Sugar Ray

The overarching nuance (for me at any rate) with Erinmore Flake is how the different aspects of flavors come and go to and from the foreground as the bowl progresses. Here is some sweetness .... now some earthiness.... now some rich smokiness ..... here's the Virginia's..... oops,no here's the nutty Burleys ..... all of this makes for a lively bowful of excellently blended tobacco, totally free of extraneous agents. Rubs out very well, smokes clean ...... and this is true even in a variety of pipes. If you have not packed a bowlfull of Erinmore yet : what are you waiting for?!

Most of what you taste is the Virginias, enhanced by the coconut-fruity topping which may have some rum in it plus a hint of the Lakeland-style floral, with the Burley warming up the flavor and giving it some strength while the Cavendish increases the body of smoke and gives it a silky feel and depth of sweetness. I can reach for this tin any hour of the day and be rewarded with a long-burning, moderate-nicotine blend that lights easily and burns down to fine white ash.

It has a light vanilla taste and doesn't get hot. The smell isn't overbearing at all for my roommate who hates smoke. It is a great tobaccuh to sit on the porch and relax with. It is my first time buying a flake tobacco and I was impressed with it.

Very good flavor you-need to have one of these in your collection

Nice

This one's my go-to. As far as vanilla flake goes Mac Baren knows what they're doing.

Once in a very great while, I get a hankering to give this flake another go, in part because my first taste was from a neighbor who gets it sent to him in large quantities from the Middle East where, apparently, it's a lot cheaper. So, there's a sentimental attachment to it. The flake itself, right out of the tin, is too moist for me, and I'm too impatient to rub it out and wait a while before loading a pipe. So, right away, I'm faced with having to light it four or five times before it's really cooperating. Once it's lit, I do get a wonderful, fruity aroma in the room and a smoke that is mild with a bit of a nic hit. For me, that initial burst is nice enough that it's what I remember about the flake. But there are lots of flakes with or without different flavorings that impress me more and come with less moisture. This one will remain a very occasional smoke for me.

As always my go to tobacco - have been smoking it for years. I do miss the original cans for the flake.

Smooth... nice notes...

In Ireland Back in the 1940s my father used to smoke it and said it was really a great smoke with a wonderful aroma. If he was alive today im sure he would be very pleased to know its still available. I agree one hundred percent its truly satisfying I will continue to purchase it.

Smooth and flavorful.

Two flakes left from this tin of vanilla goodness. I was a little hesitant to try another bittey aromatic especially a Mac Baren blend, and glad i did. Just wish i had tried it alot sooner. Read and watched alot of reviews on this one before and after smoking it and came to my own conclusions " I Love It. " This particular tin needed minimal dry time before smoking, required few re lights and burned clean to the end. Tin and room notes are awesome and the smoke tastes of very good quality tobacco. Not real heavy on vanilla taste but it is definitely there. Sip this one slow and the taste is perfect. I have several other different vanilla blends in my rotation that i really enjoy but this one is my new favorite. Ordering up several more tins to jar up and enjoy !

Took me a little to figure out how to pack and light this flake but once it's burning it's wonderful

This is a really nice flake with a very noticeable top flavor I personally enjoy Mac Baren tobacco's a lot I find them to be excellent Craftsman and I would recommend this to anyone that's a fan of aromatics or beginning pipe enthusiasts looking to Branch out from the standard tobacco shop brands and ready rubs all in all a good tobacco something any aromatics lover should add to their stock

Good flavor nice occasionall smoke

Nice flavor and good all day smoke

Very good taste! I like it so much! I think i’ll buy it again

It will ghost your pipe. If you want to try this blend I would recommend dedicating a pipe. I don’t smoke many aromatics. But this is a favorite. I’m not sure the fruity top note, maybe apricots? And has a juice fruit smell from the tin. Smoke slow as it can get a little bite.

These flakes have a decent nic hit and a complex topping that is there in just the right intensity. You mostly taste the tobaccos, but the topping is there to add a little something. Nice blend. Will order again.

My life long favourite!

I have always liked flaked pipe tobacco it seems to stay moist longer and this lit aromatic and medium smoke ,good flavor and pleasant aroma.

I have always buy a tin Erinmore flake when I want a good change in my pipe smoking. It has a little sweetness lit aromatic great flavor.I have been buying this from the 1970es.

Smooth mellow smoke with just the right texture and vanilla highlight.

The Best Of The Best

Delish all the ladies are following me to get a whiff.

