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Mac Baren: HH Balkan Blend 16oz Pipe Tobacco
Product Number: 003-039-0110
A smooth and well-balanced blend of Virginias, Turkish Oriental, Cyprian Latakia, and burley, Mac Baren's HH Balkan is a spicy and smoky English blend with plenty of character, befitting the title of "all day English."
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- Components: Virginia, Latakia, Burley, Orientals
- Family: English
- Cut: Ribbon
Customer Reviews
A Smooth, Soft, Gentle Balkan
January 11, 2025
By:
James Marc R.
Product: Mac Baren HH Balkan Blend 16oz
hey ride front seat with the Burley. Most Balkans slap you in the face with Latakia and sun-cured... this doesn't, and I like it. There's a softness to which the component notes present themselves, indicating a great deal of effort went into its design. Someone noted it's akin to scotch neat vs scotch and soda... great analogy that sums this up. Balkans are inherently rich and flavorful in their design, and this is too, but in a gentle way. I like the subtle maple sugar sweetness in this and love that the latakia isn't so dominating. While some have attempted to create something similar, there's an aged, mellow and unified quality to this mixture as often found in steamed and pressed flakes. Other mixtures come close but their components are distinctly assertive. The gentle lightness of this Balkan makes it a wonderfully fitting summer English. Like all of HH tobaccos, the finish is clean. There's no lingering aftertaste. Sadly, this and all other HH tobaccos will soon be discontinued and become extinct due to the utterly contemptable mediocrity of STG. I didn't get much nicotine from this as I just finished a large bowl of my wife's beef stew, a helping of homemade sour dough bread and marble cake. I smoked it in one of my many Scott's burners (a favorite traditional small French billiard stummel)....Read More
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