Do You Reuse Mason Jars?
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If you're really concern about reusing the jars, just wash them and then dip them in a Star San solution.
I brew my own mead and reuse the gallon glass jars all the time. I dip every thing I use in a Star San solution of 1 oz. to five gallon of water. I then let everything air dry.
If you're concerned about the warning label, it's there because the stuff is acid based and could make you sick if you drink it straight. My son is an executive chef and he said every good kitchen he's worked in used Star San to clean and sanitize everything. He even uses it at home.
Now that I think about it, I may pick up a cheap flea market pipe and dip the bowl and the stem in Star San to see if it can de-ghost the pipe.
I brew my own mead and reuse the gallon glass jars all the time. I dip every thing I use in a Star San solution of 1 oz. to five gallon of water. I then let everything air dry.
If you're concerned about the warning label, it's there because the stuff is acid based and could make you sick if you drink it straight. My son is an executive chef and he said every good kitchen he's worked in used Star San to clean and sanitize everything. He even uses it at home.
Now that I think about it, I may pick up a cheap flea market pipe and dip the bowl and the stem in Star San to see if it can de-ghost the pipe.
Good idea. I have seen it also used for cleaning beer bottles for home brewing and if your son says they clean the kitchen with ot you cant go wrong.
For decades. I find them handy in a desk drawer, lying on their sides. Lid is quick to unscrew, wide mouth for dumping excess back into jar, they're free, etc. Obnoxious scent from last experiment with an aromatic? Just toss it.
Plastic peanut butter jars work great.... wash em first! 
Better question yet, if they use different machinery for different blend types? Or are they infusing those nasty aromatic flavors into our beloved English blends right at the factory?
Yeah, that's the biggest problem with pipe smoking.....emptying too many jars
It gets costly to keep having to refill them.
Yes, empty them before refilling them with a different tobacco, unless you don't mind cross blending. A little bit of some tobacco will really change others added to it.
Yeah, that's the biggest problem with pipe smoking.....emptying too many jars
It gets costly to keep having to refill them.
Yes, empty them before refilling them with a different tobacco, unless you don't mind cross blending. A little bit of some tobacco will really change others added to it.
I have been refilling a mason jar of SPC plum pudding for years with no ill effect other than a thinner wallet.
Yup. A stack of empty jars under the glass table in the smoking lounge now patiently awaiting repurposing.
Dishwasher. Use 'em if ya got 'em.
Sterilization needed only for foodstuffs.
Sterilization needed only for foodstuffs.
If you don’t re-use your jars that’s perfectly cool.
I’ll pay ground express to dispose of some for ya
I’ll pay ground express to dispose of some for ya
With all the careless spending I see on this site, 500 dollar pipes and such, you guys are too cheap for fresh jars?
Mason jars are not an expensive thing.
Mason jars are not an expensive thing.
Maybe if you have that kind of dishwasher...
If your dishwasher doesn't sterilize properly for whatever reason, mold could certainly be a concern.
I don't have a dishwasher at all. My wife says we need one, I don't see it myself.
Contamination is always a concern when storing tobacco for the long haul. You can't see the mold spores, but they're all around you right now.
The jars are sterilized at the factory... If you want to play fast and loose, have at it. But don't convince yourself of something like, "there is zero concern for mold."
Like $500 pipes, the jars are meant to be used more than once. I might consider new jars for serious long term storage, but I'm not in that world at the moment. I just want to keep the tobacco I'm smoking from drying out maybe for a period of a year or so. I also have found nothing stating that new jars are sterilized, let alone even clean from the factory. Maybe some manufacturers do but nothing I've read says so.
For the record my whole pipe collection doesn't amount to anywhere near $500
I reuse the jar and ring. The lid usually gets replaced to ensure a good seal and avoid odor transfer.
The jar gets a trip through the dish washer. So far I've never had a problem.
If I'm jarring something valueable for the long term I rinse the jar and lid in Star-San brewery sanitizing solution. It's no-rinse and food grade.
The jar gets a trip through the dish washer. So far I've never had a problem.
If I'm jarring something valueable for the long term I rinse the jar and lid in Star-San brewery sanitizing solution. It's no-rinse and food grade.
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