Mac Baren HH Acadian Perique
(3.23)
This blend includes Virginia, burley, original cavendish, dark fired Kentucky, Oriental and of course a fair amount of perique. The HH Acadian Perique has no top flavor at all which means that you will only enjoy the tobacco taste. When smoked you will experience no tongue bite and this blend will smoke to the bottom, leaving only dry ashes. It is a rich, flavorful and very satisfying smoke.
Notes: Natural with about 5% or more perique; strong body for MacBaren. Minimum casing to retain some moisture in the tobacco.
Details
| Brand | Mac Baren |
| Blended By | Per Jensen |
| Manufactured By | Mac Baren |
| Blend Type | Virginia/Perique |
| Contents | Burley, Cavendish, Kentucky, Oriental/Turkish, Perique, Virginia |
| Flavoring | |
| Cut | Ribbon |
| Packaging | 100 grams tin weight |
| Country | Denmark |
| Production | No longer in production |
Profile
Strength
Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant to Tolerable
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium to Full
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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3.23 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 101 - 105 of 105 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Apr 20, 2015 | Medium | None Detected | Medium | Pleasant |
Very nice tobacco, great tin note, easily lit and easy to keep lit. No problems with this one at all. Has a consistent flavor throughout the bowl. The variety of tobaccos blend well together and the perique is noticeable but not too domineering as to hide the others. The strength of this blend may be too much for some but i found it to my liking. Excellent overall appeal, a need to try blend!
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Aug 13, 2013 | Medium to Strong | None Detected | Medium to Full | Tolerable |
This is mostly a Burley/Perique (the Burley tastes like Kentucky) blend with the other leafs making everything work , cool smoking and dry , the smoke is flavorfull and with good nicotine! Fantastic smoke for the Burley lovers that wants a good dose of Spice!!!
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Dec 05, 2010 | Extremely Mild | Extremely Mild | Very Mild | Unnoticeable |
I usually use Mac Baren blends, and generally like them. When it comes to this one after a week of smoking it in various pipes, I threw it out. It is so bad that I would quit pipe smoking if this were the only tobacco available. In my opinion they put to many varieties together in one blend. I have a general rotation of tobaccos, this was just an excursion outside my usual. I could make a blend of a little Perique with Old Gowrie and it would be better than this. Or just buy McClelland 2015.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Aug 13, 2010 | Medium | None Detected | Medium | Pleasant |
This is a good smoke, not exceptional. I'll stick to my Old Gowrie as my go to Va/Per. There's too much going on in this one. To me it tastes like a bunch of tobaccos thrown together, not so much blended in harmony.
My tin was packed so tight with this stuff that it was one big crumble cake which is fun. I hope everyone else is so lucky. It came dry as a bone. It gave me a little "Mac bite".
This one isn't for the sometime perique smoker. It's for the perique lover. The perique is first rate (so are all of the other tobaccos). It's worth a try but when compared to Old Gowrie or Escudo it's rough and unrefined. It's more like Bayou Morning Flake (which is much better).
3 stars.
My tin was packed so tight with this stuff that it was one big crumble cake which is fun. I hope everyone else is so lucky. It came dry as a bone. It gave me a little "Mac bite".
This one isn't for the sometime perique smoker. It's for the perique lover. The perique is first rate (so are all of the other tobaccos). It's worth a try but when compared to Old Gowrie or Escudo it's rough and unrefined. It's more like Bayou Morning Flake (which is much better).
3 stars.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| May 30, 2010 | Mild to Medium | Medium | Very Full | Very Pleasant |
Mac Baren's HH Acadian Perique is a must try for any Perique enthusiast. The Perique content is quite high, perhaps greater than 15%, as apposed to the usual less than 5% in most Ver / Per blends. But HHAP also has a lot of things in the can other than Perique, viz. Cavendish, Burleys, Orientals and most notably Dark Fired Kentucky. As such it is a complex smoke, but with a strong Perique presence. As mentioned earlier, Perique is not only the truffle of tobaccos, but is also extremely limited in its production. See the following two links to learn more about this fine tobacco and its history in St. James Parish, Louisiana:
http://pipesmagazine.com/blog/put-that-in-your-pipe/the-mystique- of-perique/
http://www.theitalianpipe.com/infowell/articles/perique.htm
Obviously, due to its limited acreage and highly labor intensive production involving a type of anaerobic pressed fermentation and aging, there is always a danger that it may go "extinct" or that at some point prices may really soar.
But Mac Baren's HHAP really is a good showcase for what Perique can do when in high presence and mixed with a number of different tobacco types. I have gone through several tins and recently bought several of the 16oz. for transfer to Mason jars for cellaring.
Although HHAP is not a flake tobacco, I treat it as such, and generally use it in smaller bowls (e.g., Dunhill Group 3 & 4s) in billiards and chimney shapes. These narrower bowls seem to enhance the "curing" or "resinating" process of Perique, as the smoke proceeds down to the second half of the bowl.
Also, Perique, in such high percentages as found here in HHAP, often can produce a wet smoke if hurried through, necessitating a pipe cleaner in mid-smoke to tone down the humidity of the burn. So sipping is required.
HHAP, introduced during the 2009 Chicagoland Pipe Show, seems to be in limited production and my current can says 191/500 and is signed by the blender, one J. Jensen, so stock up on the 16oz. for cellaring. Happy smoking!
http://pipesmagazine.com/blog/put-that-in-your-pipe/the-mystique- of-perique/
http://www.theitalianpipe.com/infowell/articles/perique.htm
Obviously, due to its limited acreage and highly labor intensive production involving a type of anaerobic pressed fermentation and aging, there is always a danger that it may go "extinct" or that at some point prices may really soar.
But Mac Baren's HHAP really is a good showcase for what Perique can do when in high presence and mixed with a number of different tobacco types. I have gone through several tins and recently bought several of the 16oz. for transfer to Mason jars for cellaring.
Although HHAP is not a flake tobacco, I treat it as such, and generally use it in smaller bowls (e.g., Dunhill Group 3 & 4s) in billiards and chimney shapes. These narrower bowls seem to enhance the "curing" or "resinating" process of Perique, as the smoke proceeds down to the second half of the bowl.
Also, Perique, in such high percentages as found here in HHAP, often can produce a wet smoke if hurried through, necessitating a pipe cleaner in mid-smoke to tone down the humidity of the burn. So sipping is required.
HHAP, introduced during the 2009 Chicagoland Pipe Show, seems to be in limited production and my current can says 191/500 and is signed by the blender, one J. Jensen, so stock up on the 16oz. for cellaring. Happy smoking!
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