I’ve been using tobacco for 45 years. Watching the episode regarding slicing and cellaring plug pipe tobacco made me reminisce about a certain chewing tobacco that was called “Days O Work”. Anyhow, it was sold by the compressed plug much similar to what you covered in plug pipe tobacco. It was sold by the compressed brick measuring 2” wide by 3” long and wrapped in light Virginia Tobacco leaf. If my memory serves me right, it was sold by the “Conwood Tobacco” company. It’s name was Apple Cut Plug,
Great Video! I have been smoking a pipe a little over 20 years and during that time I have cellared tons of tobacco. Only way to go. Oh and I have smoked Blue Note and 1Q for all of these years. I bought 2 tins of the steamworks on release day a few weeks ago and I just ordered 5 more tins, needless to say it's my new favorite. Please keep this one in production.
@@KillBillGates if it’s fermenting, it would be more efficient at a colder temperature but a slower process and warmer would be faster but it would use less of the sugars, leaving the tobacco more sugary than than long slow method
For bulk tobacco, I’ve come to appreciate thick Mylar pouches (7mil or better) that I then heat seal. No gas exchange, no light issues, sturdy, and easy to store. Pint and half-pint gusseted pouches are ideal for portioning it into 2-4oz amounts for aging.
I bought some large glass storage jars from a restaurant wholesale website. (They have those metal ring locking mechanisms with the rubber seal) They do an excellent job of storing the tobacco. ( I have been aging this blend I made for about 7 years now)
Personally, I only started cellaring tobacco when it became clear that my government would like few things better than jacking up the taxes on pipe tobacco to the point of unaffordability. 30 years ago, I would have considered storing pounds of tobacco for years clinically insane. Nobody did that. Now, everyone was two brain cells does it.
Just got myself a tin of your Dreams of Kadath Plug tobacco, and can not wait to open it up later on and give it a go. My first plug ever, so definitely looking forward to that.
Jeremy - Thank you for being such an amazing resource to the pipe smoking community. I compulsively put my tobacco into mason jars once I've opened the tin. While C&D does have excellent packaging, I feel that the included plastic cap doesn't seal well enough for cellaring. As a minor note- I live at high altitude and have yet to have a C&D tin fail on me even if they are clearly a bit bulged due to atmospheric pressure differential; I assume that they are sealed much closer to sea level. I have 11 tins of 2021 House Reserve (the virginia blend) that are a bit... rotund. I'm looking forward to opening one in a few weeks when I've got a free mason jar to put it into. It is the blend that came along at the right time in my pipe smoking odyssey where I had gained the ability and observation to smoke a virginia without burning it too hot, which opened a new world to me. Still love english and balkan blends, but I have really come to appreciate virginia leaf, both red and bright (C&D small batch red leaf is wonderful btw... well worth the way it tends to sting my eyes). I have to thank you for this, I love your blends and really appreciate what you do.
How about relative humidity when storing? I bought some little electric hygrometers, and put one in a jar to get it where I want it. It seems 70 percent is a bit moist, and 60 percent is almost too dry. As you suggest here. I have wondered about fermentation during storage. If so, too dry may not encourage microbial activity, but enzymatic reaction could be another matter. Also, on that note, I've wondered about using a little cured, uncased leaf in the blends because that should bear more microbes than cased, stoved, or certainly cavendished tobacco (that's must be dead) A wee bit of Perique may serve as an inoculant. Any ideas?
I dunno how C&D does it but your blends are just all so good. My regulars include Haunted Bookshop RedBurn Night Train Briar Fox All unique and distinct but all smooth and flavorful. I’m a C&D fanboy
I've found that sometimes when I cellar tobaccos for more than a few years they get too mellow. Some of the magic disappears. This especially true for blends I like that have perique or orientals. Those flavors (to me) fall too far back after time that I tend not to enjoy the blends as much.
I’m wondering if the round tins with the good rubber seal like a mason jar are just as good as a jar for storage? I don’t really see any difference as long as that seal is tight.
Most of my C&D tobaccos remain un-opened, some of them 20+ years. (Yes, I have quite the stockpile.) Hope I live long enough to taste some of them. That may not happen, but it's a goal, y'know.
