Finally Hit a Cellar Goal

[shaintiques]

I have been pipe smoking for about 6 years and learned about Cellaring tobacco about 3 years ago. At that time I set various goals and I have finally met one of them. I have hit 50 tins of Escudo. Escudo is my favorite tobacco. Thanks to a financial gift for pastor appreciation day I was able to finally hit the goal. What kind of tobacco do you guys cellar? Have any goals like this? Here is a pic.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Nice work!!! So, that's five pounds, roughly, of Escudo. I think you've got that blend shored up.

It's cool seeing a photo of all of those tins like that. Nice!

 

[foolwiththefez]

Yes. My first goal is to start a cellar. I want to put aside a few tins of 221b for gifts in years to come. I intend to take two of the four ounces of PS Bullseye Flake I just ordered and put that aside as the start of my cellar.

 

[aggravatedfarmer]

Congratulations! Escudo is one of my favorites too!

 

[Chasing Embers]

Forty tins of Black Frigate here, and shooting for 100!

 

[voorhees]

Very nice cellar of Escudo. How long are you planning on aging before smoking?

 

[aldecaker]

That's an impressive amount of dedication to a single blend! Congrats on hitting a milestone.

 

[jackswilling]

"I set various goals and I have finally met one of them."
Sweet, and good for you. In the small tin part of my Cellar, I have 43 Cooper and 46 Tudor Castle, my two most favored blends. I have not set any goals per se, but will be adding more. It is nice to see the tins adding up. I plan on five years plus of aging of my cellar blends.

 

[shaintiques]

I don't necessarily have aging goals. I like it fresh and have had it aged. Bought a 10 year old tin awhile back. For me it was more about stocking up for the eventual price hike, but aged is good,,What I tend to do is open the newer tins of a blend when I have multiple so the older ones keep aging. In this case I plan to buy more as I have need to smoke and leave these to age at least 5 years. Some have 3 years on them already. I also have 25 Cut Virginia Plug and 25 Brigaid campaign Dark Flake aging. My next two favorites. And about 20lbs total in tins. I don't smoke everyday either so that will last me awhile. But as I have funds available I'm sure I will add stuff here and there.

 

[michaelmirza]

I'm naive to long-term cellaring so forgive me if this is a silly question. Does this mean you opened all of them first? I've heard that the vaccuum seals don't allow much aging. Or are the dates when you purchased them? Would love to learn more in case I want to do something similar (albeit probably on a smaller scale).

 

[theediabeticman]

In those round tins they age nicely

I have about 35 tins of Royal Yacht and 20 of Escudo
With some of the 3.5oz square tins and some of the larger C&D tins...i open them and then seal a mason jar.

Look around on the forums Michael you'll find more cellar info than you can handle

 

[shaintiques]

Yeah most tins seal well and thus the tobacco ages. The dates are when I purchased them and so around the time they were sealed. Escudo doesn't date their tins but many other companies so so you have a more accurate idea of the age. Such as McClelland. You can also find already aged tins on the market. I just bought some 20 year old McClellands Navy Cavendish from pipe stud for example. I'll try to post a pic of fresh and aged escudo later to give you an example of the difference.

 

[nutcracker]

Congrats on reaching the goal. It's very impressive to see all of that in one place.

 

[peckinpahhombre]

Nicely done. This is a cry for help.

 

[prairiedruid]

My goal was to have 5 pounds in my cellar by the end of the year. I started in May and thanks to the H&H sale last month I've hit my goal.

 

[fyfol]

whenever I see people posting about their cellars I feel happy and a tad envious. here (turkey) besides an abundance of pipes, there is only two tobaccos sold legally. rest of the stuff is smuggled so tobacco is a really scarce find for the turkish pipe smoker... :D

 

[hakchuma]

Gratz on the achievement. I put a bit too much cash into the recent H&H sale and acquired a few blends I don't really care for. Obsidian being one one them. I should have stuck with my original plan and spent the cash on black frigate.

 

[tarak]

Well done. I miss working in ministry where I got gifts like that (we were once given a $2500 free pass to a furniture store from a virtual stranger).
As a nursing supervisor, I don't get much. Got a coffee gift card for boss's day recently.

 

[brudnod]

I have 42 tins of Old Shenandoah Barrel #76 and looking for more when it is on sale. Escudo is one of my favorites for "occasions".

 

[jkrug]

Very nice! Way to go. That's a nice stash of Escudo for sure. ::
I was shooting for a dozen tins and was happy when I reached that. :lol: