This video takes the viewer through a journey of discovery that I Came Upon while smoking one of my favorite blends of tobacco with regards to cellaring pipe tobacco
i could not agree more, but for some reason i noticed that this guy doesn't respond to comments the latest months, i hope everything is fine cause he is a quality man with great altitude, talking charisma and high values, it's a pleasure for me to watch his videos not to mention that i have learnt o lot for pipe smoking from him
@@raymond6845 yes I already knew that since i have subscribed to his channel and got the ring bell the other day, I was so happy to see him back, but hey thanks a lot!!
The excellence of this content is two fold. Mutton chops videos are wonderful. I've smoked pipes of and on for 30 years and these videos have changed it emensly. Second.. the comment section is some of the most thoughtful and pleasant on UA-cam. Glad to be here.
Dude I hope you come back eventually your videos are truly amazing!! I hope you are well!! This coming Thursday is thanksgiving, I do sincerely hope you are well!!
Inadvertent cellaring...Cleaning my workbench I found an old margarine tub with an aromatic blend I hand mixed...in 1987. It was a little dry so I re-hydrated it and it smoked very nicely. Good flavor to be sure, but I don't know that I would say it was any better than before it fell behind the toolbox. At least I can say I've smoked 31 year old tobacco. (For any Virginians out there, it was mixed at the "Ye Olde Tobacconist Shoppe" that used to be in Busch Gardens, Williamsburg). Keep up the great videos, brother.
I want to thank you for making these videos. Knowing what to do with your tobacco and pipes makes smoking so much more enjoyable. I wish I had discovered your videos years ago, perhaps I wouldn't have made every rookie mistake possible.
ddilley83 - You're welcome my friend, I'm right there with you, I wish I had the me of today to talk to and help me out back in 1978 it would of prevented a lot of misery. 👍👍👍
Thanks for taking your time to post all this info. I'm a new subscriber and I've been cruising your videos the last few days. I own several pipes, don't smoke very often, but your videos have given me a new appreciation!
t bob - on my channel we don't say new subscriber, in my opinion it's too impersonal, instead we say I have joined the muttnchop pipe club, because I truly think that's what we all are, members of a large youtube pipe club. So let me say welcome to the club my friend, and I'm glad you are enjoying the videos. 👍👍👍
Thank you for your help and advice on this forum, through the information contained in this video I was able to locate the manufacturing date on my dunhill blend of tobacco and it made my experience so much more pleasant and enjoyable knowing it had been aged about 4 years as well..👌
Dear, I join the comment of the colleagues, if the videos of the channel could have subtitles in Spanish, it would go further spreading what we like the most! Congratulations for such content and greetings from Córdoba, Argentina... good 💨💨
hey mr muttnchop i quit smoking cigarettes after 45 years .one year clean i decided to try a pipe and im loving it but i didnt know there was so much to it im learning a lot from your videos thank you so much and keep doing it all the best my friend from the uk
Wow, it seems I have the same!! I bought the same deal from the website and I checked now, 2012 it is!! thank you for making me notice since I haven't cracked any open until now... what a channel!
You're right on the spot here. When years ago I first learned from American YT pipe presenters about cellaring (which doesn't seem to be a common practice over here in Europe), I was sceptical, to say the least. But as soon as I'd tried it, my doubts vanished. Cellaring really does make a difference, especially to English blends. Now I always let a few tins of my favourite tobaccos sit for 2-3 years before popping them.
I recently found a tin of Old Dark Fired at a tobacconist in Baton Rouge, LA. It had almost 4 years of age on it. When I got back to Texas and opened it, the scent of fermentation was overpowering. There was so much plume on this tobacco, (loupe verified, not mold!). Amazing.
Very clear. I've never thought about that. From now on I'll buy my tins two by two, one for immediate use, since I know myself and couldn't resist tasting a new purchase almost on spot, and one for cellaring. Thank you Sir.
