Mac Baren Stockton
(3.06)
A spun tobacco, cut in small birds eyes. A very special, mild and cool smoke. Cavendish and dark-fired Kentucky this blend has a mellow sweetness with spicy, smoky undertones.
Notes: The natural sugar content of the ripe Virginia tobaccos gives Stockton a slight sweetness. Unsweetened cavendish made from smoked dark-fired Kentucky tobaccos has been added, giving a piquant taste. As a result, the tobacco is slightly bitter and rounded in taste.
Details
Profile
Strength
Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Extremely Mild
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Mild to Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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3.06 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 51 - 54 of 54 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jun 12, 2009 | Mild to Medium | Mild | Mild to Medium | Pleasant |
Stockton generally has been reviewed favorably in these pages. For me, though, it wasn't a bell ringer. The taste is rather non-descript, without anything to make it distinctive. It's not bad in any way, it just doesn't push my buttons.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| May 07, 2008 | Medium | Mild | Mild to Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
What leads you to be interested in trying a tobacco?
As a newbie, everything about the experience influences me. The can is green, one of my favorite colours. The name has sort of an English flair, that I'm sure the Anglophile Danes chose deliberately. The brand, MacBaren: I have tried other blends, and through research know it has a history and reputation for quality.
But I've developed a little experience with other blends to know what I like. This blend, I like. As others have noted, it does not seem to have a strong casing, but is merely leaf, rolled, pressed and cured. Complex taste notes are as yet too subtle for me, but I don't sense there are complex depths to be explored here. The relative simplicity of this blend, laid out in nice cut coins in the can, invites you to try it and enjoy it. It is not so much any lack of subtlety, as simplicity in taste. I've tried Dark Twist, which I like, and which some compare to Stockton, and I think I like this better. In fact, I expect I'll be trying other blends, but I think I'll come back to this one.
As a newbie, everything about the experience influences me. The can is green, one of my favorite colours. The name has sort of an English flair, that I'm sure the Anglophile Danes chose deliberately. The brand, MacBaren: I have tried other blends, and through research know it has a history and reputation for quality.
But I've developed a little experience with other blends to know what I like. This blend, I like. As others have noted, it does not seem to have a strong casing, but is merely leaf, rolled, pressed and cured. Complex taste notes are as yet too subtle for me, but I don't sense there are complex depths to be explored here. The relative simplicity of this blend, laid out in nice cut coins in the can, invites you to try it and enjoy it. It is not so much any lack of subtlety, as simplicity in taste. I've tried Dark Twist, which I like, and which some compare to Stockton, and I think I like this better. In fact, I expect I'll be trying other blends, but I think I'll come back to this one.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jul 06, 2007 | Medium | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Many pipe smokers complain that many, if not most, MB blends bite them. I never experienced bite with any MB blend until I smoked Stockton. It wasn?t the usual type of bite but rather what I would term a ?spicy citrusy nip? that kicked in after only a few short puffs in every pipe I tried. This nip masked, or at the very least distorted, what flavor and taste this blend had to offer?if it was there. My tin was more than two years old to boot. The nicest thing I can say about Stockton is the appearance of the spun cut coins that have the lighter color tobacco around the circumference of the coins punctuated with darker tobacco centers. But no one should have a preference for a particular blend ???or women, on looks alone. So look elsewhere. It will NOT be worth your while to STOCK a TON of this blend in your cellar.
A cigarette is to be smoked. A cigar is to be enjoyed. A pipe is to be savored.
I rate this blend 3.5 out of 10.
A cigarette is to be smoked. A cigar is to be enjoyed. A pipe is to be savored.
I rate this blend 3.5 out of 10.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jun 24, 2006 | Medium | Medium | Medium | Unnoticeable |
greetings my fellow avid pipe smoker....i just bought a 100g tin of stockton in freighbourgh, germany 2 days ago n damn it ddnt just burn my tounge as i smoke it 4 the first time, it also impaired my lips as well as my palate senseless....let me tell ya'll like dis, wen i smoked my first bowlful of stockton, there was dis cracklin sound as the leaves burn...i thought it was just some idle subliminal thought dat crossed my brain...den i smoked it for the second time wit anoder pipe, n the cracklin sound was still there...so i figured this must be the too-wet va leaves, very typical of mac baren eh...and owh i 4got to state dat in d midst of smokin my second bowlful, i realized dat evry part of my mouth was literally burnd!!!!!! i plan to let the tin open for a month n im gonna come back to it later.....4 the moment i dnt recommend dis to ya'll..too sickly rampant for my taste
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