Robert McConnell Scottish Cake
(3.27)
Scottish Cake - this ready rubbed flake is a great favorite for young and old. Dark brown in its color the seasoned pieces may directly be tampered into the pipe or even lightly rubbed become to a Honeydew. Produced from a mixture of Eastern Carolina, Kentucky and Middle Belt, that are pressed for several weeks. A very popular tobacco and very slow in its burning.
Notes: From the Kohlhase & Kopp website: "Hand rubbed flake of dark Virginia and Kentucky with a pinch of perique."
Details
| Brand | Robert McConnell |
| Blended By | Kohlhase, Kopp und Co. KG |
| Manufactured By | |
| Blend Type | Virginia/Burley |
| Contents | Kentucky, Perique, Virginia |
| Flavoring | |
| Cut | Broken Flake |
| Packaging | 50 grams tin, 100 grams tin |
| Country | Germany |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant to Tolerable
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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3.27 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 41 - 50 of 51 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 14, 2006 | Mild to Medium | Mild | Mild to Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
I have a huge kick for that tobacco. How to describe it? Well, it's mild, but not really mild; almost medium but not really medium, nor mild to medium. See what I mean? No? Good, me neither, but that's the only way I can describe it ( does this description make any sense??? But it's what this tobacco is in taste strenght, hard to define).The aroma is incredible,that of the full semi-dark Virginia mixed up with the sweet-bitter chocolate smell of the Périque added in this blend ( yup, that's what it says on the bottom of the tin).I can spend minutes smelling the tin, it's just very appealing. Sweet and spicy, hard to separate each distinctly. The tobacco is also nice in its cut, it just needs a little rubbing to facilitate a better smoking. I ordered two tins and reordered another three shortly after trying it.
This tobacco doesn't particularly become stronger as you smoke it, it remains pretty steady. I'm presently building up a Peterson Racing Green P-Lip with this blend and it is not the usual unpleasant, harsh experience that it can be...I guess it's justice, for once! And it smokes pretty well in my Blatter & Blatter, which has a tendency to be a bit quirky with flakes. Of course, Scottish Cake needs to dry out a couple weeks because if the tobacco is a bit too damp, it's hard to smoke it dry all the way down. It might need successive relightings.
Scottish Cake: a beautiful tobacco, a beautiful aroma, a great satisfying smoke: this blend is never boring and complex - that's why the taste is so hard to simply describe. This tobacco is the perfect everyday smoke!
This tobacco doesn't particularly become stronger as you smoke it, it remains pretty steady. I'm presently building up a Peterson Racing Green P-Lip with this blend and it is not the usual unpleasant, harsh experience that it can be...I guess it's justice, for once! And it smokes pretty well in my Blatter & Blatter, which has a tendency to be a bit quirky with flakes. Of course, Scottish Cake needs to dry out a couple weeks because if the tobacco is a bit too damp, it's hard to smoke it dry all the way down. It might need successive relightings.
Scottish Cake: a beautiful tobacco, a beautiful aroma, a great satisfying smoke: this blend is never boring and complex - that's why the taste is so hard to simply describe. This tobacco is the perfect everyday smoke!
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Aug 26, 2006 | Mild to Medium | Mild | Mild to Medium | Pleasant |
It has all been said so I can only add that this is one of my favorites. Pleasant and reliable.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Apr 21, 2006 | Mild | Extremely Mild | Medium | Very Pleasant |
I love the fruit-like smell of an English Va/Perique mixture, and it always reminds me of Sobranie's version of it (Scottish No. 3, or something). It's here but in a softer and more subtle blend.
This version is VERY mild and soft on the palate. If you need lots of nicotine and judge blends based on that, you probably will not care for it. It is not as strong as Elizabethan Mixture, Dorchester or Irish Oak (not even close!). However it has all the character of a classic old Virginia /Perique with heat and heaviness toned down to the point where there is very little bite, and a smooth softness on the palate. Of course any tobacco will bite if drawn too hard or fast.
