Cellaring Questions

[madtohkin]

I'm going to be purchasing some tins of tobacco and sealed containers and was wondering if I open some should I move the baccy to a mason jar or will it be ok to leave them in the open tins or container?

 

[mcitinner1]

Some tins, specially square ones, will begin to get drier after a month or so of being cracked open. It depends on how moist they were when opened. If you don't smoke them up in that time consider some small jars. Get the jars from Walmart. The eight ounce jars will usually hold a 100g tin.

 

[tarak]

I think you'll find most here will agree that Mason Jars are a great long term solution to storage. There's a few tricks folks have with the tins....but they will eventually dry when opened.

 

[brudnod]

and mylar bags

 

[mrenglish]

How well do Mylar bags work after being opened and closed numerous times?

 

[mcitinner1]

If you need to access a blend pretty often, I think jars would be the way to go. The seal on ANY type bag is a weak spot.

 

[fnord]

Mad:
My smokes get unpackaged and placed in a Mason/Ball/Kerr/Generic jars as soon as they hit my doorstep. I've got a few tins of Esoterica and Escudo laying around exclusively for trade, but everything else gets glassed.
Why risk such an expensive investment that can be protected so cheaply?
Fnord

 

[shaintiques]

Yeah anything I open gets jared right away.

 

[wilson]

It is one of the commandments -- thou shalt store opened tobacco properly.
It is an abomination to allow good tobacco to be ruined. Tins don't re-seal very well: Mason jars or mylar bags are the way to go. For Mason jars, 8 ounce jars normally hold a tin's worth of tobacco with no problem and are probably what you need. Some prefer the wide-mouth (jelly) jars. They are more convenient for filling your pipe, but cost a bit more than standard jars.

The hardware store or the Walmart has them. Make haste.

 

[pipesmokingtom]

IMO, some tins are ok for aging and some aren't depending on design. Take the mystery and chance out of the equation and just put it in to a mason jar straight away. Jars are cheap and easy to label. As far as opening with any frequency (or at all for that matter), you aren't aging at that point. Aging takes time - sealed time. Just like that infomercial rotisserie: set it and forget it.

 

[davet]

I got these at a dollar store, immediately transfer to a jar and if I plan on ageing it I transfer some to the smaller jar for sampling in the future.

 

[papabatman]

so would it be worth it to shelf some of big bag tobaccos like gambler, golden leave smooth,and straightforward American blends using Virginia and Burley tobaccos.

 

[brudnod]

Mr. English, I am pleasantly surprised at how well mylar keeps tobacco after repeated openings without a humidifier thingie in it. When I put tobacco in a jar there is usually some left and that gets put into mylar. Good for months, with or without reopening.