Grabbing tobacco from aging jars

[Samuel Perez]

Hey! Do you guys grab tobacco to smoke daily from your aging jars? Does it kills the aging process? I was wondering this because I don’t know where to get my tobacco now for daily use. Does tobacco ages in tins or should I open the tin for cellaring tobacco

 

[prairiedruid]

When I open a jar that has some age it goes into my rotation of blends I smoke daily. If it was in a tin it is jarred upon opening and added to the daily rotation.

 

[Piping Abe]

I don’t think you should worry about aging tobacco. You should figure out if pipesmoking is for you. You may start aging tobacco for no reason at all.

If your still pipesmoking after 2 years, then start aging if you think you want to.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Once sealed, it's best to leave it sealed if aging is your objective. That's why I prefer small mylar bags or mason jars.

 

[bullet08]

Aging and cellaring are both storing the tobacco. Tobacco will continue to age when undisturbed. If you open the lid, it will stop. If you put the lid back on, it will start age again. You want specific blend aged, just keep it in the tin and leave alone until you want to open and move to a jar. Round tins are usually secure and won't pop open.

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

You just asked the question in one of your other threads on jars. See above, answers there as well.

Patience.

 

[Peterson314]

My oldest jars are about 4 years old. If I feel like smoking from one, I'll open the jar. Otherwise, they are undisturbed. I have about 3-dozen jars going at any one time.

Sometimes I want a lot of variety, and sometimes I want to sit with a blend and go through a jar.

If you have sealed tins, leave them alone until you're ready to pop the tin.

 

[Grangerous]

I had gone through two old cans of Granger that were bulging. They were especially good! You are asking a valid question. I’m fond of using the 64 ounce mason jars because I can press a full pound of tobacco into one of those. But when it comes time to open I will immediately transfer half of the contents into a 32 ounce jar or several smaller jars and put the other half in rotation. A half pound takes a while and it could possibly lose something to the time opened.

 

[sablebrush52]

Hey! Do you guys grab tobacco to smoke daily from your aging jars? Does it kills the aging process? I was wondering this because I don’t know where to get my tobacco now for daily use. Does tobacco ages in tins or should I open the tin for cellaring tobacco

Opening a jar doesn’t “kill” the aging process. It interrupts it, and may change the result, whatever that is, but kill it? No
Tobaccos age in tins, though seals on tins can fail over time. The question is how long do you intend to age it.
It’s a myth that aging improves tobaccos. Tobaccos change over time. Whether that change constitutes an improvement is up to the individual to decide.

 

[JSPiper71]

I can't see how it wouldn't. Every time you introduce oxygen into a sealed container, it's going to change the product within. I guess you could argue that it isn't necessarily a bad thing, but I'd prefer to allow the tobacco to age undisturbed. There is no doubt that the jar of 2021 Cringle Flake I've been smoking has far less of the yummy stewed fruit characteristics than it once had now that I've been dipping into it over and over. If I am cellaring a bunch, I have started using both a large and small mason jar. The large for the bulk of the product and the small one that I go to on a regular basis. This prevents me opening the larger one too often. Just my 2 cents.

 

[K.E. Powell]

Hey! Do you guys grab tobacco to smoke daily from your aging jars? Does it kills the aging process? I was wondering this because I don’t know where to get my tobacco now for daily use. Does tobacco ages in tins or should I open the tin for cellaring tobacco

To answer your questions in order:

1. Yes.
2. It slows it down, but does not stop it entirely. But I don't care. The jars are to keep it fresh. The aging is a bonus.
3. They age in tins. However, and this is something I always get pushback on, many tins are crappily made and I wouldn't trust them to age tobacco over a long period. I place my baccy in a jar with a good seal (e.g. Parfait jars) as soon as I can. If you place the baccy in a jar, keep it out of direct sunlight and try to keep them somewhere that isn't humid and at room tempature or just slightly below.