McCranie's Red Ribbon is marketed as being from a vintage crop,
http://www.mccranies.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=5
I'm sure there are other examples as well.
This was fairly common in the past too, here's one from Ogden's,
A really great read covering this topic can be found in this pdf:
https://app.box.com/s/oulxnfvdud1rhni4tjqq
A Pipeman's Handbook of Really Useful Information
compiled by Charles Mundungus.
On aged tobacco in general, my reasons for seeking it out has a lot to do with the romantic past, a desire to sample some of the famous offerings from Scotland, Ireland and England - you can't get 'em fresh no more, so ifya wanna smoke 'em they're gonna be old.
I'm such a sucker for the patina and glow of antique litho tins that I had to set a barrier to myself or I'd find myself with an empty wallet - I will only buy old tins if they still have baccy in 'em.
Some of those old tins have been terrible - Gallaher's Rich Dark Honeydew, Larus Edgeworth, Savory's Baby's Bottom and Dobie's Mixture No. 7, all gave less than stellar results --- but late-60's Balkan Sobranie, 1949 Thomson & Porteous Scots Cake, St. Bruno and Murray's-era 965 have given some divine smokes.
btw
...about that 1949 Scots Cake, I just opened it last week and sent out samples to about 10 different forum members, next week I'll post a thread and everyone will chime in on their impressions, it should be interesting to see the different interpretations.
And, I agree that indeed some tobaccos are just better fresh.
It also depends on the individual and their palate as well.
Smoking old tobacco has helped educate my palate and has seemed to enhance my abilities to enjoy recently made stuff, as hokey as it sounds, it really is like a journey, the development of my palate has been an incredible work-in-progress, I have a long way to go in the fine-tuning dept, but I've been amazed at the evolution of what I can taste and the different profiles that I've experienced, and how my overall enjoyment seems to grow by each and every day!
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http://www.mccranies.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=5
I'm sure there are other examples as well.
This was fairly common in the past too, here's one from Ogden's,
A really great read covering this topic can be found in this pdf:
https://app.box.com/s/oulxnfvdud1rhni4tjqq
A Pipeman's Handbook of Really Useful Information
compiled by Charles Mundungus.
On aged tobacco in general, my reasons for seeking it out has a lot to do with the romantic past, a desire to sample some of the famous offerings from Scotland, Ireland and England - you can't get 'em fresh no more, so ifya wanna smoke 'em they're gonna be old.
I'm such a sucker for the patina and glow of antique litho tins that I had to set a barrier to myself or I'd find myself with an empty wallet - I will only buy old tins if they still have baccy in 'em.
Some of those old tins have been terrible - Gallaher's Rich Dark Honeydew, Larus Edgeworth, Savory's Baby's Bottom and Dobie's Mixture No. 7, all gave less than stellar results --- but late-60's Balkan Sobranie, 1949 Thomson & Porteous Scots Cake, St. Bruno and Murray's-era 965 have given some divine smokes.
btw
...about that 1949 Scots Cake, I just opened it last week and sent out samples to about 10 different forum members, next week I'll post a thread and everyone will chime in on their impressions, it should be interesting to see the different interpretations.
And, I agree that indeed some tobaccos are just better fresh.
It also depends on the individual and their palate as well.
Smoking old tobacco has helped educate my palate and has seemed to enhance my abilities to enjoy recently made stuff, as hokey as it sounds, it really is like a journey, the development of my palate has been an incredible work-in-progress, I have a long way to go in the fine-tuning dept, but I've been amazed at the evolution of what I can taste and the different profiles that I've experienced, and how my overall enjoyment seems to grow by each and every day!
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