Ok! About 12 weeks in the press at various moisture contents, with the pressure released and the contents mixed and rehydrated every couple weeks. Here are the golden Virginia's sliced and spread out for drying down.
Bucolic Gold. Homemade Periqued Virginias
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We'll see! I'm drying it down with the dehydrate setting on our oven. The whole house smells like prunes. I'll post pics of the reds when they go in and maybe a "before" picture so folks don't have to scroll thru the whole thread to see the transformation.
Should be able to smoke some tomorrow!
Should be able to smoke some tomorrow!
My mouth is watering over here..
Can't wait to hear how it turned out.
Can't wait to hear how it turned out.
Kewl story and very interesting. I salute your patience and tenacity. Thanks for taking the time to share your experience.
The reds:
Also, for comparison, the "before" picture:
Also, for comparison, the "before" picture:
I like what I ended up with, but I definitely should have opened this tin of Arcadian Gold earlier in the process. Looks like I went way further towards perique than Mssrs Oulette and Ryan..
In case my poorly lit cell phone snapshot doesn't make it clear, the professional stuff is several shades lighter.
In case my poorly lit cell phone snapshot doesn't make it clear, the professional stuff is several shades lighter.
This is such a cool thread. We ought to experiment and tinker with the leaf more-- after all, this is how perique got started in the first place. Hope your processing is fruitful chilllucky~
So I’m bumping this thread for two reasons. 1. So it’s easier for me to find when the time comes to try this myself, I’d like to reference this thread. 2. If anyone missed it, I think it’s a great read.
@chilllucky now that it’s been about 7 months since you last posted, how do you feel the end result came out compared to Acadian Gold? Yours does look much darker but how does it taste? Any familiarity to the commercial stuff? Is it closer to tasting like traditional Perique? I’m interested in hearing your thoughts now that some time has passed. Any plans on trying this again? I think Acadian Gold was made from bright leaf only but I could be wrong, I’d have to check on that fact.
I just recently opened some Acadian Gold which was prompted by the recent clearance sale and I personally think it is one of the most interesting and wonderful Virginia’s that I have ever tried. It’s absolutely divine and I just can’t get enough of the stuff! I really wish that Russ had more time to play around with this process and I truly wish that it would have caught on but on the large scale of things it didn’t really seem to gain much traction like I thought it would have, as someone here said, they thought it was a huge failure... I strongly disagree but in regards to it’s commercial value, I suppose he is right, I never imagined this stuff would go on a clearance sale 4 years after it’s initial release, I expected it to be sold out in days if not hours but I guess the price point was a bit on the high side. Regardless of whether it was a big hit, I think it was a milestone in the pipe tobacco world.
I love fermenting foods and liquids, the process is so much fun, I think fermenting tobacco like this would be the ultimate joy, just to see how the leaf transforms throuout the process. Good stuff!
Thanks for posting this!
@chilllucky now that it’s been about 7 months since you last posted, how do you feel the end result came out compared to Acadian Gold? Yours does look much darker but how does it taste? Any familiarity to the commercial stuff? Is it closer to tasting like traditional Perique? I’m interested in hearing your thoughts now that some time has passed. Any plans on trying this again? I think Acadian Gold was made from bright leaf only but I could be wrong, I’d have to check on that fact.
I just recently opened some Acadian Gold which was prompted by the recent clearance sale and I personally think it is one of the most interesting and wonderful Virginia’s that I have ever tried. It’s absolutely divine and I just can’t get enough of the stuff! I really wish that Russ had more time to play around with this process and I truly wish that it would have caught on but on the large scale of things it didn’t really seem to gain much traction like I thought it would have, as someone here said, they thought it was a huge failure... I strongly disagree but in regards to it’s commercial value, I suppose he is right, I never imagined this stuff would go on a clearance sale 4 years after it’s initial release, I expected it to be sold out in days if not hours but I guess the price point was a bit on the high side. Regardless of whether it was a big hit, I think it was a milestone in the pipe tobacco world.
I love fermenting foods and liquids, the process is so much fun, I think fermenting tobacco like this would be the ultimate joy, just to see how the leaf transforms throuout the process. Good stuff!
Thanks for posting this!
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PM me an address and I'll send you some. I'm happy with how it came out - in that it was my first ever attempt at processing tobacco and it doesn't make me gag to smoke it - although it does not taste as good as Arcadian Gold.
Based on color alone, I probably should've taken it out after 3-4 weeks. That was also the only time it presented that "musty" quality I like in the original. Surely the professional blenders in question cased with something besides distilled water, too.
Based on color alone, I probably should've taken it out after 3-4 weeks. That was also the only time it presented that "musty" quality I like in the original. Surely the professional blenders in question cased with something besides distilled water, too.
Yes, Acadian Gold was made using only brights from Canada.
I love this thread! Great work and documentation of your process!
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