A Load of Opening Night

[dethmutt]

Pardon me,
but I just bought a ton of opening night to age... Havent tried it yet.. I did buy a 2 oz tin to smoke, just too much in rotation atm..
Is Opening Night worth aging????
Title Edited by Zack...No profanity in titles...

 

[mikethompson]

Pardon me, but why would you buy so much if you were unsure of how it ages, or if you'd want to? Not criticising, just curious. Tobaccoreviews says it is a mix of Virginia's, so it should age very nicely.

 

[dmcmtk]

How much...?

 

[bluegrassbrian]

I have a couple tins with varying degrees of age on them (from 4 to 7 years). They are all bulged out nicely.

 

[midwestpipesmoker70]

It will age well.

 

[philobeddoe]

Why did you heavily cellar a tobacco you’ve haven’t even tried yet? Also curious.

 

[dochudson]

Huh?

 

[dethmutt]

I have issues,
I tend to buy then try. So I have been loading the cellar with stuff I might like in a couple years. Makes no sense to me either, but tobacco cellaring seems to be an addiction...
I figure once I get the cellar built, I can sample and then replace what I like at that time.

 

[unkleyoda]

I totally get it.
Yes, it ages well.

 

[woodsroad]

Well, good luck with that.

 

[dethmutt]

thanks unkleyoda! That's all I was after.

 

[jaytex1969]

I have many unsampled blends in my cellar.
I have determined that I like, and will likely like, most non-aro tobaccos and have purchased accordingly.
With no time constraints, I might go about things differently but the FDA seems to have other plans in mind.

 

[dethmutt]

Yessir,
I figured i'd build a cellar of tobacco I like, Check. and then build up tobacco I might like, or tobacco that will be awesome in a couple years! Im a latakia kinda guy ATM, but isn't this the time to cellar Virginias in case my preferences move that way in the future? I mean Latakia will always be Latakia, but from what ive read here Virginia's get better.. I just didn't know about this blend because its Burley based.

 

[balkisobrains]

Unless I missed something, Opening Night is straight VA blend, not Burley -based. I think the bulk C&D VA Flake seems like a younger version of Opening Night, so I would just buy that to age instead. Actually I would just buy RO Gold instead! But I've had a jar of O.N. aging from a '15 tin that I've smoked out of a number of times along the way, & it should be good to blend with, at the very least. I'm hoping it gets a little better on its own, but if not, I'll mix it with something. It smoked better than the bulk C&D VA Flake I bought not too long ago, fwiw.

 

[dethmutt]

Wow..ummm K