A Load of Opening Night
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Pardon me, but why would you buy so much if you were unsure of how it ages, or if you'd want to? Not criticising, just curious. Tobaccoreviews says it is a mix of Virginia's, so it should age very nicely.
I have a couple tins with varying degrees of age on them (from 4 to 7 years). They are all bulged out nicely.
I have issues,
I tend to buy then try. So I have been loading the cellar with stuff I might like in a couple years. Makes no sense to me either, but tobacco cellaring seems to be an addiction...
I figure once I get the cellar built, I can sample and then replace what I like at that time.
I tend to buy then try. So I have been loading the cellar with stuff I might like in a couple years. Makes no sense to me either, but tobacco cellaring seems to be an addiction...
I figure once I get the cellar built, I can sample and then replace what I like at that time.
I have many unsampled blends in my cellar.
I have determined that I like, and will likely like, most non-aro tobaccos and have purchased accordingly.
With no time constraints, I might go about things differently but the FDA seems to have other plans in mind.
I have determined that I like, and will likely like, most non-aro tobaccos and have purchased accordingly.
With no time constraints, I might go about things differently but the FDA seems to have other plans in mind.
Yessir,
I figured i'd build a cellar of tobacco I like, Check. and then build up tobacco I might like, or tobacco that will be awesome in a couple years! Im a latakia kinda guy ATM, but isn't this the time to cellar Virginias in case my preferences move that way in the future? I mean Latakia will always be Latakia, but from what ive read here Virginia's get better.. I just didn't know about this blend because its Burley based.
I figured i'd build a cellar of tobacco I like, Check. and then build up tobacco I might like, or tobacco that will be awesome in a couple years! Im a latakia kinda guy ATM, but isn't this the time to cellar Virginias in case my preferences move that way in the future? I mean Latakia will always be Latakia, but from what ive read here Virginia's get better.. I just didn't know about this blend because its Burley based.
Unless I missed something, Opening Night is straight VA blend, not Burley -based. I think the bulk C&D VA Flake seems like a younger version of Opening Night, so I would just buy that to age instead. Actually I would just buy RO Gold instead! But I've had a jar of O.N. aging from a '15 tin that I've smoked out of a number of times along the way, & it should be good to blend with, at the very least. I'm hoping it gets a little better on its own, but if not, I'll mix it with something. It smoked better than the bulk C&D VA Flake I bought not too long ago, fwiw.
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