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Sixpence 8oz
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- Components: Virginia, Perique, Dark Fired Kentucky
- Family: Virginia
- Cut: Flake
About This Pipe Tobacco
You enter the dark paneled room, its walls lined with ancient books. An antique table stands beside a leather club chair. Upon it, next to a small silver coin, an open tobacco tin entices you with an aroma deep, rich, authentic. You fill your bowl, strike a match. The first puff stops time as the smoky magic weaves its spell.
G. L Pease's Sixpence. The mystery continues.
Customer Reviews
A Seven-Year Revelation
August 21, 2026
By:
Campbellj4
Product: G. L. Pease Sixpence 2oz
had aged to a beautiful deep mahogany, with the original flake structure still evident but soft enough to break apart easily. I gave it a medium rub, leaving some chunky pieces intact.
The cold draw was gorgeous: Virginia citrus, fruit and spice.
The char light was refined leather, dark fruit and spice. Once properly lit, the Virginia opened into sweet grass and hay, dark fruit and baking spice. The room note was already magnificent, with a honeyed Graham cracker quality that made me wish I could experience the room note from across the room.
As the first quarter developed, the retrohale revealed soft spice while the side smoke became honey Graham cracker. Slowing the cadence brought out Perique, first as mouth-filling spice and then as stewed fruit. Citrus gradually shifted from bright citrus toward deeper orange.
The second quarter was extraordinary: orange-spiced tea with honey Graham crackers. The citrus became richer and deeper, the honeyed biscuit character moved into the draw, and an almost perfume-like quality appeared throughout the smoke.
By the third quarter, the Perique and Dark Fired Kentucky had stepped forward. Spice dominated the front of the palate while the Virginias remained underneath, and the retrohale was fermented fruit and spice. After allowing the pipe to cool and relighting, the perfume became deeper and noticeably influenced by the Perique and Dark Fired Kentucky.
One of the most interesting discoveries for me was finally being able to identify the fruit aspect of Perique as something distinct from its familiar peppery/spicy character. The fruit here was fermented, stewed and dark, and it interacted beautifully with the Virginias.
The tobacco was complex enough that it continually changed before my palate could become fatigued. That complexity kept the bowl interesting all the way down.
I also smoked this in a Punto Oro pot with a somewhat unusual internal V-shaped chamber. As the bowl narrowed toward the bottom, the Perique and Dark Fired Kentucky seemed to become more concentrated and assertive, while the perfume character deepened. Whether that was chamber geometry, combustion, or simply the progression of the blend, the effect was unmistakable.
And then I discovered why Sixpence had been reminding me so strongly of Penny Farthing: they share the same Virginia, Perique and Dark Fired Kentucky components. The difference in cut—Sixpence being a soft, broken flake and Penny Farthing a ribbon—makes for a fascinating comparison.
GL Pease is a master blender. This isn’t simply a blend with a lot of flavors; it is a blend where those flavors move, interact and reveal themselves in sequence.
Seven years of aging clearly treated this tin very well.
I am absolutely putting more Sixpence in the cellar....Read More
The cold draw was gorgeous: Virginia citrus, fruit and spice.
The char light was refined leather, dark fruit and spice. Once properly lit, the Virginia opened into sweet grass and hay, dark fruit and baking spice. The room note was already magnificent, with a honeyed Graham cracker quality that made me wish I could experience the room note from across the room.
As the first quarter developed, the retrohale revealed soft spice while the side smoke became honey Graham cracker. Slowing the cadence brought out Perique, first as mouth-filling spice and then as stewed fruit. Citrus gradually shifted from bright citrus toward deeper orange.
The second quarter was extraordinary: orange-spiced tea with honey Graham crackers. The citrus became richer and deeper, the honeyed biscuit character moved into the draw, and an almost perfume-like quality appeared throughout the smoke.