Thank you so much for this video. I found a tin of My Mixture 965 (which I've never had before) from St. Patrick's Day, 2011 in my cellar. Discovered Dunhill is using Orlek's dating convention since 2008. I'll probably wait another five years before opening that tin and will buy a fresh one, if curious. I'm very grateful you prompted my search from your (as usual) great information. Take care,
Hi there my piping good buddy, back here for my nightly routine of watching your videos here, just thought I drop ya a line to say I'm praying for ya brother, hope you and the family are doing well there and wanted to say sending you and them the very best wishes my friend. Much love good buddy take good care 😉
Sounds like you got lucky on getting aged tins. I made a little trip to a nearby cigar/pipe shop yesterday and they had a large stock of mcclelland tins and I picked up 8 of my favorite tins and a couple cigars to try. A couple were dingy from the cigar smoke- a good sign. They had price stickers over the dates so I couldn't tell the age in the store, after getting home and doing some peeling I was delighted, a few of the oldest ones were St. James Woods from 2011 and Bombay Court from 09' . They had a bunch more left that had gotten dingy. I will be going back soon, they even gave me a 10% discount for showing my pipe club card.
great information here. thank you for doing these kind of videos. I am learning so much from your wealth of knowledge that I can pass on to other pipers.
A few weeks ago, I was lucky and got a tin of MacBaren’s bold Kentucky that had four years of age on it. Looking forward to smoking it when winter comes.
Dear Chris, thank you for sharing this interesting experience! I myself came recently about a tin of Wellauer's Best (a tobacco that I haven't smoked so far) at my little newspaper and tobacco shop round the corner. It still has a price and tax label in Deutsche Mark, therefore it is at least from 2001, before the Euro was introduced. I wonder how it has developed, and I will buy me a new tin to compare it, just for curiousity. Let's see! Best regards from Munich, Peter
Just found your channel. Love the videos so far. Keep up the great work! Would love a step by step on how you cellar, what bulk blends you prefer, etc. I'm trying to start getting into that. thank yoU!
I am a big fan of cellaring, but sadly some of my favorites are flake tobacco's that come in square tins. The square tins tend to be very finicky about maintaining their seal. I would recommend going ahead and popping the seal on these, and dropping them into an appropriate sized mason jar to advance the aging process. I've had too many square tins compromised in the past, to take any chances. Another great video Chris!
just popped a tin of best brown flake last night, made a sccchhhhhuurpt sound as I leveraged the coin in the corner. Unfortunately, I don't think SG stuff ages well. It was extremely goopy, and the smoke was acrid and awful. Hopefully things will change.
I had just started smoking a pipe around Sept 2017 and the first 2 tins I bought were early morning pipe and nightcap. I had no idea at the time that they were also the 2012 batch... Looking back I'm thinking " wow! What a way to begin a pipe tobacco hobby with such a fine, aged tobacco!"
Nicholas Cox - You’re right, but be aware the next time you purchase one of these tobacco’s it might be a fresh tin, and it will taste different, so try and remember that when you say, there must be something wrong with this tobacco it taste different, let me tell you it’s happened to me several times. 😃😃😃
Great video Muttonchop! Keep up the good work! I recently got a new tin of nightcap and had the same thought as you when I smoked it. Night and day as far flavor goes. Turns out the tin was two years old. It has defiantly spurred me on to cellering more tobacco.
Wonderful video sir. I'm really new to the hobby and I've started my friends at work on it as well. Love your video series always content rich with intelligible presentation. I can't wait to get my tins and samples for the pipe club.
Thank you for teaching your valuable experience! Your a gentleman, a scholar, and a glass of fine wine, and there’s damn few left of us! Could you tell us what books you have on your shelf! Thank you!
Hey Muttnchop, I just bought a tin of NightCap and EMP and it came in roughly three days ago. Going by your research my tins were produced in 2012, already over four years age on mine as well. I noticed the same thing you did, the stains on the paper under the tobacco, and of course a great aroma and it smoked very deliciously. Apparently I need to place an order again. That's a great jump start on cellaring!
ricky davis - congrats my friend, nothing like aged tobacco with Virginia being one of the Blend components, deepens and smooths the blend to delicious bliss. 👍👍👍
Great video Chris. Cellaring tobacco to age is the most important reason to do it, after availability and the price. It is nice how you bring it in to the video. Regards. Janez
very gd job Chris that was awesome I've got some that I'm cellering been there for six years I'm not going to touch therm for another year thanks Chris great video ☺☺☺☺👍👍👍👍👍👍 best regards Peter.
