Wessex Gold Brick

[peckinpahhombre]

I enjoy this tobacco and bought 10 bricks to cellar. However, the bricks come in what appears to be a flimsy cellophane package? Does anyone cellar this stuff and if so how do you do that? One idea I had is to be the massive canning jars and just drop the bricks (with cellophane on) in and seal them up. I am just nervous about the integrity of the cellophane.

 

[cigrmaster]

Check out the jars I have on the first shelf, they are bail top with silicone gaskets. I buy them at walmart and store all my bulks in them. The ones showing there will hold ten of the bricks, or 2 pounds of flake. They have even larger ones that will hold 5 pounds of my St James Flake. The ones that are a bit shorter will hold 1.5 pounds.
Just ordered another 5 bricks tonight, I cannot wait to see what age does to it. I like it fresh but I know it is going to age very well.

 

[sparroa]

I'd take the brick out of the cellophane and cellar it in a mason jar - one brick per jar.
I would also consider cutting it in half and going by 50 g increments for the same reason that roth notes above. If I could find smaller jars, I'd prefer that route.
I'd rather have many small jars than a few large ones so that they could age without interruption.

 

[jpberg]

As far as I've seen, that cellophane is unique to the Gold Brick, I've never seen any other tobacco packed exactly like that.
You can easily fit 5 bricks in a "normal" sized mason jar. I remove the cellophane, but I don't think it's going to make a difference.

 

[cigrmaster]

All my big jars are for long term aging. I have one jar that I keep some of my aged SG bulks that I smoke out of. then the rest get closed and do not see the light of day for years. I have smaller glass jars that have bale tops and rubber gaskets that only hold 4-5 ounces that I also use to smoke out of. I cannot imagine storing 35 pounds in jars that only hold a few ounces, that is just too many jars and I don't have the space. Everyone has their methods of storing and aging and what ever works is all that counts.
I have one of my bricks in a glass jar, the rest are put away. When I get my next order in,I will take one more brick to smoke and store the rest for long term.

 

[shaneireland]

I don't trust cellophane. The small Half Pint mason jars are perfect for Gold Bricks and I just remove the wrapper and drop them in.

 

[tbradsim1]

+1 on the Jars, with or without cellophane , whatever floats your boat , and yep damn good smoke.

 

[mcitinner1]

Well you guys tripped my trigger today...I ordered seven bricks to get the free shipping from SP. P&C was much higher on this blend, plus it gets here faster with SP's UPS shipping.

 

[mcitinner1]

Now I'm wishing I'd bought ten, in case they have to break up a quantity bag.
edit: Well I just called Smoking Pipes, and the Wessex Gold Bricks only come individually.

 

[davet]

I've been on a bit of a plug binge lately and have really enjoyed this one. Nothing fancy, a nice medium Virginia. I was wondering what a year or two will do for this, have any of you gone back to this with some age on it? Is anyone smoking this regularly?

 

[mcitinner1]

Peck started this thread 2 years ago...maybe he'll tell us about it now.
The stuff I bought all went (still in original package) into quart jars.

 

[jpberg]

davet, over the late summer and fall I smoked a brick that I'd put up in 2009. I can't say that it has undergone a major change, I think the sugars have come forward a little, and the bits of grass and brightness have receded, leaving the overall taste just a bit darker than when fresh.

 

[davet]

leaving the overall taste just a bit darker than when fresh.

This sounds like a good thing, I'm enjoying it fresh and was thinking a bit of age might result in what you describe.

 

[aggravatedfarmer]

Next time I do a massive order, this will be on it. Heard nothing but great things about it.

 

[peckinpahhombre]

I haven't opened any in some time. I have some with about 3 years of age so I should open one soon and test it out.

 

[davet]

Looking forward to hearing how it turns out, a pretty good smoke when fresh it should be great with some age.

 

[david555]

I bought 5 bricks and opened one. Very good stuff.

For the remaining 4, I cut a large vacuum seal bag into smaller pieces that were large enough to fit the bricks and sealed them individually. I'm pretty sure it worked, but we shall see.