Hello sir Great video and info.what's the recommended temperature of a cellar? Mine stays in between 66 and 67° F. Is that excessively cold could I have it at around 70-71°F?
Good morning and thank you for all the information and suggestions as well as for the quality of your precious tobaccos. Can I allow myself to ask a question? Recently I was able to taste the Pirate Kake, Orient Express and also the Meridian (which, even though it is from Pease, you produce), I wanted to ask what causes that "pine needle, resinous" flavor that these blends partly share. Thanks for the reply.
Hey Jeremy would you say with a blend like Haunted Bookshop would it be better to store it in a ball jar or would it be better to let it age in the original 16 ounce ziploc that the tobacco comes in originally?
Peccato non conosca l' inglese ma conosco i vostri tabacchi perché provati e per fame ottimi eccezionali peccato che in Italia mancano e quei pochi costano troppo
I 'cellar' out of necessity, it's just how I store tobacco for use. Been pipe smoking for a year and a half and I've 'collected' many different blends that I've gotten to try. I have my pipe in front of my door outside, a single ounce lasts me a very long time so I wouldn't have tried anywhere near the number of blends I have without it.
So it seems for tubs, like the one featured and centered in this video that he taps on, are always just cellar'ed as is even if semi permeable by design? Would that apply to say a tub of Sir Walter Raleigh ?
What measure should I take since I live in an area of extreme heat. And I store my tobacco according to the recommendations in this video, but as the days go by, the tobacco dries out and becomes unpleasant to smoke. greetings
Hi there I hope you’re all doing well I have a question We all know there are many blends that either cased or topped with alcoholic beverages, My question is: 1- does all the alcohol evaporates during the smoking process 2- in other words does the alcohol enters our system when we smoke these blends
Why is aging cigars and aging pipe tobacco so different - when you age pipe tobacco you want to seal it up and keep it closed, but with cigars you want the air to circulate. I’ve never been about to understand what the difference is. Anyone know?
I have no idea, but im thinking since pipetobacco is loose its gonna dry out if you let it air. Whereas cigars are tightly rolled it might get moldy?? I have no idea thou
How about a product called the “Bithday Blend” where a customer can buy (say 10) and open a tin every birthday? Have different blends that you know age well:)
A lot of this disappoints me. I live in a tiny house with great fluctuations in temperature and store my open jars in the kitchen. I hope everything is ok.
I'm in the same boat. I keep all of my stuff in a none transparent tote and never have issues with anything. Alot I have is 10 years old now and smokes just fine.
Don’t you worry! People have been storing tobacco long before the invention of climate control. You’ll be just fine as long as you keep it in the best place you can and keep it out of sunlight. You want to limit sudden swings in temperature.
He didn’t say that aging tobacco was a new phenomenon, he said that pipe smoking transitioned in recent history, key word being recent, from a commodity that was meant to be used as it was made to where it seems to be heading currently which is a treasured hobby. In this context, he said that he didn’t think that pipe smokers of the 1940’s and 50’s were aging their tobacco, there’s nothing about that statement that says modern pipers invented aging tobacco.
I don’t get the whole cigar thing. I’ve smoked quite a few what’s considered high quality cigars and every single one tastes acrid very fast. But when I smoke non aromatic pipe tobaccos I don’t experience that. For me I just don’t see the point of paying 30 dollars for a cigar that ends up tasting acrid but I also don’t think I like the taste of cigar leaves as much as say a good English blend as long as it’s not a lat bomb or a good Kentucky dark fire or a good straight burley or Virginia etc. I even tried a dark fire Kentucky cigar and it was not the same or as tasty as smoking that leaf out of a pipe to me. I only use meerschaum pipes and I find everything tastes better in a meerschaum followed by a corn cob. I don’t care for briars as I get muted flavors but again that’s just me. I agree with your comment of aromatics I started off smoking then but after I dabbed into good non aromatics there was no going back it just isn’t the same for sure
I’ve been using tobacco for 45 years. Watching the episode regarding slicing and cellaring plug pipe tobacco made me reminisce about a certain chewing tobacco that was called “Days O Work”. Anyhow, it was sold by the compressed plug much similar to what you covered in plug pipe tobacco. It was sold by the compressed brick measuring 2” wide by 3” long and wrapped in light Virginia
Tobacco leaf. If my memory serves me right, it was sold by the “Conwood Tobacco” company. It’s name was Apple Cut Plug,
Brilliant episode - a topic that we all need to understand as pipe smokers 😊 thank you Jeremy
Great episode! I store all of my tobacco in mason jars inside of a wine cooler. It’s been about 3 years so far and no issues.
