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Post by stone on Apr 19, 2019 6:14:49 GMT -5
As I've mentioned I tried the pipe 10 - 12 years ago and failed. Now I am enjoying it again and I found something interesting last night, maybe you guys are already well aware of this 
I got out the few tobaccos which I have an old jar of and have also purchased recently and smelled them back to back. PS LBF, PS LNF, and a non-aromatic blend from a local pipe shop. In every case, the new tobacco had a distinct smell of new-mown hay compared to the rich sweetness of the same tobacco 10 years old. I don't know how to describe it but the smell of the new stuff was grassy with a hint of what the old stuff smelled like.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2019 6:40:55 GMT -5
Enjoy your well aged tobacco’s, any Virginia with 5 plus years of aging will bring you a sweet delight. No harshness or bite. That hay like aroma when fresh......gone. Each puff better then the last......who can ask for more!!!
After 10 plus years you’ll notice a good Burley to be much richer, the cocoa, smooth nuttiness and the essence of brown sugar and molasses......it can’t get any better 👌👍👍
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Post by stone on Apr 19, 2019 6:50:45 GMT -5
Enjoy your well aged tobacco’s, any Virginia with 5 plus years of aging will bring you a sweet delight. No harshness or bite. That hay like aroma when fresh......gone. Each puff better then the last......who can ask for more!!! After 10 plus years you’ll notice a good Burley to be much richer, the cocoa, smooth nuttiness and the essence of brown sugar and molasses......it can’t get any better 👌👍👍 I guess that describes it better than I did
Are there any characteristics of the smoking process that change with age? For example, a properly aged cigar will obviously be mellowed in taste but will also burn perfectly. Never a run or uneven burn and it will not go out like fresher cigars which have to be puffed on a regular basis to keep lit.
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Post by Baboo on Apr 19, 2019 7:10:01 GMT -5
It might be that, as with cigars, the oils and moisture content migrate within the leaf mixture so as to become much more eveny distributed, affording a more uniform burn... idk.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2019 7:13:01 GMT -5
Enjoy your well aged tobacco’s, any Virginia with 5 plus years of aging will bring you a sweet delight. No harshness or bite. That hay like aroma when fresh......gone. Each puff better then the last......who can ask for more!!! After 10 plus years you’ll notice a good Burley to be much richer, the cocoa, smooth nuttiness and the essence of brown sugar and molasses......it can’t get any better 👌👍👍 I guess that describes it better than I did
Are there any characteristics of the smoking process that change with age? For example, a properly aged cigar will obviously be mellowed in taste but will also burn perfectly. Never a run or uneven burn and it will not go out like fresher cigars which have to be puffed on a regular basis to keep lit.
So very true with a well aged cigar. Take Peter Stokkebeye Luxury Bullseye for example: fresh it’s a good smoke, no doubt. With a couple of years of age you’ll notice the Virginia is sweeter and the Perique is spicy, yet smooth. When rubbed out a bit that center Cavendish will add to an enjoyable slower smoke. Let’s just say PS LBF is well worth the wait.....JMHO |
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Post by stone on Apr 19, 2019 7:37:46 GMT -5
It might be, as with cigars, that the oils and moisture content migrate so as to become much more eveny distributed, affording a more uniform burn... idk. Exactly, an aged cigar has had time to evenly distribute it's humidity. Imagine a cigar laying tightly packed in a box, with another cigar on three sides, but the top of the cigar is open to air. If that box of cigars was packaged at 75% RH and then spent a few months at 68% RH, the top of the cigar would be dryer and tend to run when you smoke it. |
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