Addendum: That characteristic taste/aroma reminds me of the sawdust smell of red oak, if you’ve ever worked with it.MacBaren HH Old Dark Fired in a Bantam Falcon Bulldog. This my first bowl of this blend. I’ll need more bowls certainly. Has an astringency I wasn’t expecting. Nice room note. Has that MacBaren characteristic taste that I’m not crazy about. Sort of an Amphora/Sail flavor. We’ll see.