will be interested in how this compares to 3Nuns Green and Savinelli Doblones d’Oro.
MacBaren Royal Twist Remake
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will be interested in how this compares to 3Nuns Green and Savinelli Doblones d’Oro.
It sure sounds and looks like Doblone D’oro, right down to the loosely spun coins. Might have to seek this out. It sounds delicious.
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The tobacco's tasting profile should be similar to Roll Cake or Stockton. I will grab one only because I love MB's older tin art.
It really shouldn't. Roll Cake has maple flavouring, very little Kentucky, and no Perique. Don't know Stockton, and sadly haven't managed to try Doblone D'Oro but damn, a proper VaPerKy by MacBaren sounds amazing.
Spun twist you say? I might have to squeeze a few coins out of my wallet and buy a couple of tins just to see what all the fuss is about!
Funny because Mac Baren for years has claimed that Royal Twist and Roll Cake are identical, that Roll Cake was just a re-branding.
I bought a tin of Royal Twist at a pipe show a few years ago, it was quite old, probably mid 80s as the importer was "Martin Bros" (so after Fireside and before Swisher). The tobacco was like smoking black pepper, it was unbelievably spicy. And that's after smoking 5 bowls a day for 3 days straight at the show, my mouth was already dead, and this stuff just blew me apart, it was some firey, nasty stuff. Even the D'oblone doesn't come close. D'obolone is a little ugly, but it's ugly in a deep kentucky kinda way. The Royal Twist was terrifying. Like a Va/Per on steroids.
I bought a tin of Royal Twist at a pipe show a few years ago, it was quite old, probably mid 80s as the importer was "Martin Bros" (so after Fireside and before Swisher). The tobacco was like smoking black pepper, it was unbelievably spicy. And that's after smoking 5 bowls a day for 3 days straight at the show, my mouth was already dead, and this stuff just blew me apart, it was some firey, nasty stuff. Even the D'oblone doesn't come close. D'obolone is a little ugly, but it's ugly in a deep kentucky kinda way. The Royal Twist was terrifying. Like a Va/Per on steroids.
Are they stickers or painted tins? Either way, they do look nice & retro.
Seems that there have been various recipe changes/renaming of this blend over the years.
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After sitting on the sidelines the past few releases I will be in on this one. Sounds right up my alley.
Stickers not painted if anything like recent releases.
Club Blend is my favorite of the Mac B roll cakes, with Dark Twist second, and I’ve got some very well-aged stocks of both. On top of that, I’m burned out on special editions lately, so I’m just going pretend this doesn’t exist and hope I wouldn’t like it anyway.
I am starting with 10! (Have to get that free shipping) See how I like it…
Price went up quite a bit from the previous editions...didn't stop me from buying however 