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That slight staining of the paper says that it has age...I popped a 3 year old tin recently, it was veeeeery good the rest of the cellar will be ready in another 3 years or so.

I have 9 tins from 2014, five from 2015.

Brian Levine did a test of several years of aged Escudo, and it was his opinion that after 7 years the Perique starts to lose it's "punch"...7 years was the sweet spot....If I remember correctly.

I'm sure the pitch forks and torches will be at my house soon but. Confession time i don't care for escudo much.

Can't stand the stuff.

I prefer the blends where the Perique is fruity rather than spicy.

As I've mentioned here in the past month I was trying Escudo and DH Navy rolls for the first time.
After a half tin of each, I'm leaning to the DH, but the Escudo has a place in my rotation

for a big profit.

Those painted tins are a high ticket item for sure.

The Bullseye flake is definitely a different animal than when fresh...I still enjoy it fresh, but now that I have some with age on it, it only makes sense to pick up some annualy when the Stokkebye products go on sale...even at regular price though, it is a bargain.

I have had the Cope, Peterson and STG. I think they are all very close and all very good.  I may be wrong here but I recall someone posting somewhere that the original equipment has made its way along each company takeover.