Great Video! I have been smoking a pipe a little over 20 years and during that time I have cellared tons of tobacco. Only way to go. Oh and I have smoked Blue Note and 1Q for all of these years. I bought 2 tins of the steamworks on release day a few weeks ago and I just ordered 5 more tins, needless to say it's my new favorite. Please keep this one in production.
@@Burley_Bert Yeah that's going to be the hard part.
what's the recommended temperature of a cellar? Mine stays in between 66 and 67° F. Is that excessively cold could I have it at around 70-71°F?
@@TobyPlaysBassbroke into it yet?
@@KillBillGates if it’s fermenting, it would be more efficient at a colder temperature but a slower process and warmer would be faster but it would use less of the sugars, leaving the tobacco more sugary than than long slow method
Also mold is more prone to happen at warmer temperatures
For bulk tobacco, I’ve come to appreciate thick Mylar pouches (7mil or better) that I then heat seal. No gas exchange, no light issues, sturdy, and easy to store. Pint and half-pint gusseted pouches are ideal for portioning it into 2-4oz amounts for aging.
I bought some large glass storage jars from a restaurant wholesale website. (They have those metal ring locking mechanisms with the rubber seal) They do an excellent job of storing the tobacco.
( I have been aging this blend I made for about 7 years now)
Wonderful video, Mr. Reeves! Thank you so much!
Must be such an awesome job. Thank you for the advice, really appreciate it
Thanks for watching!
Enjoyable and informative video, as are all of your others. Please keep sharing your expertise with us!
Thanks, will do!
Personally, I only started cellaring tobacco when it became clear that my government would like few things better than jacking up the taxes on pipe tobacco to the point of unaffordability. 30 years ago, I would have considered storing pounds of tobacco for years clinically insane. Nobody did that. Now, everyone was two brain cells does it.
Please turn the music off next time
Thanks for sharing this information with us. I appreciate your viewpoint on this topic.
How am I just finding out about this channel now? Fucking algorithm
Can't wait to churn through the backlog
Right? They know everything about me yet never send me pipe videos
i started s callar recently and found this helpful
Maybe you could start spell check
Thank you !!!
Just got myself a tin of your Dreams of Kadath Plug tobacco, and can not wait to open it up later on and give it a go. My first plug ever, so definitely looking forward to that.
Great video content…well done.👍 Thanks Jeremy
Jeremy -
Thank you for being such an amazing resource to the pipe smoking community.
I compulsively put my tobacco into mason jars once I've opened the tin. While C&D does have excellent packaging, I feel that the included plastic cap doesn't seal well enough for cellaring. As a minor note- I live at high altitude and have yet to have a C&D tin fail on me even if they are clearly a bit bulged due to atmospheric pressure differential; I assume that they are sealed much closer to sea level. I have 11 tins of 2021 House Reserve (the virginia blend) that are a bit... rotund. I'm looking forward to opening one in a few weeks when I've got a free mason jar to put it into. It is the blend that came along at the right time in my pipe smoking odyssey where I had gained the ability and observation to smoke a virginia without burning it too hot, which opened a new world to me. Still love english and balkan blends, but I have really come to appreciate virginia leaf, both red and bright (C&D small batch red leaf is wonderful btw... well worth the way it tends to sting my eyes).
I have to thank you for this, I love your blends and really appreciate what you do.
Great info, thanks for watching!
Great help...good information I have not heard some of the things before
How about relative humidity when storing? I bought some little electric hygrometers, and put one in a jar to get it where I want it. It seems 70 percent is a bit moist, and 60 percent is almost too dry. As you suggest here. I have wondered about fermentation during storage. If so, too dry may not encourage microbial activity, but enzymatic reaction could be another matter. Also, on that note, I've wondered about using a little cured, uncased leaf in the blends because that should bear more microbes than cased, stoved, or certainly cavendished tobacco (that's must be dead) A wee bit of Perique may serve as an inoculant. Any ideas?
