Gawith Limited Series

[finnian3]

All,
So I opened a tin of Gawith's Limited 2012 only to find the tobacco was bone dry. What was the thinking behind not sealing these tins? I went ahead and opened all of my Gawith Limited tins. They are all bone dry! WTF? This stuff ain't cheap. Anyone know the story with this blend?

 

[mikefu]

They are the type of tin that’s simply not vacuum sealed. Rattray’s Exotic Orange, Solani Silver Flake, and several others are in these un-vacuum sealed tins. Now you know to be aware for future tin purchases, that they have to be jarred up or you can put the whole tin into mylar vacuum sealed bags.

 

[ashdigger]

Solani 633 suffers the same crappy packaging in the 100 gram tin

 

[condorlover1]

I have been lucky so far with the Best Brown No:2 flake tins and the Black XX tins but I really had better take a second look just to check.

 

[BROBS]

I have been lucky so far with the Best Brown No:2 flake tins and the Black XX tins but I really had better take a second look just to check.

The OP tin is like a WØ Larsen tin.. not sealed.
They just came in a coffin style metal box with an unsealed (folded with a little sticker on top) cellophane inside. Really an asinine setup.

 

[gamzultovah]

I’ve had to humidify dry tobacco before, it’s no daunting task. But before you do, try a bowl. I’ve been pleasantly surprised at how well some tobaccos taste when bone dry.

 

[finnian3]

This issue is not the case with all Gawith tins. I have only found this in the Gawith Limited edition. But each of these Limited tins, dry as dust. I just picked these up so I would have never known they were bone dry till I opened one up.

I would like to try it bone dry but my usual trick with unpleasant tobacco won't really work. I usually jar it and let it sit for a few years. Well, this stuff has already been aged, so age won't really work.

 

[gamzultovah]

This issue is not the case with all Gawith tins. I have only found this in the Gawith Limited edition. But each of these Limited tins, dry as dust. I just picked these up so I would have never known they were bone dry till I opened one up.

I would like to try it bone dry but my usual trick with unpleasant tobacco won't really work. I usually jar it and let it sit for a few years. Well, this stuff has already been aged, so age won't really work.

Smoke some and see how it goes.

 

[python]

The limited edition tins are not sealed like their regular tins. Because of this, the tobacco dries out. They are not the only manufacturer that uses those hinged tins.

 

[FurCoat]

To rehydrate I tape a cotton ball to the bottom of the jar lid and wet with distilled water. Check every couple of days and rewet cotton as needed until tobacco is dehydrated.

 

[mingc]

Never heard of it.

 

[condorlover1]

@BROBS The hinged tins. Got you now. I have always given those a miss since the contents is always bone dry. Had one as a gift the other year and it was a total pain to rehydrate and not really to my taste.

 

[seanv]

Try using a small Boveda pack to rehydrate. I've had good success with this method

 

[artvandelay007]

Companies should really stop using these, or if they insist they should seal the tobacco in a Mylar in the tin the way that Solani did for a short time and then stopped.