G. L. Pease Quiet Nights

Wonderful, interesting Blend that bridges the gap between a pure Virginia and English tobacco elements. Burns slowly, smoky, complex, Virginia sweetness, moderate strength, with multiple flavors and aromas. I love the way this is cut. Smoked in a large bowl, it allows you time to identify the individual tobaccos used. A new mainstay for me.

Broken flake of pure mastery.

Tin note is of balanced but smokey Latakia with a small but surprising amount of citrus. Not an Orange one like Golden Sliced, but more of softly blended, maybe even wine, type.

When smoked, first thing that stands out for me are the Balkan leafs with some healthy spice from the Perique. As I smoke it, the flavors of the Balkans, Latakia, Red Virginia, and Perique are just extremely well balanced.

Overall profile is spicey, smokey, with some sweet and sour. Full flavor. While I believe that every human should have some natural right to smoke this blend, including an everyday, all-day smoke, it is still a unique blend that has to be appreciated by giving your full attention to it. It's not a blend for non-thinkers, but requires you to sit, think about it, feel it, and relax.

Mechanically, not the friendliest blend. But further breaking the broken flake and working to make it easier to smoke is part of the fun.

For me it still requires couple of relights. Nothing to complain about really. Smoke is cool with no tongue bite.

The excitement about this blend is real and is time-tested. Hope to have enough of this for the rest of my life. Well done.

Quiet Nights is one of those tobaccos you will enjoy from start to finish. A great late day or evening smoke, this one delivers a smooth smoke you won't forget. Not very strong, not peppery, or overbearingly odd in any way. It has a nice touch of perique that doesn't blast it's way into the bowl. You can smoke it as slowly or quickly as you wish without tongue bite. It's almost as smooth as Penzance - but this isn't Penzance. This blend is in a class all by itself as one that is mild and enjoyable. No toppings or aromatics included.

I really like this blend. I grabbed it as it was recommended as an alternative to Penzance. I've still not had a chance to have the Penzance, but if its anything like this, I'll be happy.

Tin note is of Latakia (to be expected), flakes are thick but crumble easily and are a joy to handle.

This is an oriental forward blend, on first light it remineded me of H&H Black House (of which I am a fan) but I think this has a bit more going on than that. Smoking mechanics are great, it doesnt bite or get hot, no goop at the bottom of the bowl, this is one to stock up on.

This blend is a fine one indeed. It can use a little drying out when you first open the tin. All the components come together nicely to give you a nice long smoke that will sure to please. The nicotine level is just right in the middle of the road. Really can't be beat on quality of the tobaccos used in this blend. Cant wait to try what else is under the corporate umbrella. Highly recommended.

Is this my favorite tobacco? So far it is. I've been piping 8 or 9 months, now & have probably sampled about 100 tobaccos. I'm a Latakia fiend, so I smoke mostly English/Balkan/Scottish blends. I certainly have more of this stuff than any other tobacco. Well, I do have more of the PS Bullseye Flake, as I smoke that with my morning coffee. I just popped the lid of one of my 8 oz tins. As a former homebrew & National Level Beer Judge (Acetomenophen clobbered my liver a few years ago (18 day coma & not expected to live)) I erect the aroma of "noble rot" the earthy smells of fermenting vegetables & fruit. So far I'm using the Pease tobaccos as my late evening smoke. Gaslight, Abington, Sextant, Triple Play are in rotation. Ordered a sample tin of Westminster & Sixpence. Cyber Monday I ordered a bunch of stuff. 5 8oz Tins of Quiet Nights for $24 each. Everything in this blend works wonderfully together, providing a rich sumptuous, totally enveloping bliss. My wife likes the aroma of Latakia, so I'm happy there, too.

If you're sitting on the fence with this tobacco, my advice is to try some. It's wonderful.

Coming off of a Balkan binge, Quiet Nights at first smoke seemed flat. I missed that overwhelming Turkish overload that dominated smokes like Charring Cross and Bill Bailey's Balkan, and swore that the blend was missing something, going so far as to apply an extra bit of Smyrna in hopes of evening the blend out. That, of course, was unnecessary, and my palate quickly adapted. I suppose that I can be finicky when smoking a blend for the first time, full of expectations and curious about the impressions of others.

