We’ve made it to the penultimate blend in the Pipe Force series—the second collaborative effort between Per Jensen and the Sutliff Tobacco Company—Pipe Force Episode II - Sergeant Kimble.  Sutliff - Pipe Force Episode II - Sergeant Kimble A mellow, sweet mixture of Brigh …

I opted not to write a Tobacco File for April. It’s a busy month with the Chicago Pipe Show, and I figured I’d be spreading myself pretty thin already. But rolling into May, things settle down and the spring heat keeps rising, prompting the question—what two pipe tobaccos should be featured for …

Since taking the monthly Tobacco File out of hiatus at the start of 2024, I've been considering ways I might break with the structure of the column. One thing that I always have fun with is featuring pipe tobacco's with some sort of relevant thread that ties them together—whether it's blends of …

For the February Tobacco File, I decided to treat myself. As one who smokes widely—that is, I'm not so inclined to keep to a few favorites blends, and am always trying to explore something new. For that reason, one tin can stretch quite a while, but once something is gone, it may be some time bef …

Officially past the halfway mark on this year's Per Jensen Signature series, Pipe Force Episode I launches February 13th at 6pm eastern.For all the details on this series, check out A Closer Look at Sutliff's Pipe Force. The short version is that each of these six blends contains at least …

I am very happy to kick off the first Tobacco File of 2024 and this first regular column in a little over half a year. For background, the Tobacco Files is a column where I offer my impressions on certain blends and cigars. I guess you could say they’re reviews—my idea of it is a smoking journa …

Cringle Flake 2023 releases December 5th at 6 pm Eastern Time It's that wonderful time of the year—true for many reasons, but for plenty of pipe smokers, Sutliff Tobacco's Cringle Flake tradition is among them. Each year since 2019, we're treated with a Red Virginia flake, using specially sourced …

For this Tobacco File, we’re taking a quick look at a TobaccoPipes.com exclusive which releases on November 21, 2023 at 4pm EST— Krampusnacht. Sutliff Tobacco Company's Cringle Flake tradition gets a dark twist with this return to a whole leaf, straight Red Virginia blend (last done by Sutlif …

It doesn't feel like it was more than a couple months ago that I was in smoking tent at the Chicago Pipe Show, popping a tin of Paradoxical for the first time. We were a few short weeks away from its release, marking the end of the first Per Jensen Signature Series—Birds of a Feather. It was …

I'll start this Tobacco File with an apology—I always try to post these columns dealing with limited release pipe tobaccos before they go live. Circumstances delayed my being able to post last week, and Maple Shadows was released Friday and sold out. Since the column was nearly finished, I figu …