Mac Baren Cube Pipe Tobacco (Loose)

Date Added: Monday 08 April, 2019 by Richard

Ive been a St. Bruno smoker for 35 years now, Ive tried various other tobaccos over this period, but always returned to good old St B. Recently, CGars ltd ran a promotion of a leather Tobacco pouch containing 25g of a Mystery tobacco, so I thought Id give it a try. Turns out, the mystery tobacco was this one (Cube) from Macbaren. From my first experience of this tobacco, it felt like my days of sticking with St Bruno, were over! Cube is an altogether more luxurious smoke than either St Bruno or anything else Ive experienced over the years. It has a massively complex flavour of Coffee/Cocoa/fruit, and a cool, silk-like experience in the mouth. The harshness I experience with St Bruno just prior to finishing a bowlful, is non-existent. According to my wife, the aroma is delightful too. The only slight negative is, its not as slow burning as St Bruno, however, this may be down to the fact the sample I received, did appear slightly dry. Ill continue to smoke St Bruno for the next few weeks, but in all honesty, Im treating this period as one of weaning myself off St Bruno and fully converting to Cube thenceforth. All-in, Cube has won me over. I cannot emphasise enough, just how fussy a pipe smoker I am, and the fact Ive stuck with St Bruno for so long, bears testimony to this fact, consequently, for me to be completely won over by an alternative to St Bruno, speaks volumes in itself!