Cornell & Diehl Strathspey
(2.00)
Classic Scottish blend. Heavy with Latakia & deep Orientals, subtly sweet with light & dark pressed Cavendish and a touch of Scotch.
Details
| Brand | Cornell & Diehl |
| Blended By | |
| Manufactured By | Cornell & Diehl |
| Blend Type | Scottish |
| Contents | Black Cavendish, Cavendish, Latakia, Oriental/Turkish |
| Flavoring | Whisky |
| Cut | Ribbon |
| Packaging | 2oz Tin, 8oz Tin |
| Country | United States |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
Mild to Medium
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant to Tolerable
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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2.00 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 11 - 19 of 19 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 26, 2008 | Mild | Medium | Mild to Medium | Tolerable |
Tin: Mix of dark tan, with flecks of olive, ribbon and black wide cut. Latakia and butterscotch essence smell. Since it is dry, it isn't sticky.
Lighting: It has burn qualities characteristic of aromatics, requiring relights, tamping, and puffing, even considering it is quite dry. Another trait of aromatics, it does give some tongue bite, even though the smoke remains fairly cool.
Aroma: Soft, mellow, woodsy butterscotch.
Taste: Not much at all
Nicotine: mild
Room Note: Similar to aroma, a little tangy, natural aroma persisting for a short while.
Overall: If it's essence of butterscotch, I must like aromatics, which I smoked for years, before turning to tins. Strathspey seemed like a decent tobacco, but might not be worth a premium price.
Aired Strathspey: Two weeks after opening the tin, the original aromatic blend has transformed into a true light Cavendish blend. The butterscotch flavoring has diminished, wafted off, leaving a quality light cavendish blend.
Aroma & Taste: Complex, soft, mellow, woodsy, the interference of the flavoring essence no longer dominant; less tongue bite also.
Originally, the flavoring essence overpowers the qualities of the tobacco leaf. Aired out, the blend displays quite good qualities of a light English blend with a good Cavendish base.
Lighting: It has burn qualities characteristic of aromatics, requiring relights, tamping, and puffing, even considering it is quite dry. Another trait of aromatics, it does give some tongue bite, even though the smoke remains fairly cool.
Aroma: Soft, mellow, woodsy butterscotch.
Taste: Not much at all
Nicotine: mild
Room Note: Similar to aroma, a little tangy, natural aroma persisting for a short while.
Overall: If it's essence of butterscotch, I must like aromatics, which I smoked for years, before turning to tins. Strathspey seemed like a decent tobacco, but might not be worth a premium price.
Aired Strathspey: Two weeks after opening the tin, the original aromatic blend has transformed into a true light Cavendish blend. The butterscotch flavoring has diminished, wafted off, leaving a quality light cavendish blend.
Aroma & Taste: Complex, soft, mellow, woodsy, the interference of the flavoring essence no longer dominant; less tongue bite also.
Originally, the flavoring essence overpowers the qualities of the tobacco leaf. Aired out, the blend displays quite good qualities of a light English blend with a good Cavendish base.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jul 30, 2006 | Medium | Very Mild | Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
Think this stuff is getting the short end of the reviews....Its pretty good I thought. Nice scottish blend- Fun to smoke- taste is pleasent. Its a sit and contemplate or take a leasurely walk kind of smoke. For me the flavors meld nicely, the scent is nice- It's not a powerhouse like the Dunhills, But a great time in the eve. Funny- It puts a friend of mine to sleep.... Try it if your new to english blends- its a great primer.
Update. Sorry to sound like a broken record, But I have to concurr with recent opinions. My first tin of this had the picture on the top- So I never considered the date really- and I love it. Got a tin at J&R with the pic on the side, and had two bowls and hated every breath. I put it away thinking it needed time to mellow or something, But seeing these reviews- Now it clicks. Its not scotch anymore, but Butterscotch. Just tried it again to see if I felt any different- Just want to throw the pipe away with the tin. Sad....Hope He announces on the C&D website when he goes back to the original receipe. Thats when I'll try this again.
Update. Sorry to sound like a broken record, But I have to concurr with recent opinions. My first tin of this had the picture on the top- So I never considered the date really- and I love it. Got a tin at J&R with the pic on the side, and had two bowls and hated every breath. I put it away thinking it needed time to mellow or something, But seeing these reviews- Now it clicks. Its not scotch anymore, but Butterscotch. Just tried it again to see if I felt any different- Just want to throw the pipe away with the tin. Sad....Hope He announces on the C&D website when he goes back to the original receipe. Thats when I'll try this again.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Aug 11, 2004 | Medium | None Detected | Medium to Full | Tolerable to Strong |
Strathspey is an interesting blend from C&D. In the bag, it smelled odd ? kind of like something you should be putting around the plants in the garden, not in your pipe. But the object of this exercise is to smoke it ? and smoke it I did.
One thing I thought of every time I smoked Strathspey was how much it reminded me of Syrian Trawler. Seems to be the same Latakia types and proportions.
