2018 Carolina Red Flake vs. 2019 Carolina Red Flake

[americaman]

I recently acquired tins of 2018 Carolina Red Flake (tinned in 2018, using their 2015 crop) and it seems to taste different than their 2019 Red Flake (which also used the 2015 crop).

Maybe my memory is hazy, but I remember the 2019 tasting different. After smoking through this 2018 tin I’ll probably pop a 2019 tin to see, but does anyone know if they changed their processing, or did something different, in 2019?

 

[craig61a]

I doubt it. 2018 would be sealed in a tin can for a year more than the 2019.

 

[ofafeather]

does anyone know if they changed their processing, or did something different, in 2019?

Might as well go to the source: @jeremyreeves

 

[tfdickson]

At the time the 2019 was released I thought there was a difference- the flakes were cut thinner and had a higher moisture content vs 2018. That‘s what I remember anyway.

 

[craig61a]

Might as well go to the source: @jeremyreeves

I was going to suggest that... but then Jeremy probably has better things to do rather than engage in speculation.?

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I'm just going to wait on Jeremy.

 

[jeremyreeves]

I'm just going to wait on Jeremy.

Hahaha, Michael, is this your way of asking "What's in the BOOOX?"

2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 CRF were all made using the original 2015 grade. Last year was the first year crop changed.

 

[jeremyreeves]

I recently acquired tins of 2018 Carolina Red Flake (tinned in 2018, using their 2015 crop) and it seems to taste different than their 2019 Red Flake (which also used the 2015 crop).

Maybe my memory is hazy, but I remember the 2019 tasting different. After smoking through this 2018 tin I’ll probably pop a 2019 tin to see, but does anyone know if they changed their processing, or did something different, in 2019?

My guess would be that the differences you are noting might have quite a bit to do with time in the tin. The tobacco has also gone through 3 summer sweats as well, in 2019, which mellows the leaf even prior to fermenting in a tin.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Hahaha, Michael, is this your way of asking "What's in the BOOOX?"

2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 CRF were all made using the original 2015 grade. Last year was the first year crop changed.

Ha ha, I am not sure what the booox is, but I chuckled. I just figured it was a YES song reference.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Not enough difference that most people could tell or that matters.

 

[jeremyreeves]

Ha ha, I am not sure what the booox is, but I chuckled. I just figured it was a YES song reference.

The Brad Pitt gif you used to express your impatience with me, was from the movie Seven. In a very uncomfortable scene at the climax of the film Pitt's character demands repeatedly that the film's antagonist reveal "What's in the BOOOX! WHAT'S IN THE BOOOOX!"

 

[ofafeather]

The Brad Pitt gif you used to express your impatience with me, was from the movie Seven. In a very uncomfortable scene at the climax of the film Pitt's character demands repeatedly that the film's antagonist reveal "What's in the BOOOX! WHAT'S IN THE BOOOOX!"

Oh yes! What a great ending!

 

[artvandelay007]

I’ve heard many people say they much prefer 2018 but I haven’t smoked either.

 

[forloveoffreedom]

‘18 CRF is great and to me the ‘17 and ‘19 taste like completely different varieties. Weird they are all the same crop.

 

[kcghost]

There's something that happens in tinning a tobacco that changes things. Not the least is the change in you.

 

[wyfbane]

Ha ha, I am not sure what the booox is, but I chuckled. I just figured it was a YES song reference.

I watched you not get the reference and was like, NOOOO! He doesn't know what's in the BOOOOOOX!!

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I watched you not get the reference and was like, NOOOO! He doesn't know what's in the BOOOOOOX!!

My dumbassery knows no limits. Ha ha!

 

[wyfbane]

My dumbassery knows no limits. Ha ha!

And yet you are one of my favorite people on here.

 

[weezell]

"What's in the BOOOX! WHAT'S IN THE BOOOOX!"

Well....what was in the fucking boooox! (Killin me smalls)...

 

[wyfbane]

Well....what was in the fucking boooox! (Killin me smalls)...

Can't spoil it. You have to watch the movie Seven. Brad Pitt, Kevin Spacey, Gwyn Paltrow, and Morgan Freeman are all terrific.