When Was Bracken Flake Last Produced?

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georged

Lifer
Mar 7, 2013
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I have a rectangular tin with no stickers, stamps, or date ID of any kind. Wondering what the minimum age of it could be.

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xrundog

Lifer
Oct 23, 2014
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Ames, IA
It’s probably been 10 years since it was discontinued. It was hard to get for awhile too.
Bracken Flake gains strength over time. I was gifted some recently and it is…stout. Still tasty though.
 
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georged

Lifer
Mar 7, 2013
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Alrighty then...

I opened the tin and the condition was perfect.

Chopped the bacon strips into 3/8" pieces, buzzed the pieces with spice grinder blips into sprinkle-able looseness, gravity-filled a large-bowled pipe (with a couple pinches added on top to get a perfect draw), and light-ified it.

YUM!!!

It's some massively punchy, massively tasty stuff for sure. Easily an all-time top 5 favorite.

My only regret (of course) is that it's no longer made.

Maybe Rachel will stop by to tell us why it was discontinued so that I can argue with her for several pages about how that was a bad idea, GH&Co doesn't know what they're doing, and so forth. rotf
 

HeadMisfit

Can't Leave
Oct 15, 2025
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Alrighty then...

I opened the tin and the condition was perfect.

Chopped the bacon strips into 3/8" pieces, buzzed the pieces with spice grinder blips into sprinkle-able looseness, gravity-filled a large-bowled pipe (with a couple pinches added on top to get a perfect draw), and light-ified it.

YUM!!!

It's some massively punchy, massively tasty stuff for sure. Easily an all-time top 5 favorite.

My only regret (of course) is that it's no longer made.

Maybe Rachel will stop by to tell us why it was discontinued so that I can argue with her for several pages about how that was a bad idea, GH&Co doesn't know what they're doing, and so forth. rotf
It's a proven fact they don't know shit.
 
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