McClelland Beacon
(3.56)
Bright high sugar content Virginia cake made with lemon yellow and orange Virginia leaf along with a healthy dose of seven year old Louisiana perique. A blend to calm a weary sailor outrunning an approaching storm.
Notes: Repurposed in 2009 from a PCCA Blend.
Details
| Brand | McClelland |
| Series | Collector Series |
| Blended By | McClelland Tobacco Company |
| Manufactured By | McClelland Tobacco Company |
| Blend Type | Virginia/Perique |
| Contents | Perique, Virginia |
| Flavoring | |
| Cut | Flake |
| Packaging | 50 grams tin |
| Country | United States |
| Production | No longer in production |
Profile
Strength
Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
|
3.56 / 4
|
Reviews
Please login to post a review.
Displaying 21 - 26 of 26 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| Jun 16, 2009 | Medium | None Detected | Full | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Beacon where have you been all of my life! Just like your true love, you remember where and when you met, the lighting on the street corner across the street, the way she walked over to your SUV, watching her ample hips sway, your dream lady is coming towards you; you roll down the window & sigh &.. , I have that feeling for Beacon, I have vivid memories of when we met. This was not a cheap hookup, it is magical, its for real man!! We are in love!!!
I am new to pipe smoking, ex cigarette smoker, started our hobby in October 2008. I ordered three tins of Beacon along with two others (Haddos Delight and Waccamaw) to be honest to the other brands I have not tried them, and I am not to sure that I will, unless my woman burns me. Beacon I think is my holy grail of pipe tobacco.
When I open my first tin I was put off by the smell. From reading the blender review of their products I expected this. So after the initial opening I let the tin sit for an week at the office. Then I open the tin and let it sit for an half hour trying to get the initial smell out of my tobacco. I also rubbed some of the Beacon tobacco out on a paper towel from the coffee room and let it set out for an hour. I packed my pipe using the three step method. The pipe I used was a Dunhill group 4 Dublin. This was the best smoke that I ever had. Upon the first puff after the charring light there was a citrus overtone to the tobacco which in my opinion is perfection. Beacon is highly recommended.
I am new to pipe smoking, ex cigarette smoker, started our hobby in October 2008. I ordered three tins of Beacon along with two others (Haddos Delight and Waccamaw) to be honest to the other brands I have not tried them, and I am not to sure that I will, unless my woman burns me. Beacon I think is my holy grail of pipe tobacco.
When I open my first tin I was put off by the smell. From reading the blender review of their products I expected this. So after the initial opening I let the tin sit for an week at the office. Then I open the tin and let it sit for an half hour trying to get the initial smell out of my tobacco. I also rubbed some of the Beacon tobacco out on a paper towel from the coffee room and let it set out for an hour. I packed my pipe using the three step method. The pipe I used was a Dunhill group 4 Dublin. This was the best smoke that I ever had. Upon the first puff after the charring light there was a citrus overtone to the tobacco which in my opinion is perfection. Beacon is highly recommended.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| Apr 12, 2011 | Medium to Strong | None Detected | Medium to Full | Tolerable to Strong |
The tin aroma of these medium-cut, partially broken flakes is of lemon, grain, and cooked fruit, along with the typical McClelland tang.
Rich and pointed light VAs take center stage with a supporting background of perique strengthening their presence and ratcheting up the richness a notch.
A vaper composed of primarily golden virginias, this spryly pointed and meandering blend fills a long-vacant hole in the McClelland portfolio. SImultaneously rich and youthful, Beacon is simply a gem.
Chamber Gauge: Narrow
Rich and pointed light VAs take center stage with a supporting background of perique strengthening their presence and ratcheting up the richness a notch.
A vaper composed of primarily golden virginias, this spryly pointed and meandering blend fills a long-vacant hole in the McClelland portfolio. SImultaneously rich and youthful, Beacon is simply a gem.
Chamber Gauge: Narrow
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2009 | Medium to Strong | None Detected | Full | Pleasant |
PCCA Beacon, from Bob Hamlin and McClelland, is the ultimate Bright Yellow Virginia/Perique blend ever.
This blend is for long term aging, and smoking anytime!
Just hoping McC keeps the good thing going.
This blend is for long term aging, and smoking anytime!
Just hoping McC keeps the good thing going.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| Aug 25, 2009 | Medium to Strong | None Detected | Full | Pleasant |
This tobacco is very rich and flavorful.It smokes like a well aged Virginia right out of the tin and in my opinion doesn't require aging to experience a wonderful sweet Virginia smoke.The perique is in perfect proportions, and must cool this blend on the palate.Because with heavy puffing I couldn't detect any bite.
This is by far in twenty plus years of pipe smoking the best Virginia flake that I have smoked.
It is best fully rubbed out.
Treat yourself to this blend,you want be disappointed.
This is by far in twenty plus years of pipe smoking the best Virginia flake that I have smoked.
It is best fully rubbed out.
Treat yourself to this blend,you want be disappointed.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| Dec 14, 2008 | Medium | None Detected | Very Full | Pleasant to Tolerable |
The blend to me has no topping flavoring I can distinguish. The natural taste of the tobac is unadulterated by this giving the smoker only the pure taste of the tobacs, especially the Perique. The flavor of the Perique is pure; it's quite delicious. Upon opening the tins I smelled a lovely plum aroma , no topping smell noticeable to me. The tobac is presented in small flakes which are fairly broken up. I rub out the tobac and then grind it a bit in a manual grinder. This allows for me to smoke the slightly moist tobac easily having more edges to burn, thus giving me more flavor (from the moisture level of the tobac). Easy to light, easy to burn, this blend leaves no bite on my tongue, but a big flavor hit in my taste buds! I recommend this tobac to anyone who is a fan of vaper blends. Yummy!
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| Feb 26, 2008 | Medium | None Detected | Medium to Full | Pleasant |
This absolutely one of the best tobacco blends out there. I like St James Woods and Copes - but I love this. There is no tobacco available today which I enjoy more. I also love playing the field, so the old gal gets compared to a lot of others. If you are ever lucky enough to find a blend that is just perfect for you then on that day you will appreciate what this tobacco is to me. I have had several tins from the first, and have now several more from the second batches. I have started to grab from the third (current) batch. Initially, to be honest, I can't tell if certain subtle differences have more to do with the inevitble difficulties inherent in the proposition of matching tobaccos available in different years vs. the differences OF the years. Aging can be most of the difference - and the difference is mild. If this newest batch is half as good as what I've smoked in the past then it is a bargain at twice the price. This is one blend you need to have around. It will be the stuff of legend in your very lifetime. If you are unlucky enough to never smoke it then I will pity you, but I will not share any blame because I am warning you now to not miss it. You can use terms like Va/Per and go grabbing C&D versions all day long, or Jeff's, Greg's, or Joe's or whatever - but this is the perfect example, and if you miss out it is your own danged fault. I suggest in all sincerity that ,after I place my next order, you buy at least a dozen tins and then put them up. Next buy some to smoke and be putting up more as you do. If you don't like it now you will make a killing selling it to me later.
target="_blank"
