McClelland Pal O' Mine

I had never had a peach tobacco before, so I jumped at the chance to try this one. I'm not disappointed. The smell from the tin is pleasant. It reminded me of some peaches and cream flavoured oatmeal I used to eat as a kid. It does have an artificial peach smell to it which can be good or bad, depending on your own experiences with peach flavoured foods/tobaccos.

It smokes well in my pipes. I don't recall having to relight my pipe an excessive amount of times. The taste is nice, but not overpowering. Pipe stem tends to get a bit wet though.

My wife likes the room note, so it passes that test.

Overall I like this blend and would purchase it again.

Oh well, I must admit, when I first lit my pipe with this "Pal o' Mine" I was immediately brought back 20 years prior to my days of Captain Black.

Yes, this smells like CB, tastes lke CB and even looks like Captain Black... what is going on here.I know, how dare I compare a McClelland to the drugstore variants. I feel I just had to, since I could not stop feeling I had smoked this (and not liked it) so very long ago.

Perhaps, it is because a small tin had cost me 25$ Canadian (24US) that I felt I was missing something here. There was no richness, no flavor that would envelop my senses, and even the blandness seemed a trifle "bland"!

My wife, the "note" expert, seemed disinterested and I felt I had smelled this somewhere before. It was a very unexciting and uneventful (not to mention uninspiring) tin that bade me no pleasure. I am still smoking it, 4 mos after my purchase (very rare for me), and am looking forward to being able to store my paperclips in it.

I do love a good aromatic, really I do. It's just that this tobacco, at least to me., is just not very good. Maybe I felt let down by the inflated prose that led me to think this was something to be cherished. I however admonish all aromatic connoisseurs to heed my advice and let this Pal o' Mine go astray into the night and consider your good fortune on not having wasted your time and hard earned greenbacks on such an uninspiring tobacco.

UPDATE: this is a 4 star aromatic. one of my "permanent rotation"

Original: 4-07

Lights well and stays lit when packed properly. Great room aroma. I can detect the peach cobbler note as the description says - interesting, how do they do that? 🙂

The burley makes this blend a success. If it were pure Cavendish with this heavy a casing, it would be YUCK!! - and I'm a Cavendish fan! But, the burley saves the day.

For aromatic fans a must try!

UPDATE: 5-10-2007

I may dedicate a pipe to this blend as it has become one of my regular rotation.

I will buy this again in the future, a definite crowd pleaser and it will not bite. Three lovely young ladies at a recent party asked if they could smoke my pipe after enjoying the Pal-o-mine aroma for about 2 hrs. Simply astonishing.

This was one of the very best peach aros money could buy. A lot like peaches and cream by peter stokkebye, minus the "cream" (vanilla). It left a very fragrant room note in the air, and would ghost even a meer for several bowls to follow.

It had a slight caramel note behind the peach, and plenty of cavendish taste.

A solid 4 star aromatic. Like the other premium aromatic series, was nigh near impossible to dry out.

​The pros of this one is in his very mildness. But the same is his flaw - he’s too loyal to you so you cant really remember what music is he into. Actually, a true pal should be harsh sometimes.

If you like peaches, this is the one for you. It's basically a cavendish blend covered with peach juice (my interpretation). I like McClelland tobaccos, especially the cavendish blends with vanilla and chocolate, and now this one with peaches. Upon opening the tin you'll experience a wonderful peachy aroma. It can burn a little hot, but I think that's unique to me, because I puff like crazy. Probably, great for dessert on ice cream, I speculate.

I don't smell peach to me this brand smells like wine flavouring. It's mild but yet more tasteful than some aromatics. It's not sweet enough or creamy for my taste but I can see why people like it. I think it's worth a try. If you are into say chocolate or more dessert type flavours then you may not like it. Again I didn't pick out the peach but it could be just the batch I received.

Very nice Tobacco/Pleasant,Mild,Room note Outstanding!!!Not like most aromatics;Flavoring is well-infused into Mix.GOOD BALANCE... I have a suspicion Mcld's,have steam-pressed this Mix...I find no tongue bite,and doesn't Bowl Me over.....When i had 1/2 left of my 50g tin...I filled the tin to the top with Mcld's Red Virginian...dumped mix in2mix'g-bowl...Filled my Pipe,,WOW,,i think this is going 2b my new"Going-To-Pub-Mix." :+)

I'm impressed! When I read the label that it had the "vaguely reminiscent of grandma's peach cobbler" I just wondered what I was in for. I lit the bowl got absorbed in some work and it dawned on me that my mouth tasted like peaches. Initially I had no association with the tobacco instead I was wondering what I ate that left me thinking of peaches. Well it's a good job. For me this blend is like a liqueur and it's to be enjoyed infrequently but not to be forgotten. I think in today's market it has a limited existence so if you like it stock up before the discontinuation.