Opening A Tin? Show Us!
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I didn't try it yet. Maybe next week.
While cleaning a few pipes tonight, (and watching "The Copper Beeches" with Jeremy Brett as Sherlock), I decided to open up one of the tins my most excellent Secret Santa sent me. As you can see, the gentleman is a real Som Besth!
Last night my neighbor and I cracked a special tin. He's a huge Nightcap fan, so when I pulled out this 1998 Murray's tin, he was delighted. I mean, look at that tin art.
Sealed tin weight was 117 grams. Tin was well-curated and the vacuum retained. These old Murray tins seem to hold up really well when properly cellared.
What a thing of beauty. Nice paper staining and minor rim corrosion. Gasket was in good condition.
Wow - lots of crystals and aging deposits. The tin note is incredible. First thing we did was grab a jar of modern Nightcap and compared. The Murray's tin is peatier, earthier, deeper. But how did it smoke?
This stuff is an absolute cream bomb, straight from the creamery. I could cream my coffee with this smoke. Thick, white, viscous smoke. Mellow, buttery, and smooth, but still deep and complex. Much less incense than modern Nightcap. One thing that surprised us is that we both got kicked in the nuts by the nicotine. I figured the nic would have lost potency, but it was a zinger.
Yep, this one gets the special squatty jar too.
Sealed tin weight was 117 grams. Tin was well-curated and the vacuum retained. These old Murray tins seem to hold up really well when properly cellared.
What a thing of beauty. Nice paper staining and minor rim corrosion. Gasket was in good condition.
Wow - lots of crystals and aging deposits. The tin note is incredible. First thing we did was grab a jar of modern Nightcap and compared. The Murray's tin is peatier, earthier, deeper. But how did it smoke?
This stuff is an absolute cream bomb, straight from the creamery. I could cream my coffee with this smoke. Thick, white, viscous smoke. Mellow, buttery, and smooth, but still deep and complex. Much less incense than modern Nightcap. One thing that surprised us is that we both got kicked in the nuts by the nicotine. I figured the nic would have lost potency, but it was a zinger.
Yep, this one gets the special squatty jar too.
I’m sure that tobacco is heavenly but what’s really got my attention is that tin. They just don’t make them like they used to
Popped the top on a tin of Kelly's Coin this evening.
Although never having had it, I would have expected... coins...
I bet that was f’ing good!!!
Today, a 2008 SG skiff mixture with two new pipes for my Friend and I. Trying our GH Zhang.
One of my favorite smokes. How's it compare to new Skiff?
Cracked a fresh tin of SG Navy Flake for a Rub Out and air time before my other tin runs out.
FVF FROM 2008. Ready to go right out of the jar. Scrumptious
New but here’s a tin opening. 
Dobies Four Square Curlies.
Late 70s/early 80s? Made in Great Britain.
Late 70s/early 80s? Made in Great Britain.
I was going to order some but it was gone too quick. Seemed like a combo of flavors I love.
It's funny... I wrote this just 3 months ago and I now disagree with myself. I was attempting to acquire the taste of perique and I must admit I've succeeded, and wildly so. Case in point: I've gone through half this tin of 2015 Formers, as pictured alongside a Jody Davis I recently acquainted courtesy of @TexJake
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says so right on the damn tin.
I just thought maybe that was the date they packed it.
What is it? LBF steamed with chocolate flavor?