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 71 - 80 of 124 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 15, 2015 | Medium | Mild | Medium | Pleasant |
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.
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.
Pipe Used:
It loved a blakemar cutty
PurchasedFrom:
mysmokingshop.com
Age When Smoked:
Fresh & 18months+
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 28, 2014 | Medium | None Detected | Medium | Tolerable to Strong |
This is a good tobacco, but not so excellent as I read. First of all it isn’t a Va/Per but a simply top natural mixture Virginia/Kentucky. I really think there isn’t any Perique in it and even if there is a little pinch it is uninfluential. The taste is a classic Virginia Kentucky and nothing else. However, I believe there is something better in the market. I mean this is a quite good tobacco, but nothing more. If you are looking for a classic top natural mixture with basis tobaccos (without seasoning and flavoring and without Latakia) you have to orient yourself towards Peterson Irish Flake or Samuel Gawith Brown n°4. In my personal rating (from 1 to 10) my score is 7 and two stars.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 06, 2014 | Medium | Extremely Mild | Mild to Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
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...
Age When Smoked:
6-02-2014
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 17, 2013 | Medium | None Detected | Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
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.
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.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Feb 03, 2013 | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Tolerable |
This tobacco was ok to smoke, but nothing really stood out for me about it, so it is unlikely I will get it again.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Aug 07, 2010 | Medium | Extremely Mild | Medium | Tolerable |
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.
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.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Mar 02, 2010 | Medium | Extremely Mild | Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
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.
I would describe Scottish Cake as a nice combination of other Vapors with a touch of the old Murray's Dunhill Elizabethan.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Aug 25, 2009 | Medium | Mild | Medium | Pleasant |
I have to say that I did not share other reviewers enthusiasm. Nothing wrong with it just a very 'ordinary' smoke.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Jul 31, 2009 | Medium | None Detected | Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
I can't say that I like. I have come to the conclusion that probably I do not like the interaction between Kentuky and Perique. Despite this I have nothing to rely on the quality of this blend, as most reviewers have noted this tobacco burns very slowly and appears without flavoring though casing is very evident.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| May 31, 2009 | Medium | Extremely Mild | Medium | Tolerable |
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.
Not my cup of tea but quality tobacco, worth a try.
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