McClelland Town Topic

I bought a tin of this as I stopped in a local tobacconist in Las Vegas to get a few CAO cigars. It's a pretty good blend. The maple flavor comes out well and the Burley brings a bit of nuttiness to the smoke that well compliments the maple casing. It burns nice and smooth, very evenly. Doesn't burn hot or give tongue bite. Definitely worth checking out if you're into aros.

I bought this blend to smoke in the car when my girlfriend is with me. Even with the windows rolled down she still cant stand if i puff in the car regardless if it is an aromatic. wish i would have spent my money on something else.

that set aside im not going to give town topic a bad rating because im not a hug fan of aromatics. Town Topic's tin note smelled a lot like mcclelland's own holiday spirit from my memory of last winter. it seems to burn cool and has a pleasant sweet taste and of course a mapley pancakey room note. it didnt goop up the pipe and stayed lit for the most part.

for aromatic smokers i would recommend or possibly highly recomemend

This is the second McClelland aromatic I have tasted after Tastemaster. I can say that the casing here is not as overpowering and probably because of my inclination towards maple flavoring rather than caramelly-chocolate smell, my vote goes to Town Topic.

No bite, slight disposition to overheat, other than that a pleasant room note and it is low on nicotine.

One interesting note, I could actually taste the maple flavoring when smoking after having a small bite form my favourite pistachio chocolate. Try that with plain milk chocolate and you could get a similar effect.

I like this mixture. I am a big fan of McClelland blends because I have found their name's match the tobacco nicely. This one is no exception.

Upon opening the tin, you are greeted with a nice maple style aroma that reminds me of pancakes after a nice morning of duck hunting on the lake. This blend goes well with a coffee in the morning or as an after dinner smoke. My friends constantly comment on the very pleasing aroma this one gives off as it burns.

The mixture is a bit moist due to the flavoring process and I have found it helps to dry it out a bit after packing the pipe. The clean up after is not so bad and it leaves a nice layer behind in the pipe. Smoke this one slowly to enjoy the flavors and to keep the taste nice.....smoke it too hot and it tastes a bit wrong.

This is my camp blend. I take this to the lake with me during hunting season because of the consistency of good smoke and the fine aroma.

Happy lighting!

This blend I found not to be overbearingly sweet. Just enough to give a little hint sweetness and not taste of pure sugar. The room note is nice, and has a pleasant hint of maple. No bite what so ever in the several bowls that I've had. No glob of wet mess in the bottom of the bowl, either. If you're looking for an aromatic that's not just candied tobacco, this one is worth trying.

I'm not real crazy about aromatics. Especially sweet syrupy ones. But for some reason I sometimes crave the Maple! When I do Town Topic cures my craving. Its a well burning cool sweet Maple aromatic, what you would expect from McClelland. Non smokers love it too! However; if you smoke a bowl in the evening, come morning you will be craving pancakes and maple syrup. And your room will smell of the maple. In a nice way.

Amazing smell in the room, soft in the palate. Very liquid when you open it. It needs a procedure of drying, for a few hours. Very pleasant, it has the flavor of tobacco without being covered from maple. Maple that perfumes it, is very discreet. Cavendish, Black Cavendish, Virginia, all of them very nicely smashed in heavy snowflakes. Although I filled in the first bowl ? so, liquid enough, it didn?t warm up the bowl. I don?t know whether it would make me sick, smoking it continuously, like a baklava full of syrup. It will get his place of my all day tobacco. Perfect combination with Sir Walter Raleigh or Carter Hall

Much better than the two stars I have handed out, so it earns a three. The tin aroma defiantly says maple to me, just like the label mentions. When smoking it, however, the maple isn't so pronounced as you would expect. Without being an expert at describing the flavor in depth, I would say it was ok but lacked pizzazz.

I'm not a big fan of aromatics, but I like Town Topic. Some aromatics are very very sweet and sugary. Town Topic is not sticky or cloying at all. The flavor is tobacco that tastes like maple, rather than maple syrup that happens to be smokeable. I give it three stars because it strikes a nice balance between tobacco and flavoring. I don't give it four because I'm just not an aromatic fan, not because it's inherently flawed or incomplete.