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 subs …

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 …

Boy have I been excited for this one, and it has not disappointed. The fifth of six in the celebrated Birds of a Feather series—created by Mac Baren master blender Per Jensen in collaboration with Sutliff tobacco—we have Anomalous.  For the full story, you can read our piece on  …

One aspect of pipe smoking that I was immediately drawn to is how the culture around the hobby allows for—encourages even—a certain sentimentality. Not in a cloying way, but it's something about the emphasis and appreciation for the history and the tradition shared by many who engage in t …

A quick column today to usher in the most recent addition to the Barrel Aged Series from Sutliff Tobacco. Barrel Aged No. 5 goes live today at 6:00 PM eastern time.  The Barrel Aged Series in a limb of Sutliff’s Crumble Kake line. Red Virginia, English # 1, and Va Perique compris …

We are officially over the halfway point on our journey through the six Birds of a Feather blends. The collection of course features mixtures crafted by Mac Baren master blender Per Jensen here at Sutliff tobacco in January 2022. Actually, just as I’m writing this it hits me that this was …

We’re back with yet another bonus column for the Tobacco Files, which means I’ve been digging into a new, soon to be released, tobacco blend. That new blend of course is this year's Cringle Flake, the annual offering from Sutliff Tobacco. The first year, released in 2019, featured a m …

Another mid-month Tobacco File ushering in a new blend—Aberrant, from Sutliff tobacco.This is the third installment of the Birds of a Feather Series, a collection of six special mixtures that were concocted by Mac Baren master blender Per Jensen during a week-long visit to the Sutliff factory i …

This is a Tobacco File I’ve been looking forward to—two new releases. First we have Whimsical, the second blend in the  Birds of a Feather series. Of course, this is the collaboration between Sutliff Tobacco and Mac Baren master blender Per Georg Jensen that gave us Uno with i …

We have another brand new blend in this Tobacco File, the latest in Sutliff's Barrel Aged Series—Crumble Kake No. 4. Instead of doing another recently release or themed pick, for our second tobacco blend, I thought I'd find something on which there was very little information out there. I opted …