GL Pease Maltese Falcon

It is a good latakia forward blend. That being said I was rather disappointed. The cult following of this tobacco speaks very highly of it but after sitting over several bowls I've decided that it's lacking in flavor and originality. The "secret" spice is underwhelming and fights with the latakia. I would not say that this is a full flavor blend. Out of the tin the tobacco is much more moist than i would be accustomed to, 25 minutes of drying time and it was still hard to keep lit and burning even. I have to tend to the bowl every 5 minutes or so to keep it enjoyable. Give the blend a shot, maybe you've got more patience than I, but I would much rather go with gl-pease Gaslight or even bengal slices. I don't find this blend bad but it's definitely not going to be in my regular rotation.

My absolute favorite, been smoking for two years now, and nothing tops it, in my opinion.

Excellent full flavor . Close to but not a latakia bomb . The room note is not pleasant but not untorable.

Just a step darker and smoother than Plumb pudding...without such a prominent distinguishing note. This is a good smoke, you will not be disappointed

The blend is great the smell is smokey and elegant the smoothness from the Latakia and Orientals make the bowl pleasant in taste I have ordered more to smoke and cellar to try later after some time has passed a great english to buy.

A very good light English. Not generally a big English fan, but this one just strikes a phenomenal balance. Reminds me of a slightly sweeter EMP.

Good tobacco

Love how smooth and sweet this American Engish is. I will definitely getting the 8oz tin of this, maybe even two or three.

Mutton Chop Piper's favorite. The guy has wonderful taste and taught me so much about the art of pipes. He has slightly different tastes than me but I still love this blend. Raison, Mesquite and malty flavor. A man's man smoke. A little hard to keep lit at times but it is an stay in my rotation. Not one of my go to's but will always have a few ounces in my cellar.

Love it it’s awesome! Great flavor and the aroma is the best I’ve ever had!!

Beautiful!

Good but a little harsh(Burns)

WOW! Is the first reaction to this wonderful blend. This is my first venture with G.L. Pease andit definitely won't be the last. Will be purchasing again in the larger tin. Latakia lovers delight!!!

A+

I really like this blend, the room note is that of a burning fireplace, the flavor goes well with a good shot of whiskey, shipped of course. It may not be for the newbie, that's up to you, but for the kind of blend it is GL Pease got it almost perfect.

I bought a tin of this, very good! My wife says it reminds her of walking on a winter night as it smells like burning fireplaces. my tin is half empty and I will be buying a can soon.

Has a very smooth unique flavor my first english blend now it is my every other day smoke great tobacco looking forward to more english blends

mild, woodsy, sweet. It just came today, when I opened the tin the smell was wonderful and I had to try it right there and then. Going for my Chacom reversed calabash I packed it full, the flavor is as wonderful as the smell I got first opening the tin. It does burn slow and I had to relight it a few times, but all the way to the bottom of the bowl without a bite, I will be coming back for the bigger tin soon!

Great blend. Tasty. Been using it to break in a couple new pipes. Smokes perfectly top to bottom of the bowl.

As a new piper, I am learning and growing daily. Muttnchop piper has been a great help sharing is technique with others. Happily enjoying this new hobby.

An excellent tobacco with great flavor - slow burning with a good room note. A good buy.

This is a great all-day smoke for me. It is well balanced and smokes moderately cool. This will definitely be in my cellar. Recently I started to press my own kake with this and wow! I like to press it very firm and let it sit in the press for almost a week. After it is a very dence kake. After several weeks the flavors mash together so well it is even more enjoyable than out of the tin.

Tin note doesn't outshine any of my other English blends. Somewhat mild. First light in a cob has an amazing rich complex flavor, only I can't put my tongue on exactly what it is I'm tasting because the flavor diminishes severely with every puff. However... When I smoke it in my designated English briar with a nice thick carbon cake... Everything changes! It's smokey, sweet, leathery, musky, earthy, vinegary, woodsy... I taste spicy bbq, then gingerbread, then heavily frosted gingerbread, (along with other things I can't yet describe) all the way down to the fine white ash, and it actually feels quite cool on the tongue so I can smoke it all day long. Which I do. Now, the carbon cake in my designated English pipe was formed from a wide selection of my favorite blends including lots of Bengal Slices, and Plum Pudding, and Russ' Tastykake, and MF picks up the flavors from those previously smoked blends beautifully. So put that in your pipe and smoke it.

