Scottish Blends - Any Favorites?

[workman]

I love McConnell's Scottish Blend and the very different MacBaren's Mixture Scottish Blend.
But I hate scottish blends.

 

[lraisch]

FWIW, Carl Ehwa in his "The Book of Pipes and Tobacco", refers to "English-Scottish blends". Evidently the distinction was unimportant to him.

 

[lochinvar]

-Rattray's Black Mallory, Highland Targe, Red Rapparee, 3 Noggins (Balanced, Latakia forward, Oriental Forward, VA/Cav forward)
-McConnell's Scottish Blend
-Peretti Pride of Loch Lomond

Anything you smoke in the Highlands will be awesome. You could smoke Blue Note and it would be a superior experience.....well maybe not. Seriously, I would probably choose Highland Targe.

 

[Servant King]

Dunhill Aperitif, but that's out of production, obviously...

 

[mortonbriar]

A wee pinch o Rattray’s Red Rapparee

 

[Merton]

L.j. Peretti Pride of Loch Lomond

 

[anotherbob]

I spent years trying to define "Scottish Blend." Eventually I gave up. It is like defining true love or pornography, it is something you just know when you know. Even Greg Pease agrees on this one. The OCD scientist in me had a difficult time letting go, but eventually I gave in and just accepted that most of the marketing is not true. Some say Cavendish added, some say perique added, some ramble incoherently. For me personally, I consider Red Rapparee and Blairgowrie to be classic Scottish blends. But even Greg admits to the slight of hand sentence he uses on the label as a hedge, "Created in the classic Scottish blending style." I love how he says blending style and not Scottish Blend .

So it could almost be described as basically English but just enough different someone might punch you if you called it that. Which oddly I've heard idiots describe the country of Scotland in those same words. Well frankly now in my mind that's the unofficial definition and reason for the term.

 

[pauls456]

I'm currently smoking McConnell's Scottish flake. Not a hint of latakia in this blend. I challenge anyone to come up with a good reason to call this a Scottish style tobacco.

 

[supdog]

You should try C&D Cordial
A smooth blend of Virginia, Turkish, Latakia and black Cavendish.
Notes: Reminiscent of old Dunhill Aperitif

 

[Architeuthis]

I'm currently smoking McConnell's Scottish flake. Not a hint of latakia in this blend. I challenge anyone to come up with a good reason to call this a Scottish style tobacco.

Same goes for McConnell's Scottish Cake. No latakia, so it flies in the face of the usual Scottish Blend characterization. Whatever it is, its good.

 

[TheCROW]

I don't know if MacBaren Scottish Mixture qualifies as scottish blend, but it's one of my favorite blends.
I recently got a hold of a tin of My Mixture 965 and Red Rapparee which I haven't tried yet, so they might change my mind...

 

[sandollars]

I'm currently smoking McConnell's Scottish flake. Not a hint of latakia in this blend. I challenge anyone to come up with a good reason to call this a Scottish style tobacco.

Call it whatever you want. It's still the bomb!

 

[Lyon0oq]

The Country Squire's Scottish Blend is called Bag End and it's really very good.

 

[VikingPiper]

The Country Squire's Scottish Blend is called Bag End and it's really very good.

I have actually been smoking my way through an ounce of Bag End and I do really enjoy it! Likely it will get a jar of it's own to always have on hand.

Thanks to all the help here I do have at least 3 tins to choose from as to what to bring with, got a tin of McConnell Scottish Blend, Rattray's Highland Targe, and My Mixture 965.