Sutliff SPS-3 Cherry Pipe Tobacco

Of the three recently purchased cherry tobaccos (including Blood Moon Cult, and Lane Limited Very Cherry), this Sutliff was my favorite. The aromatic was present but restrained, the experience pleasant and not forced.

Good

First bowl - smells kind of musty out of the bag. Pretty moist - doesn't like to stay lit in the first half, but not goopy. Very light topping - this is barely an aromatic in the flavor depth, and it can very easily cause tongue bite. It does have a very pleasant room note and there is a hint of cherry in the air. Imagine a ribbon cut Virginia steamed with a tiny hint of cherry and then stuffed into a bag, and that's basically what this is. If you like straight Virginia non-aromatics, aren't a big fan of aromatics, but are bored with the same old flavors, this might be for you. I personally don't think I'll buy this again, but I think I'll get through the 8oz bag I bought. I think I'll blend this with PS black cavendish to drop the tongue bite a bit and make it smoke a little better.

This is an odd tobacco, and I wish I hadn’t purchased eight ounces of it. When I opened the bag, I thought it was strange that there was no cherry aroma. That was a bad sign. Not much aroma of anything at all. I lit up a bowl of it, and there was zero cherry flavor. None. I did detect a strong plastic flavor, though. It was gross. I guess the bag imparted a flavor to the tobacco. I didn’t even smoke half a bowl of this stuff before I dumped it out. I must have received a bad batch. I have ordered large bags of Sutliff blends before, and this has never happened. I do enjoy Sutliff tobaccos, just not this one. Two big thumbs down.

A pleasant light cherry flavor and it smokes easy.