Luxury Bullseye Flake, 5 yrs old

[Jacob74]

I just was going through my cellar and found one of the first, if not the first, jars of pipe tobacco I ever deliberately cellared. It's LBF from October of 2020. Friends, it's excellent. Compared to younger LBF, It's got more fruitiness, the Cavendish disk is more sweet, and the hay seems to weave in and out. Solid investment, I highly recommend.

 

[wyfbane]

Excellent! I have some about that old. You are tempting me to open a jar, but I have sooo many open jars already. lol

 

[Brad H]

Excellent! I have some about that old. You are tempting me to open a jar, but I have sooo many open jars already. lol

Give in to temptation.

 

[sablebrush52]

LBF tastes like cardboard when fresh, but given 4 or more years of age turns into something wonderful.

 

[Sig]

Ive got some LBF from 2010 and 2012, and a bunch of LNF from 2008-2013.
Both improve from very average, to absolutely sublime....in my opinion.
Ive been smoking through some of the LNF because its not gonna get any better. And I have several pounds well over a decade old.
Maybe a giveaway is in order.

 

[dogparkpiper]

LBF tastes like cardboard when fresh, but given 4 or more years of age turns into something wonderful.

Agree. I have some that’s about 4 years old and the cardboard is still there for me.

This reminds me that it can be sold to a happy buyer

 

[Goblin_Walrus]

I’ve got some that’s pretty fresh, extremely happy to hear that it ages well.

 

[Simmerdown☕️]

Agreed! Aged LBF opens up into a something special. Enjoy! ️

 

[Brad H]

I actually ordered some from P&C about a week ago, so sometime in the next month I should get it in.
Ran thru my last bit I had jarred.
After about 6 months in a jar it’s ok to smoke.

 

[Bowwow]

Excellent! I have some about that old. You are tempting me to open a jar, but I have sooo many open jars already. lol

Just a few coins won't hurt.

 

[Oddball]

It's like Big Chief: The Good Stuff!

 

[kanaia]

Around 2013 there was a guy on here that was going ape shit building his cellar up. Think he was a lawyer from Canada. Remember him talking about the LBF and how he was going deep on it. I listened to him and did the same. Smartest thing I ever did.

 

[Hutch Piper]

I have about a pound and a half of LBF aging now. Going to crack into a jar soon as it has been a few years. If I like the result I’ll buy a few ounces each year to age as my B&M sells it.

 

[Servant King]

Same here, sitting on a pound sealed in mylar and a 16 oz. jar filled loosely to the top. Probably about one and a quarter pounds in all, which I have left alone to marinate for the requisite time, just to see what all the hubbub is about. I'm about two years or so into my wait...these are going to be the slowest three years of my life, methinks!

By the way, also doing the same with two tins of Flake Medallions, just out of principle. Got a few other VAs and VaPers I threw in mylar and forget about 'em until 2028 or so. If I haven't been kicked out of here by then, you're all doomed I'll certainly do a taste test and report the results.

 

[JeffNYC]

Mine is about that old and one of my favorites. I’m going to open an Escudo of similar age soon to compare.

 

[fireground_piper]

My experience was……it was bland and harsh fresh. At 5 years, it was just older bland and harsh. It’s been sitting on my “likely destined to the garbage” shelf for a bit now.

 

[Peter Turbo]

My experience was……it was bland and harsh fresh. At 5 years, it was just older bland and harsh. It’s been sitting on my “likely destined to the garbage” shelf for a bit now.

im kinda with you on this, i have some from November 2020 and smoked it after smoking some KBV Ravens Eye Flake (which is just stoved LBF) and I have to say I enjoy the stoved version more. Also I didn't have to wait 5 years for it to "get good" which is just ridiculous to begin with.

 

[fireground_piper]

im kinda with you on this, i have some from November 2020 and smoked it after smoking some KBV Ravens Eye Flake (which is just stoved LBF) and I have to say I enjoy the stoved version more. Also I didn't have to wait 5 years for it to "get good" which is just ridiculous to begin with.

I think mine is from the same time period. I also have a jar of ravens eyes from the same period, but also sitting right next to the LBF.

Safe to say, it’s not my thing.

 

[Jacob74]

im kinda with you on this, i have some from November 2020 and smoked it after smoking some KBV Ravens Eye Flake (which is just stoved LBF) and I have to say I enjoy the stoved version more. Also I didn't have to wait 5 years for it to "get good" which is just ridiculous to begin with.

To be fair, I like LBF fresh. I didn't wait for it to get good, I intentionally overstocked it and found the prodigal jar as I was doing an inventory. I do appreciate your recommendation of the REF, thank you!

 

[pipingfool]

I have several lbs of LNF put aside. Most of it over 5yrs old and some approaching 8-9 years. Fresh it is okay at best, but even a few months is a vast improvement. With a few years it is a sublime smoke and will probably be my "daily" smoke at some point.