Mac Baren Golden Blend
(3.03)
Since Golden Blend was introduced back in 1952 it has gained many, many fans all over the world – rightly so. The special selected brown burley tobaccos, mixed with just a touch of golden Virginia, are carefully pressed and stored. The large slices are cut and partly rubbed up, which makes this blend easy to fill into your pipe. This slowly burning burley based blend is very satisfying and you will enjoy the slight note of chocolate – a note that all good burley tobacco produces naturally.
Notes: American pipe smokers will find this blend under the name of Golden Extra.
Details
Profile
Strength
Mild to Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Mild
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Mild to Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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3.03 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 11 - 12 of 12 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jun 12, 2005 | Strong | Mild | Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
As with Burley London Blend I tried this tobacco after it was recomended by many on ASP as a possible replacement for Edgeworth Sliced. And, as with Burley London Blend, it doesn't make grade. While the flavor of this tobacco is substantially better than BLB, the strength of the nicotine again kicked me for a loop. Unfortunately, today is day two of holding my stomach after smoking too much of this tobacco and I still can't smoke for fear of wretching again. I feel very badly about this since to be quite honest, I like the flavor and had high hopes in each of my test pipes (this is test #4 - a group 4-ish Karl Erik 1/4 bent apple) believing if I could only find that magical combination of the right pipe for this tobacco I'd have a winner. I would have kept testing but each test left me holding my guts with the larger bowls being worse than the smaller of course. So, Flavor - nice. Tin Aroma - very nice. Stomachability (if there is such a word) - wretchingly terrible ... BUT IF YOU CAN HOLD IT DOWN, it's a nice flavored tobacco. I'll likely test it again in a couple of years hoping my stomach can take it at that time.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 24, 2003 | Mild to Medium | Very Mild | Mild | Pleasant to Tolerable |
I previously smoked this blend regularly. However, from my exposure to VA flakes, I've grown to prefer many of them to this burley blend. I also now favor the taste of MacB's Navy Flake which is also Burley based but more mellow and in true flake form. GE is one of the better rubbed out burley blends but had a tendency to burn hot for me and torch my tongue especially @ a high burn rate and/or if smoked all day. Although a good smoke, not a great one and I just now prefer others.
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