Jackknife Plug is Wild

[nathaniel]

I have a tin of GLP Jackknife Plug from 2014 that has been opened for 2 yrs. Its my 2nd tin smoked since release. The first was painful. I smoked right after release and all the hubub. I hated it. Took me a couple years to finish the tin i think.

Now my 2nd tin (2014) is halfway gone after being opened 2 yrs. Ive likewise hated it. About 6 months ago i went ahead and broke down the brownie in the hopes it might breathe a bit more and encourage me to go through it quicker just to get it over with. Also kinda hoping it'd just go moldy. I smoke maybe a bowl a month at most. Its always horrible.

Until my last 3 bowls from this week.... WTF! It's the BEST non-lat blend ive ever smoked! Soooo good!

The only other DFK-forward blends ive tried are HH DFK and MM's country gentleman. Both are fantastic, but not enough to make me want to exclusively smoke or abandon my lat blends. But i do really enjoy a few bowls a month from them.

Not sure what changed in jackknife plug, but im suddenly sad it will be gone soon and simultaneously bewildered at how this happened.

Did my tastes change, or did the blend? I've got one more tin from 2014 to crack. Im wondering if i should crack it now and break it up so it can breathe for 2 yrs before i can enjoy it finally.

Pipesmoking is an f'n wild ride y'all!

 

[Steddy]

Haha I can relate. I opened a fresh tin and it was a bit sharp. I then got a tin with a little over ten years of age and it was love at first bowl. Deep, earthy, a little sweet, very satisfying.

I still have the original fresh tin resting in a jar. It’s been a year and I will try it again. It’s nice knowing the tins in your cellar will age with grace.

 

[ThermionicScott]

Have you been cutting off slices before smoking it, or just breaking off chunks? JackKnife Plug is layered so you won’t get the intended mix if you just break off chunks.

 

[nathaniel]

Have you been cutting off slices before smoking it, or just breaking off chunks? JackKnife Plug is layered so you won’t get the intended mix if you just break off chunks.

I alway sliced it.

 

[yanoJL]

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Did my tastes change, or did the blend?

Pipesmoking is an f'n wild ride y'all!

Good question. Maybe both?

I go through spells where I don't even want to be in the same zip code as Latakia. Then, out of nowhere, I crave it. And not like "normal" Latakia blends either, I want a Lat Bomb (Gaslight, Pirate Kake, etc). So strange. And, like your experience, I get this with DFK to an extent. I bought a decent amount of G&H Dark Birdseye (bulk). It was almost all I smoked for about a week and a half. And then, nothing. Jarred and shelved until that next wave hits.

Yeah, it's quite a ride. Better buckle up!

 

[troutface]

Smoking some 2 year old right now and it's very nice, maybe a slight edge to it. Have some 8 oz. tins taking a long nap, will report back in about 8 years.

 

[nathaniel]

Good question. Maybe both?

I go through spells where I don't even want to be in the same zip code as Latakia. Then, out of nowhere, I crave it. And not like "normal" Latakia blends either, I want a Lat Bomb (Gaslight, Pirate Kake, etc). So strange. And, like your experience, I get this with DFK to an extent. I bought a decent amount of G&H Dark Birdseye (bulk). It was almost all I smoked for about a week and a half. And then, nothing. Jarred and shelved until that next wave hits.

Yeah, it's quite a ride. Better buckle up!

Its fun but it sure does make it hard to cellar what you like.

 

[yanoJL]

Its fun but it sure does make it hard to cellar what you like.

Cellar it all. Problem solved! Lol

 

[Servant King]

Cellar it all. Problem solved! Lol

^^^^ This!

Well, assuming of course that you have the room to spare. And a TAD-tolerant spouse. Nothing inhibits cellaring like receiving "the look" after the hundredth appearance of "Laudisi Enterprises" on the ol' bank statements...

 

[brian64]

JKP is definitely one that benefits quite a bit from age.

 

[bullet08]

Smoke was fine. I hate prepping plugs.

 

[sardonicus87]

Smoke was fine. I hate prepping plugs.

Same, I tend to avoid any plugs that aren't like the C&D/Warped ones that you can just tear apart and get a consistent smoke. I hate slicing plugs, seems no matter how sharp the knife, they always just want to tear rather than cut, then it makes a big mess.

That's why I got the ready rubbed version of Jackknife on that GLP sale a little while back.

 

[bullet08]

Same, I tend to avoid any plugs that aren't like the C&D/Warped ones that you can just tear apart and get a consistent smoke. I hate slicing plugs, seems no matter how sharp the knife, they always just want to tear rather than cut, then it makes a big mess.

That's why I got the ready rubbed version of Jackknife on that GLP sale a little while back.

I understand why there are plugs, flakes and coins. But in the end, I just want to smoke. I usually smoke the tobacco as they come, but some are just a pain in the ass.

 

[brian64]

I understand why there are plugs, flakes and coins. But in the end, I just want to smoke. I usually smoke the tobacco as they come, but some are just a pain in the ass.

 

[Oddball]

Smoking some 2 year old right now and it's very nice, maybe a slight edge to it. Have some 8 oz. tins taking a long nap, will report back in about 8 years.

I had some 5-6 year old Triple Play that I popped and blasted through it was so good.

I did the same with two 8 oz. tins. They nappin.


These GLP plugs are really nice! I suppose the next one I pop will be JKP now...

 

[brooklynpiper]

I once aged jack knife plug so long it turned into triple play. Orange tin and everything. It was like a Pokémon evolution

 

[blacklucast]

I liked it as well. I hated dealing with the dense plug so I bought the ready rubbed version when I was done with the JKP I was working on.

 

[karam]

I liked it as well. I hated dealing with the dense plug so I bought the ready rubbed version when I was done with the JKP I was working on.

JKP is not a dense plug, it's more a lightly pressed stack of tobacco leaves. Dense plugs, European ones, are like slabs of stone.

 

[ahouston]

That's weird. Open that other tin now!

Hows the nic hit? I've been interested in the Jackknife plug but it seems kinda strong?