In that vein, I've wondered why Quiet Nights has been so "quiet" on Tobacco Reviews, as people have comparatively registered a great many more appraisals of Chelsea Morning. I say this because I expected Quiet Nights to be the showcase in the Old London series--a Pease Nightcap killer. It's been so long since I've smoked Dunhill that I honestly forgot the blend, and having recently acquired some of the new stuff, found myself underwhelmed. The new Nightcap seemed weak, and lighter on the Latakia than I remember, however hazy those old impressions. But that overwhelming strength I was seeking doesn't exist here, as well.

Quiet Nights is certainly a full blend, but nothing that will knock you out, which is probably a good thing for most smokers. It's a rare English in flake form, a beautiful blend in the tin, with broken, soft, thick flakes. The Latakia is far more plentiful than the new Nightcap, and the blend registers a deeper sweetness as well with a contained Perique element, similar to Nightcap. They share attributes, but their differences are greater than some other blend comparisons that can be made.

Now that Quiet Nights is finished and I have that old standby at hand again, I'm realizing that I've come to appreciate Balkans more than I had anticipated, despite my early dislike of the genre. With that, this fight to the death finally ended when the whole event burned to the ground. It was a tasty spectacle.

Four of Five.

Most of the Pease blends that I have tried I haven't really enjoyed without some age on the tin. Quiet Nights is my exception. It may be unfair to Greg, but I think that many will compare this to Penzance. I find this blend to be full right from the start, yet very cool and smooth. It is a little moist right out of the tin, but only requires a short while to dry. QN packs a fair amount of nicotine so beware if that's not to your liking. For those that compare it to Penzance (I find myself somewhat in that camp), QN lacks the sweetness found in Penzance although that may develop more with age. What keeps this from being a four star blend for me is the bottom third of the bowl. To my taste it becomes less complex and more bitter. I have stashed a few tins away to see what a year or two will bring. Recommended.

Appearance: Although the description listed a flake, the tin of Quiet Nights that I received contained it in a completely broken form. The tobacco was packaged on February 8, 2022 - it wasn't even a year old. Despite this, the blend was a thick dark brown color with occasional light brown flecks. The tobacco was a little moist, I had to dry it out a bit before stuffing it.

Flavor: Leather, musk, roasted meat, spices, a discreet note of tar, woody cedar and sandalwood tones create a dense bouquet, in which it is difficult to catch the individual notes. Almost imperceptible notes of baked fruit and figs complete it with a light sweetness.

The overall taste is slightly subdued, but dense, and difficult to decompose into components. Wood-smoked note predominates, spices play almost along with it, among which turmeric and spicy herbs (oregano, thyme) stand out a little, there is a slight tinge of pepper. Virginia plays in support of the main flavor, giving a slight sweetness. But overall, the tobacco taste is rather dry, and somewhat reminiscent of blends with Syrian latakia. Near the middle, the Virginia notes almost disappear, merging into one dense bouquet, the taste becomes dry and the blend becomes full and strong. I can't help but notice that at the end of the smoke I detect a strange light eucalyptus flavor - unexpected, but not unpleasant and very light. The tobacco smokes very cool, slow and dry, burning into a light gray dust and leaving almost no moisture in the bowl. The strength is more like blends with Syrian latakia, just above average, a slight nicotine kick is possible when smoking in a very large pipe. The aftertaste is woody, with a subtle meatiness, quite persistent.

The smoke is not too dense, but persistent and very noticeable by smell - sandalwood, tar.

What's the bottom line? Pease seems to have continued his experiments in trying to achieve the flavor of Syrian latakia, and I believe he succeeded the most with Quiet Nights. The carefully selected blend of orientals, Cyprian latakia, and perique, with the red virginia added, is gorgeous. It's an inch far from lat-bomb, but very mild, capable of pleasing anyone who likes latakia. This blend almost displaced my favorite Odyssey from the pedestal of evening blends. Almost - because in my opinion, there is a little more latakia in it than I would like. Maybe if I'd gotten my hands on a 5-7 year old tin, the Odyssey wouldn't have had a chance. As for the comparison with Chelsea Morning, I'll probably refrain here - despite the same components, the difference between these tobaccos is very significant.