Erinmore Flake was the second non-drugstore type of tobacco that I purchased many decades ago. I loved Erinmore Flake immediately, and it has remained a solid favorite since. While i generally don't dabble in aromatics, this one remains a staple in my rotation. In fact, I think I will open another tin right now. Good stuff here, although I do wish they would go back to the square and rectangular tins. They fit into fishing vest pockets better than the round tins.(By the way, the first was Escudo.)

I love it! Great flavor great smoke!

This is a fine,satisfying flake. Yet either my taste buds have changed, or it yields a different aroma from what I remember, from John Murray's Belfast classic.many years ago. Still I am happy I ordered it.

Not what I expected. I had read really good reviews of this online and it fell way short of my expectations, especially because of the price. Upon opening the tin, it has a really sweet inviting smell, but when smoking it, it had a harsh smokey flavor and not a whole lot of vanilla flavor at all.

Great room note great taste

I recently ordered this pipe tobacco and have really enjoyed it. It reminded me of many years ago when I was just beginning to smoke a pipe. I experimented with as many different blends as my limited income would allow and Erinmore was a favorite when I could afford it during my college years. It tastes just as good now as it did 50 or so years ago!!!

A good moist flake tobacco. The apple is subtler than it could be. The flakes are thin but easy to fold and roll, or fluff to your liking. I do not like the new round tin. I miss the old square one. But this is a good alternitive to a Navy Flake or cake tobacco. It screams old world with the fine blend and will keep you coming back.

I've been smoking latakia blends and Virginias for about a year (before that, I was smoking burleys almost exclusively). I also like cigars. I bought a tin of Mac Baren Vanilla Flake to smoke instead of my usual tobacco, so as to avoid olfactorally offending a friend who will be staying with me for a few weeks. This stuff has a decent flavor, a nice room note, and leaves my pipe smelling wonderful. However, it bites quite badly. I've smoked several bowls of this tobacco, dried out to various degrees, but with similar results. It's only bearable when dried out and mixed 50/50 with a light burley (which also happens to be quite a tasty mixture). I think I'll have to find something else, or just smoke what I want and put up with complaints from the girl.

I have always enjoyed Erinmore, I do prefer the mix to the flake though.

very good, sweet and smooth.

both very good. have enjoyed Erinmore for years. I like the pairing too.

A lot like St Bruno used to be at a much better price.

Tongue bites very easily. Will need to try it in my 12" clay pipe to see if that helps. Nice room note though

My husband likes it a lot

I was pleasantly surprised with this tobacco. I enjoyed the flavor, and would definitely order some more!

Aways agrat smoke i am going to let it age for a while in the tin not being opened

The best tobacco ever. The only one that does not burn the tongue no matter the amount of smoking

On time delivery

Just like I said. Best vanilla I've ever had.

A little temperamental about moisture level, needs to be just right to stay lit without burning too hot. Overall a very acceptable flake.

Not sure what is going on with this one. I couldn't even detect any vanilla flavors. The smoke was very harsh. It reminded me of a Marlbro Red. I'm going to cellar it, and see if that helps. Otherwise this is not a flavor I will get again. I really wonder if I just got an anomaly, because there are such high marks on this one.

Flake tobacoes are to me, a little fussy. This one is always a little damp and sticky and doesn’t rub out well in my palm. I cut a flake in half across the grain with a scissors, loosen up the strands a little and and insert loosely longitudinally into the pipe bowl. Repeat with the other half. The length of the cut strands nearly comes to the top of the bowl so I am smoking the longitudinal strands down from one end to the other. Loose is good because the tobacco expands in the pipe. One whole flake fills one bowl. The way I smoke, periodic relights are needed. The reward is a pleasantly full bodied smoke with subtle hints of fruit and a wife-approved room note. The fuss is worth it.

My go to vanilla, instead of trash tobacco being covered up with too much flavoring, the vanilla rides in the back seat letting the superb tobacco take lead, outta the tin fantastic, aged is phenomenal

I ordered this on a whim and wasn't sure what to expect, I was surprised when it got here, the tin note reminded me of Juicy Fruit Gum. I tried it first in the fold and stuff method and it was just ok, when I rubbed it out WOW what an explosion of flavours, I had to make sure I was smoking the same tobacco. Rubbed out you can taste all the different nuances of this blend, a little grassy, a little citrusy just a fantastic all around smoke and I will be keeping some on hand from now on.

Ok not great

great flake smells good in the tin crumbles very well taste great to bottom of bowl.WIsh it came in bulk.

erinmore flake wish it was sold by the pound.