The flavor is dry, only a slight a hint of sweetness. A bold flavor without being too strong, I felt that it lacked roundness and body. The Scotch topping was very subdued, and was probably too busy working behind the scenes to come to the fore. The room note will not win friends. You will probably get ushered to the porch before you get too far past the charring light.
I wouldn?t put Strrathspey in the normal categories. It?s unusual. The English + topping is done much better with this one than with Cross Eyed Cricket, but nowhere as good as Mephisto.
One thing I thought of every time I smoked Strathspey was how much it reminded me of Syrian Trawler. Seems to be the same Latakia types and proportions.
The flavor is dry, only a slight a hint of sweetness. A bold flavor without being too strong, I felt that it lacked roundness and body. The Scotch topping was very subdued, and was probably too busy working behind the scenes to come to the fore. The room note will not win friends. You will probably get ushered to the porch before you get too far past the charring light.
I wouldn?t put Strrathspey in the normal categories. It?s unusual. The English + topping is done much better with this one than with Cross Eyed Cricket, but nowhere as good as Mephisto.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jul 25, 2004 | Medium | Very Mild | Mild | Pleasant to Tolerable |
I can just detect a faint hint of Scotch in this. Starts a little harsh, but finishes well and is actually quite nice. Watch your tongue on those first few puffs. Comes a little dry like all C&D products. Will look elsewhere, but may come back to.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 13, 2004 | Medium | Mild | Medium to Full | Tolerable |
This one of the blends that alot of people would call a crossover blend. The aromatic agent in this is a good one to me in that it sits in the back and is a nice addition.I do not usually like blends that are heavy aromatics so I thought this was done tastefuly and some people would argue whether or not it is an aromatic or not. Either way I enjoy this . It is not a regular smoke to me, however, sometimes I get in the mood for this and am satisfied while smoking it. A high quality blend that may not work for everybody but is definately Worth a try.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 06, 2003 | Medium | Mild to Medium | Medium to Full | Pleasant to Tolerable |
This is definitely a different blend! It is in the vein of "Mephisto" in that it is not an aromatic per se, but rather an "Scottish" blend with real scotch added to it. Upon opening the tin you are instantly aware of the alcoholic topping. I recommend airing out before packing. Packing is easy, lighting is easy. Don't puff this one too quick or it will toast your tongue. I also found it is more tasty and cooler in a larger pipe.(worked well in a large Ferndown)Toward the end of the bowl a little bitterness developed but not enough to make you quit. The ash was suprisingly dry and fluffy. Bottom of the bowl was dry too. All in all this is a blend for those times you are in the mood for something different (maybe while reading John Knox's history of the reformation in Scotland?)It is not too sweet, has decent complexity. 3.5 ot of 5 points. Enjoy...
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Nov 23, 2002 | Medium to Strong | Mild | Full | Pleasant to Tolerable |
blends with latakia and orientals are among my favorites, and this is a good one. both are very evident in the first 2/3 of the bowl, with the cavendish providing just the tiniest bit of background note. the scotch casing is just detectable, which is fine with me as i like good scotch whiskey. the only slight flaw i have found is a tiny bit of harshness in the bottom of the bowl, maybe from the cavendish. it's not bad, just enough to knock this one back to a 3-star rating. my wife likes the room note, although she is much more tolerant than most women (i can smoke full latakia blends like pirate kake in the house! am i a lucky guy, or what?). it's a good tobacco that deserves consideration from any smoker wanting a scottish blend that is acceptable to others in the same room.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 29, 2002 | Medium | Mild to Medium | Medium | Tolerable |
Strathspey is an interesting "crossover" English; that is, a mild or medium English with some kind of aromatic dressing. In this case, the Latakia and Turkish are "civilized" with cavendish and a Scotch top dressing. In the can, this is a very short ribbon cut with a fair amount of dust showing a good balance between darker and lighter leaf. As with many C&D blends, this came too dry for my tastes, so I popped a pouch button in the can and let it sit for several weeks. The can aroma is definitely that of Latakia, but with a sweet, almost candy-like, top note. At first lighting, I notice the Latakia, but also a sweet deep undertone to the smoke that's quite pleasant. This is a smoke with a lot of "bottom end." As the bowl progresses, I notice less and less of the sweetness and more and more Latakia with even a bit of bitterness. As the smoke progresses, this blend smokes hotter and more bitterly and sort of never recovers its early promise. A good smoke gone bad...
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 19, 2001 | Mild to Medium | Medium | Medium | Tolerable to Strong |
This is another of C&D?s flavored Latakia blends, but this is not really an aromatic like Brigadier and Cross-Eyed Cricket are. I would put in the same category as Esoterica?s Pembroke in that it?s really an English blend with an added alcohol topping. This blend contains Latakia, Orientals, and black and light pressed Cavendish topped with Scotch. The tin aroma is a bit like butterscotch, with a rich sweetness, but the Latakia is quite apparent as well. The taste is fairly complex, with the Latakia in the fore, but the Orientals provide some nuttiness. The Scotch isn?t apparent in the taste, but it may provide some background sweetness. I really like the way this tastes. It?s biggest drawback is that it can be sharp on the tongue?deceptively so, actually, as you?re not expecting it from such a full-tasting English.
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