I've only been at this for just under a year, and there's lots of talk about aging(specifically VA's)blends. I'm currently in the "try anything and everything I can stuff in my pipe" stage of pipesmoking. Thus far I haven't really put much into Straight VA blends because I find them boring. I find I like a bit of complexity to my smokes, but VA only blends just come off as sweet(if I get that at all from them). My favorite VA blend thus far is McC's 5100 Red Cake. I've tried Sam Gawith's Best Brown and while I found it ok, by the time I got closer to the end of the bowl I was bored with it.
I've read many posts that aging takes the "edge" off a blend. How would you describe what in fact that edge is? I haven't yet done an comparison with a fresh tin of a VA to some with some defined age on it. So, it may be just a matter of me doing that and seeing for myself.
Anyway, I thought I'd throw it out there to see if anyone may have had the same question in your smoking history, and could somehow put it to words.
I've read many posts that aging takes the "edge" off a blend. How would you describe what in fact that edge is? I haven't yet done an comparison with a fresh tin of a VA to some with some defined age on it. So, it may be just a matter of me doing that and seeing for myself.
Anyway, I thought I'd throw it out there to see if anyone may have had the same question in your smoking history, and could somehow put it to words.