G. L. Pease Gaslight

Rich, flavorful, complex. These adjectives have already been used to describe this blend many times. After a point, you lose the ability to add anything new to what has already been said. Such as it is with this blend for me. G.L. Pease Gaslight is a very good English blend. It's rich, flavorful, complex, ... you've been through this before. So what can I add to a review of this blend?

Just about nothing other than myself as a number. I agree, it's very good. It's smooth, it's a blend that matures as you smoke it. Flavors come and go and keep it interesting. It's not a latakia bomb, it's something deeper and better developed than that. It's a true masterfully mixed blend that has a lot of latakia in it. But it isn't a latakia bomb. Virginia tobaccos take their place, so does the other additives. Latakia might be the captain, but it isn't the commanding officer. Those of us with military experience might get the gist.

This is a good smoke. I recommend it to anyone that likes Latakia. It's balanced, it develops, it's a very nice marriage of supporting tobaccos. They work together to provide a balanced and enjoyable blend where all the parts make the greater whole better, stronger, more effective. This is a great mixture. Not the best that G.L. Pease has made, but one of the top 10 for certain. It's good. Very good. Try it out for yourself. Give it two or three bowls in different pipes, feel out it's different faces. Then, tell us what you think. I recommend it. This is good pipe tobacco. I give it a full 4 stars on flavor alone. It's delicious.

Its funny how i always forgot about this blend, even though it became an instant favorite the moment i had my first bowl. Its been sitting on my shelf for about 2 and a half years, and honestly, it did it some good!

As everyone else said, very latakia forward, but its not over powering. Its like a very burnt piece of leather, but its super smooth, you want more. The red virginias are perfect. Perfect amount, and really made this blend what it is. Sweet, but not overly sweet, tangy, but not sour.

Its a stout blend, but can you call it that with how smooth it is???

Doesnt give you a big nic kick, which is good cause that just means you can smoke it again later on in the day.

Its pretty damp out of the tin. So dry time is a must. I do have issues keeping it lit some times, even with it drying out some. Maybe ill try 20min. next time instead of the usual 10-15...when the coffee is ready.

I can see how it RESEMBLES penzance. Almost identical.......for me at least. Its a good sub when you dont want to pay the absolutely outrageous price for penzance. Is that stuff reeeeaaallly worth it?????? Eh. Not really.

Either way. This is an amazing blend!

Latakia, and a little Turkish that is overwhelmed by Latakia, and no Virginia flavor to speak of. It smells like a campfire. This is the kind of tobacco you load into one of those giant Boswell pipes and take to the leather club, overwhelmingly manly to the point where you wonder if it’s not trying a bit too hard.

Midbowl the Latakia has calmed down a touch, but there’s nothing to replace it. The blend just goes flat. By the end, my exhausted tastebuds can only report an ashy flavor. This is with more than 2 years on the tin, so I don’t know if it’s just gone past its prime already.

I can see the wasted potential here - a little more balanced portion of Turkish, change out the Virginias for some with flavor and character, and it’d be an instant classic. As is, I can only recommend it as an end-of-day smoke for a fatigued tongue that wouldn’t be able to enjoy a more thoughtful mixture.

G. L. Pease Gaslight is serious. It has a taste as dark as its appearance and good aromas that blend perfectly well. It smokes easily and for such a long time! For anyone who likes strong and smoky latakia blends, I would definitely recommend to try this one. It is strong but smooth, it does not lack subtleties at all and the virginias are revealing themselves nicely on the second half of the bowl. It inspires me to try other blends from G. L. Pease because of its high quality. It is not exactly what I'm searching for, but let's be honest and give it the rating it deserves.

I don't reach for this one very often but when I do I'm always pleasantly surprised. A fantastic sweet & smokey tin note with beautiful plugs inside that slice with ease and rub out into a fine cut mountain of tobacco. The red Virginia is the first thing i taste on the false light. It is sweet and bright. The smokey Latakia is apparent next but it is VERY smooth and marries to the Virginia well as it ages in the plug. The Turkish leaf is woody and mildly spicy. The smoke is very smooth through the nose. Bite free, medium-full in strength and body this is a real winner in the Balkan plug category.

