Mac Baren Plumcake

This one IMO is only slightly better than the uninspiring and boring, Mac Baren Mixture. I would smoke it before reaching for Mixture anytime, but only if I didn't have anything better to smoke. I honestly can't see why people give this one such good reviews. One, pushing towards two, stars from me, but it still has a little more to go before it reaches that goal. This is meant to be an Aromatic???!!!

My second attempt at a MCBaren blend, the first being Mixture. I'm afraid I don't see that much difference between the two. The reason I can say that is because after smoking a bowl of either one of those blends, I couldn't taste anything due to my tongue being fried.

I'm going to keep trying this tobacco though as it comes highly rated.

Typical of most MB blends. Bitey, a little syrupy, bland but a good amount of Tobacco for the price...Nine dollars for the large tin. Perhpas you might want to try this blend if you have not experimented with Danish blends.

If you can master this stuff, This would be great- Turns my tounge into Road rash. I so much wanted to love this stuff. Smell and cut were right up my alley. First few puffs- Tongue stinging...Went to breath smoking- Tounge got destroyed. Use with caution- Starting to believe in the MacBaren curse.

In my relatively fresh experience as a pipe smoker it was in the first 25 grams of this tin that, during after dinner walks with man's best friend (dog and Italian briar pipe), I found a fantastic aroma taste stepping stone to take me from aromatics to the maturity of a more "serious" tobacco.

Then, once I pinched into the second 25 g. portion of the tin I . . . ZZZzzz

European aromatic with a rum casing. The room note is pleasent. I never tasted any Latakia throughout the 100 gram tin, not even a subtle poking through. The VA/Burley in this is very tempermental and will fry the tounge if smoked to fast or to often. Nothing here to bring me back.

September 2004

I am not a huge aromatic fan--I think years of cigarette smoking dulled my palate. I just can't taste the sweetness others seem to enjoy in aromatics. Nevertheless, this blend is probably my favorite aromatic to date. I'll finish the current tin but probably will not buy more anytime soon.

I tried this blend as an attempt to put a quality aromatic in my rotation.

The color of the tobacco is mostly golden and brown virgnias with some dark cavendish. The moisture level was a tad on the high side. The tin aroma was devine.

This tobacco requires all of a piper's attention. Overpuff just a little and the virginias cut loose with the tongue flamethrower. My poor tongue suffered through this 100 gram tin due in part to my inattentiveness. This does not mean this is a bad tobacco, its just that I'm used to being able to enjoy my pipes (and tobacco) without the necessity of paying strict attention to my smoking technique. The tobbaco taste was actually pretty good when I wasn't extinguishing my flaming tongue with water.

The room aroma is a definite crowd pleaser. Even my ultra-health conscious, anti-smoking sisters loved the smell. Nevertheless, I cannot recommend this tobacco. Of course if you can pay your undivided attention to how you smoke your tobacco and use proper, regulated smoking technique, then give this a try.

I find this blend to be ok just not great. It packs, lights and burns ok but the flavor to me is not worth the effort. This tobacco also seems to be artificially sweetened and in turn does not age well.I know there are other blends out there that will better reward your efforts. All in all a quality tobacco but the portions seem to be to muddy no real character at least for me anyways.