Adding cognac/whiskey to tobacco?

[drrock]

I have a rectangular Pyrex glass baking dish with a Tupperware-like cover that I use to rehydrate pipe tobacco that I feel has become too dry for my personal tastes. I spread the tobacco out evenly along the bottom in what turns out to be a fairly thin layer, then use a small spray bottle that I picked up at Target for about a dollar to spray the tobacco lightly. I cover the dish/tobacco with the cover, leave it for about 24 hours, then mix it all together & put it back in the Mason jar. Works beautifully to bring the baccy to just the right (for me) level of moisture. While I haven't used whiskey or cognac, it works great with rum or distilled H2O so I suppose other liquors would work too.

 

[mso489]

Forums member foggy has a slightly different method, spreading the tobacco in a snap-top container and

then putting a small vessel like a shot glass or cocktail sauce dish in there with it, without applying it directly

to the tobacco, and letting evaporation do the job. That way the alcohol doesn't escape into the open air

right away (though it does long before you smoke the tobacco, I realize). This seems like it would impart

a subtle but effective flavoring. I like the flavoring to be minimal. Foggy was recommending only water in

the post I remember, but I guess it would work with whiskey, rum, etc.