If you like 1792, Irish Oak, strong or sharp blends then stay away from this one.
Naturally sweet but mild matured virginia, a tame but nice winey flavor and aroma from the perique. Lovely room note, I think. Soft on the palate, not heavy in nicotine.
One of my current favorites in the style.
This version is VERY mild and soft on the palate. If you need lots of nicotine and judge blends based on that, you probably will not care for it. It is not as strong as Elizabethan Mixture, Dorchester or Irish Oak (not even close!). However it has all the character of a classic old Virginia /Perique with heat and heaviness toned down to the point where there is very little bite, and a smooth softness on the palate. Of course any tobacco will bite if drawn too hard or fast.
If you like 1792, Irish Oak, strong or sharp blends then stay away from this one.
Naturally sweet but mild matured virginia, a tame but nice winey flavor and aroma from the perique. Lovely room note, I think. Soft on the palate, not heavy in nicotine.
One of my current favorites in the style.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Nov 28, 2005 | Mild to Medium | Extremely Mild | Medium | Pleasant |
This is one of my favorite tobaccos. I would recommend this one for the beginner to Virginias to try. There is a little flavoring in it but hardly noticeable. I think there is a little cherry flavor in it from the tin aroma. This could very easily be an all day smoke tobacco. I'm anxious to see what it's like with a few years of age on it.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Nov 09, 2005 | Medium | Very Mild | Medium | Tolerable |
I had very high hopes for this tin. So far it has been less than anticipated. I will update this review if the airing-out smooths this one out. (6/14/05)
It has been about 5 months since my initial review. I smoked a couple of bowls today without any other tobaccos and was very pleased. A very tasty medium Virginia ready rubbed flake. The tin suggests this is a Va./Per. I didn't taste any Perique though.
It has been about 5 months since my initial review. I smoked a couple of bowls today without any other tobaccos and was very pleased. A very tasty medium Virginia ready rubbed flake. The tin suggests this is a Va./Per. I didn't taste any Perique though.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jan 31, 2005 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
I like this blend very, very much. There seems to be some confusion as to the makeup of this blend. On this site burley is mentioned; elsewhere I see it described as a VA/Perique blend. The latter seems more accurate to me. Scottish Cake to my taste is a perky little blend that makes a wonderful second course to a burley or English first course. (But not to itself: two bowls in a row, as another reviewer stated, don't work so well.) It wakes up and refreshes the palate.
This is a tobacco made to taste through the nose. Though, as other reviewers have pointed out, the taste does not change much from beginning to end (it intensifies,) that is not a drawback for me. I am not looking for a drama in three acts. But Scottish Cake is pure and lovely like a sonnet. I will buy more to age. (The tin I am just finishing has significant aging, so that should be taken into account.)
Also, Scottish Cake leaves a pleasant understated aroma behind which is not likely to bother the missus. A very nice tobacco.
This is a tobacco made to taste through the nose. Though, as other reviewers have pointed out, the taste does not change much from beginning to end (it intensifies,) that is not a drawback for me. I am not looking for a drama in three acts. But Scottish Cake is pure and lovely like a sonnet. I will buy more to age. (The tin I am just finishing has significant aging, so that should be taken into account.)
