Just thought I’d post this 2-minute clip. If you’ve ever wondered how your Dark Fired Kentucky got that way, here’s the UK Ag Department giving you a picture, with no commentary.
Enjoy.
Enjoy.
Dark Fired Kentucky
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And here’s a longer, more in-depth explanation from the same source.
Jeeze, what all I don't know. I thought dark fired was processed burley, not a different strain of tobacco, so I learned that.
I knew that benzopyrene is a product of most burning, but i didn't know it was intentionally reduced in curing tobacco. All the steps and labor, it's surprising it can be sold at the prices it is. Highly informative videos. Thank you for those.
I'm glad dark fired has been taken up as an alternative or addition to Latakia and Perique, which seem to be default condiments in many blends, and somewhat over-used -- love them though I do.
I knew that benzopyrene is a product of most burning, but i didn't know it was intentionally reduced in curing tobacco. All the steps and labor, it's surprising it can be sold at the prices it is. Highly informative videos. Thank you for those.
I'm glad dark fired has been taken up as an alternative or addition to Latakia and Perique, which seem to be default condiments in many blends, and somewhat over-used -- love them though I do.
I love Dark Fired Kentucky blends. Thanks for sharing those videos.
Many blends include dark-fired these days. An early adaptor, relatively, and a successful one was Russ Ouellette and his Fire Storm, which is a Va/Per with dark-fired as a condiment. I feel like he studied the proportions on that blend for a long time and tuned it to perfection.
I'm moving to Kentucky next month, hopefully downwind of that barn.
Very cool, love these kinds of vids. Wish we saw more of this side of the industry. A perique documentary would be incredible.
I love these videos. I've watched them many times. I think it's interesting to note that the agronomists depicted in these videos, and the video production themselves, are financed by the tobacco court cases of the late 1990s.
I showed these videos to my father who grew up in the Kentucky foothills of Appalachia in the 1950s and 1960s. He helped his father grow air cured burley, but had never heard of dark fired Kentucky. I found that very interesting. He was never involved in the sale of tobacco, just the cultivation and curing. But still, interesting to me that two distinct regional varieties could exist seemingly independent of each other.
I showed these videos to my father who grew up in the Kentucky foothills of Appalachia in the 1950s and 1960s. He helped his father grow air cured burley, but had never heard of dark fired Kentucky. I found that very interesting. He was never involved in the sale of tobacco, just the cultivation and curing. But still, interesting to me that two distinct regional varieties could exist seemingly independent of each other.
Welcome to one of the best kept secrets in America. It’s flat beautiful in Kentucky.
Reminds me I need to get more burly flake I think #5 I think that's the one with a good amount of dark fired.