I want to start with the tin art. Absolutely amazing, and fitting for this tobacco! This tin was opened at 3 months old.

The tin aroma is absolutely intoxicating! It isn't the harsh industrialized aroma that some Latakia cakes have, this was a softer, more subtle aroma of smoky leaf. The sweetness of the Virginia also poked through.

I sliced of a few sections across grain as most recommend. This was still a touch moist, so I let it rest as long as I could stand (probably 5 minutes) Loading seemed fairly easy, and I found this blend will smoke much better in a tall/narrow bowl compared to a squat/wide billiard. Initial lighting shows the Latakia well, but to me not as much as some have claimed. There does seem to be a dark chocolate essence here, it's sweet, and seems to fit in very well. The Virginia's are always noticeable, and their sweet/tanginess are prominent as long as slow, even sips are taken. The Orientals leave the palate with a clean refreshed feeling, and deliver a spiciness and seasoning that balance near perfect to bring this blend together. I gave this blend my full attention each time, but I had found that even if my mind began to wonder off, this still stayed lit. You'd think after a while Greg would run out of new ideas, or blends would start tasting the same. But no, he developed this blend, and created another unique masterpiece. I truly believe this is destined to be a HOF tobacco.

I will start by recognizing that this is a blend that I will probably have to "meditate on" for some time before I can truly appreciate it. I am very fond of english blends, and particularly latakia-forward ones.

My initial assessment of this is that it is mostly latakia, with negligible contribution by virginias and orientals. What I was expecting was the inverse: a strong base of virginias, lightly seasoned by orientals, and with a healthy dose of latakia.

I am a fan of Ten Russians, so it came as a surprise that this blend seems so monochrome. I think that perhaps it's a question of balance, or lack thereof. I've tried fresh from the tin, dry, drier, lightly rubbed, well rubbed. I just can't seem to escape the impression that I'm smoking pure latakia while fruitlessly grasping for some kind of counterpoint, searching hopelessly for subtleties to contrast the dark spicy leaf.

I may change my opinion if I can muster the resolve to keep at it. As it stands now I am considering that I may occasionally use this blend to season some sweet matured virginas in order to add spice.

Edited 4/7/2016 - After having smoked the whole tin, I believe I have come to a conclusion about this tobacco's place in my 'rotation.' This is the type of blend whose qualities are best discerned after a long (very long) day of eating and drinking, after your palate is ragged, and you don't quite get the same satisfaction from "normal' blends. Something akin to the cocktail that evolves into straight alcohol by evening's end, "because you can't taste it." I might leave a tin around for such exceptional occasions, maybe.

Latakia blends are love it or hate it for me. Most of them are too weak and mild, they all taste the same and there's just an emptiness on tongue, a sort of hollow smoke feel if that makes sense.

Cue the arrival of Gaslight, G.L. Pease's masterpiece. I decided to try it because I have literally never heard a bad thing about from pipers I trust, everyones just crazy about the stuff. I've found that in pipesmoking at least, it pays to follow the crowd.

Tin note is strong and musty, the "baccy brownies" are perfectly pressed, firm, won't crumble just from small handling. It will take a sharp knife to cut this but unlike most plugs I've dealt with Gaslight is not like cutting a brick, it turns to ribbons very easily. Straight out of the tin it is perfect moisture to smoke, pack it lighter then usual and get ready.

This is some of the best tasting tobacco I've ever had; it is full, there is no hiding the tobacco behind any casing. Youll get every note in here with some slow sipping; but especially the latakia with its amazing full earthiness.

A fantastic experince. I didn't notice much nicotine, but as a warning I have a pretty high tolerance. No gurgle, smoked pretty well all to the bottom. All the hype you've heard about this blend is real, Lat lovers and haters should really give this a shot, this is just good baccy here.

Dark plug or kake with some visible lighter leaf. Tin note is typical terpene from the latakia. Smoked alongside its stablemate Pirate Kake, it differs in that virginias take the place of the burley in PK. The result is a lighter, sweeter tobacco that allows the orientals more expression. Still a very Lat forward blend however.

I am not experienced enough to say where in the spectrum of English blends this sits; it is an intriguing combination of a Lat bomb that manages to deliver a multitude of light and subtle aromas. It does go beautifully with a nice strong cup of tea.