This blend is superb! I’ve tried a lot of English blends over the past couple of years and this by far the best!

My favorite English blend. Smokes well

This is the best tobacco I have discovered in many years. It is a quintessential English blend, relatively mild, and kind to the palate.

VERY smooth smoke. Beefy, but not overdone at all. Tried this on the advice of a friend, and he has now been elevated to “trusted” friend! This will not disappoint.

When I first opened the tin my impression was that it was overpowering, but from the first bowl on I am very pleased and will continue trying similar flavors (and order a larger quantity of this fine product).

Definitely the go to in my rotation. Great anytime. Big bold flavor. Definitely recommend!

Switched from aromatic blends to the Maltese Falcone. I enjoy every puff, so much, I ordered a 2nd tin, prior to completing 1/4 of my first tin.

Unique flavor truly a standout blend

Been having an affinity for the English blends lately since I've started learning to smoke a pipe about 4ish give or take years ago. Let me say, of all the Englishes I have tried this one has been the most rewarding and in the same breath, the most confusing. Either it lights really well or it takes a few lights. Finding the pace to this seems to be rather rhythmic. After trying a couple of different blends I can say I rather enjoy the Latakia. The taste is very flavorful in the sense that the subtle creaminess does have a good hold in this blend and to that I have a hard time keeping a cadence because I love the aroma that well. All in all, I would recommend this blend to those of you who want a smoke after a hard day's work or maybe a relaxing smoke on your favorite couch or something to that effect. Happy Piping and hope this review helped.

Great!

I did not like the flavor of this blend, it left some moisture in the bowl. Room note was different than anything else I have tried. You can detect the ginger spice added but you have to look for it.

Enjoy as much as SPC Plumb Pudding Special Reserve.

Wonderful tobacco

Excellent quality tobacco. Reminiscent of the old Balkan Sobriane

A good smoke with little bite. Very enjoyable anytime of day.

Smooth, creamy and a bit of spice.

This is a really great tobacco! Very smooth and very tasty. I will definitely be buying more of this in the future. As a new smoker I definitely feel it’s important to buy quality Tabacco.

Maltese Falcon has become one of my new top five tobaccos. If you like rich smooth smoky tobaccos this blend is for you. I wasn’t to much into Latakia’s, but this GL Pease Maltese Falcon hit on all cylinders. I always have at least a two bowl mix with me.

All day English. Good stuff!

By far my favorite English blend! Goes great with your morning coffee, after dinner dessert or end of day reward. Great all around smoke.

This is one of only 2 non aromatics that I've tried so i don't know a whole lot about them as i am fairly new to pipe smoking. I do enjoy this blend though. Was recommended by a youtuber who said it was his all time favorite.

Love it

Great Blend! Will be buying it again!!

This is my first love. My second tobacco purchased since I picked the sport up a month ago. I cracked the tin eagerly. Took a deep breath and nearly choked - notes of burning tires and old wallets. What have I done? Discouraged I packed a bowl. The charring light wasn't eagerly awaited but the taste that aroused my buds nearly floored me. If you ever wanted to take a bite out of a campfire fueled by dead pine needles and cedar planks, this smoke is the ticket. Absolutely love it.

I’m a new smoker here. So when I first popped the tin, it smelt like a beast! I let it sit in a jar for about 2-3 weeks. Tried it again and it mellowed out. It was my first English and now, it’s definitely in my rotation for when I want a strong healthy smoke. I absolutely love it and it has definitely grown on me. If you like complex with hidden gems, I’d definitely give this a try. I’ll be ordering more fore sure.

This is the 21st century. True. Yet the feel of true English Imperialism is realized in this beautiful tobacco. That sounds terrible, I know. Yet this is available to all pipers, and yet any one with taste buds will realize that the perfect English blend can only be enhanced with the bounties of the Far East. Ginger... That's what it is. By thunder! Ginger! It creates the perfect balance to the stout and striking Latikia/Oriental English base to create a perfectly unique and quite scrumptious blend that leaves the tongue numb with wonder and the mouth wanting for more. "It's a whole new addiction." That's what an old friend of mine said about smoking menthol cigarettes. I can guarantee Malteses Falcon makes the statement true of pipe tobaccos.

