Mac Baren Cherry Choice

Having tried and very much enjoyed Original and Aromatic choices in the series, I had inflated expectations of this one. But I'll try to list pluses and minuses fairly.

Out of the pack it smells like ice-cream or pudding cherry powder, tasty, but not exactly real cherry smell. Surly pleasant, not repulsively chemical.

Smokes evenly with no bite, not bitter, not nearly as sweet as other choice series. Cherry is present very mildly and I sense a bit of cream, just a touch of sour, cavendish comes through a bit. Tastes consistently through all the smoke without killing you with flavouring or bitterness, but it is not nearly as intense as original or aromatic choices. Cool smoke, no bite, even burn, nice grey ash.

Compared to other aromatics, this one is less sweet, less chemical, a bit bland, smokes cool. It's an ok smoke, but Mac Baren has much better stuff in the range. Go for it if you want mild, non-distracting aromatic.

The least of the Mac Baren mixtures I have tried. They can produce very good aromatics, but cherry flavour is a problem. The only successful use of cherry flavour is Larsen`s Classic - but that is because there is just the barest hint of the flavour, more an appeal to the imagination than to the senses.

Very cautiously recommended, to lovers of cherry aromatics only.

This tobacco was my second and I found it to be much better than my first aromatic. The flavouring was very evident from opening the pack and remained almost throughout the smoke. It burnt well and stayed lit throughout. It wont appeal to nicotine addicts but for a pleasurable smoke I cant personally fault it.

Cherry (BAD) Choice Very spicy, very hot on tongue, very sweet, just plain FIRE in the mouth, I just burn my tongue, this HURTS!, bad experience. Maybe this is not so bad for cherry lovers, I am not

I smoked this under the Cherry Flake moniker from pipesandcigars.com. I'm not sure I really go for cherry blends but this one was different. The flavoring was not like red gummy bears, cough syrup, jolly ranchers, etc., but more like sour Michigan cherries. Not that the blend was sour, more that the blend is not overwhelmingly sweet. The tobacco flavor comes through in an understated viginia sort of way. The cherry flavor in and out 'till about half way, then almost totally dissapears. It is a good blend to try if you like danish style tobaks, or are smoking stuff from walgreens and are getting tired of that. I like this alot, dispite the tounge bite...SMOKE SLOWLY!!!! 7 of 10 (because it smokes hot, otherwise an 8)

Tobaccos with cherry flavor and aroma are indeed some of the most challenging tobaccos to produce. Perhaps because great care must be taken to ensure that the taste and aroma don't resemble cough syrup. We see that the world of pipe smokers has become divided on these tobaccos.

I have smoked all the tobaccos in the Choice series, and I liked most of them. However, this tobacco doesn't hold a good position for me compared to others. The cherry flavor is overly sharp and intense. A bit of vanilla flavor could have balanced it out.

In my opinion, Amphora Special Reserve No.2 is better than this tobacco and has managed to offer a better cherry flavor.

a 40 gr pouch...easy to open,but cannot be resealed.........hardly any cherry flavor or taste....room note not noticable........moisture level was ok, no tongue bite....burns a bit fast....all in all an acceptable pipe tobacco,but would not buy again

After consuming a package of this -to be honest the cherry flavor was so repelling- I completely went an other direction away from aromatics. I remeber thinking yet another flavored tobacco by Mac Baren when I bought it, but there is something I didn't like in it. I am not a fan of aromatics but I smoke them now and then, and I know for sure, I wouldn't want to smoke this one again.

I was expecting maybe a little too much from this blend. The pouch aromas is strong with cherry flavor. It's like diving in a syrup almost.

I didn't want to get too influenced by other reviews and tried my best to go at it as neutral as possible.

The packing was easy, the charring as well. It gave a faint but nice smell to the room. As for the taste, well, I was disappointed. It didn't taste at all as it smells. As I am still very new at the pipe hobby I don't want to try and use fancy word and can only say this... I didn't like it.

As I did for other tobaccos I tried before and didn't like at the first bowl, I'll give it another shot in another pipe later and see if anything changed in my taste.

It is always a gamble trying to find a good cherry flavored tobacco. Cherry flavored pipe tobacco is highly sought after beginner pipe smokers. And Mac Baren being one of the most available pipe tobacco in the world, beginners may have had an acquaintance with this, like me. Since this is sold as an aromatic, I will only comment on its aroma. It sucks. The smell is so vulgar and has nothing to do with cherry. The aroma could not be more synthetic. Even Captain Black's cherry is better than this one...