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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2018 16:39:21 GMT -5
Out of the hundreds of tins and bags of pipe tobacco I have opened in the past, I have discovered mold only a handful of times. I suppose my win/loss average is pretty darn good. However, I find myself avoiding buying fresh tins of the blends of pipe tobacco I dumped because of the fuzzy stuff. This is a bummer, because one of the blends on my NO BUY list happens to be a favorite. Finding mold on these very few tins has influenced the build of my large cellar.
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Post by Dramatwist on May 14, 2018 16:53:43 GMT -5
...are you sure it's not just "bloom", Cap?
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2018 17:02:36 GMT -5
...are you sure it's not just "bloom", Cap? It was definitely not bloom, unfortunately. The several times I've discovered mold in tins, it was fuzzy (or hairy). |
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Post by trailboss on May 14, 2018 18:27:10 GMT -5
What blend got moldy on you?
Discussing the name allows us smokers to see if others have had the same issue, and if it was just a production run limited to a single batch.
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Post by Dramatwist on May 14, 2018 22:11:50 GMT -5
...doesn't seem to be that common, but I have had trouble with tins aging, especially the square ones...
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Post by trailboss on May 14, 2018 23:02:46 GMT -5
...doesn't seem to be that common, but I have had trouble with tins aging, especially the square ones... At the 2016 West Coast Pipe show, I asked Greg Pease about his thoughts on mold...he was surprised that it doesn't happen more often than it does, I reckon that you think about all the variables with moisture and the chemistry in the leaf, that makes sense. A bummer when it haappens...yes, but since I don't pay European prices, I am not going to sweat it out. I decided not to send my C&D small batch blends in when they did a voluntary recall. |
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2018 23:20:05 GMT -5
...doesn't seem to be that common, but I have had trouble with tins aging, especially the square ones... At the 2016 West Coast Pipe show, I asked Greg Pease about his thoughts on mold...he was surprised that it doesn't happen more often than it does, I reckon that you think about all the variables with moisture and the chemistry in the leaf, that makes sense. A bummer when it haappens...yes, but since I don't pay European prices, I am not going to sweat it out. I decided not to send my C&D small batch blends in when they did a voluntary recall. The GL Pease website mentions mold and it reads quite a bit like your comment above. That is, it happens. |
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2018 23:25:11 GMT -5
What blend got moldy on you? Discussing the name allows us smokers to see if others have had the same issue, and if it was just a production run limited to a single batch. Good question, thanks. However, I rather not mention the tins/blender in the post. There have only been a few moldy tins up to this point. But those few tins have informed my current and future purchases. A big chunk of my cellar is tinned, so who knows what will be discovered when the caps are pulled. |
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Post by trailboss on May 14, 2018 23:49:00 GMT -5
I hope that you don't find anymore unpleasant surprises, but by all means when you do, contact the blender, give them the dates you bought it and when opened, average year round temperature you store it at..... this information helps them to better address the issue going forward
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Post by Legend Lover on May 15, 2018 12:22:17 GMT -5
It's things like this that almost puts me off cellaring too much in case I waste a lot of European money.
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Post by Dramatwist on May 15, 2018 12:37:40 GMT -5
It's things like this that almost puts me off cellaring too much in case I waste a lot of European money. ...it's relatively rare in my experience... |
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Post by mgtarheel on May 15, 2018 16:37:40 GMT -5
Not mold, but rust. I had to throw away 2 tins of Kingfishers because the inside of the tins had rust in them. I almost cried.
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Post by Legend Lover on May 15, 2018 16:49:44 GMT -5
Not mold, but rust. I had to throw away 2 tins of Kingfishers because the inside of the tins had rust in them. I almost cried. Should have smoked it anyway and increased your iron intake. |
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Post by trailboss on May 15, 2018 17:45:30 GMT -5
It's things like this that almost puts me off cellaring too much in case I waste a lot of European money. ...it's relatively rare in my experience... +1 |
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Post by trailboss on May 15, 2018 17:47:34 GMT -5
Not mold, but rust. I had to throw away 2 tins of Kingfishers because the inside of the tins had rust in them. I almost cried. Should have smoked it anyway and increased your iron intake. Yep... it would have been a fine after dinner smoke. www.therustypelican.com |
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2018 14:15:00 GMT -5
Not mold, but rust. I had to throw away 2 tins of Kingfishers because the inside of the tins had rust in them. I almost cried. I've encountered rust one time. It was from a decade old square style tin. |
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Post by Dramatwist on May 16, 2018 14:18:18 GMT -5
Not mold, but rust. I had to throw away 2 tins of Kingfishers because the inside of the tins had rust in them. I almost cried. I've encountered rust one time. It was from a decade old square style tin. ...aesthetically, I prefer the square-ish tins, but they're the only ones I've had problems with... not too often, though... |
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2018 14:19:21 GMT -5
It's things like this that almost puts me off cellaring too much in case I waste a lot of European money. ...it's relatively rare in my experience... Definitely agree. If I calculated the numbers, the rate of finding mold would be well under 1%. However, those times I've found mold have changed the way (the blenders/blends) I build my cellar. That is what I was most curious about in this thread. Does anyone else have the "once bitten, twice shy" approach to pipe tobacco buying. |
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Post by Dramatwist on May 16, 2018 14:20:26 GMT -5
...it's relatively rare in my experience... Definitely agree. If I calculated the numbers, the rate of finding mold would be well under 1%. However, those times I've found mold have changed the way (the blenders/blends) I build my cellar. That is what I was most curious about in this thread. Does anyone else have the "once bitten, twice shy" approach to pipe tobacco buying. ...on the same page... |
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Post by zver on May 16, 2018 18:56:38 GMT -5
My experience is nill on opening aged tins. I can see myself taking that blenders stuff off my to buy list. We have a large selection in the states that a few less wont dent my list of blends to try.
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