Don’t You Hate It When …

[verporchting]

You forget to label a jar of tobacco and years later find it lurking in your cellar, only to discover that it’s really quite tasty, aged well, and … you have absolutely no friggin’ idea what it is.

Pretty sure it was put there around 2015 based on what it was surrounded by, and I have pretty solid thoughts about what it isn’t, but … ugh.

Virginia Flake and it smokes great. Guess it will remain a mystery but I’m leaning towards Germains, McConnell or possibly Wessex but it seems unlikely that I will know for certain.

I would say that I learned my lesson but I know of several other jars that are lacking labels and I’m just waiting for enlightenment to suddenly happen so that puts paid to that idea.

 

[didimauw]

I had a blend I made about a pound of in 4 large jars once. I wrote down the recipe, and the promptly lost it. It was an aromatic and I never smoked it, so I sent a bunch to a friend. Well he ranted and raved about it and wanted the recipe. "DOH"

I also have another different jar that I have no idea what's in it.

And most days I prep tobacco, and forget about it for too long. I smoke it any ways because I don't own any tobacco I don't like.

Lots of mysteries in the pipe world!

 

[Bbailey324]

I recently found a jar with 6oz or so of Charring Cross (I'm pretty sure) that I put there maybe around 2014 from an 8oz bag. Smoked this missing bit around the same time.

Found another jar labeled HOW 2005 which was a cube cut burley blend that I vaguely remember smoking at some point. Not sure how long that one has been there but it is now a really dark color.

 

[verporchting]

I keep thinking that sooner or later I’ll open a tin and BANG it will remind me of what the mystery jars were. Maybe. Probably not, lol.

 

[bullet08]

Used to be I would smoke everyday from one of ten or so jars I rotate. Back then, I knew what they were. It's been awhile and I can't remember most of them. But they sure smell good. I do know I have extra tins of those in the jars. Maybe memory will kick in when right tin is opened.

 

[Chasing Embers]

My tins don't last long enough to jar and my jars are all labeled as they are filled.

 

[verporchting]

My tins don't last long enough to jar and my jars are all labeled as they are filled.

Usually when I jar something from a tin it’s because I’m just not feeling like smoking it and don’t want to let it get crunchy. Sometimes it’s just not appealing or I get sidetracked by something else.

For the past several years it hasn’t been an issue but back in 2015 I was scrambling to figure out what to cellar and I suspect that’s how it happened. I recall opening a lot of tins and deciding whether it was a good candidate to cellar or not then setting it aside.

That or - squirrel!

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I've got two dozen jars that I am having a hard time telling apart. I know that it is two pounds of Folklore, and the other one is Night Train, but now that they have both turned black in the jars, I am having a hard time telling which is which. But, luckily, they bath are great all day smokes. So... meh

 

[kcghost]

2015 is when you jarred it, huh?? You know I am one of those people who can wrap their own Christmas presents.

 

[krizzose]

I keep well stocked with masking tape and sharpies to avoid this very scenario

 

[Simmerdown☕️]

I’ve done this many times in an effort to quickly jar a tasty blend and wouldn’t you know it…I forgot to break out my Sharpie . But, it’s a privileged problem so . ️

 

[CoffeeAndBourbon]

I do it more than I want to admit...