First Attempt at Growing and Processing

[phallbass]

 

[phallbass]

My brother Michael

 

[phallbass]

Cased and ready for 2nd press

Ready to jar

 

[pitchfork]

Wow. Thanks for sharing! Looks delicious. When do you think it will be ready to smoke?

 

[phallbass]

That is a good question. I think it will take some time. All throughout the process we kept hitting the next "ok....now what" moment.

 

[jitterbugdude]

Did you age or kiln your tobacco before pressing it? What type of tobacco?

 

[phallbass]

One thing I just noticed is the bag of " insect dust" in the "hanging" photo. That sucks as I can 100% guarantee that was not used on any edibles nor smokeables. We actually only had a bit of aphids and they were handled with a mild soap solution. Maybe that's where Lakelands actually come from. :puffpipe:

 

[phallbass]

I operate a steel burning table and make parts for heavy equipment. So there's alot of heavy drops laying around.
Burleys were air dried. Va's were kiln. Then the whole lot was slow cooked, cased and pressed.

 

[woodsroad]

Looks great! Details? What kind of tobacco? Did you air cure or flue cure (with heat)? How long? What casing? How did you press it? Inquiring minds, you know......

 

[phallbass]

We air cured burley and flue'd the vas until it smelled and felt like good tobacco. Casings are secrets. Lol. (A tea made with honey, distilled water, dried fruit and rum) all pressed under dead weight for a total of around 2 weeks.

 

[woodsroad]

This was your first go at this? Have you tried any yet?

This is great to see!

 

[phallbass]

First try. And no I haven't. That's the current "now what" episode. Haha

 

[phallbass]

Thanks woodsroad. It's my pleasure.

 

[johnbarleycorn]

Very impressive Jamie. Can’t wait to find out how it smokes :D

 

[phallbass]

Why thank you Mr. Barleycorn. The proof is absolutely in the pudding.

 

[brian64]

Wow, that is all just fantastic. Really glad to see someone learning and doing all of that in such an impressive manner. Please keep us posted on future progress.

 

[cortezattic]

Thanks for all the pix documenting the project. :clap: I hope this turns out really well. In any event it was a learning experience -- for all of us!

 

[olkofri]

Pretty impressive. ::

 

[yohanan]

Very interesting, the tobacco looks great. Thanks for sharing.

 

[alan73]

End product looks awesome, very professional. How long are you going to age it before smoking?