G. L. Pease Ashbury

(3.08)
An alluring assortment of exotic Oriental tobaccos is generously blended with bright and red Virginia leaf. Finally, just enough Cyprus latakia is added to provide an alluring smokiness, resulting in a tobacco that can best be described as a light-medium Balkan mixture. This is the blend for gentlemen with a Bohemian spirit and a sense of adventure.
Notes: Ashbury was released in October, 2005.

Details

Brand G. L. Pease
Series Fog City Selection
Blended By Gregory Pease
Manufactured By Cornell & Diehl
Blend Type Balkan
Contents Latakia, Oriental/Turkish, Virginia
Flavoring
Cut Coarse Cut
Packaging 2oz tins, 8oz tins
Country United States
Production Currently available

Profile

Strength
Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Tolerable
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming

Average Rating

3.08 / 4
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Apr 13, 2021 Mild to Medium None Detected Medium Pleasant to Tolerable
I've sampled a half dozen GL Pease blends, and Ashbury is easily my favorite and a esteemed member of my four-to-five blend rotation. The bright and red Virginias predominate, the hint of sweetness upon lighting endures throughout, complimented by the slightly sour orientals and a whiff of Latakia. Overall impression is of a flavorful, woody, pleasantly heavy mouth feel with an unobtrusive nicotine hit. In truth, I cannot speak to room note (which is required of me by this site....I've sometimes called in my wife as the referee on outdoor room notes), as I cannot recall the last time I lit a pipe in a room rather than on an outdoor porch...perhaps 25 years or so ago. Love this blend and will never let myself run out of it.
Pipe Used: Sebastien Beo Dublin, Erlich Apple
PurchasedFrom: SmokingPipes
Age When Smoked: A year or more, in tin.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Sep 11, 2018 Medium Extremely Mild Medium Tolerable
Ribbon cut with almost equal amounts of bright, darker brown and black pieces. Tin aroma is quite intense and very beautiful: fragrant floral and woodsy orientals on a background of a measured sweet smokiness. I feel like it has been sprinkled lightly with some kind of gentleman's perfume, but it may be that it's just the natural tobacco smell. In any case it smells like a Dunhill tobacco to me...

Easy to light as it has the right moisture to go straight ahead without any preparation. From the start Ashbury is very Oriental forward, with fragrant but rather dry-tasting woodsy, floral and spicy taste. Virginias provide a juicy and sweet counterpoint. Small amounts of Latakia give the blend a smokiness and maybe a reminder of dark chocolate. The overall taste is earthy, spicy and floral with just a trace of smokiness and the Orientals really shine.

Strength is a nice medium with a good amount of nicotine and it smokes all the way to ash and needs just a few relights.

Had I tasted Ashbury blind, I would have guessed an Oriental forward blend made by Dunhill, something in between Early Morning and Durbar as far as Latakia content is concerned. And though I did not sense any topping, it did have the Dunhill feel for me. Yet from the current Dunhill incarnations, for me Ashbury is far superior.

Ashbury is a quintessential Balkan blend, a blend which will appeal to those like me who prefer Va/Or blends and enjoy Latakia but not on a regular basis. Actually Ashbury is one of the few blends with Latakia that I feel I could smoke on a daily basis. Top quality!
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Jul 18, 2008 Medium Extremely Mild Mild Pleasant
An excellent VA with some latakia. Burns evenly, slight natural sweetness,slightly acid (citrus?vinegar?) no bite, satisfactory. Its my first tin but looks very very promising. I am smoking it instead of C&D 2 friends Bed & Breakfast and Ashbury seems more round and complete, still going in the same direction. An all day tobacco for both VA and Mixt lovers. Maybe I will update after few tins.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
May 02, 2006 Mild to Medium Medium Mild to Medium Pleasant
Ashbury is another masterpiece from GLP. The tin verbiage alludes to our departed Scandal and the contents deliver a marvelous smoking experience somewhat reminiscent of that august blend. This is the first offering with Cyprian lat that really matches Scandal's creamy character. First rate leaf, as always, forms a sturdy foundation. Ashbury has become a regular Balkan component of my rotation.
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Dec 21, 2005 Mild to Medium None Detected Mild to Medium Pleasant
My first exposure to this blend came as part of a C&D sample pack. I have continued my interest with tins in my cellar because it's a worthwhile addition to the appreciation of diversity in balkans. This soft expression of tobacco choices is to be enjoyed with a quiet spirit or one may miss some of it's charms. The room note is a reminder of the smell of rain drying on rooftops after a spring shower. I feel as tho I may have smoked this as a young man. It evokes a gentle sense of dejavu, a sense of familiar expectation... For me the experience builds as the smoke continues. This is lighthearted chamber music in the orchestral movements of tobacco blends. Can you tell I like it? The Virginia leaf is almost submissive but not subserviant to the bolder Cyprus as both combine in a smooth, quality smoke with the Oriental providing moderation. Don't rush. Make it last... The presentation of the tobacco is like eye candy to me - a festive bouquet of colors. The finish is like watching the curtain slowly close on a string quartette before the song is over. This is not modest but instead elegantly understated. Meerschaum Man Smoking a Gezer Flying Dragon
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Reviewed By Date Rating Strength Flavoring Taste Room Note
Feb 09, 2006 Mild to Medium Medium Medium Tolerable
Wow!! what a great blend.This could be my favorite Balkan blend. Perfect moisture level. The flavor is complex and just wonderful. I can't say enough good things about this tobacco. Words just dont do this blend justice. If you like Balkan style blends try this.
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