Mac Baren Vanilla Roll Cake / Classic Roll Cake

Mac Baren- Vanilla Roll Cake

I recently purchased this from an online retailer who marked all Mac Baren blends 15% off. This blend has been on my list to try but I am always disappointed by "aromatic blends".

This comes in a 3.5 oz tin and with the reduced price seemed like a great deal. This tin is labeled Mar2021.

Upon opening you are met with a very natural smelling vanilla aroma, that does not overpower and is quite alluring. The coins are not moist or damp with PG, and are ready to smoke out of the tin immediately.

The coins are easily packed into my Rossi 8320 Author and light easily enough, the initial Mac Baren bite appears while lighting the blend but passed quickly. The room note is beautiful and enticing.

The virginias in this are hay, little bread and some grass but mix well with the vanilla flavors presented, the vanilla is somewhat spiced not in a pepper sense but more so in a mulled sense.

I will be adding more of this blend to the cellar when possible.

My first Mac Baren spin cut. Perhaps some drying would enhance the blend but it smokes fine out of the tin. The lightly applied high quality vanilla mixes quite well with the tobaccos and complements the sweetness of the Virginia but not overpowering and you just barley know it is in the background. No bite even when pushed a little. Delightful smoke and pairs well with coffee and later with a sweet bourbon. I left a half a bowl on the porch overnight and it was very good the next morning. Quite enjoyable blend.

Not much to add from the reviewers above. I love spun cut tobacco, I love Virginias, I love the way Per Georg Jensen created intricate flavours to complement the already spectacular tobacco profiles. The coins are beautiful and smalish - brownish golden. They have a delicious blended smell of pure Virginia greatness with the best quality Vanilla aroma in the pipe tobacco mkt. Reminiscent of Vanilla Cream - my fave aro of all time, this is even better, because it is not as strong, just right and complements a creamy full bodied but tender smoke in a fantastic way. Room note is superb, flavour is delicious. No goop, no mess. fine ash after the delightful lunting. Ultra satisfying. Top rated.

Mac Baren - Vanilla Roll Cake.

Some blends require many bowls, assiduous deciphering, to gain an opinion. Others, usually aromatics, don't! This, of course falls into the latter; 1: it's an aromatic. 2: I only had my first bowl today!!

Anyhoo, opening the tin reveals a medium brown, 'speckled' with light spots, blend of slightly rough looking coins. I instantly noticed the aroma of vanilla emanating from the tin; very enticing! The moisture is perfect, so no waiting is needed for a smoke.

A 'Grown-Up' aromatic. Meaning, yes there's vanilla, but the smoke isn't a quagmire of sticky-sweetness. The vanilla offers a touch of decadence to the tobaccos, yet doesn't rule-the-roost. There's lots of sprightly, lively Virginia, giving a sharp zesty-note, plenty of nutty Burley, and just enough 'lazy' Black Cavendish. The smoke can become a little warm if puffed with too much alacrity, so take it easy! Other than that, it burns perfect; steady, consistent, even.

Room-note: very nice. Nicotine: a decent amount, separating it from a lot of 'weak' aromatics.

Vanilla Roll Cake? A lovely blend, a definite four stars:

Highly recommended.

Great coin tobacco. Filled as per jensen showed in the video which was shared by another reviewer. 2x 3 falled coins and some rubbed out. Full vanilla aroma but never overpowering. I m not enough advanced as a pipe smoker to differ the different tobacco but it s not only vanilla you taste. The tobacco taste is still there but noted with vanilla. I could compare it to some sweet where you find nuances. Burns great and nearly endless. Took over an hour to finish it (without breaks). Sometimes burns a bit hot so let the pipe rest (or it's my still amateur smoking speed) Price is great for what you get! I ll love to smoke it again. Over this and some other blends I started to enjoy light aros nearly the most till now.

First thing cracking the seal on this 9-month-old tin, was the hiss and then I was hit with such a beautiful, natural vanilla aroma. Coupled with that slight sourness of Mac B Virginia tobaccos, I knew I was going to be in for a pleasant smoking experience.

The appearance of these bright and medium brown coins laid neatly in this tin was just as impressive as the flavor and aroma. Rubbing these little coins out, you are left with that wonderful vanilla aroma on your fingers. Straight up expensive vanilla beans. I do a lot of cooking/baking with vanilla beans, especially in Creme Brule. This tobacco smells like a high-class desert. Nothing cloying or artificial here whatsoever.

The initial lighting is sweet vanilla, minor nutty burley, and bready sweet Virginia. Quite a few of Mac B blends give me terrible tongue bite, but its non-existent here. If Entenmann's Vanilla cream cheese Danish were a tobacco, this would be it.

This blend smokes consistently throughout the bowl if sipped, and the vanilla room note stays to the bottom of the bowl. No harshness, no roughness. I bought this 3.5 oz tin a while back and smoked most of this tin in a few days. I think I'll be ordering the 16oz bag shortly here. This is a great indoor tobacco, my wife was in love with both the tin and room notes. It also makes a great morning commute blend, and it smells wonderful when I go back to my truck at lunch. This is a very high-quality Virginia that just happens to be an aromatic.

Do yourself a favor and pick up a tin or a pound, this is a solid 4 star blend!

Una mezcla realmente deliciosa que está elaborada con una base de tabacos de altísima calidad que no dejará a nadie indiferente. No es abrumador pero su toque de vainilla natural y orgánica hace que incluso los reticentes a los aromáticos se replanten volverlo a fumar pues es 10/10. Dulce, redondo, cremoso y espectacularmente rico. Muy muy recomendado.

Caballo Ganador. Mac Baren, buen trabajo!!!

This stuff is good. I don’t really need 25 words to explain why but I am required to write at least 25 words. Basically, if you like tobacco, if you like smoking a pipe, even if you don’t really like either, you should smoke this.