Thread: Pipe of the Day

(Another) pipe almost in te middle of the Baltic Sea. Erinmores from Skagerrak pipe. It's bit windy here.

Smoking some mccelland va/pr flake in a erick king. With some lifeboat tea on a cold and rainy day

Originally Posted by spacemonkeyjon

Smoking some mccelland va/pr flake in a erick king. With some lifeboat tea on a cold and rainy day

I need a poker. I know I said I'm not big on straight pipes,but I think that attitude is changing.

Orlik blended Dunhill Elizabethan Mixture in a Paycok meer.

I am very much a VAPER enjoyer. I can't call the new version bad - it isn't that. It is, however, a shadow of the old Murray version. There - I said it. I finally said something you CAN'T get is different and better than something you CAN get. I guess that makes me an offical Old Fart. Granted, the Murray version I compare it to had the benefit of eight years in the tin, so who knows what this means.

Maybe the Orlik version will be damn near stellar in 2021 but, I don't think so. The Murray EM was, to me, a knock-out blend when it was new and it's still a knock-out. It has a depth, richness, staying power in the mouth and peppery perique that is wholly absent in the new stock. So, Orlik may improve or not, but when my Murray stash is done that'll probably be it for me. I may buy a sleeve of the new gear and put it in the cellar, though.

But, by then, my Escudo tins will be 20 years old...

Originally Posted by MisterMoo

Orlik blended Dunhill Elizabethan Mixture in a Paycok meer.

I am very much a VAPER enjoyer. I can't call the new version bad - it isn't that. It is, however, a shadow of the old Murray version. There - I said it. I finally said something you CAN'T get is different and better than something you CAN get. I guess that makes me an offical Old Fart. Granted, the Murray version I compare it to had the benefit of eight years in the tin, so who knows what this means.

Maybe the Orlik version will be damn near stellar in 2021 but, I don't think so. The Murray EM was, to me, a knock-out blend when it was new abd it's still a knock-out. It has a depth, richness, staying power in the mouth and peppery perique that is wholly absent in the new stock. So, Orlik may improve or not, but when my Murray stash is done that'll probably be it for me. I may buy a sleeve of the new gear and put it in the cellar, though.

But, by then, my Escudo tins will be 20 years old...

Curious Moo ....how much approx. do you have cellared and for how long approx. ??? I have three tins of Mac B that I just got about a month ago that I started cellaring for my Zombie Apocalypse stash. How long can a tin cellar for as I'm new to the practice ?

Also curious....does anybody know if there is a way to cellar bulk tobacco ? I would like to cellar some of that Pilots mix that I buy from my local. It's obviously bagged and not sealed in tins.

Originally Posted by Nightblade

Also curious....does anybody know if there is a way to cellar bulk tobacco ? I would like to cellar some of that Pilots mix that I buy from my local. It's obviously bagged and not sealed in tins.

Glass canning jars with gasketed lids are the best.

Originally Posted by MisterMoo

Glass canning jars with gasketed lids are the best.

Don't you have to vacume out the air though ??

Originally Posted by Nightblade

Curious Moo ....how much approx. do you have cellared and for how long approx. ??? I have three tins of Mac B that I just got about a month ago that I started cellaring for my Zombie Apocalypse stash. How long can a tin cellar for as I'm new to the practice ?

Lids on factory sealed tins rarely crap out - sealed tins are good for many years; once you open them either smoke it in a few weeks to a month or put it right into a Mason jar.

My cellar is not a good measure. When the rule was buy five tins you like (one to smoke and four more for the cellar) I bought several hundred of my preferred tins (and bulk). Tobacco was under $5.00/tin and also under government assault; huge tax increases were a given. Mostly virginia blends - good aging qualities - from AC Peterson, Dunhill, Samuel Gawith, Reiner and Esoterica is what I stored betting on much higher prices coming soon. I won't be buying much tobacco over the next 15 or 20 years. Look to euro and Canadian prices to decide how much of what you should cellar. Also look to solid value brands or blends if you buy a lot. Don't buy what lots of people don't want is my advice.

Originally Posted by Nightblade

Don't you have to vacume out the air though ??

No, is my opinion. Aging occurs in different ways, by both aerobic and anaerobic means. Search 'tobacco aging greg pease" and you'll find a lot to read.