Extremely Unreliable Esoterica Bag Seals
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Jesse, I use these Mylar Bags 5 Mil 5 Gallon from Amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EUDQKU2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1. They have never let me down. I stack the 8 oz bags two on top of each other and two rows, 8 bags per Mylar bag. Iron seal the Mylar and put the Esoterica to bed. I have Penzance and Stonehaven dating back to 2007, I just checked and some of the bags do have pinhole breaks in them, but I'm not worried. I opened one 2007 bag two months ago and the Penzance was moist and perfect. BTW, I don't worry about the tins, I just let them sit in the cellar. I probably should put them in Mylar, but I haven't gotten around to it.
Pics below to show the process (Warning, tobacco porn).
Zowie, and I thought my Esoterica stash was substantial. I'm at a bit more than half of your inventory, Neal, but the balance is quite different. Seeing your inventory, I'm now doubly sure that you were just doing me a favor with our recent trade. Thanks again!
I don't know how you stand such disorder. What's that Peter Stokkebye doing in the Germain's section? :wink:
I don't know how you stand such disorder. What's that Peter Stokkebye doing in the Germain's section? :wink:
What has been your experience with the Penzance and Stonehaven tins? Any problems with seals? The only one I had until very recently was one I stumbled upon near home at a discount cigarette and cigar store last summer. When I opened it this Spring, it was bone dry. I ended up opening my lone bag of Penzance and combined the dry and wet tobaccos in a Mason jar and all was well. However, now I'm concerned about long term cellaring in these rectangular tins, and have taken to sealing the sides with heavy clear hockey stick tape. Am I wasting my time and tape?
Yeah, I've been at it for a while. Also, a few years ago a pipe friend suddenly decided to get out of the hobby and I jumped at the opportunity to purchase his Esoterica at a reasonable price. One of the best decisions I've made in regard to tobacco purchases. The rest just comes with patience. This post got me nervous about my 8 Oz bags, so I pulled them all out to check the bags. It was kinda fun using the wide angle lens to get the shot of the stash all together.
Hah, I didn't notice that. But I do enjoy Stokkebye LBF with some age on it. I buy one pound a year to age, thus a constant supply annually.
The older Penzance tins seem to do fine. In the past year, 2017-2018, I've opened two tins from 2007 that looked like crap, rusted, dented, but the seal was good and the tobacco was moist and delicious. The Stonehaven tins I have are all from the past year, thus the newer square tins (not the rectangular ones). I haven't opened any yet to comment.
Penzance tin from 2007, opened a few months ago. The tin looked horrible, but the tobacco was perfect as shown below.
Nice stash npod. Holy cow. If you’re trying to make us jealous, it’s working.
I don’t know yet. I hope not. Penzance is nice but Margate is definitely my favorite of the flagship. The pressed jar is an experiment to see if there are any noticeable changes from the lightly packed jars. I’ll get back to you in about 2 years. :wink:
So my Mylar bags came in and I've been busy stuffing my Esoterica Bags into them. At Woodsroad's suggestion I ordered .7mil gusseted food grade storage bags. Quite substantial shielding.
Of the Esoterica bags that I encased, only one showed signs of a pinhole. The rest seemed to be okay. One bag, however, had an issue of a different kind. It was a bag of Hastings that I had picked up in 2013 and it was almost completely dried out. The cause was a small slice, probably from a matte or box cutter, that had been made in the bag, one that I had missed in 2013, and since the bag had been sitting in a sealed bin all these years, I hadn't noticed it. The fact that the bin was sealed and pretty full possibly had something to do with the content not completely drying out. It's been rehydrated and jarred.
Of the Esoterica bags that I encased, only one showed signs of a pinhole. The rest seemed to be okay. One bag, however, had an issue of a different kind. It was a bag of Hastings that I had picked up in 2013 and it was almost completely dried out. The cause was a small slice, probably from a matte or box cutter, that had been made in the bag, one that I had missed in 2013, and since the bag had been sitting in a sealed bin all these years, I hadn't noticed it. The fact that the bin was sealed and pretty full possibly had something to do with the content not completely drying out. It's been rehydrated and jarred.
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