GL Pease Gaslight (Old London Series) Pipe Tobacco in Review

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GL Pease Gaslight (Old London Series) Pipe Tobacco in Review

CATEGORY: English
BLEND: Latakia, Oriental/Turkish, Virginia
FLAVORING: none

BLENDER: Gregory Pease

MANUFACTURER: Cornell & Diehl

CUT: Plug
PIPE: Old German Clay no. 3 (black finish)
INTENSITY: Medium-full

WEBSITE: www.glpease.com

NOTES: 

Dark chocolate | Espresso | Roasted oranges

The tin-note sets the table for the italicized tastes. Shouted whispers of sweet creosote and black pepper. Mesquite. Lighted pulls marry the aforementioned bits in a weighty but supple-smooth Latakia lover's dream. Smoky woody. Anise, fennel, licorice. U-M-A-M-I. Worschestshire sauce. Chicory sidles up to the espresso, floating atop within its crema. Chocolate is dark, smooth, and more than a tick sexy, delivered in teasing yet sating ebbs & flows. 

Roasted orange operates alongside cinnamon spiciness, arriving via Oriental pinches. Sweet Red Virginia brings dewy meadow into fruit-tangy sunrise view. Those acting condiment leaves are light & airy in equal portions each & of themselves; never threatening the Latakia's 'Tarry Tarry Night' limelight, only enhancing its savory glow. Synergy. Supremely balanced, quite complex. Pushes the flavor bomb envelope, but not plum off the table. 

Mmm, plum. Burns slow and cool, cut from the plug, easily flaked then loosely gravity-filled into a smallish bowl. Sips over gulps. A blend that wants you to sit a smoldering spell. The good news is you'll be sitting in an aroma both Siddhartha & Cobain would have each left Nirvana for. Leathery & sweetly-spiced. A slight knock is that the light requires patience and tending to thru-out, un-egregiously. A snack-ish not more-ish study in Latakia & good for cellaring, too.

TASTE: A
AROMA: A-
BURN: B+

 
FINAL GRADE: A-
A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F 0-59

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