Mac Baren Vanilla Choice
(1.93)
A tender and pleasant pipe tobacco that does not burn your tongue. Filling your pipe with Vanilla Choice is very easy, just as it is very easy to smoke even for less experienced pipe smokers. Vanilla Choice is a loose cut blend of golden Virginia, the modern MacBaren Cavendish, tempered with a unique burley. Experience this smooth and cool smoke with an exciting vanilla taste and room note.
Details
Profile
Strength
Mild
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Medium
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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1.93 / 4
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Reviews
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| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 2010 | Mild | Medium | Medium | Pleasant |
After giving Original Choice a fair chance, I thought I'd give Vanilla Choice one, too.
I really like Mac Baren's Vanilla Cream. That tobacco, when smoked properly, is pretty sublime. While I prefer Va/Per's, I do enjoy an aromatic from time to time, and when I do, I like vanilla.
This is pretty much similar to Original Choice, just with vanilla. Not really a bad thing. While it doesn't burst with flavor, you get lots of thick clouds of smoke to play with. It's an easy going, relaxing smoke which requires little to no attention, and goes great with coffee. People will love the room note.
It's a bit artificial tasting, sure, but not so much that it bothers my quite sensitive palate. And for the price, I just have to give it three stars. Hard to knock it for what it is because where I live, it's the same price as Captain Black White or Royal - and I'd much rather smoke this.
I really like Mac Baren's Vanilla Cream. That tobacco, when smoked properly, is pretty sublime. While I prefer Va/Per's, I do enjoy an aromatic from time to time, and when I do, I like vanilla.
This is pretty much similar to Original Choice, just with vanilla. Not really a bad thing. While it doesn't burst with flavor, you get lots of thick clouds of smoke to play with. It's an easy going, relaxing smoke which requires little to no attention, and goes great with coffee. People will love the room note.
It's a bit artificial tasting, sure, but not so much that it bothers my quite sensitive palate. And for the price, I just have to give it three stars. Hard to knock it for what it is because where I live, it's the same price as Captain Black White or Royal - and I'd much rather smoke this.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2016 | Very Mild | Medium | Mild | Pleasant |
Mac Baren - Vanilla Choice.
I've just reviewed a tin of Murray & Sons Yachtsman as I needed to open up a new 'evening aromatic'; I wasn't too impressed with that, so I thought "Vanilla aromatic? You can't go wrong"! Let's see how I got on:
I adore the pouch note, it smells like just what I want: it has a good, strong vanilla aroma to it. It looks to be quite a fair split in colour, half black and half brown. It's a little moist but not over the top; it can still be smoked from the pouch. Although it's smokeable it's stuck in little clumps so it needs breaking apart before it can be loaded into the pipe, it's as if it's gathered into separate lumps of Virginia and Black Cavendish. So after a sort of 'rub', I load and light. Despite the mostly negative reviews, I'm in the minority; it's not great but to me it's a good smoke.
The vanilla flavouring doesn't come across as formidable as the un-lit note suggested; it's around medium (for me), yet I expected it to be a full on 'gloop fest'.
There isn't too much in the way of tobacco tastes; a delicate Virginia note with a subtle Cav' sweetness. The Burley, however, goes totally unnoticed.
The nicotine's typically aromatic: very mild!
This isn't a 'brilliant' aromatic, I do feel, though, it's had a bit of a raw deal!
Recommended.
I've just reviewed a tin of Murray & Sons Yachtsman as I needed to open up a new 'evening aromatic'; I wasn't too impressed with that, so I thought "Vanilla aromatic? You can't go wrong"! Let's see how I got on:
I adore the pouch note, it smells like just what I want: it has a good, strong vanilla aroma to it. It looks to be quite a fair split in colour, half black and half brown. It's a little moist but not over the top; it can still be smoked from the pouch. Although it's smokeable it's stuck in little clumps so it needs breaking apart before it can be loaded into the pipe, it's as if it's gathered into separate lumps of Virginia and Black Cavendish. So after a sort of 'rub', I load and light. Despite the mostly negative reviews, I'm in the minority; it's not great but to me it's a good smoke.
The vanilla flavouring doesn't come across as formidable as the un-lit note suggested; it's around medium (for me), yet I expected it to be a full on 'gloop fest'.
There isn't too much in the way of tobacco tastes; a delicate Virginia note with a subtle Cav' sweetness. The Burley, however, goes totally unnoticed.
The nicotine's typically aromatic: very mild!
This isn't a 'brilliant' aromatic, I do feel, though, it's had a bit of a raw deal!
Recommended.
Pipe Used:
Savinelli Roma Lucite
PurchasedFrom:
The Danish Pipe Shop
Age When Smoked:
New
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