G. L. Pease Quiet Nights
(3.52)
Rich, deep, contemplative... Ripe red Virginias, fine Orientals, smokey Cyprus latakia, and a pinch of acadian perique are pressed and matured in cakes before being sliced. The sophisticated flavors and exotic aroma provide a wonderful backdrop for quiet moments of reflection, a good book, and if you are so inclined, perhaps a wee dram.
Notes: This is the second entry in the Old London Series. It is fuller and somewhat more latakia forward than Chelsea Morning, with a higher percentage of Orientals, and less perique. It's rich, complex, leathery and smoky, with a naturally sweet structure from the darker Virginias, and a balanced Oriental spice. It compares in strength and fullness with blends like Samarra and Blackpoint, but the pressing makes it deeper, darker, and brings new dimensions to the flavors and aromas. It's really wonderful. An ideal addition to the series, perfectly complimenting a relaxing evening.
Quiet Nights was introduced in May, 2010.
Details
| Brand | G. L. Pease |
| Series | Old London Series |
| Blended By | Gregory Pease |
| Manufactured By | Cornell & Diehl |
| Blend Type | English |
| Contents | Latakia, Oriental/Turkish, Perique, Virginia |
| Flavoring | |
| Cut | Flake |
| Packaging | 2 ounce tin, 8 ounce tin |
| Country | United States |
| Production | Currently available |
Profile
Strength
Medium
Extremely Mild -> Overwhelming
Flavoring
None Detected
None Detected -> Extra Strong
Room Note
Pleasant to Tolerable
Unnoticeable -> Overwhelming
Taste
Medium to Full
Extremely Mild (Flat) -> Overwhelming
Average Rating
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3.52 / 4
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Reviews
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Displaying 51 - 60 of 146 Reviews
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Nov 15, 2022 | Mild to Medium | None Detected | Medium to Full | Tolerable |
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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMYg_nqLlZU
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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMYg_nqLlZU
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2020 | Medium | None Detected | Medium to Full | Tolerable |
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..
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Apr 24, 2019 | Medium | None Detected | Medium to Full | Unnoticeable |
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.
Pipe Used:
Various Briars
PurchasedFrom:
Puff n Stuff near Atlanta
Age When Smoked:
Year and a half
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 12, 2013 | Medium | None Detected | Full | Tolerable |
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.
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.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| May 07, 2012 | Medium | Mild | Full | Pleasant to Tolerable |
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!
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Apr 03, 2011 | Medium | Medium | Medium to Full | Tolerable |
Good quality leaf as always. It's just too young to smoke at this point. Will probably age very well. Right now the tin note is very pungent with the latakia very pronounced. The room note is also very heavy. The flakes were beautiful but very moist. Had a bit of bite on this one. Cellar it and revisit in a decade. Smoke this and then try Dunhill 965. You know exactly what I mean.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 07, 2010 | Medium to Strong | None Detected | Full | Strong |
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.
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Nov 11, 2022 | Medium | Extremely Mild | Medium to Full | Pleasant to Tolerable |
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.
Pipe Used:
Missouri Meerschaum, Dagner Cob
PurchasedFrom:
Smoking Pipes
Age When Smoked:
Fresh
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Sep 03, 2022 | Medium to Strong | None Detected | Very Full | Very Strong |
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.
Age When Smoked:
New
| Reviewed By | Date | Rating | Strength | Flavoring | Taste | Room Note |
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| Dec 13, 2021 | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Mild to Medium | Pleasant to Tolerable |
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
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