Mac Baren Mixture: Scottish Blend

I'm new to pipe smoking. I tried this blend and it wasn't what I was expecting. No typical pipe aroma and a fairly bland taste. It burns quite well and leaves a neat white ash. No liquid deposited in my pipe. After smoking a pipe full I'm left unsatisfied and really wanting something else.

The flavors gradually disappeared as I worked my way through the tin. As the tobacco dried so the flavors experienced at the beginning gradually disappeared. The last few smokes from the bottom of the tin were bland, uninteresting and disappointing. But probably the worst thing is the incredible tongue bite and throat burn. Not just this MacBaren - I got it with their Black Ambrosia too. I won't be buying any more of this or any other MacBaren blend - not with all that tongue burn that lasted for several days.

This is the only so-called "Scottish" Blend I have ever tried. With that in mind, I think smokers will either love or hate this blend. I detected what I thought was clove, pistachios, and some sort of unknown spice. I tried about four bowls and thought it might get better if I let it dry out a while. It didn't get worse, but it didn't get better. MacBaren is the master of Virginias, but have yet to make a blend that appeals to me outside of that category.

Many tins in the MB line seem to taste similar to me, and they smoke in the same fashion as well. They taste bland...are HOT/Tongue-Biters...and smell like potpourri. I cannot recommend this product.

I have now smoked several Mac Baren offerings and will not review them any further since they are extremely not to my liking. If interested in my thoughts about their line of tobaccos then just see my review on Burley London, it pretty much sums up this vapid weed give or take a slight aromatic difference (vanilla, cherry etc...).

The smell is nice, packed wonderfully in the tin. It looks sticky but is not, no drying needed but it needs a bit of rubbing to pack it in the pipe well. I do not have tons of experience with pipe tobacco but have with tobacco in general, I am not even sure this is tobacco. Pretty terrible stuff, the taste is just wrong, not chemically at all but not like anything I have ever smoked. Room note is not good, smokes harshly with some tongue bite and whatever you do, do not inhale. Very harsh and not at all tasty so seems pointless smoking it. It will not blend well either, tried hiding it in some other tobacco and it really overpowers it. Putting it away to see if several years of aging make it worth smoking. A more experienced smoker may enjoy this crap, if yer starting out, avoid this at all costs.

It lit well, tasted good, although a bit too much of casing. One or two relights had been enough to get through the bowl (in my opinion they probably put a nice shot of artificial burner in it)

Not many surprises, not pricey, it fullfilled all my demands to become an all day smoke, untill it bit the hell out of me, when I smoked it once out on the golf course. The bowl did not get hot, anyway it burnt down quite fast, which of course is normal when smoked outdoors.

After this experience, no matter of what tabacco I smoked and how slowly I puffed, my tongue always got barbecued on the same side. I had to stop pipesmoking for a couple sof years, and now I am "back in business". At least one thing I have learnt: I choose good quality leaves, which are unlikely to bite, when smoked carefully. There are many tabaccos out there, on the this fantastic database.

If you are looking for a similar smoke like Mixture, but with almost no casing and pure tabacco taste, and way better harmonized, I would highliy recommend: Dafidoff - Flake Medaillons

Hoter than a poker! Tastes,and smells like some one went to the bathroom in it.Though I wouldn't know what that tasted like,but might suspect.I wouldn't smoke this if it were the last tobacco on earth.I'd rather smoke grape vines.

A tobacco, which I would recommend to no one, except my worst enemy!

I bought it while on holidays as there was nothing else as pipe tobacco. I’ve tried it many times in the last year with different pipes and obviously location. For me, only tongue bite. I’m not a fresh smoker of course, but this one is just unforgiving. Really not for me