My first time smoking a flake. I picked the right 1. A great smoke, very nice aroma. I rub mine out and let it dry, then I load up. Give it a try tou won't be disappointed.

this is a nice smoke. It's my first time smoking a flake cut tobacco, so packing the bowl took more attention than usual. It has a traditional pipe feel to it. With many Virginias, I feel like I'm smoking hay. So not with this, probably because it's pressed and the mix of the cavendish.

Not bad.

This flake has to be my favorite aromatic. I've tri's.ed the 1lb. box but find the 1.75oz. tins are the better choice for me. I don't like the long flakes that come with the box. What a hassle to cut and jar. Taste and room note are excellent and smoked slowly, no bite at all. Not a gooper like some other aro. Wish they stocked the 3.5oz. tin though.

I've been looking for a long time. I believe I have found my go to Pipe Tobacco. The taste is fantastic.

If you like Orlik Golden Sliced, you will probably like this.

We are always surprised at how quickly the orders are processed and shipped.

The blend was not as good as I remembered it when I had I years ago. It seem like it was aged longer years ago. Maybe it's just because I have aged and my tastes have changed. I still enjoyed it though. Still very smooth.

Better in rectangular tin

Very smooth smoke

Easy to pack, well packaged; cool & long burning; pleasant nut-like flavor. Would be great if available in bulk quantities.

This stuff smells absolutely amazing. I'm surrounded by hostile non-smokers and this gets me least grief. I love it for that and it's still strong enough and has just enough flavor to actually enjoy it myself.

I think its a pretty good blend. I could see this becoming a daily smoke. That being said near the last quarter of the bowl it starts to taste very ashey. I know some might say thats expected but I never really notice it with other blends. Id say if you've ever been interested in this blend give it a try.

I'm an occasional pipe smoker who tends to take extended breaks away from enjoying my pipes. After a ten year absence, I was was rummaging through my collection the other night and came across a tin of this that I bought 21 years ago. It was one of my first forays into finer aromatic blends. Wow, it's much better than I recall from those days of yester-year!

this is a great aro for public places. I havent had anyone say it is smell bad yet and it is not overly cased

Not a fan of virginia's, but even I can enjoy and appreciate this flake. Great starter virginia. Nice fruity top note thats not overwhelming.

I had such high hopes for this tobacco when I bought it. Giving it 2 stars because the flavor is certainly there, vanilla with a light and sweet almost leathery finish. Unfortunately, after a couple small puffs, my tongue felt like I had just dragged it across hot asphalt. This stuff burns so hot that I just couldn't enjoy it and I smoke my pipes very cool and slow. I tried mixing it with some sweet black Cavendish to cool it down, but the bite was just too much.

I'm not a tobacco snob and like all types. Erinmore is my go to flake when I want a flavorful smoke, and I find it smokes best taking it slowly. Love the flavor. If you are thinking about trying Erinmore you won't be disappointed.

Excellent smoke

The tin is perfect, the paper inside is neat, the tobacco itself is fairly moist, neatly flaked and the tin note greets you with fruit and nut. It is a very neat and tidy overall product. The tin is perfect for a jacket pocket. I did not care for the blend at first, mainly because I do inhale every couple of puffs and found that it was too harsh for my throat. This, and I just wasn't getting that much flavor out of it compared to my other aromatics. Within a few days I took about 3/4 of it and gave it to a friend. Well, last night I was putting another tin away and noticed I still had some Erinmore left so I lit up a bowl only to realize that I never gave this blend a chance. When I first got the blend I puffed away (or sipped, whatever...I know how to smoke) searching for it's essence like some would-be connoisseur and could not find it. Some pass-times are lessons in life. Golf is the same way. Even though I know to relax, take a practice swing, plan the shot etc etc, it still takes me a few holes to do that, and sometimes I make it through a whole round before I realize I was rushing, or not doing X. Same thing with pipes. If you rush a pipe and don't have your routine, if you're not in the right mind frame, you won't get the true experience and you're just blowing smoke. If you just want to puff away you should save that for a cheapo blend. Many of these reviews strike me as coming from would-be connoisseurs who are dissecting the product instead of experiencing it. A book and/or a conversation on a comfy leather couch and a pipe is the experience...separating the experience from the tobacco is like separating intimacy from love and turning the act into a series of positions and sensations. Yes, I know I went too far with that, but we pipe smokers are known to ruminate, are we not?

