Please Tell Me It's Just Lakeland Essence...

[Meerly John]

Just opened my St. Bruno RR. There's some of this in both packets. Normal?

 

[jpmcwjr]

It looks like the start of some bloom, a good thing.

But more investigation is required. Any odor? And fuzziness?

 

[BROBS]

How old is it?

 

[Meerly John]

Wouldn't call it fuzzy, it shines and sparkles in the light. It all smells floral/lakeland.

 

[Meerly John]

How old is it?

April 2021

 

[BROBS]

Looks like an area that was really heavy with flavoring etc. it’s not mold.

 

[spicy_boiii]

Looks like an area that was really heavy with flavoring etc. it’s not mold.

Agreed

 

[Meerly John]

Thank you gents! Still a relatively new smoker and I didn't trust my own judgement a bit. I've jarred it up and I'll smoke some later.

 

[anotherbob]

it's just crystalized stuff. Probably from the sauce. Heavily scented snuffs get that if you let them dry enough.

 

[SmokeRings79]

If you smoke it and die it's mold. Otherwise you can go ahead and keep smoking it. Enjoy!

 

[mingc]

In health matters microbiological, always seek advice from the interweb. It is replete with individuals who speak in authoritative tones regardless of their qualifications (or lack thereof). Make sure also to always include a blurry photo.

I'd smoke your St. Bruno. You can trust me. I have advance degrees in the social sciences.

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

Maybe it's in bloom?

 

[BROBS]

It’s coke

 

[chilllucky]

I think premium tobacco is expensive enough, eh?

It’s coke.

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

It’s coke

In the UK coke will probably be cheaper than pipe tobacco in the not to distant future.

 

[BROBS]

In the UK coke will probably be cheaper than pipe tobacco in the not to distant future.

So you’re saying they may be including it in the packet to save money?

 

[smudgersmissingleg]

So you’re saying they may be including it in the packet to save money?

I wouldn't begrudge the price we have to pay if they did?

 

[kcghost]

If you are afraid to try it I will volunteer for the job.

 

[craig61a]

Mineral salts (Calcium Oxylate) that leach out of the tobacco over time. Tends to run in veins throughout the pressed tobacco. It's just one of the things that occurs as the tobacco ages, nothing to worry about.

It does seem to occur sooner/more frequently in Hoggarth/Samuel Gawith blends; I guess maybe I'd attribute that to the nature of the African tobacco used in a lot of their blends.

I wouldn't attribute it to any added topping/casing. I don't see heavily cased American aromatics growing crystals profusely...

These plugs are several years old. No appreciable topping/casing. The look like biscotti I'd get with my coffee at Caribou...

 

[craig61a]

I have it on good authority that if you smoke said blends in a Peterson SPD of any flavor, it makes Leprechauns appear...