Mac Baren - Original Choice pipe tobacco reviews

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keremgulermen	12/19/2012	Very Mild	Very Mild	Mild	Pleasant
I can say the few one to smokable of Mac Baren Choice Serie. If you cant find a nice tobacco, you may smoke all day.
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Kleidophoros	05/23/2012	Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild	Pleasant
Another blend I can locally find. A bit moist, burns hot, on the wet side with a mild flavour. Bites if you are not careful. Smells great though, wife loves it. Comes in 40gr pouches; I am sure you can find a better aromatics at this price.
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Arctic Briarian	03/12/2012	Mild	Medium to Strong	Mild	Pleasant
And suddenly my pipe turned into a caramel candy bar... This is a mild, light, smooth and - yes - sweet blend. However, unlike other sweet aromatics I have tried, this one really comes with a very pleasant flavor. Easy to pack and light, reasonably dry and low maintenance - but it burns quite hot and fast.
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Zeno_Croatia	02/07/2012	Mild	Very Mild	Mild	Very Pleasant
Very nice tobacco. I have both Original Choice and Vanilla Cream, they are not very different, except for a slight vanilla flavour present in Vanilla Cream. This burns evenly, I didn't had any bites and room note is wife approved. :) I am still a pipe beginner, and I would recommend this one to beginners.
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Sean	01/30/2012	Mild	Very Mild	Mild	Pleasant
Ordered a tin of Original Choice when I ordered my tin of plumcake back several months ago just to have something else to try. You know, didn't want just one thing in that box. Not disappointed. Enjoy smoking this. Nothing special, but special enough for me to make sure I keep some on hand.
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scenario drunk	01/17/2012	Mild	Very Mild	Mild	Pleasant

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PTpipe	10/04/2011	Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Pleasant
2*
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RupturedDuck	08/31/2011	Mild to Medium	Mild	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable
Ok, so you are finished with the pouch of Cherry Captain Black that your girlfriend bought you for your birthday and are wondering where to go from here? Original Choice is a great next step. The tobacco is midly sweet, and will leave behind a not unpleasant reminder that someone has recently finished a pipe. It does not have the heavy sweet smell that may cause some non-pipe enthusiasts to proclaim their appreciation for pipe smoke. The enjoyment of this tobacco produces a cool, dry smoke, and is rather easily maintained. The ash left behind is a fine white powder. For these reasons, I also recommend this tobacco for use breaking in a new pipe. This tobacco is everything expected in a pipe filler, and therin lies the 3 star recommendation. It doesn't surprise, amaze. However it does provide consistant enjoyment. This is a fine all day tobacco that you will not be displeased with.
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Win	08/31/2011	Very Mild	Mild	Mild to Medium	Pleasant

