Mac Baren Cube Gold

I rate this one 7 out of 10.

It's very sweet and fruity. The flavoring is very powerful but yet still somehow manages to not completely drown out the tobacco itself. I can tell it's a high quality aromatic because even despite its heavy flavoring it doesn't leave a goopy chemical film in my mouth like the cheap aromatics that I can still taste 30 minutes after my pipe goes out.

One thing I have learned from reading reviews on this site is that tobacco tastes are very subjective and just because a lot of other people like a blend does not necessarily mean it will be one that I personally enjoy...so for that reason I encourage you to please take my reviews and ratings with a grain of salt. That being said this blend is definitely worth a try!

I have not tried the Cube Silver or Bronze blends yet, but I certainly intend to. I am becoming a fan of Mac Baren tobaccos!

I just finished the Halberg series of tobaccos from this company and am not starting on the "Cubes". This one was just OK. I did not think there was anything special about it considering the price and packaging. Too similar to Lane 1Q? Not fruity enough for me.

Of the 3 Cube tobaccos, Gold is my less favorite, but that's just because I like the casing less than Bronze and Silver. Silver remains my favorite. I find the casing of Gold to be, strangely, even if it is mostly fruity, slightly on the soapy side, almost like the Lakeland tobaccos. But of the three, this one seems the strongest, nicotine - wise (between mild and medium). For the rest, the cut and blending seem similar to its 2 brothers and the smoking qualities, as great. The Cube series affers outstandingly high quality tobaccos and are not for the inexperienced smoker. Like Beer mentioned you need to have mastered a puffing cadence for any of the Cube to unveil its magic (that last oart is from me). I would recommend a good 6 months of wait before unscelling the bag and smoking its contents; otherwise, the tobacco might be way too moist.

well to be honest it seems almost impossible to diffrenciate it from the cube silver, (which my favorite fruity aromatic)..i like my tobacco sweet and smell nice when smoked and these two blends deliver. however for some reason i still love the silver more!

My former review to Cube Silver may certainly fit for Cube Gold.

Tobaccos are the same, but the flavoring is even stronger, more complicate with notes of "face powder" (talcum?) over fruits, vanilla and spices.

The smoke is even more creamy and velvety, full bodied. The absence of aggressive notes is absolute. No feel at all of chemical additives.

Cube is another way to think at smoking a pipe. I don't think it coincides with mine, so I will reserve it to some particular moments and a couple of dedicated pipes.

No need to buy further pouches, the two I bought (Silver and Gold), properly stored will serve me for long time.

Having already reviewed the original Cube, and since this blend uses the same identical tobacco base and flavoring style, I'll just copy what I wrote about that one... and I wll add a few further considerations at the end...

I usually don't like aromatics, but this is one of the best I have ever smoked, for several reasons:

1) the quality of the leaf is excellent

2) it smokes very regularly, not too fast nor too slow

3) it doesn't produce too much moisture

4) it tastes fresh, sweet and slightly fruity/sour

5) it never gets bitter, unlike other aromatics

6) the flavoring actually complements nicely the tobacco taste (yes, it DOES taste of tobacco, not of flavored cardboard), although it certainly is mild

7) the taste is delicate even if the tobacco feels rather sticky and over-cased at the touch

8) it does not bite at all, on the contrary it's very soft and never aggressive

Sure, it will leave a permanent mark on your pipe because it is VERY flavored. And the room aroma is very intense and sweet, which means that it's a matter of taste (my wife for example doesn't like the smell of very sweet aromatics).

Personally I feel that it's a tobacco that will be appreciated more by experienced smokers who can puff at a relaxed pace and enjoy both the nice fruity/chocolatey flavoring AND the underlying delicate tobacco background. But I would suggest it also to novices because, even if it costs more than the cheaper aromatics, it is actually in a league of its own.

Oh, and a recommendation: pack it loosely, because if pressed too much it tends to clog the bowl!

That was what I had written about the original Cube... and it still does apply to the Gold version. In what does it differ from the original one? Well, quite simply, the Gold is even MORE flavored: in addition to the other aromas (you still can feel the vanilla, the licorice and the chocolate) Mac Baren added a whole truckload of tropical fruits and citrus (in particular, I can taste passion fruit). The result is shamelessly fruity: I have never smoked a tobacco which had such an intense and marked sweet taste, at times it truly tastes like you are not smoking a pipe but sipping some tropical fruit juice. Of course this will be shocking to lovers of natural tobaccos, the so-called "Latakia talibans": if you hate added flavorings, stay very clear from this one. If you love plain Virginias or English mixtures and happen to stumble on Cube Gold, arm yourself with crucifixes and holy water because you will find this blend to be devil incarnate. Or, as it happened to me, you might be hooked by this perverted concoction and start smoking it all day long like a drug. Really, I should hate a tobacco like this because it's the antithesis of what I have always loved in pipe smoking. And yet, I like it a lot: it's tasty, it smokes great, it's fun. And I admire its shameless attitude of being 100% pure candy, 100% pure guilty pleasure. Definitely recommended, but with caution! Only a slight notch below the original Cube Silver which is more balanced, IMHO.

Pocas veces he tirado un tabaco a la segunda cazoleta. Simplemente el peor tabaco (si es que se le puede llamar tabaco) que he fumado nunca y he fumado muchos. Sabe a goma quemada y plátano. Nauseabundo y además dejó un desagradable fantasma en las dos pipas diferentes en los que lo probé. Tabaco ideal para dejar de fumar en pipa.

Updated review on 27-August-2022: Having smoked a few bowls over the last 1 and half month from this tobacco, I would not change so much my review. Majorly, in latest bowls, I found the strength milder compared with the “medium” I initially experienced. I would give 3 starts comparing this tobacco with others of the same broader category (say “aromatics”), yet, recommended for those who love aromatics (it is one definitely worth try or keep in rotation), but it is also a good choice for cellaring or loading a bowl occasionally for those who are closer to English/non-aromatics/Virginia-based tobaccos. Good quality tobacco, quite unique, but as a small disadvantage (personally) is that it is quite mild in terms of strength (that of course could be an advantage for some folks).

Una vera schifezza. Tutta la serie Cube è una vera schifezza. Non saprei come altro definirli: dolcissimi, nauseanti, non sanno nemmeno di tabacco e sembra di fumare dei Big Babol. Per carità statene alla larga a meno che non vi piacciano i panettoni tipo Skandinavik. Dio mio che schifo.