G. L. Pease Sextant

This is a English mix with a rum topping served in a broken flake form. My tin contents were dry and the first couple of bowls were unremarkable. I was going to write this blend as a dud, but then it dawned on me to rehydrate it via the sponge method and oh boy was there a difference! I rubbed the broken flake out and sometimes I just poured the flakes into my pipe. By rubbing the flakes out it requires less relights.

3 stars cause I shouldn't have to rehydrate tobacco

Frog Morton's Cellar  eat your heart out! G. L. Pease Sextant is one of the best in my jars, it's just a nice easy smoke.

I`m not shure if I like the Sextant. Normally I prefer naturally tobaccos or on the other side aromatic tobaccos. I think a tobacco between both genres is very diccult for me. So the first third of the pipe I was a little angry about Greg. I asked me what want he purpose with this tobacco? The added flavor was for me too dominant so I feel the smoke a bit boring and not complex. But than the tobacco turned round. The tobacco, especially the latakia get mor body and the taste brings me essentiell and tarry notes.The combination of the flavor and the latakia tasted me very well. It is an unusal combination but it is a interessting combination. I don`t like it every day but when I smoke it I enjoy this blend. So I think it is not a great tobacco, but it is a nice and very well balanced tobacco for people, who like a latakiablend with a bit sweet flavor. recommended

Wondering what I might add that would be useful.
Although I am an experienced smoker, I do not regard myself as particularly sophisticated.
That said, even I can tell that this is the work of a master blender. The rum is evident throughout the bowl, more so in the first half, but it does not dominate. To my taste, it simply accents the delicious, sonorous blend of the high quality tobaccos.
I get an entrancing caramel note in the retrohale, adding to the delight.

Sextant is a very solid 4 stars. I plan to make sure I always have it available.

Tin note of sweet and smoky with a little spice. The multiple shades of brown Broken Flakes rub out easily. Tobacco is damp and may need a little drying. Burns slow with few relights. The strength is medium to strong and nic is medium. Flavoring is mild, with notes of sweet rum. Taste is full and consistent, with complex notes of smoky, herbal spices, musty wood, floral, dry earth, mild tangy sour, sweet grass, mild orange bitter, toasted bread, spicy, mild tart dark fruit, a sweet nutty background note, and a peppery retro. Latakia is barely leading the Virginias with Oriental/Turkish supporting. Kentucky is providing support where needed. Room note is tolerable, and aftertaste is great.

I was surprised by this one. I was expecting it to be much stronger than it was.

The tin I used for this review had a 2020 tin date, so roughly two years old at smoke give or take. A slight bulge in the top got me excited. On opening the tin, there is a nice cut flake. Mostly dark tobaccos. A very strong latakia smell, with a note of the mentioned rum topping. The rum scent was not as prominent as I expected.

It probably did not need any air time, but my routine is to give everything at least 30 minutes (personal preference) so that is what it got. Rubbed out easily, and loaded easily. Light was easy, and on the light, Mr. Pease became a magician.

When flame hit weed I got a very strong and heady latakia hit. I smiled and thought "buckle up, this one is going to be fun", and then....Abra Cadabra (sp?)...Poof, the rug was pulled out and it almost instantly mellowed for me.

I am not going to lie, I was a little disappointed. I was ready for the in your face strong english experience. Instead I got a steady freddie, medium as you go experience.

Don't get me wrong, it was a good blend. Very balanced, the rum note does not come through as much as I was hoping, but a good blend. I just kept looking for what never came. Every relight as I worked down the bowl I thought "yup, here it comes", but it never did. It was much tamer than anticipated. It is definitely lat forward, but for me, not a strong spicy exotic lat forward.

While I very much liked this blend, I don't think there was enough here for me to think back on it and really want a bowl later. I don't smoke as many latakia blends as I do Va/Vaper/Vabur blends, and so when I dip into a latakia blend, I really want to be hit over the head with it. If you are a person who smokes english blends often, this would probably fit nicely in your rotation. If you are a person who takes out an english occasionally to be wowed by it.....

GL Pease Sextant - This is an interesting blend . Similiar to HH Vintage Syrian but with more Kentucky added . It can get quite spicy at times . I has a decent amount of sweetness. The Latakia is always in the background. Well rounded .Sometimes the Kentucky almost takes over then the blend . The Turkish-Orientals are tasty . The Virginias have just enough sweetness to balance the stronger tobaccos . The Rum fades after about a third of the way down . I like it . It has aged nicely .Recommended 3

Upon opening, the tin note is a nice mix of latakia, and sweet rum. After lighting, it starts the same way with smokey, sweet latakia, along with a subtle hint of the rum in the background. The Virginia's are there as well with a touch of fruity sweetness. Slight floral from the Orientals is there but just hinted at in the background. Kentucky adds some strength to this blend.

Overall, I find this to be another fantastic Pease blend. Similar style to C&D Black Frigate, but sweeter, and bolder, and with the rum more in the background. Highly recommended.

As noted by all this is a broken flake that burns well enough when dried out a bit. It has that slight rum hit, a mid level nicotine hit, and a generous amount of virginias. I acquired 4 of the Old London Series with this as my most desired based on the description, but, it is my least favorite. It's not bad by any stretch of the imagination, but I think I was hoping for something along the lines of my all time favorite Mephisto, which this definitely is not. Almost 3 stars for me.