Mac Baren Plumcake
(2.88)
A mixture of fully ripe Virginia tobaccos, sliced, cask mellowed burley tobaccos, dark spicy cavendish and just a touch of latakia. To give Plumcake an elegant aroma, the blend has been flavoured with aged Jamaica rum.
NEW TIN DESCRIPTION: Plumcake brings the thoughts back to old times, when the sailors onboard the sailing ships filled their pipe with good, satisfying tobacco and having the scent of tar and saltwater all around them. Bright Virginia tobaccos mixed with burley, a little original Mac Baren cavendish and just a touch of [Cyprian] latakia. On top of this masterly made blend original Jamaica Rum has been added to fulfill the impression. This blend is full bodied and rich, giving you the taste nuances of natural sweetness added with a slight taste of smoke, latakia and the distinctive aroma of sailor rum.
Notes: Introduced in 1957.
As of 01/30/2019, according to Per Georg Jensen of Mac Baren it has "Latakia from Cyprus, it is many years since the Latakia from Syria were used.".
Details
| Brand | Mac Baren |
| Blended By | Harald Halberg |
| Manufactured By | Mac Baren |
| Blend Type | Aromatic |
| Contents | Black Cavendish, Burley, Latakia, Virginia |
| Flavoring | Rum |
| Cut | Ribbon |
| Packaging | 100 grams tin, 50 grams pouch, 16 ounce bag |
| Country | Denmark |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Mild to Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Mild to Medium
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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2.88 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 131 - 133 of 133 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Dec 01, 2008 | Mild | Mild to Medium | Mild | Pleasant |
I used to smoke Plumcake but had not for years. I bought a tin and I still like it very much. Its a not too fruity smooth Aromatic. Not being an Aromatic smoker I dont think I will ever give an aromatic 4 stars, however this one comes close!
For those complaining of bite... slow down! Its easy to get excited by the flavor and puff too hard!
For those complaining of bite... slow down! Its easy to get excited by the flavor and puff too hard!
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Sep 10, 2003 | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Pleasant |
Ah yes, another fine offering in the aromatic vein from MacBaren. The Danes truly have a way with aromatics, less heavy and goopy than many American offerings. To me, the tin aroma is neither plums (as suggested by the name) or of rum (as appears in the tin description). It just smells--- good. Even compared to other MB aromatics (Black Ambrosia and Vanilla Cream come to mind) the topping is relatively restrained, maybe more on the level of MB's Highland Mixture.
My tin came a little on the moist side, and given that this is a MB w/ virginias, tongue bite was a concern. I dried it out for a couple of hrs in my desktop and then loaded a well broken in kind-of-anything bent bulldog with a wide, shallow bowl. This pipe for some reason has been good to me w/r/t tongue bite. Easily lit, it had from the first a good combination of aromatic flavor and tobacco, unlike many more heavily topped aromatics that save the tobacco taste until the aromatics have volatilized. Good stuff. Care with the puffing technique and no bite throughout the bowl. The taste was fairly consistent throughout as well, with the natural caramelly sweetness from the virginias evident to the end.
After about half a tin, my main complaint with this blend is that it is too easy to smoke. I usually smoke aromatics while driving (they don't leave lingering oppressive rank odors like my fav. Englishes) and I find that I can over-puff while thinking of other things, resulting in a MB trademark bite. But that is my problem, not the tobacco's.
I find the room aroma quite pleasant, as sampled from the slipstream, but then I find most tobacco odors pleasant, at least when fresh. Indeed this olfactory feedback is one of the rewards of smoking aromatics.
While I am loath to suggest aromatics to those who do not care for them, I feel that this would be an good occasional smoke for the confirmed virginia smoker, especially one with a well broken-in tongue.
My tin came a little on the moist side, and given that this is a MB w/ virginias, tongue bite was a concern. I dried it out for a couple of hrs in my desktop and then loaded a well broken in kind-of-anything bent bulldog with a wide, shallow bowl. This pipe for some reason has been good to me w/r/t tongue bite. Easily lit, it had from the first a good combination of aromatic flavor and tobacco, unlike many more heavily topped aromatics that save the tobacco taste until the aromatics have volatilized. Good stuff. Care with the puffing technique and no bite throughout the bowl. The taste was fairly consistent throughout as well, with the natural caramelly sweetness from the virginias evident to the end.
After about half a tin, my main complaint with this blend is that it is too easy to smoke. I usually smoke aromatics while driving (they don't leave lingering oppressive rank odors like my fav. Englishes) and I find that I can over-puff while thinking of other things, resulting in a MB trademark bite. But that is my problem, not the tobacco's.
I find the room aroma quite pleasant, as sampled from the slipstream, but then I find most tobacco odors pleasant, at least when fresh. Indeed this olfactory feedback is one of the rewards of smoking aromatics.
While I am loath to suggest aromatics to those who do not care for them, I feel that this would be an good occasional smoke for the confirmed virginia smoker, especially one with a well broken-in tongue.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 24, 2003 | Mild | Mild | Very Mild | Very Pleasant |
I use to smoke this alot once,but now it seem's alot milder to me than year's ago.The last few time's I smoked it,I found myself seeking something stronger.Though the taste is still pleasant enough & it didn't bite my tongue. For fairly new comer's to pipe smoking I'm sure it would be good to start with.It light's easy & is very easy to manage.Leave's the pipe with a clean looking ash at the bottom of the bowl & no goop! In it's class-I'll give it 2 & half star's out of 4.
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