By the third quarter, the Perique and Dark Fired Kentucky had stepped forward. Spice dominated the front of the palate while the Virginias remained underneath, and the retrohale was fermented fruit and spice. After allowing the pipe to cool and relighting, the perfume became deeper and noticeably influenced by the Perique and Dark Fired Kentucky.
One of the most interesting discoveries for me was finally being able to identify the fruit aspect of Perique as something distinct from its familiar peppery/spicy character. The fruit here was fermented, stewed and dark, and it interacted beautifully with the Virginias.
The tobacco was complex enough that it continually changed before my palate could become fatigued. That complexity kept the bowl interesting all the way down.
I also smoked this in a Punto Oro pot with a somewhat unusual internal V-shaped chamber. As the bowl narrowed toward the bottom, the Perique and Dark Fired Kentucky seemed to become more concentrated and assertive, while the perfume character deepened. Whether that was chamber geometry, combustion, or simply the progression of the blend, the effect was unmistakable.
And then I discovered why Sixpence had been reminding me so strongly of Penny Farthing: they share the same Virginia, Perique and Dark Fired Kentucky components. The difference in cut—Sixpence being a soft, broken flake and Penny Farthing a ribbon—makes for a fascinating comparison.
GL Pease is a master blender. This isn’t simply a blend with a lot of flavors; it is a blend where those flavors move, interact and reveal themselves in sequence.
Seven years of aging clearly treated this tin very well.
I am absolutely putting more Sixpence in the cellar....Read More
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on par with old gowrie
September 22, 2026
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Timmothy F.
Product: G. L. Pease Sixpence 2oz
his as well....Read More
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An anointed amalgamation of amazing flavors.
September 17, 2026
By:
MEP3
Product: G. L. Pease Sixpence 2oz
in his taster's culinary delight, so too do we delight in this blend.
To further reach by an extra condiment, seemingly risky and bold, was another perfect call. I cannot imagine this curation without its gentle yet graciously present kiss of uncorked wines.
Much as I might tell you, with some of the truly one-off Dutch and German creations coming out of Northern Europe, you must taste this one for yourself to truly understand.
Unless you are morally opposed to delighting in tobacco smoking, this one is a wonderfully entertaining, perfectly pleasing experience.
I wish to leave it there. To answer the note on the tin: It's my fervent hope that this mystery continues forever....Read More
To further reach by an extra condiment, seemingly risky and bold, was another perfect call. I cannot imagine this curation without its gentle yet graciously present kiss of uncorked wines.
Much as I might tell you, with some of the truly one-off Dutch and German creations coming out of Northern Europe, you must taste this one for yourself to truly understand.
Unless you are morally opposed to delighting in tobacco smoking, this one is a wonderfully entertaining, perfectly pleasing experience.
I wish to leave it there. To answer the note on the tin: It's my fervent hope that this mystery continues forever....Read More
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Dark fired ruined it for me
April 27, 2026
By:
Brett E.
Product: G. L. Pease Sixpence 2oz
e except Virginia Cream and now this....Read More
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Dark Fired Keeps the Spice On
June 21, 2026
By:
Jess
Product: G. L. Pease Sixpence 2oz
e exactly what some smokers are looking for, but I found with some of the VaPer blends that I cellared, I was disappointed to no longer have the expected pepperiness that I got when the blends were younger. If you are like me, then Sixpence is a great solution. It seems that dark fired Kentucky does not lose its spiciness over time, and while the perique in this blend does soften and deepen just like the others, because of the dark fired content, there is still plenty of spice. Thus, after 4 years, I have found this blend even better than when it's young. There is a deep dark fruitiness from the perique and red Virginia combined with some tang still from the bright virginias, some remaining breadiness and delicious funk also from the perique, and still plenty of spice still maintained by the addition of some faithful dark fired. If you like VaPers, but you don't want to sacrifice spice as the years go on with aging, this along with C&D Speakeasy are great to have in your cellar!...Read More
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