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 Su …

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 …

About two months ago we were introduced to Sergeant Deckard, launching the second Sutliff presented Per Jensen Signature series, Pipe Force. That can only mean we are due for another invasion shortly. At precisely 6pm EST, September 13th, 2023, Captain Ryan touches down in Pipe Force Episo …

Pipe Force Episode IV is live! Last year, Sutliff introduced the Per Jensen Signature Series with Birds of a Feather. The collection included six pipe blends, each containing at least one special, rare tobacco. I knew that the series would return this year with a new line of mixtures, …

Sutliff Phantom Privateer goes live on Tuesday, July 4th at 6pmThe sixth installment of the Sutliff Barrel Aged Series has arrived. For a little background, the Barrel Aged series are limited release blends in Sutliff's Crumble Kake series, which includes regular production mixtures such a …

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 …

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 …

It’s been a busy April at TobaccoPipes and it all culminated with the Chicago Pipe Show over the weekend. I generally like to feature regular production blends for the monthly Tobacco File and save special releases for the irregular, one-off columns. I was going to write one such column for Sam …