McClelland Pal O' Mine

The Virginia has a little grass and citrus. The burley is nutty with a little toast and molasses, and shows itself a little more toward the last quarter. The black cavendish offers brown sugar in the background. The creamy smooth mild to medium peach topping sublimates the tobaccos to a fair extent, but it does sport a very mild artificial note. I didn’t find it distracting, though. The nic-hit is extremely mild. Won’t or get harsh. Just a little moist in the tin, but needs no dry time. Burns well and cool with a mostly consistent flavor. Requires a few relights, but not enough to bug you. Leaves a little moisture in the bowl, but no goop or dottle. The sweet after taste lingers a little. A fairly easy going all day smoke. Two and a half stars.

-JimInks

The best peach blend I have had to date. I smoke a wide variety of tobaccos, from English to Virginia to Aromatics. I like how the topping is not totally overdone, but the peach taste remains steady throughout the bowl. DGT's pretty well, too.

Govern Yourself Accordingly!

Nope. This isn't any Pal 'O Mine only because I never liked peaches, in a pipe, in my cereal or even in my cobbler.

Still, it is quality and you can taste tobacco, too. It is also biteless. So, for the peach loving crowd out there, this may be perfection in a can.

In opening the tin I found the peach aroma nice-not too heavy. The moisture content was also just right. Loaded the pipe, and began. As I smoked the entire bowl--from top, mid down to the bottom I detected all the way through a nice melding of the fruity, and burleys going on. It did not bite, and as I kepte smoking I had thought my pipe had went out. In fact I was through the entire bowl, and it burned down to a nice white ash. I found it NOT to be clowing, or goopy. In fact it is one of the few aromatics I have tried that is not goopy. If you like aromatics I suggest this for a nice break from from some of the other vanilla, chocolate etc. stuff. One other reviewer had noted they thought perhaps this blend is made in a way that has the casing infused. I can say I agree. For me the peachy taste was always going on along with a nice burly flavor coming through also. Over all I can say I liked it. I would purchase this again if someone asked whether, or not I would.

I must say after reviewing this site I am thrilled to be a reviewer. Before I review this brand, I want to express that I have no bias towards the reviews of others. As we all know a good smoke is the one YOU enjoy, though it may not favor all, it favors you, and thats what makes us united. The pleasure of pipe smoking,... Okay, enough of self introduction. Pal o'Mine is an exceptional all day smoke, one you can smoke for days before rotation. Im impressed with this blend, and confess that it is a blend with one desiginated pipe, " a corn cob". you can sip this and lower your blood pressure very quickly, the aroma is wonderfull, there is a hint of fresh fruit and pure tobacco, how wonderfull McClelland is at blending, after a good light a few puffs and a gentile tamp, I rarely ever have to relight, I enjoy this riding home from work. just because it is mild do's not mean it's not tasty, there is no dottle or bite, even when your puffing away, my pipe never over heats, and I think the cob gives this blend justice, never under estimate simplicity, 3 stars for sure, I love McClelland blends, and will be partial to many of there tobaccos. Happy Jack

McClellands tinned aromatics seem to occupy shades of a grey area for me. They're not "hit or miss" - they're more "just good enough or not quite good enough". This falls into the latter category.

This didn't have the mouth-tingling flavor of Tastemaster, nor the intoxicating tin aroma of Best of Show nor the quiet whisper of added flavor in Easy Street. The peach flavor was a little more notable than I cared for but it wasn't unpleasant. In fact, if you like artificially flavored fruity tobacco, this is probably one of the best. To that end, it achieves what I believe McClellands set out to do. My personal bias is away from cherries and peaches in tobacco; but I intended to try all the McC's tinned aros and I think this is a good one for those of you without my personal bias. It's a high quality American-style aromatic from a high quality American blender. If you like peaches in your smoke, don't wait.

Looking for something to enjoy in the warmer season I decided to give this a go. As I have found with all McClelland blends, quality tobacco was employed here. Peach flavor is evident from tin to ash. Light, easy and one dimensional all through the bowl. After a few bowls I decided to throw some Virginia in the mix to add some character. I normally don't smoke aromatics, but on the front porch this does well with mixed company. Without the addition of some Virginia I would have found this boring and almost not worth loading in the pipe.

This is absolutely the best peach blend that exists. The fruity smell in the tin translates directly to the smoke. When smoked in a leisurely fashion, I find that the taste lasts the entire bowl. There is also a fair amount of nicotine in this tobacco, which makes it quite satisfying. Love it!

If you are searching for a non-cloying peach aromatic, this is it. McClelland's aromatics are some of the best, and this is an example why.

There will always be a tin of this in my cabinet.

Due to my inability to acquire more of this blend I suppose it’s a good thing I don’t care for its flavor. In the tin it smells as advertised, like peach cobbler. Once lit, the story changed, I tasted mostly a sort of zwieback toast kind of flavor, with the peach as a mild topping. I don’t know if this is coming from perhaps the Burley or possibly some supporting topping that was put on the blend, but it is very distracting and rather unpleasant. Those who are searching this out will get no competition from me.