Robert McConnell Scottish Cake

I am usually very suspicious with any tobacco being made in Denmark, whether English or not, but this might be the exception that proves the rule. The tin note is sort of vinegary with an undertone of hay, which is something that reminds me of many Gawith Hoggarth blends. I have let my tobacco out of the tin for 24 hours before packing my pipe as the moist content seems to be quite high. This tobacco has a broken flake appearance, packs easily in your bowl, and does not seem to require many relights. If you are for Kentucky/Burley blends paired with Virginia tobaccos, you might as well find this particular one interesting because of its Perique content. The Kentucky content will become more and more apparent the more you smoke, but the Virginia is always there providing this sweet undertone to it. Quite in contradiction with what you would have expected from a tobacco with this characteristics, the strength/taste of this tobacco is rather mild, so I recommend it as a morning blend. I cannot detect any tongue bite and its subdued sweetness keeps me wondering every now and then. Also, it does not seem to burn hot in your bowl, which is a bonus. And I think it is important to mention this tobacco is really good value for money as well. Selling at ϵ11 for a 100 grams tin, you definitely get more bang for your bucks, so if you are looking for good quality tobacco without breaking the piggy-bank, you should probably give this one a go. Based on my initial impressions, this tobacco is going to get 3 stars, but I might upgrade to 4 stars later on if I think it is worth it. For now, it is doing really well, but let's see how I get on with it in the long term.

I don't know how or why this gets described as a VaPer, seems more like a virginia-kentucky blend with a hint of perique to me but YMMV.

I openned a tin a few years back and was greeted by the smell of raisins and a lightish brown broken flake. The tobacco was very sticky and damp and felt heavily cased. I wasn't particularly impressed with a couple of bowls so jarred it up and forgot about it.

Came back to it recently and was impressed. The tobacco was no longer horribly sticky, it was a couple of shades darker brown and the smell of raisins was still present. It needed a little dry time and then it packed and burned perfectly if rubbed out or left natural, I preferred it lightly rubbed.

It starts off virginia forward with a sweet, tangy flavour that's a little too rounded and rich to be a straight virginia. As the bowl goes on the sweet, tangy flavour disappears and the bowl gets richer and more earthy in flavour. In the second half of the bowl a rich sweet molasses flavour appears and disappears, it's a lovely flavour all be it fleeting.

I'm certainly going to age a couple of tins as I enjoyed it with a little age but I much prefer the first half of the bowl than the second.

Nice tobacco with medium special deferent taste. A litle fruity and smoked taste of kentuky, but nothing to much.... i liked it generally, but it is not one of my favorites...

Smokes like a good sweet Virginia with the Perique just noticeable in the snork. The Kentucky boosts the nicotine a little and helps it burn a little cooler, keeping bite at bay, but I can't detect it in the smoke.

A nice, hassle free all-day smoke, which is good for Virginia lovers who can't give their full attention to the smoke or puff a bit too hard, but a little flat and lacking complexity.

Good, but no rival to ‘Hal O' the Wynd'.

UPDATE: I've smoked a few bowls of this since I wrote this review. I'm now picking up the Perique in both taste and mouth feel, so this baccy has gone up slightly in my estimations. It had also bitten me twice and one of those times VERY hard, but I think that had more to do with me pulling to hard after a few (not so wee) drams.

I was suprised to see that Perique is added to this blend, to my taste, it seems very subdued. A very nice Virginia with a good bit of taste, along with it's partner in crime, Scottish Flake.

After a little drying time, this burns well, no bite wit enough taste and flavour to kep me intrested. They may not be in my top five Virginia's, perhaps top ten, either way, I always seem to have some on hand even if it's only two or three tins.

Worth a try.

This is a very nice blend. It has a lean to the earthy side of Vapors which is enjoyable, but you still find that sweet and tangy Vapor flavor. Another point some of you will appreciate, if you tend to forget to pace yourself, is that one can puff away without getting seared tongue. I am very sensitive to any kind of topping but whatever is used here is extremely light.

I would describe Scottish Cake as a nice combination of other Vapors with a touch of the old Murray's Dunhill Elizabethan.

This is a high quality pipe tobacco that contains Virginia and perique, the taste is 100% natural tobacco, the Virginia is not sweet at all, perique is well balanced, overall this is a nicely balanced and natural Va/per. I prefer my VA more sweet than this one,.

Not my cup of tea but quality tobacco, worth a try.

This seems to be the most favorite RmC's baccy, it deserves indeed. I will not add any further comment, people before me said it all about the nice qualities, and I'm of those thinking there's Perique in the mix, or something darn similar. Like most of RmC's it comes quite wet inside the tin (I'm wondering why the hell should we pay for water instead of tobacco...) thus stinging the tongue if sipped fast. Mixed 50/50 with McB's Golden Blend (mostly Burley with very mild honeysh topping) makes the perfect all-day smoke, round and "regular".

I didn't quite like this right out of the tin for some reason. It tasted too similar to Red Virginia, which never managed to impress me much (simply too boring). However, something seems to have changed in the 3-4 months that has passed since I got the tin. It has transformed into a rich, sweet and creamy smoke. Or perhaps it's the emerging autumn, as others have suggested, it does seem to fit in better with the colder weather.