Penzance - 11 Years Aged

[npod]

After the recent post by Jesse titled, "Look CAREFULLY Before You Leap" (http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/look-carefully-before-you-leap), I felt the need to rummage through my cellar and inspect my very old tins. I found this 11 year old Penzance tin from 2007 that was looking worse for wear. So I decided to pop it open and see for myself what the tobacco looked like. In summary, no problems. It was perfectly moist and smoked beautifully. The high notes were still intact, albeit faint. I thought ya'll might like to see pictures of the process. I guess not all rusted tins are duds, but the advice to look carefully before you buy is still very good indeed.

 

[npod]

And now for something completely different!
Mix aged Penzance (or any Latakia crumble cake variant) with Rattray's Exotic Orange and enjoy Nirvana.

 

[ashdigger]

Very cool. I did a tasting here (sharing an old tin with the forum members) and it was a 10 year old tin I believe. Looked just like that. It was very good, but I'm not a Penzance lover. Enjoy!!

 

[johnbarleycorn]

Thanks for sharing. Wonderful pics by the way.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Mix aged Penzance (or any Latakia crumble cake variant) with Rattray's Exotic Orange and enjoy Nirvana.

Sacrilege. LOL

 

[barepipe]

I cannot stop staring at that nice tray. I like that, a dedicated smoking tray, and you can pour the spill back into the jar.

 

[npod]

I cannot stop staring at that nice tray. I like that, a dedicated smoking tray, and you can pour the spill back into the jar.

It is the Pipe Valet by Kraig Seder, http://sedercraft.com. He hasn't had any available for purchase for a while, but you can contact him to see if he will be doing a run in the future. I cherish mine!

Wonderful pics by the way.

As a photographer I am amazed at the quality of the new iPhone 8 Plus. That little camera produces wonderful images and the ones above are straight out of camera with no sharpening or post-editing.

 

[oldtoby]

Glad you opened that tin. Doesn't look like it would have went for much longer.
Some of those rectangular tins (Penzance, Kingfisher) were the worst for keeping a good seal.

Had a brand new tin of Kingfisher slide off the car seat onto floorboard once when returning from my B&M. The lid popped right off. LOL.
Lovely pipe, btw. Is it a Rattray Old Perth?

 

[Chasing Embers]

Sacrilege.

No kidding. Exotic Orange is great. I did blend my last 8 ounce bag of Penzance with 1-Q though.

 

[kola]

Looks spectacular..that just started to eat on the tin a bit. It's a good thing ya popped it.
I too love that tray ya got there.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

No kidding. Exotic Orange is great. I did blend my last 8 ounce bag of Penzance with 1-Q though.

LOL keen sense of humor, I had to read it a second time to get it. Duuuuuh

 

[robcapp]

Great pictures npod.

I love your smoking tray and paraphernalia. Looks great!

 

[npod]

The EO + Penzance was a spoof guys. In the Vein of Monty Python’s flying circus.

 

[Chasing Embers]

LOL keen sense of humor, I had to read it a second time to get it. Duuuuuh

No joking. Tried to trade that bag for some Deep Hollow with no takers. The 1-Q makes it smokable.

 

[npod]

Lovely pipe, btw. Is it a Rattray Old Perth?

That is a handmade cutty from Suhr Pipes (Johannes, Grandson of Anne Julie). It was one of his first professional pipes sold at danishpipeshop.com. It's a beauty!

 

[Chasing Embers]

I was wandering about that too. Beautiful cutty!

 

[rokerdepipe]

It’s a great looking pipe....a cutty above the rest!
https://www.danishpipeshop.com/d/Suhr-Pipes-Cutty-i4937.html

 

[oldtoby]

Absolutely a beauty of a pipe, npod.
I truly dig it!

 

[jpmcwjr]

Great photo essay! Super pipe and tray.
A two year old tin of Penzance which had a lot of bloom on it (a bit more than I see above), the paper was quite dark, but the tin was in better shape. Lost a bunch of tin note, but smokes just fine.

 

[briarbuda48]

An excellent post, thank you for sharing!