This has turned out to be my favorite. I smoke this more than anything else.

My husband smokes a pipe and is very pleased with his Tobacco

Not for me. too harsh,hard to light

Good burn full flavor wife loves room note

My favorite pipe tobacco. Wonderful rich aroma and flavor. Erinmore Flake is a true classic of pipe tobaccos. One of the legendary Virginia/Burley Mixtures. The flavor is a fruity yet natural tobacco smoke. I enjoy it all day and in all seasons.

I'm wild about Virginia flakes and a bargain shopper so I'm very fond of Peter Stokkebye’s Twist, Navy, and Bullseye bulk offerings. Orlik’s Golden flake is also wonderful. I'm fairly new to pipes and there's a whole lot more to sample but in general aromatics don't interest me. Mac Baron’s Vanilla Cream flake is exceptional though, the topping is delicate, sweet, complimentary. It's nice to find an aromatic I truly enjoy.

Excellent room note, and very nicely packaged flake tobacco. This blend lacks flavor.....totally. No vanilla or any sweetness, and definately no tobacco taste. The flakes are very nice and consistant and smell great. Tends to get hot QUICK!

My favorite flake for morning smokes or quiet evenings. Mild to medium in body. Just good tobacco.

Not as robust and aromatic as it was when Nixon was in the White House, the last time I smoked it. Still, a cool, slightly sweet and pleasant smoke. I rub it out and add it to other blends or smoke it straight. I am happy with it. There are better Virginia Flakes.

The ordering process was easy and the product arrived exactly as ordered.

Good smoke but no vanilla

Light top note of fruit. Burns wet, so dry it out a little before you smoke it. Give me Royal Yacht!

Didn't finish the tin.

It took me some experimenting as this is my first flake. I finally learned that I like this rubbed out. It also required slow smoking to avoid some bite, but I like it a lot and will probably buy it again. It has a sweetness that I like.

Erinmore Flake is nothing special. It wasn't bad but it wasn't great either.

A nice all day smoke. Not to heavy of a topping that it takes away from the virginia's.

As a dedicated Virginia flake smoker, I have been remiss for many years never having tried Erinmore Flake. Too bad! I never knew what I was missing---I had to order some more right in an attempt to catch up on lost time. I am particularly fond of its composition of Dark Burley and Virginia tobaccos. It has a subtle berry taste that is hardly noticeable, and it improves as the smoke continues. Now, where is that mail carrier?

No vanilla taste burns very hot never buy again

Very nice aroma

Good but not up to similar blends from McClellend. Mild and balanced but just seems not to reach what some other's offer. Too bad because I have heard good reviews for Erinmore.

I can't decide if this tobacco is an aromatic or just topped differently. It has a distinct flavor that grows on you.

Ok so I usually don't leave reviews! With that said here I go. I'm new to pipe smoking and have been favoring aromtic blends with the occasional carter hall/ non aromatic tobacco. I have already established at this time that I just don't like latakia/ English tobaccos. This is my first flake so generally I let it sit out overnight and just rubbed one out. Wow!! What a fabulous and tasty smoke with a decent kick of nicotine! I will always keep some around and if this is what flake tobacco is all about then I'm sold!! I can't wait to try the fold and stuff method.

Very good smooth smoke.

My initial two bowls were had after rubbing the tobacco out. I didn't see what the fuss was about. Rather unimaginative, if not bland. Jut for kicks, I "fold and stuff"-ed it on the third bowl, and WOW what a difference! The flavors are so much more defined this way! It raised from a shaky three star to a solid 4.5 stars for me. I can see why it was Tolkein's fav! On the down side, it is very difficult to get started, but once it does, great, gorgeous plumes of smoke!

I really like vanilla aromatics and this one is probably my favorite as far as flavor goes. It seems to have a little more kick to it than I like, so definitely don't smoke on an empty stomach! 4 stars.

Great service with a great pipe tobacco.

My husband loves it and has bee using it for many years

I'm not just sure how long I have been smoking Erinmore Flake; decades, that's for certain. It was one of the first non-drug store blends I encountered and has been a part of my pipe smoking since. While my tastes have moved on to the "English Style" blends, I always keep several tins of Erinmore close at hand. The finer nuances of flavor "profile" are mostly lost on me. I do know that this is a consistently reliable flake. Most often using the fold and stuff way of packing my pipe, it may take several charring lights, but burns evenly thereafter. Medium/mild, nice room note, and slow burning with a bit if sweetness, it has been a favorite for more decades than I like to think about.