Review GL Pease Quiet Nights

This one has been on my buying list for a long time, so I’m glad I finally got it!

Now, lets see!

Tin note: Fermented, peaty, smoky, leathery. The specific smell of GL Pease and C&D English/Balkan blends, only that this one is better, not as stinky as the others. American English/Balkan blends tend to have a very stinky latakia which is different from the latakia in other blends from europe which are smoother and sweeter. However, I like both!

Taste: First puffs were sweet, smoky, leathery. An explosion of taste!

Tell me a blend has red virginia without telling me it has red virginia = A bowl of Quiet Nights The way this red virginia blends with the rest is incredible! It’s perfect! Perfect amount of each tobacco.

Here’s some interesting stuff! Quiet Nights and Nightcap both remind you of the night, both are full bodied (however, I find this medium to full bodied) and both have the same tobaccos: Latakia, Oriental/Turkish, Perique, Virginia.

Here’s another interesting stuff! If you like Nightcap, it’s impossible that you won’t like Quiet Nights!

Now getting back to the taste. The latakia is more like bonfire and peat than incense/frankincense. The orientals are leathery and only a bit spicy. The perique is just a pinch, that you can still feel it, like a little spice in a dish that makes the difference. The virginia is great, delivering notes of molasses, black grapes, plums, blueberries, fig, red wine.

Seriously, this is full of taste! It has so many notes that I can detect! Smokey, peaty, bonfire, fermented, leathery, black tea, spice, cloves, blueberries, blackberries, dry prunes, plums, fig, raisin, black grapes, red wine..... This one, even if it’s full of taste, it’s very balanced, it’s not monotone, it’s not a latakia bomb. All the tobaccos blend very well in this and has many notes that you can detect.

It’s not very smooth but neither is it harsh. The balance of this blend amazes me, and the complexity of its taste is crazy!

I’m happy for many things. First of all, the orientals are leathery, the type of leathery stuff I loved about Dunhill blends. Second, it is not super spicy from the orientals or the perique. Third, it has red virginia rather than bright virginia. It also has a nice after taste that stays with you.

It burns excellent, slow, cool, delivering a thick smoke and leaving a beautiful white ash.

Very good stuff. I think this is my favorite US made English blend. In my favorites list, there are only two other US made English blends, one being Plum Pudding and the other Star of the East from C&D. This is the next one that goes into that list.

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It has been about 10 years since I have smoked penzance.. Upon lighting up quiet nights I was transported back in time.. The initial light, when the orientals jump out in that incense like fashion it is so close to my memory of that ghostly esoterica blend (as far as I'm concerned it is simply never going to be available enough to bother).. Quiet nights, however, changes and evolves during the bowl.. It has a pronounced red virginia tang and an unmistakable fruity/spice from the perique.. A bigger chewier and meatier dimension than my recollection of penzance.. Although there is plenty of latakia (almost too much for my tastes) the other components help to satiate my desires.. it smokes cool enough but care is needed.. a couple of aggressive puffs can give you that terrible sour English taste that ruined my palette years ago.. I'm not a big latakia smoker.. if I was I would buy this stuff by the pound.. it is up there with key largo and chelsea morning for me.. Enough of a virginia/oriental character to make me consider it as something I might keep in my rotation.. 3 stars for my personal tastes.. 4 stars for my assessment of it as a latakia/English blend.. it delivers what it is supposed to.. and more..

Let me start by saying that I really liked the taste of this blend. IMO Quiet Nights is better, but it was good tasting. I give it a poor rating because of mold. I bought a tin and put it in a clean jar after opening it. Less than 6 months later and it looks like a science project. I am disappointed in C&D that they have yet to solve their ongoing issues with mold. My main regret is that they blend some of my favorite GL Pease blends, but I cannot afford to cellar a bunch of tobacco when I can't be confident it will not be ate up with mold.

Finally, my local B&M stocked up on some GL Pease blends. After looking at the same old Peterson crap tins that have been sitting there for ages, it was nice to see they got some quality blends. They stocked up. Quiet Nights is one Pease blend I've never had the pleasure of having before. I picked it right up with the hopes of keeping it a while. It is well documented that I prefer tins with considerable age but I opened the tin anyway. Quiet Nights was memorable without the age.

