Storing Tobacco In Zip Locks
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Lucky you!
If shops around me carry anything, they've got flower vases behind the counter with 1Q, BCA, and Very Cherry mixed in-house with 15 months of stale cigar smoke.
To each their own and yes he's right but I'm good with my mason jars. No need to spritz my tobacco some day.
I have been supporting my local more. Their selection is small and solid. They straight up tell people they don't know much about pipes it's not their thing. Their stock comes from listening to the people that buy their tobacco. Surprisingly their house blends are decent with no stand outs.
I don't like plastic bags at all. Period. My tobacco is stored in tins and then transferred to small mason jars for use. I don't travel at all either. I moved to where I am (Prince George BC) because I hunt and fish and live in an outdoor paradise. So if I'm out in the field, I make day trips. I want to process my game or fish that day, and I do it at home as soon as I get back. I almost always hunt and fish alone because company is a pain in the butt while out in the field, unless it's road hunting for rabbits or grouse. Then it can be social. For antlered game or bear, people get in the way and talk too much. I field dress, bone out and pack out what I get immediately. I don't have to pack out far, maybe 50 yards or so at most. As I said, I live in hunting/fishing paradise.
I usually just take a couple of cigars and put them in the glove compartment for day smoking, along with a container of chew. If I do take a pipe, I will put a pipeful or two of tobacco in a plastic flip top pill bottle and put it in the glove compartment with the foil or cello wrapped cigar. No gourmet fare. Loading a pipe from a plastic bag?? Get serious. Total pain in the keester. And frankly, the wafting of smoke outdoors is the best way of alerting already wary game. Chew is best.
The only use I have for any plastic bag is for freezing berries, morels or other gathering fare that abounds in this paradise.
I usually just take a couple of cigars and put them in the glove compartment for day smoking, along with a container of chew. If I do take a pipe, I will put a pipeful or two of tobacco in a plastic flip top pill bottle and put it in the glove compartment with the foil or cello wrapped cigar. No gourmet fare. Loading a pipe from a plastic bag?? Get serious. Total pain in the keester. And frankly, the wafting of smoke outdoors is the best way of alerting already wary game. Chew is best.
The only use I have for any plastic bag is for freezing berries, morels or other gathering fare that abounds in this paradise.
You don't want to have to re-hydrate tobacco if you can avoid it. First, it is a pain to get just right, but more importantly, it lessens the flavor each time you have to do it. I do it, just like I suspect we all do it. It's just part of the deal, but if I can avoid it, I also do that too. Does it ruin tobacco? No. Does it aid in the flavor or in aging? No. That's why some people choose small jars vs large jars. The bigger the jar, the more times you tap into it to fill bowls, which means the increased chance of having to mess with hydration at some point.
I don't cellar. I keep the tobacco in the bags it came in. If I need to transfer I use a ziploc freezer bag with double seal. The tobacco stays fresh about three months before beginning to dry out ... but not enough to have to spritz. If I want to dry it I use a cedar lined cigar box for 24-48 hours.
If I were storing I would use a glass mason type jar with one of those latch lids and rubber gasket.
I prefer tobacco fresh as it arrives.
If I were storing I would use a glass mason type jar with one of those latch lids and rubber gasket.
I prefer tobacco fresh as it arrives.
I would really like to. A new cigar shop opened just a few miles from my house. I've been in there a couple of times to talk to the new owner about pipes, but his filtration is atrocious. I fully expect to experience cigar smoke if I go into a cigar lounge, but I occasionally like enough fresh air to see across the room.
If I’m storing bulk it’s in a mason jar. If according to the ziplock re hydrating theory works for the bag it’ll work for the jar. I can stuff more into a jar than a bag, but I can’t get the air out of the jar without going down the FDA canning recommendations for putting up food long term without much fear of botulism… so….
If it’s a tin, I leave it in the tin till I’m ready to smoke it. But once I crack a tin it goes into a jar. I have some jars containing tobacco I pulled from a tin well over a year ago. Pretty standard practice I think.
If it’s a tin, I leave it in the tin till I’m ready to smoke it. But once I crack a tin it goes into a jar. I have some jars containing tobacco I pulled from a tin well over a year ago. Pretty standard practice I think.
you bring up something that makes me wonder something. A lot of times when smoking my pipe I'll surprise wild animals. I've wondered if it's more my state of relaxation or if the animals here don't associate pipe smells with humans the way they clearly do with cigs and cigars. Favorite so far were the two bobcats. The one was young and I swear was trying to get into a building, the other got a rabbit.
Wind direction is critical in outdoor situations . . . . especially with bears, which have a sense of smell you cannot believe. One whiff of anything extraordinary even from hundreds of yards away, and they disappear. Deer are the same, but not quite as spooky, especially in rut when they are half crazy anyways. A lot of us hunt bears up here because, frankly, they taste better than mulies in the rut - whitetails are appearing here now, and I'd probably put them ahead of bears for the pot. We don't have much in the way of garbage bears up here except in the cities. Northern bears are predators, not given to scavenging as much as their less agile and lazier southern cousins. They have to work for their meals lol
Cats are visual hunters, using stealth and an incredible burst of speed to down their quarry. We have only Lynx up here, and they are so wary I've only seen two in the wild. Farther south and to the west near the coast, and there are cougars, which are simply dangerous when aroused. You very seldom see them. My experience with bobcats is almost nil. They're southern critters although I've seen a couple near Williams Lake and there is no reason why they can't travel north - but I've never seen one here However, I don't trust any cat that becomes feral. Pet cats are bad enough and can wreak havoc on grouse nestlings and songbirds. A feral bobcat might look cute, but I wouldn't monkey around with them. The one you describe trying to get into a building reminds me of the adage "curiosity killed the cat."
I mostly smoke cigars in the car or near it when taking a break. "Out there" I chew. Fishing? that's a different ball game.
Does it work to cellar bulk pipe tobacco in mason jars? How long will it keep? Another question is on tinned tobacco? Will that essentially keep for years?
My tobacco buys are usually bulk and I’ve not really started storing any for long term in preparation in the event of shortages or whatever.
My tobacco buys are usually bulk and I’ve not really started storing any for long term in preparation in the event of shortages or whatever.