Mac Baren's Plumbcake & Pipe Type

[samanden]

I'm curious, for those who've had MB's Plumbcake, do you smoke it in your aromatic or Latakia pipe?

 

[petes03]

I don't think you really have to worry about Plumcake ghosting a pipe at all. That said, the best smokes I've had with it were in a cob.

 

[rmbittner]

If you dedicate your pipes to specific tobacco styles, I'd definitely go "aromatic" with this one. Plumcake has only a tiny quantity of latakia in it. . . and some lists of its ingredients don't mention it at all. In addition, it's also sweetened and then flavored with rum; I personally wouldn't want that kind of blend in my latakia-dedicated pipes. But I could also see Plumcake working well right out of the gate in pipes dedicated to traditional Navy flakes -- that is, VA/burley flakes that include rum.
Of course, there's nothing wrong with smoking everything in the same pipe. Just keep in mind that it will take more bowls of any new blend before that blend's character really comes through.
Bob

 

[samanden]

Thanks guys!

 

[foggymountain]

I used to like Plumcake in a Dunhill shell briar. Don't like it in other pipes. The black Dunhill shells tend to taste a little dry and bitter. Plumcake sweetens it just enough.

 

[drrock]

The pipe machts nichts - Plumcake is fabulous in any pipe!

 

[dhintonca]

FWIW, I found that for me, Plumcake works/tastes better in a smaller pipe as opposed to my larger ones. Dunno why, just seemed to burn and therefore taste better -- lasted as long as 1-q does in a big pipe, so no loss there!

 

[papipeguy]

I smoke Plumcake in a Nording Signature. A nice combination for me.

 

[durham270]

I think Mac Baren's Plumcake has bridged the gap between Aromatic & English blends very successfully. It's aged with Jamaica Rum if I remember correctly and has a very small amount of Latakia for slight smokiness. I smoke it most times in a cob.