The folks who will really be hurting from this are the tobacconists who blend their own, rebrand tobaccos as their own, or who actually have Sutliff manufacture store brands for them. The Country Squire, Iwan Ries, Watch City Cigar, Peretti, and Uhle’s all come immediately to mind. I spoke to one of these shops at length yesterday and most of their store blends could be affected, but they have heard no specifics from STG about this. They’re as much in the dark as we are. He also told me that half of their recent order from Sutliff was backordered and he didn’t know whether or not it would ever be filled.
I agree. Having to depend on friends to send tobacco would not sit well with me if were on the receiving end. I would be so appreciative and happy from the kindness, but I was never the type to rely on people for my habits and hobbies. But what would worry me is NOT having the opportunity to just buy what I want. We are living in weird times, like an overprotective nanny in our world society. The question is "why" did MacBaren sell out? What was the point?
The family who inherited the company wanted to do something else with their lives.
It's a good thing you stowed away 35 pounds of Edgeworth Ready Rubbed match then.
Not that much, man. I have quite a bit of it and a few other blends I like.
Right before Lane moved out of the U.S. I did a major stock up on Captain Black, Lane bulk, and the Codger blends they made including Lane Limited Ready Rubbed. Did the same with Prince Albert. Over the last few years I just bought a tub a month and some tins here and there of Sutliff tobaccos. I'm good with Edward G. Robinson, Heine's Blend and Dutch Masters Whiskey Cavendish. I'm glad I tucked a few pounds of Mixture-79 away. I'm not ashamed to tell you that I really like Mixture-79. For the last six months I've been smoking a lot of Country Squire's Cowboy Coffee. I think I'll be OK with this Sutliff downfall but I'm sad for future pipe smokers not having the choices we had. Then again, maybe it will open doors for new companies. I know our country grows alot of tobacco.
That's smart thinking.
It's significantly harder to push a new tobacco blend through the FDA than beer.
I remember the old ads in the magazines for the Old Grandad tobacco. That is one of the reasons I bought it. I saw a post on another platform from you a long time ago about that. It's pretty neat that Sutliff kept the same colors from the original whiskey brand. I was pretty bummed that Sutliffs flag tobacco is going to disappear. I saw a picture of a soldier writing a letter to home while in Vietnam smoking a pipe with a box of Mixture-79 next to him. It has so much history just like Prince Albert and it's going to vanish.
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