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    Cellaring In Sealed Bins

    So, if found the main culprits, two quart jars of and-so-to-bed. I re-jarred them in new mason jars with new lids, making sure that the rims and seals were clean of flakes (the old problem). I put them in plastic bags to make sure it worked and.... it didn't. The bags when opened, smelled like...
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    Cellaring In Sealed Bins

    Now I need to find which one(s) are not sealed
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    Cellaring In Sealed Bins

    Not sure if this is a beginner's question or not, but I am wondering about cellaring in nearly sealed plastic bins. The history is that I have about 20 lbs of Jared (mason jars) of tobacco of different sorts that was happily living in the unused drawers of a file cabinet in the spare bedroom...
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    *** What Are You Smoking?*** (July 2019)

    Esoterica and-so-to-bed in a Petersen bend billiard.
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    *** What Are You Smoking?*** (July 2019)

    Esoterica And-so-to-bed in a savenelli 207.
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    Tax Warning

    Hmmm....All of these mason jars of tobacco...no tax stamps...wonder where it came from...
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    Oriental-Forward English/Balkan Recommendations

    A bit of a sleeper is Iwan Ries Balkan Supreme. Maybe not the pedigree of the others mentioned here, but readily available.
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    Keeping open tins fresh

    I smoke about 10 +/- bowls a week. I also like some variety, so I usually have 4-5 tins open at any given time. However, at this rate, they are sitting around for a month or two (or more) before they get finished off. But his time, they are getting rather dry. What do you folks do to keep your...
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    *** What Are You Smoking?*** (May 2019)

    Esoterica ...And So To Bed in a Briarworks Prince.
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    Esoterica ...And So to Bed Match

    EDIT: Fixed Capitalization in Title (See Rule 9) I recently came upon a reasonably aged (2015-16) tin of Esoterica's ...and so to bed. I am dumfounded by the sweetness of what I presume is a non-flavored tobacco. I am wondering where it is coming from, and what other blends (that are more...
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    *** What Are You Smoking?*** (November 2018)

    Breaking in a Savinelli 207 with Rattray's Highland Targe
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    Filling Butane Lighters

    The only thing that works for me involves the sacrifice of a chicken. Luckily, my local tobacconist helps me when I buy a tin. I have more tins than chickens.
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    *** What Are You Smoking?*** (November 2018)

    H&H Vintage Syrian in a Comoy's 337.
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    *** What Are You Smoking?*** (November 2018)

    Wessex Tradition in a Savinelli Othello
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    *** What Are You Smoking?*** (November 2018)

    G&P Seward's Folley in a Savinelli Othello.