I have been smoking a pipe for a few years and I finally found the perfect pipe tobacco for me. It is so smooth and just taste great. I bought a 2 oz tin, tried it and loved it, I then ordered two 8 oz cans for my cellar from P&C which I just recently started. I don't know much about all the taste that are given by this great tobacco but I really enjoy it. After reading the great reviews on P&C and YouTube I purchased and totally agree that this is a great tobacco for me. I also enjoy the Lane 1-Q for an all day smoke and for the evenings I light up the Maltese Falcon. Another great tobacco I found to really enjoy is the Magnum Opus which is also a superb tobacco.

Great Baltic flavor, this is my new favorite. I would love to see this blend in bulk quantities.

From the moment you open the tin to the last puff on the pipe. This Tobacco was refreshing.

Maltese Falcon has become my absolute favorite to date. Lots of other flavors out there but the taste of Maltese is just fantastic. Highly recommend if you haven’t had a chance. I would describe it as dark leather and wood. Enjoy.

Amazing tasting tobacco has nice firey spice and sweet and smooth smoke.

Not my favorite, but I will include this in my top 10

Something magical about this English blend. Topping? Superb Latakia? It is my current favorite late night smoke. Quiet Nights has become a close second for me

Great Smokey flavor. Burns well.

The ginger really adds something here. The orientals are kind of sour and sweet in a good way. A good introduction to GL Pease. Pairs well with the movie.

Both these products are excellent, but even better was the service from Pipes and Cigars.

its good

Disclosure: I'm a new pipe smoker less than 6 mo. But this blend is so far a top 3 favorite. I've tried several aromatics, Englishes, straight Virginias, etc... and keep coming back to Maltese Falcon. Not a punch in the face English at all but still so much flavor like pleasant preserved fruits, mild spice, and more. No perfume here. This is great fresh I can't wait to taste 2+ years of age on it (but will have to wait I guess ;-)

Just got this order today filled my bowl and lit up. While I’m more of an aromatic guy this stuff is really good. Lit perfect right out of the can, moisture is perfect and my god is this great with a cognac. While not plum pudding which is phenomenal as well this is a hit.

Simply an excellent blend

I love English blends, and this is one of my favorites. Great depth and mouth-filling body. As some have said; there's a "mystery" flavor in there, that is far more prevalent when smoked in a Meerschaum, but it's there even in a briar, but more elusive. If you were a fan of the Frog Morton series, give this one a try .... it might help scratch an old itch.

Just like in the Bogie film, you uncover the dark exterior of the bird and find there's gold underneath. This is contemplating tobacco that is perfect to, well, as one review said, "Smoke while listening to [his favorite pastor's] sermons." It is my favorite blend, so don't go buying up all of it.

This one is well rounded and has such a wonderful rich creamy smoke. A little wet in the can, so I let mine dry a bit before I light it up, and when I do I happily sit back and relax. Perfect amount of Latakia that brings back many memories of sitting by camp fires and lighting up slash piles on the ranch. This one is my favorite out of the many I enjoy, and when it comes up in my rotation I get excited all day knowing that after dinner I have this waiting for me. If you like English, this one has a rich complex nature that doesn't bite and certainly comforts. If you are on the fence, give this one a try. You'll be hooked.

After reading the reviews here, I decided to try a 2 ounce can. All I can say is I quickly bought up the last can PnC had in stock, and went on the waiting list to be notified when it was again in stock. I am a latakia fan, and this tobacco is simply a pleasure to smoke. I rotate about 4 tobacco's (I smoke one bowl a night) and always look forward to Maltese night. Smokey, smooth, rich, soft on the palate, great room note (my wife loves it) and as stated in another review, a little wet right out of the can. I just purchased two 8oz cans, one for now and one for the cellar. If you are on the fence with this one, it is worth the try. There is a reason this one sells out and all of us who love it know why. Wonderful tobacco.

