What Did You Acquire Last Year for Your tobacco Cellar? Please Post Pics

[carbonmated]

Being new to pipe smoking, going on one month, I have 4 small jars and 9 tins tucked away. When I grow up I want to be like MLK :worship:

 

[easterntraveler]

First, thanks for sharing. I enjoy seller threads as well. Some really nice looking stashes being represented in here. Thanks for the compliment deathmetal. My wife said I could use the cupboard but only if I kept it orderly. So now that I have some vintage tins how and when do I smoke them? Do you blow through a tin or do you open it up, smoke a bowl then jar it up for the future? I did stock up on some Mississippi river, and Edgeworth match last year as well. I do want 10 tins of Wallace flake, 5 tins of Kentucky bold and some Bengal slices when they come out. Other then that, I really want 1 more meer. My desire to make large purchases has dwindled.

 

[deathmetal]

Do you blow through a tin or do you open it up, smoke a bowl then jar it up for the future

Depends on what's in it. If I love it, I usually keep the tin open and end up smoking all of it. If I think it's an occasional smoke, or will benefit from age, I put it in a jar and send it into the darkness. This is why I have never jarred Irish Oak, but have some 1792 Flake aging like John McCain.

 

[jvnshr]

Yummy...

 

[newbroom]

What I acquired was knowledge in the form of experience having been able to sample a great many tobaccos from a variety of blenders.

I've learned to 'temper' what threatened to become an anxiety over tobacco acquisition.

I could be happy smoking Carter Hall for the remainder, but I'm sure glad I got to know C&D and Oulette blends.

Taste and nicotine are my preferred components. Rich, strong and flavorful, like a good cup of coffee.

I'll opt for a tin of something considered more fancy on occasion, but I buy bulk blends for the most part.

The best of these are Cornell and Diehl's.

 

[easterntraveler]

Dadgy, what did you add to your cellar? Made a huge jump in tobacco

 

[easterntraveler]

Nice additions Stickframer. I have yet to try margate even though I have a little bit. Definitely will not acquire as much tobacco this year but we will see.

 

[danielplainview]

@ eastern traveler, I hope the placement of your skull Meer is just for the photo. Bump that shelf, and it's done.
Nice stash guys. I may have bought a tin or two last year.

 

[cynicismandsugar]

I dig threads like this; they leave me inspired.
I just threw most of my tobacco, from this year, in a storage tote. Not quite as photogenic as a cellar/shelf, but it gets the job done.

 

[dadgy]

Dadgy, what did you add to your cellar? Made a huge jump in tobacco

Here is my tobacco cellar page. Anything not from 2007-2008 was added this year. Mostly a taste of this or that, unless something really resonated with me.

 

[easterntraveler]

@Dave g, yes the Meer was placed there for the photo. Stays in its case until I smoke it.

 

[stickframer]

It's great looking at all this baccy. Nice work everyone :clap:
@eastern: Margate's pretty good. No unicorns or fairies flew out of the bag when I opened it, but it is a well balanced and flavorful smoke.

 

[pipestud]

This thread has made my keyboard soggy with drool.

 

[phred]

Hmmm. I tried to avoid too much acquisition, as my consumption rate is pretty low. I did lay in several more tins of Escudo so that I have both a fresh tin on hand, and some for aging comparisons later. I picked up some tins of Black House for much the same reason. Most everything else I picked up this year, though, was for more immediate consumption. Okay, eventual consumption - I still haven't cracked any of the Tsuge tins that I bought, as I'm still working through the Bjarne Viking tins... At this point, I don't see much point in cellaring extra tins of stuff I haven't tried yet, so 2016 will be another year of exploration.

 

[easterntraveler]

I atleast buy in pairs even if I have never tried it. Worst case scenario I try it and then trade it away because I don't like it.

 

[clickklick]

Not enough

 

[didimauw]

I have nothing worthy of pictures, just a few tubs of Carter Hall, and a few pounds of bulk burley blends. This year being my first as a full time piper, my cellar should grow substantially

 

[easterntraveler]

Not enough?

 

[ltstone]

Thats an insane amount of tobacco!!

 

[easterntraveler]

That is what 40lbs looks like. Would like to get to 50.