Longevity Of Samuel Gawith Tins?

[saltedplug]

You decide to cellar tobacco. A practice that depends on jarring or sealing in Mylar by a certain date will disrupt the aging environment in mid-course. No one knows if this matters, but it is certain that when oxygen is introduced, anaerobic fermentation changes to aerobic aging. Unless you plan to smoke it, why would you ever disrupt an environment that is certain to work. All the storied accounts of aging maintained the original environment.

I just paid $132.XX for a K of DF. I plan to jar it on receipt. I'm not going to take chances and hedge my bets holding out for some future "jar by" date because Ralph the pipe smoker said, "Yeah sure, she'll go a good 10 years."

Why take chances?

 

[mingc]

Wait until they turn round shaped and explode.

The first has happened, the second not yet. If it does, c'est la vie.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

It is funny that Greg's tins all swell up on me, but C&D tins don't for me. I've yet to have one explode, and when I first started buying GLP tins, they came to me with quite a few years on them. Maybe I am just lucky. I hope.

 

[judcole]

On seeing this thread, I wandered down and checked the seals on my SG tins. I don't have a huge number - the oldest is from 2012 - but all the seals are intact.

 

[Chasing Embers]

It is funny that Greg's tins all swell up on me, but C&D tins don't for me. I've yet to have one explode, and when I first started buying GLP tins, they came to me with quite a few years on them. Maybe I am just lucky. I hope.

I've had a couple of Black Frigate tins pop. Sounded like firecrackers going off in my closet.

 

[Morrison Jeremiah]

I quite often find that tins I've ordered arrive in the post and as soon as I open the pack I can smell the tobacco.
The contents are actually ok when I open the tins, but I jar them straight away all the same.
It seems to be the case, whoever I order from, so I can't blame a particular online tobacconist.

 

[Snow Hill]

Pipe Stud sells plenty of older-style rectangle tins, some with several decades of age. Maybe he can chime in on this topic?

 

[sablebrush52]

I know, I know, but Greg promotes cellaring and changing the tins to jars once you get them. Why not just sell us the tobacco for twice as much as other bulks and spare us the process of having to rejar them? It seems like he invests a lot into going against his suggestions.

Ask C&D. They handle the packaging. Years ago Pease sold some of his 8 oz amounts in Mylar.

 

[Snow Hill]

I seal all my tins in mylar bags as tobacco is expensive in the UK and compared to what the bags cost it's well worth the outlay.

I used to seal tins in mylar, too. After discovering a couple of rusted tins, I stopped the practice.

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

I used to seal tins in mylar, too. After discovering a couple of rusted tins, I stopped the practice.

If you don't mind me asking, what brand of tobacco was it and how old were the tins?

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

I've smoked quite a few tins of SG from 2012. Smoking a tin of BBF now. No problems to date.

 

[Snow Hill]

If you don't mind me asking, what brand of tobacco was it and how old were the tins?

RO Acadian Gold tins from (I think) 2017.

 

[troyniss]

I've vacuum sealed all of my square tins, SG, G&H and Macbaren. I opened my boxes to check on my tins and found a compromised Bobs Chocolate Flake. Lid basically fell off as I grabbed it. Wasn't taking any chances with the others. Round tins I'm not worried about.

 

[cigrmaster]

I have some 2004 tins of Full Virginia Flake and every tin has been perfect. No seal breakage and the tobacco was in perfect shape. I also had a few 2008 SG Golden Glow and they were also in perfect shape upon opening. Was I just lucky..... I don't think so.

 

[magicpiper]

Never had a problem with SG rectangle tins but have lost at least a dozen Mac Baren square tins over the last few years. All Mac Baren tobacco goes straight to the jars when I buy them.

 

[saltedplug]

I'm a victim of my myth that I am now and have always been a jar on receipt kind of guy. Though basically true, the last time I had tins I can remember trusting the tobacco to square, pressed on seals. Sorry to misinform you.

 

[anotherbob]

So, I don't have to open my wines as I buy them and store them in quart jars?

you should. You really should. Not for any practical reason but it goes well with the mildly unhinged artist thing you have going on. That hobo with some class vibe and mostly sane (i.e. knows that the voices aren't real). So go for it.

 

[PipeIT]

I’ve only ever had 3 older tins from 2014 all have been great. Two I popped open, Squadron and Ennerdale, the tabac was great. The tin of SJF is still closed, with no smell.

 

[Chasing Embers]

2015 SG. Rust along sealed edge and inside of the tin.

 

[Terry Lennox]

I know the SG square tins slowly leak because I can smell tobacco when I open the plastic storage bins I use. But the seals hold when pulled on. I did find some old (2012) Esoterica Penzance tins where the lids came loose and the insides were showing rust. Jarred those up as soon as I saw what was happening. But my SG has stayed in the tins.