Customer Reviews (16 Total)
Not good
January 21, 2020
Product: McConnell Scottish Flake 50g
Tasteless. Not worth the price. Don’t stock up on this one. I’d turn back if I were you.
Top Ten Tobacco
March 27, 2016
Product: McConnell Scottish Flake 50g
McConnell Scottish Flake and Scottish Cake are truly, uniquely magnificent. As an everyday pipe smoker, I am hard pressed to 1.) find a blend which displays mature flavours even while young 2.) find a blend which is neither too strong nor too light 3... Read More
.) find a blend which has adequate complexity and strength, but will gracefully fade into the background if needed, and 4.) find a blend which really just tastes like good tobacco, instead of having a more distinctive flavour which, while excellent, bores you after 5 tins (I'm looking at you, Wessex Brown). If you are a VA smoker, don't try this--don't buy it. I don't want it to get too popular, I want all of it. It is too perfect to share.
10/10, will buy again (and again and again and again) Read Less
One of the best
September 10, 2018
Product: McConnell Scottish Flake 50g
I really enjoy this a lot. It has a lot of good red Va flavor that is nicely complimented by the burley and perique. Stays lit really well and smokes and tastes great in a wide assortment of pipes. Not overly complex but there is enough going on to k... Read More
eep me interested and coming back for more. It burns on the slower side of things and I normally smoke it in a smaller pot or straight apple. This is the best offering I have found from this blender, followed up by folded flake. Read Less
Product: McConnell Scottish Flake 50g
I think this is the most interesting flake around, and is vastly under appreciated. It is both sweet and tangy, and at the same time slightly earthy. The Virginia and Perique elements provide a sweet,peppery edge with a main body of pure tobacco flav... Read More
or, with an undercurrent of almost Oriental flavor I assume is the result of the buley. It all comes together in a flake that has almost every spectrum of tobacco flavor. Read Less
Excellent Va/per
May 14, 2021
Product: McConnell Scottish Flake 50g
Nice smoke, delicious reds with good dose of Perique. I’ll be buying more
One of the Best
January 20, 2018
Product: McConnell Scottish Flake 50g
Wow! This tobacco is absolutely sublime. Get it while it is in stock because that does not seem to happen very often.
Product: McConnell Scottish Flake 50g
好就是好嘛~
Product: McConnell Scottish Flake 50g
One of my faves. Wife hates it, but it tastes so good. There's a sweetness and spicy edge to it.
good to go.
November 19, 2022
Product: McConnell Scottish Flake 50g
Tin notes of figs, grass and a sour smell. The flakes are an orangish brown and only a little moist, drying not necessary. Rubs out easily. Slow burn and needs relit. The strength is med and nic is mild. No flavoring detected. The taste is med-full a... Read More
nd somewhat consistent. I taste notes of sweet grass, wood, floral, bread, Rasin and pepper. Virginias leads with Kentuckey and perique providing backup. Room note is pleasant to tolerable and has a good after taste. Read Less
Worse than the original
August 22, 2022
Product: McConnell Scottish Flake 50g
I loved this blend about 10 years ago when the description included "turkish" and "havana". Then I bought more of it and received a tin that "red virginia slices".
This version is rather uninteresting with a sort sickly sweet smell.
Kolhase&Kopp ... Read More
simply change the blends when it suits them. This is too different from the original recipe.
Update: The last few tins I purchased were quite nice. Read Less
Product: McConnell Scottish Flake 50g
One of the best flakes available. Period.
A classic for Virginia lovers
May 17, 2020
Product: McConnell Scottish Flake 50g
One of my favorites by far but I like terrible tasting and rancid pipe tobacco's so unless you enjoy relighting every 2 minutes, driving all around you away with a foul odor of rotten meats and tasting battery acid in your pipe DON'T BOTHER! It's ter... Read More
rible trust me! I'll buy it all up and spare you all the trouble! Read Less
More than decent flake
March 23, 2019
Product: McConnell Scottish Flake 50g
This is a pretty good flake. Tin note is plums, earth and orange zest. Z fold and stuff, with a few threads above, a bit of tamping and I only need one or two relights. Perhaps it's just me but it might get a bit hot if you're not careful. Taste is e... Read More
arthy with a bit of pepper. It's not a very thick smoke but it's pretty tasty. Read Less
Top 3 Favorites
July 21, 2018
Product: McConnell Scottish Flake 50g
I should tell you that this tobacco is awful, and TERRIBLE, so you won't buy it and leave it all for me! But I must praise this gem for what it is. Sweet, tangy, and creamy--wonderful. I don't know too many ways to describe this wonderful tobacco bec... Read More
ause I've used many of these words before: fruity, some earth, nutty, and grassy. The perique is present in not only the mouth feel, but also in a nice plumy flavor, the virginas are hay and sweet; and the burley adds some wonderful nuttyness that just rounds out the smoke for an incredible experience. Yes, all words I've used before, so why is this one different? I don't know! It just is! Everything works in the most amazing harmonious way. This is my desert island tobacco. So, though I may regret saying this, do yourself and buy a tin...but maybe just the one! Read Less
A Satisfying Smoke
April 06, 2018
Product: McConnell Scottish Flake 50g
The tin note is rich, earthy, natural tobacco and not much else. Thinly-sliced perfect flakes are dark brown and behave well in the pipe. The Burley is somewhat dominant in the smoke, with a good Perique content. The strength builds in the second hal... Read More
f of the bowl, becoming somewhat stronger than average. Unlike many flake tobaccos, this one seems smoother when fully dried. A year ago, I wouldn't have given this a second glance, but now, in the post-McClelland era, I may reorder. Read Less
Product: McConnell Scottish Flake 50g
I've tried a lot of Va-Per blends over the last couple years, and sometimes it felt like I was lost in the middle of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" - this one is too cased, this one is too bland, this one is too sweet, etc. In my opinion McConne... Read More
ll got it right with Scottish Flake. It's a well-balanced mix of tangy Virginias with a nice bit of both plum and pepper from the perique. Too much perique gives me a lump in my throat, and if I really puff fast and hard this one can do that, but if I smoke at a normal pace it's perfect. The burley adds just the right low note to the mix, and it has just the right sweetness along with a slightly salty flavor. Just enough complexity to stay interesting but doesn't require my full attention to appreciate. The flakes did not need drying before smoking, they load well, burn slow and complete. Compared to its cousin McConnell Scottish Cake, this is more full-flavored and less sweet. (For me, the flavors in the cake are not as pronounced, and the extra sweetness overwhelms the flavors.) In my opinion, this one is just right. My only complaint is the cost per ounce is fairly high compared to other VaPers, but that won't stop me from getting some more to age. Highly recommended. Read Less
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