Informative video. Thank you
I dunno how C&D does it but your blends are just all so good.
My regulars include
Haunted Bookshop
RedBurn
Night Train
Briar Fox
All unique and distinct but all smooth and flavorful.
I’m a C&D fanboy
The brights in Night Train are soo good! Very citrus/lemon/floral notes… I could wax poetic for paragraphs about each.
So do you not use humidification on pipe tobacco?
Great tale and info. Thank you.
Our pleasure!
Would it be possible for someone to add a link on your website of what stores carry your tobacco? The only places I'm able to find it are online.
I've found that sometimes when I cellar tobaccos for more than a few years they get too mellow. Some of the magic disappears. This especially true for blends I like that have perique or orientals. Those flavors (to me) fall too far back after time that I tend not to enjoy the blends as much.
I’m wondering if the round tins with the good rubber seal like a mason jar are just as good as a jar for storage? I don’t really see any difference as long as that seal is tight.
Even the round tins will let in oxygen, where as mason jars are air tight which is best for long term aging.
Thank you for your sharing. I have been storing my tobacco in my basement office. It stays around 55 degrees. Is this safe.
Yes it's safe, tobacco stored at this temperature will age very slowly but in a good way. You're also minimizing the likelihood of mold developing.
Would really like to hear more about stoving techniques and science.
Hi ! Is there a detailed video describing the chemistry of tobacco aging that goes deeper into the science of fermentation?
Not that I know of, we will look into that discussion
Steamworks! 2024 is something else. Great video. I wish Steamworks was a regular blend.
Thanks for the support!
Most of my C&D tobaccos remain un-opened, some of them 20+ years. (Yes, I have quite the stockpile.)
Hope I live long enough to taste some of them. That may not happen, but it's a goal, y'know.
Sounds like a great goal. Enjoy!
Hello sir Great video and info.what's the recommended temperature of a cellar? Mine stays in between 66 and 67° F. Is that excessively cold could I have it at around 70-71°F?
That perfect. You may have mold issue everything over 70f.
Which of C&D blends do you believe ages the best?
Good morning and thank you for all the information and suggestions as well as for the quality of your precious tobaccos. Can I allow myself to ask a question? Recently I was able to taste the Pirate Kake, Orient Express and also the Meridian (which, even though it is from Pease, you produce), I wanted to ask what causes that "pine needle, resinous" flavor that these blends partly share. Thanks for the reply.
Another amazing video! How long is too long for a jar to age though? That’s my question still to this day?
Each blend will age differently, and everyone has taste preferences. We recommend trying blends throughout the aging process to see how they age.
Hey Jeremy would you say with a blend like Haunted Bookshop would it be better to store it in a ball jar or would it be better to let it age in the original 16 ounce ziploc that the tobacco comes in originally?
Ziploc is only a temporary storage option, jar it.
Alrighty will definitely be sure to do that thanks buddy 🤝😉
So if I age a tin or jar for day 5 years. Once I open it.. can’t I just re jar it?
Peccato non conosca l' inglese ma conosco i vostri tabacchi perché provati e per fame ottimi eccezionali peccato che in Italia mancano e quei pochi costano troppo
So, you put the bulk into glass jars and vacuum seal the jars or just close them tightly?
Just close them tightly
I 'cellar' out of necessity, it's just how I store tobacco for use.
Been pipe smoking for a year and a half and I've 'collected' many different blends that I've gotten to try. I have my pipe in front of my door outside, a single ounce lasts me a very long time so I wouldn't have tried anywhere near the number of blends I have without it.
Terrific video!! Now, when are you throwing a tobacco pipe smoking party? 😂
I have a four-year-old tin of Awakened Elder and I'm scared to open it as if some entity has grown within it that I must keep contained.
Open it! Open it! iah iah ftagan!
@@thepilgrim8336 I opened it under this new channel. The video is live!
@@thepilgrim8336 I did it under this channel, in thick fog and lantern light. Video is live!
Pls send it to me and I'll open it for you 😂
@@c393083 opened it under this account and posted the video!
How long can you store an aromatic in a mason jar that you bought in bulk?
