The oldest I've smoked is 9 year old MacBaren Navy Flake. It wasn't as good as I was expecting, but I'm still enjoying it. I haven't bought tobacco in a while, so everything I'm smoking is about 3 years old, and I find that I really enjoy stuff that's lightly aged. I'm excited to see how my cellar ages in the future.
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I think that tobacco, a bit like wine, experiences a qualitative parable, first ascending and then descending, as the years pass.
In the cellar I still have a few bottles of wine from the 50s/60s/70s that my father collected.
Every now and then I open one out of curiosity; they are all still drinkable (as long as you let the wine breathe - with the bottle open - for at least 3 days before drinking it), but his best years are inevitably behind him.
I agree with the above comments/consensus; really old tobacco (especially the OTC aromatic blends) can withstand considerable storage, but eventually it loses the flavor and sparkle that made it what it was. As an example, I started smoking pipes in the mid-90s using shrink-wrapped pouches of Middleton’s Cherry my father had bought in the 70s. It was kept in a cool dark basement for 20 years. It didn’t feel overly dry, tasted great to me and anyone who cared to comment on it complimented the pleasant cherry aroma. I recently found some more of that same tobacco, but now at 50 years old, though still in shrink-wrap and foil, it felt crispy and had virtually no pouch note. I rehydrated it with cherry liquor (I could describe the process I used if anyone is really interested) and it’s a very nice, sweet cherry smelling smoke. As you can see from the photo below, my dad was a pack-rat so I have lots of tobacco cans to explore. But thanks to this thread and subsequent research I realized there are matches or clones currently made for a lot of the older OTC tobaccos that are no longer in business. Codger clones! A whole new tobacco niche to explore!
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Oldest smoked tobacco should be some ashes by now. Maybe some dottles. Otherwise, it wouldn't be smoked, would it?
Now, if you are asking oldest smokable tobacco, I heard stories about 50 year or so old and others. I think there were some samples sent out by generous members from this forum.
See some post on Instagram about pipe convention where old tobacco is shared by generous individuals. Same about some club meetings.
Everyone says they are smokable. And some seems to enjoy them.
Now, if you are asking oldest smokable tobacco, I heard stories about 50 year or so old and others. I think there were some samples sent out by generous members from this forum.
See some post on Instagram about pipe convention where old tobacco is shared by generous individuals. Same about some club meetings.
Everyone says they are smokable. And some seems to enjoy them.
I’ve had a bunch of UK stuff from the 40s, 50s, and 60s.
20 percent !WOW!, 30 percent “yeah okay”, 50 percent no thanks.
Best aged stuff I ever had was some, at the time, 30 year old Black Mallory.
20 percent !WOW!, 30 percent “yeah okay”, 50 percent no thanks.
Best aged stuff I ever had was some, at the time, 30 year old Black Mallory.
The oldest blend I have tried was given to me at a holiday club event. 1955 Sir Walter Raleigh and it was extremely well aged and the taste was amazing. The tin note was very mild but the flavors were still there in their perfectly vacuumed greatness.
Oldest pipe tobacco for me is Three Nuns from the 70's and only have about 1/4 tin left.
Will add, oldest cigar was from mid 30's
Will add, oldest cigar was from mid 30's
Late 80s for Pipes
Late 30s early 40s for a cigar when the german cigars were floating around.
Late 30s early 40s for a cigar when the german cigars were floating around.
The old Churchmans factory is now luxury flats ,like so many other factories.
The Churchmans stand @ITFC was named the Sir Alf Ramsey Stand after the former Ipswich and England manager.The opposite (North) stand is named after the legendary Sir Bobby Robson,also a former Ipswich and England manager
Last year I smoked EMP from 2005. This year I have opened a tin of Capstan blue from 2006 and last saturday, with some friends, I opened a tin of Dunhill Mild Blend purchased in November 2005 that had at least two or three years more (you can see it here). I have a little stash from the years I started smoking and I'm always torn between selling and smoking them.
EMP was absolutely great. I don't really like latakia blends that much, but I liked this a lot. Capstan is very good (yesterday I smoked a pipeful), but it wouldn't justify for me the price it might have. I tried Mild Blend out of the tin, without airing, so I don't know yet. It was really intense and savory, but I found the unflavored cavendish a little too much sweet.
EMP was absolutely great. I don't really like latakia blends that much, but I liked this a lot. Capstan is very good (yesterday I smoked a pipeful), but it wouldn't justify for me the price it might have. I tried Mild Blend out of the tin, without airing, so I don't know yet. It was really intense and savory, but I found the unflavored cavendish a little too much sweet.
Something tells me that I am more of a young and fresh tobacco smoker. But hopefully our tobaccos will age for the better and we will enjoy them a lot. Oils degrade, oxidize. I am a smoker who does not want to smoke mummies, or I do.