Mac Baren Original Choice
(2.76)
Original Choice is a new pioneering pipe tobacco which will appeal to "novice" pipe smokers and the younger generation. It has a mild, aromatic taste, and the truly remarkable thing about Original Choice is the fact that we have managed to develop a tobacco that does not smart on the tongue.
Original Choice is made of specially selected tobaccos. It is a blend of Virginia tobacco from North Carolina and mild, air-dried Burley from Tennessee. One of the suppliers of the Virginia tobacco is Boyette Farm, where the Boyette family has been working since 1797 to produce the best possible Virginia qualities. Their success has been due in part to the warm and dry climate. It is now the fifth generation that has taken its place behind the solid oak writing desk to play roulette with Mother Nature, as the family puts it. Fortunately, thanks to generations of experience, the odds are stacked in favor of the Boyette family. That is why a plug of Original Choice is always a good idea. The packaging is made of an exclusive type or corrugated card, which not only looks good and protects the tobacco but is also completely environment-friendly. It is not every year that Mac Baren Tobacco launches new types of tobacco. That is why we have pulled out all the stops to make full use of our experience and our production of the new blends. That is also why we have managed to make sure that Original Choice does not smart on the tongue. Numerous test smokers have already given Original Choice their approval and have already made it their first choice.
Notes: Introduced in 1998.
Details
Profile
Strength
Very Mild
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Mild
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Mild
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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2.76 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 11 - 20 of 30 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 24, 2009 | Mild to Medium | Very Mild | Mild to Medium | Very Pleasant |
Nice paper-board outer package with a tobacco leaf sticker on it and no other motifs than mac-baren crest. Looks as it is a true tobacco we are about to try.
A lot of black cavendish among bright virg. and burley. No artificial aromas and toppings to kill the tobacco taste, if we ignore the natural sweetener which only enhances the fine natural aroma.
It smokes fine, tastes sweet enough, mild, but still is a serious smoke with some body. An all day smoke for any occasion. The room note is very nice, fruity almond like.
It suits all, from beginners to ones moving from aromatics to a more natural english or oriental blends.
It's neutrality will not appeal to heavy latakia smokers nor sweet cherry-vanilla-aromatics lovers. However it has it's place in a spectrum of tobacco and in a way it makes an important link in a chain of many blends.
I recommend it to all that start with smoking pipes, to all that want a day off from the heavy english mixtures, and to all aromatics lovers willing to try something more natural.
A lot of black cavendish among bright virg. and burley. No artificial aromas and toppings to kill the tobacco taste, if we ignore the natural sweetener which only enhances the fine natural aroma.
It smokes fine, tastes sweet enough, mild, but still is a serious smoke with some body. An all day smoke for any occasion. The room note is very nice, fruity almond like.
It suits all, from beginners to ones moving from aromatics to a more natural english or oriental blends.
It's neutrality will not appeal to heavy latakia smokers nor sweet cherry-vanilla-aromatics lovers. However it has it's place in a spectrum of tobacco and in a way it makes an important link in a chain of many blends.