My tin is almost empty but I still go to this about every third day. Last night I lit it up and my wife turned to me and said, 'Wow! That really smells good!' I was pleased because that means I can smoke it inside during the winter! This is a wonderful English, and another reviewer used the perfect word for it: Creamy. Easy smoke, great taste, great room note and simply a pleasure to have around. I was lucky enough to get the last 2oz can, but would love to get a couple of 8 oz for the cellar. If you like Latakia, this is a great addition to your rotation.

I loved it. Great smoke, great flavor, really enjoyable anytime. Will definitely be getting more in the future.

Pipe smoking is a journey taken by each individual looking for little pockets of paradise that appease their tastes. As I've tried different tobacco's I either knew I was on a wrong road or on a road with promise. I found that my tastes lean towards Cyprian Latakia, so when I read the reviews (I always read the reviews), I knew I had to give this tobacco a try. Out of the can - pretty standard. Wasn't sure it was going to impress or disappoint. Char light was difficult, but not because of the tobacco. My lighter was going on strike. Got it lit, sat back in my rocking chair in the porch and tuned in Pastor Allistair Begg (my nightly ritual). Watched the sun set on the mountain by my house, listening to the birds at dusk, dog and cat sleeping at my feet. All of this got overshadowed by the pipe I was holding. The Latakia comes right out of the gate, but doesn't slap you in the face. It is a gentle introduction that blends so well with the orientals. Half way down, the orientals took first position, but when I looked, the latakia was still there, supporting the complexity of the tobacco. It stayed lit all the way through, and I was very disappointed when the bowl was done. It was an absolute pleasure to smoke, brought memories of soft campfires, good times, gentle days. This tobacco instantly became a best friend, and deserves to be in any latakia lover's cellar. It will always be in mine, and I look forward to sitting with it again in the near future. For reference, I also like Hearth and Home Sweet and Smoky and Blackhouse. If anyone has any Latakia suggestions for me, I'd love to hear them. Pipe smoking is a journey, and the more friends along the way the better. God bless...Jim

My go to English

I ordered a half pound of this on a whim with a half pound of my favorite tobacco. Opened both and this was empty weeks before my favorite. I like it a lot. What a Balkan should be. The smoke texture felt like cream on my pallet. This becomes one of those always buy tobaccos.

very mellow good all day smoke

Very good (medium) English Blend. The Orientals don't really come out until halfway through the bowl. The first third of the bowl is mostly Latakia with a slight sweetness from the Virginias. The second third of the bowl simmers down and I could taste the Orientals and the Virginias more. It finished off pretty smooth with a fine-grey ash. It is smokeable straight from the can, but is a little moist and needs some dry time. After a week it is pretty good, but after sitting in a mason jar for a month or two it is outstanding. The only two problems I had with it were: it was hard to keep lit straight from the new can, and it tasted so good I was puffing like a freight train! It burned cool even with heavy puffing.

This is tobacco that made me fall in love with Latakia blends.

This is an exceptional blend. It's perfectly balanced between its component parts, and is very complex. It seems that each time I smoke a bowl, I notice different aspects of the flavor. It's pretty full, but also an easy, smooth smoke. An exotic, smokey, sweet, bright and creamy latakia blend with notes of citrus and herbs. As ridiculous as this sounds, this tastes like a blend that should be called Maltese Falcon. Smoke it yourself to see if that makes any sense to you. It's obvious that GL Pease puts a lot of thought and care into his blends, and this is a good example of his skill. I'm a tobacco bigamist, but I make sure to crack my jar of this at least once a week.

Dynamic & well blended.

i love this tobacco it is extremely full bodied, yet light enough to be smoked all day. I purchased some, but it blew away in a storm. I was eagerly awaiting its arrival, but I guess I'll have to buy some more again.

smokey .. smoothe .. creamy .. this is on the bigger end of the english spectrum .. often overlooked .. this is excellent stuff .. get it before you can't .

Wonderful GLPease. Full bodied Latakia and Oriental deserving of one of my favorite old pipes. A buttery, nutty, musty, leathery nose taking me to an open oriental market with all its smells and diversity. Not aromatic, smoke for yourself and not a new pipe or pallet. Thank you Mr Pease. I will keep this one in the baker's cabinet!