Mac Baren Honey & Chocolate
(2.68)
A fine loose cut blend made of a very special kind of cavendish. The long and delicate cavendish process makes this blend soft and smooth with a taste of honey and chocolate.
Notes: Discontinued 2014.
Details
Profile
Strength
Mild to Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Medium
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium to Full
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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2.68 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 11 - 15 of 15 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jun 28, 2010 | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
When you open the tin you get such an amazing aroma. After the first light it tasted great. Kept smoking for about 5 mins and then I got slapped with MACBITE. Yuck never again.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Apr 12, 2010 | Medium | Very Mild | Mild | Tolerable |
Tin note was excellent...sweet chocolate.
At the flame...not honey sweet or tasting in any regard, and only a very faint bitter-cocoa taste. Something was there that masked the chocolate flavor in the smoke...Perique? Whatever it was...the combination of constituent tobaccos and casing was terrible.
Not Recommended, and would not order again.
A companion infusion: a brown cow...or black russian.
At the flame...not honey sweet or tasting in any regard, and only a very faint bitter-cocoa taste. Something was there that masked the chocolate flavor in the smoke...Perique? Whatever it was...the combination of constituent tobaccos and casing was terrible.
Not Recommended, and would not order again.
A companion infusion: a brown cow...or black russian.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Oct 24, 2009 | Medium | Medium | Medium to Full | Tolerable |
Let me first mention I prefer sweeter tobaccos. This has a Dark Bakers chocolate taste to it. It is rather overpowered by the Honey though. The taste burns out about a quarter way thru the bowl. Was a bit disappointed in this myself. I would improve this by using a more milk chocolate casing and less honey. It is an opinion only and as mentioned I prefer more sweet tobaccos.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 01, 2009 | Very Mild | Medium to Strong | Very Mild | Tolerable |
The tin aroma is rather intense, too much so but the flavor is rather bland when smoking. More of the cocoa aspect asserts itself with the chocolate flavoring in the tin aroma with the honey following that had a slight, almost fruity component to it, perhaps cherry. Cherry blossom honey? Or perhaps oldfactory confusion. Anyways, the flavor again is rather bland with I suppose the cocoa component making the most show faintly in the burning aroma and even more faintly taste wise. The base cavendish seems to me to be air cured but perhaps would have been better and more flavorful if flue cured was used or more prominately used instead. It reminded a me of when I smoked Alsbo Black many years ago but much drier.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 31, 2009 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Extremely Mild (Flat) | Tolerable |
Having read the previous reviews I was curious when I opened the tin I received. It was very dry--not moist at all.The tin smell was mostly dark chocolate with a waft of sweetness (honey).Like the smell of a dark Toblerone bar. And there it ends---- The light- no flavour, not even a hint of chocolate, or honey. The smoke --nothing developed- except an irritated throat. I think this was akin to smoking straight burley tobacco, unflavoured. I am a fan of Macbarens but to be quite honest this was awful, I tried it in numerous pipes including corn cobs but nothing helped. It sounds like there is different qualities at least in the tin & maybe I got an off one, but based on what I smoked I cannot recommend this tobacco. A great disappointment
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