I recommend it to all that start with smoking pipes, to all that want a day off from the heavy english mixtures, and to all aromatics lovers willing to try something more natural.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 31, 2016 | Mild to Medium | Mild | Mild to Medium | Very Pleasant |
mcbaren at its finest...smooth, cool and very tasty..what a fine experience...i put this one with my top blends of my 105 different blends...i think this one requires someone who has been smoking pipe for a while as the complexity is very soft..this one is winner
Pipe Used:
stanwell and big ben only
PurchasedFrom:
pipes and cigars
Age When Smoked:
70
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 23, 2013 | Very Mild | None Detected | Mild | Tolerable |
This mixture is an aromatic in the Danish sense of the term which means it is cavendish with very little casing or topping. When the tin is first opened there is a trace of fruit & honey fragrance but any added flavors are extremely subtle. It is a mixture with a mild, satisfying, no nonsense tobacco taste - a bit like Plumcake without the rum. If you like Sail Regular or Sail Natural you might like this as well. It would make a great all day smoke if it didn't have a slight tendency to bite.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 05, 2011 | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Mild | Pleasant |
I've made MacBarens Original Choice my overall all day blend, along with some medium English as an alternating blend. After trying most of MB's blends {not all of them} i seem to favor this more-so than the rest, mainly because of its genuine sweetness and real tobacco taste. Not too bland but a gentle unabounded sweetness that i can smoke all day long. To me the sweetness of the virginias, which is very selective from any of MB's blends, combined with just enough dark burley to give it a slight buttery, creamy, chocalaty taste, falls short of a blend that incorporates too much of a good thing. I've ran across a few of those, Dan Tobacco's Milonga and Davinci are two that are great tasting but i found myself loading up a bowl of those blends too many times. hence, too much of a good thing. I think a slightly bland tobacco that offers an exceptionally good overall taste, is necessary for an all dayer that you can add as a rotater along with something else that you like. It all depends on you and what your tastebuds are telling you. This one very easily slipped into my daily rotation, two aro's and one English. Strength is just right for me that completely satisfy's my N cravings without it being too harsh, with absolutly no tongue bite.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Nov 18, 2010 | Mild | Mild to Medium | Very Mild | Pleasant |
Quality aromatic tobacco with good burning and very good room note.Great for morning smoke as it is not very powerful.Nearly no tounge bite unless you puff too strong.Beter then Virginia Choice according to me.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 27, 2022 | Very Mild | Strong | Full | Very Pleasant |
Un tabac aux saveurs de fruits et de cannelle, très sucré, très onctueux; bourrage, allumage et fumage très faciles; à conseiller aux amateurs de tabacs très aromatisé et aux débutants; la fin d'une pipe est un peu décevante car les saveurs partent pour de laisser en bouche qu'une fumée sucrée.
Pipe Used:
bruyère
PurchasedFrom:
civette du palais royal à Paris
Age When Smoked:
1 mois
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Nov 08, 2018 | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Very Pleasant |
I guess that if this tobacco were sold in an expensive tin marked by McClelland, Samuel Gawith or similar renowned brands, it would achieve much better rankings by some of the reviewers. In my opinion, this is an excellent blend: you can taste the tobacco and at the same time enjoy the discrete fruity topping; easy to load, easy to smoke and no chance of byte. If you aren't among the aro haters or among the snobs who consider an aro smoker not a real (??) pipe smoker, I think you should try this tobacco and you won't be disappointed.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 10, 2016 | Very Mild | Strong | Full | Pleasant |
A less sweet version of Aromatic choice, otherwise much the same.
As far as intense stock aromatics go, this is top notch even though we're not talking fancy master blend.
Advantages: cool burn, tasty, even burn, sweet, consistent, no common cavendish drawbacks. Disadvantages: close to no nicotine, you can barely feel tobacco if at all, actually this does not feel like smoking a tobacco (even less so with aromatic choice).
Fruity sweet flavour throughout, which one can well taste in smoke, not just in the room or out of the pack. If you smoked hookah, - this is it, just drier and thicker smoke. It can well stand on its own with expensive (snobs would say "high-quality") aromatics.
As far as intense stock aromatics go, this is top notch even though we're not talking fancy master blend.
Advantages: cool burn, tasty, even burn, sweet, consistent, no common cavendish drawbacks. Disadvantages: close to no nicotine, you can barely feel tobacco if at all, actually this does not feel like smoking a tobacco (even less so with aromatic choice).
Fruity sweet flavour throughout, which one can well taste in smoke, not just in the room or out of the pack. If you smoked hookah, - this is it, just drier and thicker smoke. It can well stand on its own with expensive (snobs would say "high-quality") aromatics.
Pipe Used:
neerup briar, sahin briar
PurchasedFrom:
some guy in Istanbul
Age When Smoked:
new
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Nov 30, 2015 | Very Mild | Mild | Mild | Pleasant |
It is a good start for a beginner. It's aroma is much more stronger than Captain Black, and it has a unique, sweet smell. It's easy to light, as written below the package, also packaging is a stylish one. Can also be a supplement for tobaccos with bad room notes.
Pipe Used:
Bruyère, Corncob, Meerschaum
Age When Smoked:
new
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jun 29, 2015 | Mild | Very Mild | Mild to Medium | Pleasant |
Nice to smoke, if properly filled does not extinguish even after longer pause. I can recommend it to beginners. Personally I smoked it for nearly two hours without break and only one match used.
Pipe Used:
Stanwell, Savinelli, Peterson, ...
PurchasedFrom:
local tobacco shop
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