So glad y'all enjoyed it in good company, Kevin, I only wish I could have stayed another day at the show. It was really too much to absorb in two short days.
It really appears quite different than the current blend. I wonder if it was originally that dark or that happened over time. The current one has a lot more light color to it. Jealous...
For my money, it's a damned consistent product over all this time, Sam. It's certainly
much darker (in person it's really more of a dull black; the flash on the camera seemed to bring out a lot more of the ruby brown color), and that's owing entirely to the age. Imagine how you'd look after 50+ years in an airtight container! The good news is that this means what you're buying today should be just as amazing half a century down the road. I've become rather obsessed with this tobacco, admittedly, and have gone to great lengths procuring these old vintages--in fact, if anyone reading this has some they'd like to unload, just shoot me a message and we'll strike a deal. I did chat with a guy who had a cutter-top tin, but he wasn't interested in letting it go...sigh.
