Mac Baren Club Blend

This is an excellent semi sweet Virginia blends in small spun cake with black Cavendish in the middle, the flavor is absolutely delicious with soft candy and mild honeyed/toasty/woodsy taste and wonderful room note, this is one of the best and the most unique Virginia roll cake out there, excellent for an all day smoke, it is available in bulk.

Great stuff!!

There's something about this tobacco that I can't quite put my finger on; a casing or flavoring, or something. It's just out of range of my taste buds, but fortunately the tobacco taste comes through very well.

The little coins are actually kind of ugly to my eye. They break up very easily, making for filling your pipe a simple operation. I found I was able to just stuff them in, and they broke up on their own as I did this. Lighting was easy, but in a medium size bowl relights were a little more frequent than I would normally like. This will probably be rectified by figuring out the right method of filling with this particular tobacco, so I won't really hold that against it.

The flavor was really very, very good. Pure tobacco, with just a ghost of something added that complimented the tobacco. The flavor was a little like MacBaren Navy Flake, but with a slightly richer note, and less spice. And I experienced no tongue bite whatsoever with this blend. The flavor was best at the top of the bowl, with a little fading out a bit toward the bottom, but it did retain its full tobacco body throughout.

All in all, I would say that this is a very good choice for an all day smoke. It's not as heavy in body and aroma as Orlik's Dark Kentucky, so should appeal to those wishing lighter fare. Club Blend will probably not replace any of the tobaccos I currently keep in my rotation, but I can honestly say that it will more than make do as a replacement should any of my favored blends become temporarily (or permanently) unavailable.

This is very similar to Mac Baren Roll Cake, in that it is a sliced roll cake with a center of black cavendish. The Club Blend uses a lighter, gold Virginia. There may be a hint of Perique ('specially spiced'). For this type of blend, I much prefer their Dark Twist, which has an dark brown Virginia. But this is a good tobacco, just depends how you like your Virginias.

Fair roll cake tobacco. Tastes like sweetned Burley with Dark stoved Virginia. It does bite hard.Smells good in the room.

I don't really have anything BAD to say about this tobacco. The coins are very attractive looking and the smell in the tin is pleasantly sweet. Typical high moisture content out of the that I've come to expect from Mac Baren, as well as the tendency to bite and over heat during smoking. I recommend stacking or stuffing the coins into the bowl rather that rubbing them, this seems to reduce the heat as well as the bite. This tobacco tastes very pleasant, slightly sweet though I don't necessarily detect any casing, just a virginia cavendish mixture. I did enjoy this and it was very pleasant for the hot summer months. I may purchase more in the future however, this type of mild, dutch, sweet virginia cavendish mix. isn't really my "thing", it just doesn't keep my interest.

You can compare this one to Dark Twist, but a bit milder. It's a sweet virginia roll cake that smokes like a quality virginia should. It's got a bit of an aroma that's pleasant, and doesn't interfere too much with the taste, which is a good thing. Nutty, sweet flavors come from this blend. If you like virginias that have been mellowed out, then you'll really enjoy this blend. I can't explain this blend to a newbie. If you've had experience with VA's, then you'll certainly know what I'm talking about when you try this blend.

This scores an 89 out of 100 for me. 🙂

This was one of my first stops on my trip down the Virginia hi-way. I find C.B. to be a good overall blend, just not in my top 10. I have a pound in the cellar to see if it mellows out with age. I find this blend to be sweet, and spicey.....caramel, and pepper. Rubbed out, the pack, light, and burn are good. As with most Mac Baren blends if you go too fast it will scortch your tounge. An enjoyable blend, but not IMHO equal to Mac Baren Mature Virginia....one of my favorites. Rate * *

Ive only been pipe smoking for a few years on and off and decided to try this blend. A few months ago after reading some reviews. I first tried it and got the Mac Baren tung bite blues and burned out my second favorite falcon bowl so even though the poor first experience with it I could taste the sweet va shine through. Which encouraged me to give it another go.

Since then I purchased a new bowl and sipped it as slowly as I could. Making it one of my new favorites even though if I get carried away and I get a mild case of tung bite.

For 2 years now I have enjoyed MacBaren?s Club Blend. I think highly of the MacBaren Blends (except for Black Ambrosia).

Club Blend wins the trophy. I have it straight from MacBaren that their spun cut tobaccos: Club Blend; Roll Cake; and Dark Twist are cased only with sugar with no other casing or flavorings are used. This is to be appreciated!! The aroma carries the burning sugars as does the taste, that being the wonderful waft-ness of toasted marshmallow.

The small cakes are easy to rub out, but packing them in a variety of ways can help to create distinct differences through the bowl. When the smoke reaches the dark center Cavendish, the signature of a peppery spice comes through to entice just momentarily. I?ve recently sampled Dark Twist which in my opinion is a lighter smoke than Club Blend. Seems from the tin I have, the Dark Twist does not have as much Cavendish, hence, less peppery. I noticed that Club Blend seems to have a tad bit more sugar than Dark Twist too. I?ll offer a review of Dark Twist soon.

But for Club Blend, I recommend it. Indubitably! Three cheers for Club Blend, Hip Hip?.. You know the rest.