Robert McConnell's - Scottish Cake

[IHT]

i just go by "dick", peter, not "richard".

[pistol]

Originally Posted by IHT

i just go by "dick", peter, not "richard".

I stand corrected, my apologies Dick

[hyper_dermic]

I'll have to place 2-3 tins of this in my next order (good thing feb is a short month 22 days to go)

How would you rate this compared to say.. Fillmore or Haddos?
I tried Escudo for the 1st time last night and i wasnt completely sold.. Seems GLP's blends had a bit more to them..

The escudo was nice, but nothing really special.. but then again, im still a noob to these tastes, every time i smoke a bowl i notice things i didnt the last time i smoked it.

-hyp

[pistol]

Originally Posted by hyper_dermic

I'll have to place 2-3 tins of this in my next order (good thing feb is a short month 22 days to go)

How would you rate this compared to say.. Fillmore or Haddos?
I tried Escudo for the 1st time last night and i wasnt completely sold.. Seems GLP's blends had a bit more to them..

The escudo was nice, but nothing really special.. but then again, im still a noob to these tastes, every time i smoke a bowl i notice things i didnt the last time i smoked it.

-hyp

Haven't had Fillmore, but it was a sweeter/tangier smoke than Haddos. Haddos seems to have a thicker body to the smoke as well. I guess I'd say, Haddos is a little more "in your face," than the Scottish Cake was. I wouldn't say that the perique in either blend is dominant either. So I guess the Scottish Cake is a little tangier, but more subtle in its smoke and flavour than the Haddo's Delight. Keep in mind that this is just my opinion!

[IHT]

Originally Posted by hyper_dermic

How would you rate this compared to say.. Fillmore or Haddos?
I tried Escudo for the 1st time last night and i wasnt completely sold.. Seems GLP's blends had a bit more to them..

The escudo was nice, but nothing really special.. but then again, im still a noob to these tastes, every time i smoke a bowl i notice things i didnt the last time i smoked it.

-hyp

haven't had Fillmore yet, but thats tops on my VERY short list of "to try". will be my next tin, for sure (not just because of the "tobacco of the month" thingy).
as for Haddos, i've had an entire tin, and wasn't that impressed. iv'e also read that it has more than just Va and Per in it, so how it's a Va/Per, i don't know. it was good, mind you, but not the flavor like Escudo or Scottish Cake were for me.

having read other ppls views of other Va/Pers, it seems that there are those that prefer the flavor of Dorisco Mixture and Haddo's over Escudo and things like that... i think there's a heap o' more perique in Dorisco, and maybe something else in the background of Haddo's...

if you've tried any of the Rattrays ready rubbed tobaccos and liked them, then you will like this.

[hyper_dermic]

I havnt tried much of anything
but i seem to fancy va/pers, and blends by GLP...

So now i have Dorisco, Scottish Cake, and some Rattrays to try!
next months TAD attack is gonna hurt.

[pistol]

Originally Posted by hyper_dermic

I havnt tried much of anything
but i seem to fancy va/pers, and blends by GLP...

So now i have Dorisco, Scottish Cake, and some Rattrays to try!
next months TAD attack is gonna hurt.

From what I've had so far, I'm really liking VA/Pers and English (lovin that latakia) blends... Straight Virginias like Old Gowrie are good (I really like OG), but I really like the nuances that some added perique brings to the Virginia tobacs.

[IHT]

i wasn't a fan of Dorisco Mixture, i had too much perique in it for me, and i just wasn't that enamoured with it.
i think i like Escudo and Scottish Cake because the Perique is there to team with the VA, and i love the sweet VAs in those two tobacs. Dorisco and Haddos, the sweet VA's just aren't present for me.
i can't wait to try Fillmore.

[DubintheDam]

It's funny because when I bought a tin of Scot Cake and, as it happens Dorisco, I thought' "what the hell are they all on about", but I have grown to really like them, both tins have been open a few months now, and I find greatly improved as a result, the Dorisco has become less bitter, and the Scottish Cake sweeter.

Funnilly enough I loved Glen Piper when I first opened it and have lessened my tastes for it near the end of my second tin.

It has to be said Mconnells are good quality and well blended baccy's. I might try Scottish Flake next.