Mac Baren Cube Silver

Pouch note is beautiful, candied fruit and custard but... This is where the joy ends for me. Loaded a bowl, lit it and gagged. So, I thought that maybe it was ghosting in the pipe from Bosun Cut Plug and I got another pipe and packed it. Bleeaaagghh! It tastes like a mix of sour milk and pou pourri. I'm even smoking down the bowl to see if the sour milk taste will burn itself off but I'm halfway down with no giving up. Room note is amazingly good so I might just use it as incense on on of those little charcoal block things. No, I've given up. My body is telling me that I shouldn't be putting this into my system and I'm getting a headache. Note to self: NEVER, EVER buy another Danish aromatic. EVER! I can't think of anyone I dislike enough to give this to. I just hope it hasn't ghosted two decent briars. I know people say why post a bad review but why not, I think people deserve a fair warning and maybe just buy a 10g sample rather than 25g like I did. I think I need a large bowl of Latakia to try and get rid of the foul coating on my tongue. 0/10 from me.

CUBE SILVER is a strongly flavored blend, but sweet, satisfying and good. Not only the Black Cavendish is deeply flavored but the whole mixture is deeply flavored with sweet ingredients (sugar, fruit, vanilla, candy, chocolate and probably a touch of rum). Really one of the sweetest mixture I have ever smoked, but not cloying. It is pleasant, relaxing, ideal for aromatic mixtures’ lovers. Absolutely not recommended for natural mixtures’ smokers. In my personal rating system (from 1 to 10) my score is 8 and three stars.

This is the best aromatic, in the Danish tradition, I have ever had. The quality is sublime, the mixture of cuts and colours of the leaf make the tobacco very appealing to the eye. The tin aroma is the best I have ever smelled. It's rich, it's fruity and it's full; and it's not too much like Cube Gold can be, at times. I leave my face in the pouch for minutes at a time before I pack a pipe. That's how much it smells good! As Beer pointed out in his review, I totally concur that all Mac Baren, and especially this series, must be smoked only by very experienced smokers who know the good hygrometry of a tobacco before smoking it; and who are able to master a proper cadence as this tobacco is not meant to be pushed around in too enthousiastic a pace. That is why, in my modest opinion, this tobacco gets trashed by reviewers. When smoked, even though rather mild on the nicotine, not only does Cube provide delightful flavours but I can, every time, taste the tobacco as well. And this is what makes Cube, in my opinion, so remarkable: contrary to all the other Danish or American type aromatics I have smoked (WO Larsen, Peterson, Amphora, etc), one can also taste the tobacco. This makes Cube nothing less than a remarkable aromatic.

An absolute favourite of mine. One of my most exciting pipe moments was when I opened my first pouch of Silver: the flavour is something no other blend has come close to, mixing sweet fruity and nutty notes with hints of tropical fruits and perhaps caramel. The smoke never disappoints, with a taste so close to the pouch note that one wonders if the fruits are in there somewhere in the tobacco itself! This is a real delicacy for the tongue to relish. Very pleasant room note, too.

In Some reviews, the authors said that this, Cube Silver, is the same Blend than the traditional "Cube" Blend,

But this may be not true, since the formulas of the 2 Blends are very different.

This is a Blend very similar to the related "Cube Gold", but muck less flavoured.

Is a complex mixture of tobaccos, all with excelent,premium quality,

Recommended, but personally, I prefer the Cube Gold.

3 Stars.

This is not an all-day smoke, because it's so greasy!

I think this is just for friends who like entertainment, because there is basically no nicotine here, with a terrible ghost, for inexperienced friends, burn is certain, after a bowl I have given it to friends, placed in the shared place at the party.

Having tried a few aromatics, I elected to give this a try. On opening the packet, you are greeted with the smell of the fruitiest ice cream ever! This should come in a Cath Kidston polka dot style pack, as that sums up its style. It is the smell of happiness and glee.

Smoking it is pleasant enough. It is very mild so it will not satisfy anyone wanting their dose of vitamin N. Perhaps blending it with some Peterson Irish Flake will give it the kick it needs. This woman in a polka dot dress needs a good hefty pair of Dr Martens to go with it! It's pretty but it needs some oomph! It is certainly the most aromatic blend you will find. Very much like the fruitiest vape in existence.

When I started piping I was not aware of something like chemical burn exist. My poor beginner times was full of MB tobaccos and I didn't enjoy that. I thought it must be a wrong technique and because of my defined willpower I struggle for a long time. I even quit piping after two years trying. Back to this cubic experience. I must admit, that even then this was my no 1. tobacco. Tastewise and aroma-wise it is quite fine aromatic. The problem I have with MB is that chemical bite and for me it is unbearable. When I gave this brand a chance after all those years of smoking preferably Dan, G&H, SG, some RmcC and few others (It was a sample of the Scotch Scarret (VaBur)) I hit the same wall. I need to dry any MB to that level that the burn is gone but still some taste remains. And such a spread is sooo narrow that I usually mis the pinpoint. So I end up either gettin a nice taste for several puffs and then I'm burned so hard I need to stop smoke for a week, or with a cigarette similar experience. I already heard from two different boys that they had bad chemical bite with MB and Peterson and that's why I never tried any Peterson tobacco. But after years I remember I have still some good rest of MBSC left somewhere in the shelf so I found that and give it a try. But it was still the same bitting experience so I had to throw the whole bowl to a trash bin. So I can imagine this could be a four star winner for somebody but with respect to (not only, obviously) my experience I can only somewhat recommend that with that big ONLY IF you have that chemistry that you can handle MB. And if Peterson bites you proceed with CAUTION.

Smoke and Drive: Hell NO! This needs toooo much attention to even be a bearable experience!

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.