SG~Best Brown Flake
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I'm a dedicated Bracken & 1792 flake monster now,'got lucky on snag's some
But won't last long at rate I'm smoke'in but I'm very happy...Nic'ed up ;-)
But won't last long at rate I'm smoke'in but I'm very happy...Nic'ed up ;-)
I recently found a tin of Best Brown at a local shop, I get the 1792 and St. James Flake from the same shop. I've experimented with mixing a bit of 1792 with St. James. I am quite pleased with the result, even if it was originally done by total accident.
Soon I shall speak of Best Brown Flake but I need a short English break away from the wonderful flakes, so that I can approach BB with a flake rested palate.
Soon I shall speak of Best Brown Flake but I need a short English break away from the wonderful flakes, so that I can approach BB with a flake rested palate.
I think I prefer Best Brown Flake to the very hyped Full Virginia Flake. No doubt age helps both a lot, though by the time either one crosses the pond (both bulk and tins), it's fine right out of the gate. I just bought a pound of jarred BBF that's several years old. I'm really looking forward to opening one when I get back home next week.
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This is a regular blend for me. I have many tins in my cellar, so can now smoke only stuff that is 5 years old.
5 Years, I'd be scared I was going to die and never get to smoke it, core if you don't like a tobacco so much that you are having to age it for 5 years don't buy it and find something that you don't have to age, I understand drying tobacco's out a bit but 5yrs. I have smoked a pipe for more than 40yrs and have smoked as many different tobacco's as possible and have thoroughly enjoyed the vast majority, all with buying a tobacco and stuffing it in my pipe. If aging the 1 tobacco for 5yrs makes that tobacco better surely the chances are that aging another tobacco for 5yrs stands a chance of making that tobacco worse, what a waste. I have smoked age old tobaccos that have been stored for many years some considerably more than 5yrs and can't say that I have ever noticed any particular difference in the smoke, might have tasted a very very small bit of a difference, not enough to wait 5yrs for, but who am to tell, I bow to your better knowlege and superior taste buds.
5 Years, I'd be scared I was going to die and never get to smoke it, core if you don't like a tobacco so much that you are having to age it for 5 years don't buy it and find something that you don't have to age, I understand drying tobacco's out a bit but 5yrs. I have smoked a pipe for more than 40yrs and have smoked as many different tobacco's as possible and have thoroughly enjoyed the vast majority, all with buying a tobacco and stuffing it in my pipe. If aging the 1 tobacco for 5yrs makes that tobacco better surely the chances are that aging another tobacco for 5yrs stands a chance of making that tobacco worse, what a waste. I have smoked age old tobaccos that have been stored for many years some considerably more than 5yrs and can't say that I have ever noticed any particular difference in the smoke, might have tasted a very very small bit of a difference, not enough to wait 5yrs for, but who am to tell, I bow to your better knowlege and superior taste buds.
I like Best Brown just fine straight out of the tin, tyvm. It doesn't need to dry out at all, IMO, and since it is in vacuum sealed tins, it doesn't, when you age it.
I had never heard of aging tobaccos until I joined the Yahoo Pipesmokers2 group, and heard guys talking about it, so I decided to try it. It doesn't work on all blends, from what I have been told - burleys and aros being prime examples of blends that don't improve with aging. I would guess a 5 year old of Prince Al or Burley London wouldn't show much difference. Everything I've got in my cellar - an old 32 qt cooler sitting in my basement - is a virginia. Lots of Best Brown, Hartwell Signature, McCranie Red Ribbon.
I have found the greatest difference in the Signature or the Red Ribbon - both great blends new, but mellowed out over time. Best Brown is subtly smoother and sweeter. Playing with this has increased my enjoyment of the hobby. :
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I am glad that you didn't take offence to my quoting you and wouldn't criticize anybody for enjoying there hobby but I still can't see how aging makes that much difference not unless you were fusing to or more tobacco's and even then 5yrs would still to me be far to much, I'd be lucky to make any tobacco last a few months in my house.
I had been pretty much the same as you tobakenist with respect to buying and smoking and then buying more.
Then after realizing the probable effects on supply from the Anti-Tobacco movements as well as the inexorable march of price and tax increases I began my cellar building in earnest.
As a result of past habits I had rarely smoked anything that was much over (to my knowledge)3 or 4 months old.
Having developed a respectable cellar now I'm starting to glean a little of what others speak of when they cite the aging of tobacco. I opened a mason jar of G&H Best Brown #2 a couple of days ago that had been in lock-down for one year. What had been a great smoke to begin with for me, rich and full Burley mellowed Va, is now tremendously sweeter, smoother. Aging do make a difference.
Here is the only article I was able to find regarding what is going on with respect to aging. Certainly there are others...
When the Door is Ajar - Opening Aging Blends
ETA: 'Nuther good read on aging and cellaring
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This has been one of my favorite flakes ever, however it can be a bit too mild for my palate. For years I have mixed equal portions of Best Brown and FVF for a wonderful MEDIUM Brown flake that is just perfect for moi.
This thread is a little old, but for those still hangin' around:
How might BBF mix with something like Solani 633? The latter is just way too heavy on the perique for me. Do you think the combination would result in a milder smoke without weird flavors?
How might BBF mix with something like Solani 633? The latter is just way too heavy on the perique for me. Do you think the combination would result in a milder smoke without weird flavors?
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