Night cap was my first pipe tobacco and I have veey fond memeories of it, but I haven't tried it again. I think, as I was buying from a small town tobacconist, that it had some age on it. Because I recall wondering why my second tin of a different brand didn't have stained paper. It was a wonderful smoke, I'll need to age some myself
Thank you for this informative video. I like how you take your time to explain everything, which is great for a beginner like myself :) I have two questions for you please. Can you age a tobacco once the tin has been opened, do you keep it in the tin or in a glass jar? Is there an ideal or maximum amount of years you can let it age? Thanks again
Hi, Chris, I’d just like to say thanks for all your videos and advice. You have taken my pipe smoking to a new level. I love smoking my pipe using the breathe method (took me a while to get there...) to a level where it is just going out: the taste is so enhanced that it is unbelievable. In the UK we can’t get the variety of tobacco you can get, but pipe smoking isn’t about variety, it’s about what it gives you as an experience. Relax. Enjoy. Keep posting videos as your views and advice are always looked forward to and much appreciated.
Mark F - Thank you my friend, my wife and I visited your wonderful country in 2011, for 5 days, we visited the British museum, went to the Cotswolds, Stonehenge, had fish and chips, and watched the changing of the guard, if we ever get the chance to come back, I’ll let you know, mabye we get together and smoke a bowl together. 👍👍👍
I should also say that anytime you visit accommodation is free. As a Tolkien geek like you, and as I live not far from Tintagel, I’m sure a few bowls and a few beers would give us hours of conversation, my friend. Keep posting...
There is no telling how many years of age mine are because I never smoke a tobacco that hasn't been cellared for at least 5 years. I buy all my tobacco bulk and put it in quart jars. Then it goes literally in the cellar to have a long rest. Very good video.
Doc Hatfield - you lucky duck... I just started doing that, until recently I would buy a tobacco, and pop it right away and start smoking it, but I have learned, now I purchase tobacco long in advance of needing it, and let it rest before popping it. 👍👍👍
It’s similar to “craft beer”. You need to store it appropriately or it goes bad. The “Julian code” is for company’s that want to hide that their product is “old”. Good company’s put “born on dates”. (I work in the beverage industry and we have sell by dates”. Great video! Same on the seller!
I found the same thing with a tin of fox provost and I’m finding it drying rather quickly. I found the same stains though could not find anything even a code. Thank you for the info!
I dont really smoke pipe any more, buuut when i happen to see a tobbaco shop i go over to the pipe tobbaco and pic the rustiest oldest boxes. The tastiest ones i roll up in ciggaret paper and smoak. Once you try aged tobbaco you cant live without it. Just a tip... Oh its true for olives too. Just pick the oldest tin you can find in the shop.
With the deeming regulations going into more effect in the future I am trying to aquire & cellar more and more tobacco that I know is a favorite of mine and may be "on the chopping block." Therefore if the company decides it's not worth the cost of the FDA testing and fees and decides not to produce the tobacco any more, I'll have some to smoke if it doesn't make it back to the shelves.
By accident, I went to a pipe store in my area and picked up a tin of london mixture. I noticed the price tag was yellowed a bit, but being a lounge I didnt think too much about it. Then I checked the code on the back, It turned out it was packed in 2011. Sweet.
I have four tins of Royal Yacht and two tins Ready Rubbed can't wait to see what they will age like, I've aged Red Rapparee before and it was so sweet.
An even more important reason to cellar is that your favorite blends, go out of production. Or your favorite companies go out of business altogether! (I'm talking Dunhill and McClelland at this point of course).
Nice clip Chris,been cellaring bulks for years. Mason jars are excelent for that purpose. EMP is good blend just too mild to my taste. The re-release of Standard Mixture Full version is sublime blend. Recomended. Yeah it think that they lightly stove tobacco to create that mellowish taste-talking about EMP. Have a great week and as always cool smokes,mate.
I love cellaring I have a Tin of Wessex traditional blend from 2002 I never opened it until this year and it has sugar crystals from the Virginia in the blend such a sweeter flavor best thing to do is cellar great video my friend
Hi friend!!! Excelent video. I want you to know that recently (about two weeks ago), we opened a 1980 Dunhill Standard Mixture tin (with my fellas of Buenos Aires Pipe Club), and it was incredible. it was like an English Blend but much more sweet. (i didn't try a recent made blend tin to compare but i don't think a fresh one could overcome that one). So, best regards and to your next video!!!!
Fernando Villagran - That's incredible!!! 1980, the sweetness comes from the Virginia, I can emagine how delicious it must have been, you lucky ducks lol. That just goes to show how wonderful a blend can become with time. 👍👍👍
Dear Muttonchop do you think as well as age the exposure to air makes a difference as the tobacco tins you received must initially been vacuum sealed or do you think they just settle and mature with age as we all do? PS I'm on my first tin of early morning pipe and loving it. For me it's a all day smoke. Please let me know your thoughts.
