Scottish Blends -- What the Hell are They?

[jpmcwjr]

Good point. I think that there are Irish whiskys made outside of Ireland, and bourbon mash made outside of the US, certainly outside of KY. French fries aren't really very French, and most are made outside that country. There must be many more such designations that are well removed from their origins.

 

[woodsroad]

Jewish Rye comes to mind.

 

[mso489]

I knew there was some reason I especially like Stratfordshire.

 

[brian64]

Canadian bacon?

 

[jaytex1969]

I once had a Chinese fire drill in Hinesville, Georgia.

 

[jaytex1969]

One of my favorite latakia blends right now is Gawith, Hoggarth & Co Scotch Mixture. It has cavendish, burley, latakia and Virginia. The lat is very light and the blend has a medium sweetness with all components sharing the spotlight.

 

[irishearl]

Never tried that 1 Jay. But, like I said before, there seems to be a common thread when it comes to most blends referred to as Scottish and that included a lighter dose of latakia, virgina, and, of course, cavendish. Haven't found many which include burley though. Would want mine to include oriental leaf. Am ready for a burley break. Am just going to have to try 1 of that ilk sometime though haven't been that thrilled with cavendish in the past, But C&D Stratfordshire seems to get good ratings on TR.

 

[Chasing Embers]

I always considered Balkan blends as lat blends that were Oriental forward, English being a lat blend that was lat forward, and Scottish as a lat blend with unsweetened black cavendish. So here's a curve ball, under that criteria, Black Frigate's components say Scottish, but with the rum, would it be a Scottish Navy blend? :wink:

 

[danielplainview]

This might help.
http://pipesmagazine.com/python/pipe-news/english-blends-and-latakia-blends-one-in-the-same/
Or make things more confusing.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Oriental Blend – Blends that contain a large amount of Oriental tobaccos.

Found a flaw. Since it could be argued that Latakia is an Oriental, lat bombs could be considered Oriental blends. :wink:

 

[npod]

So here's a curve ball

This whole topic is a curveball. I gave up trying to categorize a few years ago.

 

[unkleyoda]

Found a flaw. Since it could be argued that Latakia is an Oriental, lat bombs could be considered Oriental blends. :wink:

That's what Peterson did. Balkan Delight contains no Orientals. So, the logic is that Latakia is considered 'Ballan'.

 

[Chasing Embers]

This whole topic is a curveball. I gave up trying to categorize a few years ago.

I just do it the way I do to make my closet organizining easier.

That's what Peterson did.

And by classification, they did it right. Sneaky bunch. :mrgreen:

 

[irishearl]

As I understand it, English tobacco blenders never got their hands on latakia until the late 19th century and, prior to then, English blends were made mostly of Virgina tobaccos often with various essences added. So, one could say that historically "English" blends were all "Lakelands." of sorts. :wink:

 

[daveinlax]

So here's a curve ball, under that criteria, Black Frigate's components say Scottish, but with the rum, would it be a Scottish Navy blend? [:wink:]

No, I'm sure it's Malibu Rum for the boi's of the BF! 8O

 

[Chasing Embers]

No, I'm sure it's Malibu Rum for the boi's of the BF! 8O

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