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2024 In Review

December 31, 2024 by Sykes Wilford

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The year 2024 has been the single most tumultuous period for the pipe-tobacco industry since the beginning of my career in the late 1990s, even more so than in 2016 when the publication of FDA's Deeming Regulations upended the regulatory environment for pipe tobacco in the U.S. ... Read More

Top 10 Best-Selling Virginia Blends

February 22, 2024 by Rose Kiser

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Updated for Spring 2024. The most popular Virginia blends we offer, along with a few suggestions here and there, should you be looking to try something new or find blends similar to your favorites. ... Read More

Pipe Force: Episode V - Interview with Per Jensen and Jeremy McKenna

September 13, 2023 by Shane Ireland

Pipe Force: Episode V from Sutliff extends the series imagined by Per Georg Jensen which celebrates the vast potential for exploration still existing while creating memorable tobacco blends. Hot-pressed and ready-rubbed into a crumble cake format, Rustica is stoved along with Virginia and Oriental Katerini; these combined ... Read More

Top 13 Best-Selling Flake Tobaccos

June 16, 2023 by John McElheny

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Like spun-cut or coin-cut tobaccos, flake tobacco began at sea as a means of preserving a blend's moisture content. Pressed tobacco dried out less quickly because less surface area was exposed to air, ensuring that sailors could enjoy smoking their pipes over the course of long voyages. ... Read More

10 Great Winter Smokes

January 19, 2023 by Gabriel Bass

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As winter begins its gusty approach once again, I find myself returning to blends that offer rich, deep flavors, or alternately, old favorites that feature top notes of nostalgic quality. I can't say what exactly draws me to certain blend types in the winter months. Perhaps Latakia's smoky, incense-like flavors unlock ... Read More

10 Pipe Tobaccos New Smokers Should Try

September 22, 2022 by Gabriel Bass

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For new pipe smokers, the vast number of blends available from today's blenders can be intimidating. On the other hand, it can cause what some refer to as Tobacco Acquisition Disorder, when one buys all the tobacco they can fit in their house. I experienced both in my early days smoking a pipe, going through periods of smoking only ... Read More

Top 10 Best-Selling Pure Virginia Pipe Tobaccos

August 18, 2022 by Truett Smith

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Virginia tobaccos are arguably the most ubiquitous of all pipe-tobacco components. Few blends would exist without Virginias — even Aromatics and Latakia-forward mixtures rely on Virginia leaf for balance and condimental complexity — and some blends, pure Virginias, entirely comprise the flue-cured leaf. ... Read More

Tasting Notes: Sutliff's North Pole Peppermint Mocha

December 15, 2021 by Shane Ireland

Happy Holidays and welcome back to another episode of Tasting Notes. For today's installment, I have something very festive in store for you. As many of you know, I am mostly a Virginia and a Virginia/Perique smoker, but more recently I've been diving into the bountiful world of Aromatics. So, naturally,I was actually pretty excited to try Sutliff's recently released North Pole Peppermint Mocha. ... Read More

Classic OTC Blends: Sutliff's Mixture No. 79 First Impressions

October 7, 2020 by Jeffery Sitts

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Sutliff pipe tobacco has become a staple across the pipe smoking world, filling personal cellars as well as tobacco shops since 1849 when H.W. Sutliff founded the Sutliff Tobacco Company in San Francisco, California. From the mid-19th century until the early 1900's the company primarily operated as a retail establishment, selling cigars, pipe tobacco, and providing other retailers with high-quality blending components and premixed pipe tobaccos. ... Read More

Tasting Notes: Mixture No. 79 (ft. Jeremy McKenna)

September 18, 2019 by Shane Ireland

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On this episode of Tasting Notes, I'm joined once again by Jeremy McKenna, President of Sutliff Tobacco, to discuss the blending house's flagship blend, Mixture No 79. Tune in as Jeremy talks a little about the production process for this blend and I offer my own thoughts as I smoke through a bowl. ... Read More