Aromatics can be stored for quite a long time in a Mason jar but each blend is a bit different based on what's included in it.
So it seems for tubs, like the one featured and centered in this video that he taps on, are always just cellar'ed as is even if semi permeable by design? Would that apply to say a tub of Sir Walter Raleigh ?
These tins are metal and not permeable. He’s saying they aren’t vacuum sealed, so there is more air than in something like Mac Baren or Peterson tins.
@@Orochi_001 got it. thanks. I come from a background of removing air and it is weird and fun exploring the how the aging process works
@@chocolatemonk I’m curious myself to discover the difference between aerobic and anaerobic aging.
What measure should I take since I live in an area of extreme heat. And I store my tobacco according to the recommendations in this video, but as the days go by, the tobacco dries out and becomes unpleasant to smoke. greetings
Keep it in a mason jar and the coolest and most consistent place in your home.
Cellar wide and deep!
Hi there I hope you’re all doing well
I have a question
We all know there are many blends that either cased or topped with alcoholic beverages,
My question is: 1- does all the alcohol evaporates during the smoking process
2- in other words does the alcohol enters our system when we smoke these blends
Alcohol is evaporated prior to packaging. We apply alcohol and then let it infuse the flavors, but there is no (or very little) alcohol left over.
Jeremy, what are the chances we'll see another Steamworks batch for 2025?
Why is aging cigars and aging pipe tobacco so different - when you age pipe tobacco you want to seal it up and keep it closed, but with cigars you want the air to circulate. I’ve never been about to understand what the difference is. Anyone know?
I have no idea, but im thinking since pipetobacco is loose its gonna dry out if you let it air. Whereas cigars are tightly rolled it might get moldy?? I have no idea thou
So the age-old question: Should you cellar aromatic pipe tobacco (ex. Cavendish, Virginia blends, etc)?
Virginia benefit from storing, it turns more sweet
Where can we get one of those hats youre wearing!?
How about a product called the “Bithday Blend” where a customer can buy (say 10) and open a tin every birthday?
Have different blends that you know age well:)
Cool idea
I apologize, my dear, I was only able to like the video once, UA-cam didn't allow others.
❤
Petition to make Steamworks a mainline blend
I cellar my tobacco in shoe boxes under my bathroom sink
A lot of this disappoints me. I live in a tiny house with great fluctuations in temperature and store my open jars in the kitchen. I hope everything is ok.
I'm in the same boat. I keep all of my stuff in a none transparent tote and never have issues with anything. Alot I have is 10 years old now and smokes just fine.
@@Burley_Bert great idea on the cooler, thanks!
Don’t you worry! People have been storing tobacco long before the invention of climate control. You’ll be just fine as long as you keep it in the best place you can and keep it out of sunlight. You want to limit sudden swings in temperature.
Why on earth would you do that to your hand?
Good sir your aromatics are some of the worst I have ever tasted !
Fermenting of tobacco which is subsequently smoked in a pipe has been around for millennia. It is not an invention of the past several decades.
He didn’t say that aging tobacco was a new phenomenon, he said that pipe smoking transitioned in recent history, key word being recent, from a commodity that was meant to be used as it was made to where it seems to be heading currently which is a treasured hobby. In this context, he said that he didn’t think that pipe smokers of the 1940’s and 50’s were aging their tobacco, there’s nothing about that statement that says modern pipers invented aging tobacco.
I don’t get the whole cigar thing. I’ve smoked quite a few what’s considered high quality cigars and every single one tastes acrid very fast. But when I smoke non aromatic pipe tobaccos I don’t experience that. For me I just don’t see the point of paying 30 dollars for a cigar that ends up tasting acrid but I also don’t think I like the taste of cigar leaves as much as say a good English blend as long as it’s not a lat bomb or a good Kentucky dark fire or a good straight burley or Virginia etc. I even tried a dark fire Kentucky cigar and it was not the same or as tasty as smoking that leaf out of a pipe to me. I only use meerschaum pipes and I find everything tastes better in a meerschaum followed by a corn cob. I don’t care for briars as I get muted flavors but again that’s just me. I agree with your comment of aromatics I started off smoking then but after I dabbed into good non aromatics there was no going back it just isn’t the same for sure