Mac Baren Stockton

Mixed feelings about this one.

The spicy dark fired cavendish was enjoyable to be sure. Great mellowed out presentation of dark fired tastes, and a nice complexity.

On the other hand, either the virginias didn't come through very well, or they just weren't to my tastes, something. Which would be fine, except that, and here is my main critique of Stockton, the blend has a (to me) sickly sweet flavor that overpowers the mixture. Drying it as has been suggested helped, but not enough. While it isn't as overtly topped in the Danish fashion as other Mac Baren tobaccos, I have a difficult time believing that there are no flavorings in the blend, some of the typical Mac Baren spices (yum!) were definitely there. Possibly added in the processing of the cavendish, not sure.

I enjoyed it, and generally I like sweet tobaccos, but that sweetness just ruined it for me. I found myself putting the pipe down too quickly. Granted, if sipped slowly enough the flavor really pops but I am an outdoor smoker and it is difficult if not impossible to get it simmered down to that sweet spot with even a little breeze, and it is windy almost all the time where I live. Probably won't go for it again. Too bad, I did like the cavendish and the presentation. Did not experience any bite whatsoever. On a side note, the name Stockton and the Utah Jazz colors of the tin - right on Mac Baren, heh heh.

I don't know what drew me to purchase a tin of Stockton, but it was a nice experience for the most part. I hadn't gone in for any blends previously containing Kentucky tobacco, but this was a nice way to start. Much milder than something like GL Pease' "Jacknife", Stockton was interesting to experience and become familiar with. I especially enjoyed smoking it outside or when coming in from the woods, which put it into a sort of niche for me. I had no problem teasing-out and working this coin-spun tobacco into my pipe.

If I don't sound too enthusiastic about Stockton, I'll readily admit it's a matter of some subjectivity for me. It was certainly enjoyable enough to spark some interest in trying a couple other Mac Baren tobaccos later on.

An alternative to Dark Twist. Almost the same but MacBaren has been less generous with the casing. The discs are smaller, and the tobacco taste is more clean. If you like Dark Twist, but wants to try a more tobacco-like version of the same, give this one a go.

A very mild blend. looks very nice in the tin and has a very mild smell. What stood out was that nothing stood out. its not that I disliked it nothing stood out nothing grabbed my attention to sweep me away. I would recomend this tobacco to the first time smoker as something mild to start out with. it was plasent and well balenced asll and all a good blend

I like it too much, sadly it has two problems: the lack of nicotine strenght (that frankly is expected in this kind of old traditional tobaccos), and little tongue bit even if slowly puffed.

If you like Mac Baren's Roll Cake, you'll probably like Stockton. In fact these two attractive roll cake tobaccos look and taste almost identical. Again, my complaint with Mac Baren is most of their tobaccos are a little mild and one dimensional - flavorwise - and smoke too hot. Then again, with their long history and the remarkable variety of tobaccos Mac Baren provide, who am I to complain?

I must say I am disappointed in this one.

It's not just pure tobacco flavor, it's pure "no flavor" at all.

Same as Dark Twist, Roll Cake and the others. As least, Dark Twist tastes something with the casing. This one, nothing.

Too bad.

The discs are nicely prepared and presented but my tin was on the dry side initally. In addition, this blend seemed to dry out faster in the pouch than others that I purchase even in bulk. This may have resulted in a rather harsh taste initally even though this one is mild & without much kick. Although a natural tobacco taste, it lacked the sweetness of my preferred VAs.

Very light tobacco. Yes it does bite my tongue but, I believe it is because I am so used to having more flavor in my tobacco that I am automatically trying to stoke my pipe up by puffing harder to achieve what I am used to with flavor. I definately find myself tugging on this tobacco harder than many others I have in my stock. To find a solution I mixed some Stockton with Blakeny's Best Acadian Ribbon and a few other favorites and actually came out with a pretty interesting smoke.