How Do You Organize Your Tobacco Cellar?

[Hutch Piper]

I date all my unopened tins and jars. All jars are labeled. Oldest to back and newest in front. I vaccum seal all tins. All tobaccos are inventoried on an Excel file I keep with the location of where I have them stored. I have about 40 jars out that I am working through. If I am getting low and really enjoy a blend, I have a separate tab on the file to mark that they are to be purchased. I wait for sales and sign up for email notifications when blends are back in stock. This works for me.

 

[bootlegpipes]

I have a filing system using bankers boxes and mylar bags, organized alphabetically by manufacturer name then blend name.

 

[Waning Embers]

Other than labels or dates written on jars I don't use any organization.

 

[Chalaw87]

Great, thanks for the replies. This gives me some ideas on how to proceed. Im just glad Im not the only one with a chaotic cellar, lol.

 

[sardonicus87]

Basically none. I stack similar brands together sometimes, but it's mostly by shape/type of container and how it'll fit in the cabinet.

 

[Christos D. Tsatsaronis]

No need to organize, only 50 (or so) tins or pouches or jars.
If this stock will end sometime in the future (I don't smoke much at all) I will continue smoking only OTC blends, because I'm very happy with them and I will cellar no more.
And I must reduce the number of pipes aswell.

 

[huntertrw]

How Do You Organize Your Tobacco Cellar?

I cannot tell you as it is an extremely complex proprietary secret. What I can tell you is that it took this to finally make it work properly:

 

[Sea Lord]

I actually have no organization, besides dating each tin; simply because I use coolers.
For the rest, over time, by opening them, adding to them, I have developed a visual idea of what is where.
So, no, no track sheet or anything. I rely on my memory.

 

[Eireprof]

Autobiographical.

 

[Brad H]

I cellar as much as I can. Sadly I ran out of room and have to find random spots to put the other tins.
Bulk is in a few large plastic totes.

With so much, no real rhyme or reason how I stack them now. Just wherever there is room if I can squeeze them in.

 

[RPK]

No need to organize, only 50 (or so) tins or pouches or jars.
If this stock will end sometime in the future (I don't smoke much at all) I will continue smoking only OTC blends, because I'm very happy with them and I will cellar no more.
And I must reduce the number of pipes aswell.

I’m pretty much with Christos. At about 16 jars and too many pipes and not smoking much lately.

 

[Sea Lord]

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I cellar as much as I can. Sadly I ran out of room and have to find random spots to put the other tins.
Bulk is in a few large plastic totes.

With so much, no real rhyme or reason how I stack them now. Just wherever there is room if I can squeeze them in.

That's the spirit, old bean!

 

[Hutch Piper]

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I cellar as much as I can. Sadly I ran out of room and have to find random spots to put the other tins.
Bulk is in a few large plastic totes.

With so much, no real rhyme or reason how I stack them now. Just wherever there is room if I can squeeze them in.

That is a thing of beauty! I’d look at that all day long - peak in the back and the corners and see what goodies are there. Well done!

 

[Brad H]

At this point, not real sure what’s all tucked away in the back of that treasure chest.
Last time I did the math, have 60+ pounds tinned

 

[Servant King]

I live in a very small house, so storage space is at a premium. Everything is basically stored in four cubbyholes of an Ikea bookshelf; one for bulk, one for tins, one with 32 jars (two layers of 16 each), and the fourth is a mish-mosh of jars, tins and samples. About 20 pounds in all.

I don't date anything (just don't really care, never have), but most of what I have was purchased in '23 or '24, and I'm pretty much set for life.

I used to group stuff into categories, but once my cellar grew big enough, I had to redo everything to the way it is now. Jar-wise, the bottom layer is all 16 oz. jars, with 8 oz. jars stacked on all of them. I simply have to go by memory whenever I want to retrieve something.

 

[tatter]

The only organization I have is all the McClelland is in one box, all the sealed tins and jars on on a closet shelf and the stuff I am currently working through is jarred up in a desk drawer. I tried the spread sheet thing but it was too much work. I pretty much know what I have and it's fun to dig around just to remind myself.

 

[Arkansas Paul]

Not well.
I just stack them in there by tins. Round ones go together, square ones go together, and jars go together.
Open jars in front.

 

[Egg Shen]

For now, it’s this slop. You can see I’m using IKEA furniture from college as shelves. There are areas for English, Aromatic, VA, VaPer, KY, Burley. And for some reason I just have a Sam Gawith/Gawith Hoggart shelf of all styles. But they are kind of their own style no matter what blend, cuz Lakeland (generally). I’ll be putting in 4 proper shelves soon as a winter project

 

[Egg Shen]

Some backup crap in totes too, which are normally hidden in a closet…but I’ll be popping a few tins soon so they are out

 

[renfield]

An Excel spreadsheet tracks what I have and the list is exported to a webpage I have on a webserver here at home. The physical tins are all dated and organized by brand into separate totes.

It’s not too hard to locate a specific tin if that’s what I’m trying to do. Usually I just browse the cellar a pick what catches my fancy at the moment.