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Caripu	08/14/2011	Mild	Medium to Strong	Mild	Pleasant
A nice smoke to be an aromatic. I'm a VA, Vaper and English mixtures guy and there is a very small number of aromatics in my list of "smokable" leafs. Original Choice is not one of my top ten, nor top 20 tobaccos, but in social environments seems to be well accepted by sorrounders. It's a flat smoke, as most of aromatics are, but is also consistent from the begining to the end of the bowl, not suffering the strong degradation that other aromatics do once you pass the first half of the bowl. Recommended for aromatic fans an for social smokers.
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NedF	07/12/2011	Very Mild	Mild	Very Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable
Probably the best of the MB 'choice' offerings. I can't really say what it is that this tobacco tastes like. It is an aromatic, but not overwhelmingly so. I found myself liking this more as I worked through the 40g pouch, but probably won't buy again.
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Xeneize	06/15/2011	Mild to Medium	Medium to Strong	Medium to Full	Pleasant
Premium Virginias, Burley and Black Cavendish, a smooth, tasty, cool smoke with almost no tongue bite (if smoked slowly) and the perfect moisture right from the pouch. The flavoring reminds me of dried peach, making one of the best aromatics I've every tried.
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Dexdpd	06/05/2011	Extremely Mild	Mild	Extremely Mild (Flat)	Pleasant
This was my first pipe smoke, and although it was nice, it is not something I currently smoke, surely not on a daily basis, right now it's in a jar, left for ageing.
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bence	04/15/2011	Very Mild	Mild to Medium	Mild	Very Pleasant
Brilliant composition. It's a must for all aromatic lovers. If you smoke this baccy you'll collect a lot of flattering comment on its fragrance. Like a fruit-cak. Minus 1 star 'cause it is extra light :(
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VALICK	04/08/2011	Very Mild	Medium	Medium to Full	Strong
12 years of Mac Baren's Original Choice, non stop... Highly Recommended indeed Five Stars *****
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T. Siek	02/08/2011	Very Mild	Extremely Mild	Mild	Pleasant to Tolerable
My first tobacco, marketed as a beginners blend, and I suppose such it is. Easy enough in maintenance and not overpowering for someone who's not smoked tobacco otherwise, but at the same time it did come off rather bland for the first couple of smokes. However with time I've found it can be rather tasty it its own right, and is definitely a pleasant smoke, especially if smoked relaxedly. To this day though I don't pick up much flavoring as such (my general reaction is "Flavored? Well if you say so...") Happen to find it perfect for morning coffee. Recommended if you want something mild and unobtrusive, for a morning to noon or an all-day smoke perhaps. However you may find it boring if you're used to fuller or more complex tastes.
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Unsal	01/05/2011	Medium	Mild	Mild to Medium	Tolerable
Not Recommended.
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The Black Falcon	01/05/2011	Mild to Medium	Mild to Medium	Mild	Pleasant
I've made MacBarens Original Choice my overall all day blend, along with some medium English as an alternating blend. After trying most of MB's blends {not all of them} i seem to favor this more-so than the rest, mainly because of its genuine sweetness and real tobacco taste. Not too bland but a gentle unabounded sweetness that i can smoke all day long. To me the sweetness of the virginias, which is very selective from any of MB's blends, combined with just enough dark burley to give it a slight buttery, creamy, chocalaty taste, falls short of a blend that incorporates too much of a good thing. I've ran across a few of those, Dan Tobacco's Milonga and Davinci are two that are great tasting but i found myself loading up a bowl of those blends too many times. hence, too much of a good thing. I think a slightly bland tobacco that offers an exceptionally good overall taste, is necessary for an all dayer that you can add as a rotater along with something else that you like. It all depends on you and what your tastebuds are telling you. This one very easily slipped into my daily rotation, two aro's and one English. Strength is just right for me that completely satisfy's my N cravings without it being too harsh, with absolutly no tongue bite.
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Steden	11/28/2010	Very Mild	Mild to Medium	Very Mild	Very Pleasant
OC is not recommendable to Latakia puritans nor to nicotine hunters but highly recommendable to freshmen, recommendable to Aros fanciers, so and so recommendable to all the ones (like me) which normally are floating around the atoll of Natural Aromatics. Yes, a perfect Macbeginners tobacco but not only, with this blend Mac Baren boys show one more time their skills on tobacco production combined with marketing strategies. OC is a mild, unassuming aromatic (even not bad in any way) able to gain a respectable reputation, it is described on MB official web-site emphasizing the quality of tobacco supply and then it’s sold on a low-profiled cardboard corrugated pouch; in a manner or another they are strategic on stimulate our curiosity and are able to satisfy the 65-70% of pipe smokers…...Macchiavelli and Von Clausewitz worked they for Mac Baren?
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Danotti	11/18/2010	Mild	Mild to Medium	Very Mild	Pleasant
Quality aromatic tobacco with good burning and very good room note.Great for morning smoke as it is not very powerful.Nearly no tounge bite unless you puff too strong.Beter then Virginia Choice according to me.
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