Broken flake, shards of loosely grouped Virginia and Orientals and some black Cyprian leaf and perique. Big bowls are the ticket here. Absolutely marvelous in the evening. Maybe his own "Nightcap"? Not near as strong but full nonetheless. It has a nice room note, but tends to linger. The virginias and orientals are the main components. A strong emphasis on orientals give it that certain depth and taste that is both reflective and resounding. The latakia and perique are in the background. Just enough to remind you of the deliberate hand of a masterblender. I love it. I really do. This is a blend with nice complexity, if that's your thing. This is a serious pipeman's blend. Enjoy.

Mr. Pease has this guy looking forward to growing old and cracking tins of Pease blends for the rest of my life. All are improved with age. The quality of his blends along with the quantity that he has produced leave me confident his blends this great aren't going anywhere, no matter what happens to our beloved hobby in the next few decades. There is always Ebay, but I'll just keep cellaring these beauties for my golden years. And do I look forward to those years now! Thank you, Greg!

P.S. Better than Penzance, but different.

Tin dated 010912 and flavour significantly opened up after about six weeks air. Soft slightly broken flake presentation was easy to fill and goldilocks burning characteristics (no re-lights but not too quick either). A delightful mixture evoking campfire notes balanced with fruity notes (blackcurrent/blackberry) on the absolute border of medium and medium/strong. Highly recommended for smoking anytime and I will certainly order again - only a small lack of nicotine strength keeps it out of my all time top five. I have never tried Penzance so I can not comment on that but this style of English Mixture with Perique has been around awhile - Dunhill My Mixture 73 (the numbers were chronological and eventually exceeded 30,000 so this was some way back in the early years of the last century) was a stronger version and was the probable Grandfather of Nightcap. Quiet Nights is a masterly re- working of this theme and with its slightly sweet taste and darker flavour is the Greg Pease Mixture perhaps most reminiscent of the Dunhill house style but very much its own tobacco. Just a really great smoke!

The problem is: old english blends were full of red soucy winy red virginia ? No. Just somones, like red rappary, and it was different for this reson. So....why mr Pease and american blenders contunues to produce english style blend using so much unortodoxy ingredient ? And present itself like the prosecutores of an old glorious tradition ? Their blends are good quality blend, but absolutly out of range of an ortodox english blend. So they are out of tradition. Old english was composed of bright virginia (BRIGHT !....understand mr Pease ?, orientals and latakia.) Then was the time of modern english .......with cavendish. And now ? Now we have the post-modern english.......with soucy, winey, sherry-like red virginia. So, is this a bad blend. No, its not, but its an unortodoxy one, absolutly out of any tradition. And, sorry american friends, this is tipical of american illitterate culture. So, please mr Pease, i like some of yours blends, but please......dont call english a blend so unortodoxy, because its sound like call Trump an intellectual.

It’s rich, smooth, and Full Bodied. The smoke is thick, and the mechanics are perfect. No bite. Takes a light with no problems, and burns evenly. Great end of the day blend. I’ve never had Penzance, but people have said it’s close. The tin art kinda looks like a level of Castlevania.

I still remember the first time I smoked this. Me being a non-english smoker, I had low expectations. But it was the gorgeous tin art and the magnificent name and description that convinced me to give this one a try. Simply put, the smoothest blend I've ever smoked. To this day, I'm still trying to recreate that first time, with little success. Maybe for the better. Let it stay in the memories, and let this blend have a place in your collection.

I love this. It is very English but not overbearing. Has complexity and flavour. One of my top 5 blends. I especially love this one in the morning despite the name. Super tasty. Would recommend. 4/4

Hey Moon, it’s just you and me tonight. Everyone else is asleep…..

This is what this tobacco represents for me. Imagen…. Sitting on your back porch, wife and kids are asleep. The only thing you hear are le leaves in the trees moving now and then in a light breeze and the deep breathing of your dog laying beside you lost in his own thoughts and dreams. Everything is absolutely peacefull. You sipping this amazing tobacco in your favorite pipe and the moon shining down on you. Hey Moon, it’s just you and me tonight. Everyone else is asleep…..