Did I Bake My Cellar?

[wayoutwest]

In the midst of a move I erroneously put part of my tobacco cellar, comprising my most prized tins, inside of a non temperature controlled storage unit for 5 weeks. I've recovered the box and all of the tins labels are slightly warped, indicating a high temperature inside the unit. The ambient high temps were in the low 80s to low 70s during that time.

Is my cellar ruined?

 

[Chasing Embers]

Is my cellar ruined?

As long as the seals are intact, nope. Many bake their tins in an oven.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I’m not understanding something… warped tins in 80-70 degree temps?

 

[ofafeather]

Sounds like fermentation happening. Good stuff!

 

[hawky454]

Humidity? Don’t think the temp played much in a part of the labels warping.

 

[jon11]

No. Low 80s for however long won’t hurt your sealed tins. Warped Labels???

 

[wayoutwest]

No. Low 80s for however long won’t hurt your sealed tins. Warped Labels???

Should probably just post a picture but it appears the adhesive melted and the labels detached slightly. Every label has little bubbles and that c&d type tins I can just pull the labels off the tin.

ambient temps were only low 80s but im assuming it was much hotter inside the actual unit.

Probably overthinking it…

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Don’t worry about it. Hell, your only option is to keep them anyways, right? Unless you get so worried that you want to do something crazy like throw then away. In that case, I’ll PM my address and I’ll even pay shipping to send them all to me.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Ah, are we a generous bunch!

Heat and humidity inside a moving box could have been very high. Tobacco is probably fine. Take a couple of the worst looking and smoke 'em!

 

[sablebrush52]

They're DEAD! DEAD I tell you! DEAD!

Send them all to me and I'll dispose of them properly.

 

[Servant King]

They're DEAD! DEAD I tell you! DEAD!

Send them all to me and I'll dispose of them properly.

I was wondering who'd be the first one to say something to that effect! Thought it'd be cosmic, but you were my second guess, Jesse. Next time, I'll try to have a little more faith in the forum's SoCal representation. ?

 

[jpmcwjr]

It was cosmic, followed closely by Jesse. Two generous offers in minutes!

 

[verporchting]

Okay, just in case you don’t trust those other two obvious slackers, I’ll be your 3rd SUPER reliable disposal volunteer, because obviously the tins are utterly RUINED, RUINED, RUINED! ?

 

[Servant King]

It was cosmic, followed closely by Jesse. Two generous offers in minutes!

Ah yes, you're correct. Don't know how I missed that. Someone must've slipped some 515 RC-1 in my MacBaren VRC this evening. That's the only explanation for such an inexcusable lapse in concentration.

Must be a full moon...

 

[stogie37]

Next thing you know, you’ll report back and we’ll all be scrambling to secure non-climate controlled storage in a southern state to achieve the Nirvana you describe ? I’m sketching up a business plan now…

 

[gervais]

It's tobacco....not a kid left in a backseat with the windows up. I would not worry

 

[cosmicfolklore]

It was cosmic, followed closely by Jesse. Two generous offers in minutes!

For the record, Jesse had a more humorous spice to his. Mine was more of an appeal to logic, ha ha.

 

[cigrmaster]

If you ever sell any of those tins, you need to disclose the high and low temps and the humidity. I honestly would never buy a tin that went through those conditions. The chances of mold are high.
I keep my tobacco at 73-74 degrees at all times and I have a whole house dehumidifier.

 

[mso489]

If the tobacco in those tins taste good, maybe you could start a business slow heating tobacco and charging extra for it. People would shun any blend without the storage unit finish.

 

[Streeper541]

I've had mine in a non-temperature controlled storage unit since May. I won't get them out for another couple months. Mostly tins, but about two dozen jars. I'm not worried. You'll probably be fine.

Of course, I've been known to heat age tins and jars on the dashboard of my pickup. So, take that for what it's worth. ?