Rattray’s Old Gowrie OR McConnell’s Scottish Flake?

[elvergun]

For me it's Scottish Cake > HotW...but I love both.

Have not tried Old Gowrie. Maybe I should.

Are Scottish Cake and Scottish Flake identical blends as far as taste?

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Don't find the 2 blends similar at all. OG tastes close to a straight Virginia to me, Scottish Cake tastes very little like a straight virginia.

 

[Old_Newby]

I have tried a couple bowls of each over past couple days. I prefer OG. I am not sure if because it has less perique or more Kentucky, etc but both are good.. I need to try Halo.

 

[Hutch Piper]

Scottish Cake
Brown Clunee
Sixpence
HU Edward G.

 

[Hutch Piper]

Brown Clunee has the most perique. HoTW has more KY. OG more Virginias. They are all excellent but I prefer Brown Clunee.

 

[BayouGhost]

I prefer Old Gowrie to Hal OTW. If I had to choose one blend to only smoke for the rest of my life, I would be fine with Old Gowrie. I have some Scottish flake to try this weekend.

 

[Sobrbiker]

McConnell’s Scottish Cake/Flake>Sixpence>Doblone d’ Oro>HOTW

My $.02

 

[Sobrbiker]

McConnell’s Scottish Cake/Flake>Sixpence>Doblone d’ Oro>HOTW

My $.02

But I almost forgot that I think HU’s Dark Moor is better than the above…

 

[SBC]

Better than all these, to me, is HU Louisiana Broken.

But TBH it could pass for a VA flake if you weren't paying attention.
Which is why I like it so much.

But it wouldn't be the same without the KY and Perique -- they round out the profile but subtly. This one would be incomplete, even boring, without them, yet they don't make themselves known as distinct components unless you're looking.

I completely understand if others want to taste the KY more distinctly. In that case, my vote would be for McConnell Scottish. But I'm usually a VA flake guy, so to me the subtle use of KY in HU LA Broken is magic.

 

[Sobrbiker]

Better than all these, to me, is HU Louisiana Broken.

But TBH it could pass for a VA flake if you weren't paying attention.
Which is why I like it so much.

But it wouldn't be the same without the KY and Perique -- they round out the profile but subtly. This one would be incomplete, even boring, without them, yet they don't make themselves known as distinct components unless you're looking.

I completely understand if others want to taste the KY more distinctly. In that case, my vote would be for McConnell Scottish. But I'm usually a VA flake guy, so to me the subtle use of KY in HU LA Broken is magic.

That makes a lot of sense. I’ve found I like my DFK and Perique to be a “side dish” rather than a light condiment to my Virginia, and prefer the base VA to lean towards dark away from bright.
Therefore sometimes looking to retain the brighter VA forward should look at my recommendation in reverse