Also, Scottish Cake leaves a pleasant understated aroma behind which is not likely to bother the missus. A very nice tobacco.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| May 05, 2004 | Mild | None Detected | Mild | Pleasant to Tolerable |
This is a nice, mild smoke. Upon the initial lighting of a VA blend, the stronger blends can be a bit harsh and ?knock me back? in my chair, others that are milder, like Scottish Cake, are much kinder. This is a pleasant, gentle, sweet smoke all the way to the bottom of the bowl. Highly recommended to the smoker who wants to try a Virginia blend for the first time.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 01, 2003 | Mild | None Detected | Mild | Very Pleasant |
Naturaly sweet high grade Red Virginias from the eastern belt of the Carolinas, which are laced with just a little, and I do mean a small ammount of Kentucky/Tennessee white burley. When making this wonderful pipe tobacco the maker must really press the juice out of the leaves and then let it sit in the juice while it hardens. This would account for the really sweet uniformity of the leaf all the way down the bowl. The cake is broken up, and packing it one may leave it chunky or fully rub it out. I prefer to fully rub it out. It lights well, and stays lit. The flavour is sweet red virginias with a subtle burley playing way back that makes this such a wonderful smoke. I'll purchase more of this to put away in the cellar, though it needs no aging.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 25, 2003 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Mild to Medium | Pleasant |
I find myself once again compelled to review a tobacco that I happened to grab on a whim. The tobacconist mentioned that he liked this blend and so I gave it a go. I personally really like this tobacco. It's not a hugely complex tobacco, although I find it more so than dark star or 5115. Scottish cake has a nice, even burn, which leaves the pipe clean and dry. It is moist in the tin, but I find I really have to huff on it to get any mouth heat. Frankly, this tobacco is really nice in that it isn't a constantly changing melange of flavor. That is nice sometimes, but at othe times an even, well balanced smoke is just the thing. It is slightly sweet with real tobacco flavor and typical VA flavors, though on the deep side (rather than bright.)The flavor stays consistent all the way down. This will be a regular in my rotation.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 24, 2024 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Mild to Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
McConnell
Scottish Cake
Blend notes: “Scottish Cake - this ready rubbed flake is a great favorite for young and old. Dark brown in its color the seasoned pieces may directly be tampered into the pipe or even lightly rubbed become to a Honeydew. Produced from a mixture of Eastern Carolina, Kentucky and Middle Belt, that are pressed for several weeks. A very popular tobacco and very slow in its burning.”
From the Kohlhase & Kopp website: "Hand rubbed flake of dark Virginia and Kentucky with a pinch of perique.”
First, this is a delicious and consistently flavorful VaBur. It is a bit moist out of the tin but some rubbing and patience brings it to life.
What I don’t taste is any Dark-Fired Kentucky. Nor do I taste Perique. Since both are in the blend, what gives? On my palate these are condiments not major players.
What is showcased is a bready, floral, dark fruit combination of high quality Virginia tobaccos. The burley brings woody notes and that earthy, yummy note from good burley. There may a slight hint of sourness from the Perique. There is none of the deep smoky Kentucky.
This as good as HH Old Dark Fired or Pegasus. Better than Peterson’s Hyde Park. Scottish Cake is a consistently pleasant, mild to mild plus Virginia / Burley blend with a condiment level amount of Perique but an insufficient amount to be called a VaPer.
4 out of 4 stars.
Scottish Cake
Blend notes: “Scottish Cake - this ready rubbed flake is a great favorite for young and old. Dark brown in its color the seasoned pieces may directly be tampered into the pipe or even lightly rubbed become to a Honeydew. Produced from a mixture of Eastern Carolina, Kentucky and Middle Belt, that are pressed for several weeks. A very popular tobacco and very slow in its burning.”
From the Kohlhase & Kopp website: "Hand rubbed flake of dark Virginia and Kentucky with a pinch of perique.”
First, this is a delicious and consistently flavorful VaBur. It is a bit moist out of the tin but some rubbing and patience brings it to life.
What I don’t taste is any Dark-Fired Kentucky. Nor do I taste Perique. Since both are in the blend, what gives? On my palate these are condiments not major players.
What is showcased is a bready, floral, dark fruit combination of high quality Virginia tobaccos. The burley brings woody notes and that earthy, yummy note from good burley. There may a slight hint of sourness from the Perique. There is none of the deep smoky Kentucky.
This as good as HH Old Dark Fired or Pegasus. Better than Peterson’s Hyde Park. Scottish Cake is a consistently pleasant, mild to mild plus Virginia / Burley blend with a condiment level amount of Perique but an insufficient amount to be called a VaPer.
4 out of 4 stars.
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