I’ve only ever bought pouches of OTC blends. What about the larger tub size of say SWR? How long once opened will they remain fresh when cellared. Is it better to jar an opened tub to help it age without drying out?
Tubs vs pouches
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Although I don't have a lot of long term experience to speak of, I recently opened both a pouch and a 7 oz tub of SWR and both seemed exactly the same. Because it would take me more than a week to even go through a pouch, I always transfer to a mason jar. Honestly, the seal on the tub was a little sketchy so I'm glad I didn't cellar it in the tub 
. Once jarred it should remain as fresh as the tub for years to come.
. Once jarred it should remain as fresh as the tub for years to come.
I know the screw top tubs like chatom manor and prince Andrew that hearth and home uses keep them fresh for year. But I don’t have any experience with the other brands.
I posted this on the WAYS thread, but I'm smoking some Granger from the tub this morning and it is still as moist as the day I opened it, over a year ago. Results may vary depending on humidity, though, it survived a cold dry winter where I'm at.
Got a tub of Granger that’s been open for 2 yrs and has dried almost immeasurably. It only has a coffee can style snap on lid?
Best practice is jarring tub tobacco. However, many blends will keep once the tub is open for a long time, sometimes years in a somewhat humid climate.
I find that the tub tastes better then the pouch and a tub will keep fresh for years after opening. I have tubs of SWR, Prince Albert, Carter Hall and many more that are still fresh after 3 years. A many years ago I found an opened tub of Carter Hall that had been in a closet for 8 yrs and I had some of the best smoking in my 55 yrs of smoking a pipe.
Thank you all. Ray, glad to hear. That is the kind of experience that makes this forum such a good place to learn.
im ready to level up to a tub. ?
im ready to level up to a tub. ?
Have a Granger in a tub, what? 14 oz that looks like a ton, still sitting on a corner of my study. I'm afraid to touch it.
I've had a similar experience...my SWRA tubs have never failed me.
The large SWR is 30% off at P&C, making it slightly more than the middle sized tub.
I have the coffee can style tub of Half and Half, which is my reliable, go to blend. I also use it for kindling to keep stubborn flakes lit.
The can has the same moisture now as 3 months ago when I popped the top.
I have the coffee can style tub of Half and Half, which is my reliable, go to blend. I also use it for kindling to keep stubborn flakes lit.
The can has the same moisture now as 3 months ago when I popped the top.
I only smoked tubs of Amphora and it was definitely better. But I haven't bought any in the last 30 years.
I smoke about one pipeful, maybe two, from a tub of whatever each day. It gets slightly drier at the end months later, but this is of no significance to me. I just make sure the lid is on all the way when closing. (Those tubs, by the way, make filling a pipe easier than with any other storage accommodation.)
On a side note: my five-months-out Covid-addled palate still can't taste tobacco very well. I'm smoking Ennerdale right now, and it's just another tobacco to me at the moment. Not anything outlandish at all. For some silly reason, it's only OTCs that seem tasty to me. And thank God for nicotine, or I probably wouldn't be smoking at all now.)
On a side note: my five-months-out Covid-addled palate still can't taste tobacco very well. I'm smoking Ennerdale right now, and it's just another tobacco to me at the moment. Not anything outlandish at all. For some silly reason, it's only OTCs that seem tasty to me. And thank God for nicotine, or I probably wouldn't be smoking at all now.)
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I smoke the 7 oz tubs of SWR pretty regularly. They have the plastic coffee can style lids, and one tub usually lasts me about one month and never dries out to an unsmokable level. Those rare occasions where a tub lasts 3 months or so the tobacco is still perfectly fine. The pouches can be hit or miss because if they’re from a grocery store or something like that they might have been sitting there for years and they aren’t exactly hermetically sealed. The tubs on the other hand are sealed until opened and can be stored for long periods of time unopened.
I've had the tubs last quit a long time and only really start to dry out much at all near the end. Less about time by the way and more about how much tobacco is left.
It's almost annoyingly true. I hate that the tubs don't ever dry out! Takes forever for my liking.