company

Posted by Greg Rosenberg on 26th May 2023

May 2023 marks the tenth anniversary of Mac Baren’s acquisition of the Altadis USA Pipe Tobacco Division, now Sutliff Tobacco (the original name which Mac Baren promptly restored). The pipe tobacco operation was of little significance as a division of Altadis USA, itself a subsidiary of …
The Tobacco Files - Sutliff Paradoxical (Birds of a Feather)

The Tobacco Files - Sutliff Paradoxical (Birds of a Feather)

Posted by Greg Rosenberg on 17th May 2023

Paradoxical is now live Hard to imagine but we are at the final release for the Birds of a Feather series.Paradoxical closes out this first collaboration between Per Jensen and Sutliff with a tobacco blend that includes the bold Rustica leaf. Each mixture in the series features one or more rar …
A Look Back on the 2023 Chicago Pipe Show

A Look Back on the 2023 Chicago Pipe Show

Posted by Greg Rosenberg on 5th May 2023

The Chicago Pipe Show, beloved to pipe smokers around the world, was first hosted in Rosemont, Illinois in 1996. There were events and gatherings hosted in and around the Chicago area previously, but this show, spearheaded by the late Frank Burla and his fellow members of the Chicagoland Pipe Col …
A Complete Guide to Cellaring Tobacco - The Benefits of Age

A Complete Guide to Cellaring Tobacco - The Benefits of Age

Posted by Greg Rosenberg on 28th Mar 2023

Why Cellar Tobacco Blends How Different Blends Change The Right Environment for Aging Tobacco Keeping Track of your Cellar Different Containers for Cellaring If you’re at all like me when I was getting started, “cellaring” is something you often hear mentioned, but it carries a daunti …
10 of the Best Burley Blends to Try

10 of the Best Burley Blends to Try

Posted by Greg Rosenberg on 22nd Mar 2023

Table of Contents Mac Baren HH Burley Flake G. L. Pease Barbary Coast Tabac Manil La Brumeuse Sutliff Ready-Rubbed John Cotton's Double Pressed Burley Solani Aged Burley Flake Peterson Irish Flake Cobblestone Hiking Cornell & Diehl Haunted Bookshop Wessex Burley Slice …