Cherokee trucker - Nicely put, That’s the way I look at it as well. Me in 10 years - “ Have I got a treat for you, a vintage 2019 Seattle Pipe Club Plum Pudding, aged for 10 years to perfection” if that doesn’t sound delicious I don’t know what does. 👍👍👍
Muttnchop vids are so tasty that I just have to pop the seal and watch them fresh, no way could I cellar all that tasty info! Nothing like scoring a few aged tins from your favorite tobacconist. I got lucky and got a few Dunhill Elizabethan Mixture and Royal Yacht that had a few years on them, so tasty. Aged bacco is the best, much like Muttnchop's vids. Sweet smokes amigo 😎
My friend and I jarred a bunch of tobacco and then kinda took a break from pipes. We got back into pipe smoking and found our old jars...jarred in 2013. We have a jar of Frog Morton Cellar and I am looking forward to smoking that SLOWLY...
I'm looking at that wrapper and I'm wondering: Is that a coffee filter? Is there anything special about what the wrapper is made of and is it important? I'm wondering if I should use something inside my tobacco jar when cellaring it to absorb undesirable components that may build up while aging. Thanks for the great videos. I love to sit here and have a pipe (or cigar) while watching them. It's like sitting on the front porch with a buddy and having a smoke with him.
So I live in the hellish environment of Arizona. My problem is when I cellar my tobacco it tends to be bone dry in 2-3 years. I store all my tobacco inside my house in a dark box but still have this issue. My house is usually 78-79 degrees. I thought about adding some moisture to the tobacco before I cellar them, perhaps that will fix the issue? I know many pipe smokers say to NEVER add moisture to the tobacco before cellaring, but most of those people who give such advice live in colder and more humid climates. Do you think I should add a few Boveda packets with my tobacco then transfer the slightly more moist tobacco to a jar for cellaring?
raker1980 - ahh my young padewon, you must use the breathe method of the force, and you shall have sweet smokes, otherwise you shall be tempted by the tongue bite dark side of the force. 👍👍😃
Awesome video muttnchop. Cigars get aged too. But I don't/can't always age. But with pipe tobacco it's easier than cigars, cheaper... Can get some age on em... Any amount of time is better than straight away. But yeah it's all good... We'll see what tobacco I can get where I live... And where from
It might be that, since Dunhill exited the market, a lot of old hoarded stocks are entering the market as no fresh product is being made anymore. In Europe we started running out of Dunhill blends, I had to hunt for early morning to get a 50g tin. It may be my last one 😢 I took a lesson out of your video and started stocking up my cellar too. I will have to ration me and my pipe and savour it as long as I can before they make pipe smoking a capital felony (I am sure hard drugs will be legal though, so many damn politicians are addicts).
Another useful video thanks a lot sir,, What do you recommend to age tobacco in an opened tin? Im currently using plastic wrap between the lid and the tin and tape the edge of the wrap to reseal it, what do you think about that method? PS: I dont use jars because i dont have that much place
Cihan Bozanoglu if I can still help after 7 months, I would recommend getting one big Mason jar and throwing the tins in there, won't take up to much space, but might mix the flavors a tiny bit
I have discovered that if I buy the tobacco from smaller shop and the blend is not the one that everyone is smoking, I can get from two to four years old tobacco.
Pipe&Tobak - I've notice that as well, but if someone ask why are you buying that blend that no one else likes, a quick answer needs to be ready, so as to not let the secret out. 👍👍👍
A few days ago I had to explain to Dan Tobacco (Germany) personnel why am I interested in the date of production of certain blends that had only batch number on the tin. To the ones that produce the tobaccos! Thanks again for great videos that you make and the kowledge that you share. Stay safe. Janez
I learn a lot from you Muttonchop. Great video on cellering. I admire your selections of tinned tobacco, I'd bet you have quite a lot bulk tobacco. One question with all that tobacco do you control temp and humidity in your tobacco room to keep tobacco at the proper temp and humidity for long term storage? Thanks Muttonchops,your my go to guy for tobacco information.
No, I keep my tin tobacco in the tin which are vacuumed sealed. My bulk tobacco I put in large canning jars that after a couple of day self seal. After a year of having that bulk tobacco in a canning jar I opened it the air pressure sounded like a Mac truck setting its breaks, and the tobacco was as moist as the day I put it in the jar
I just love how this gentleman talks , his cadence , his rithm is just beautiful
i could not agree more, but for some reason i noticed that this guy doesn't respond to comments the latest months, i hope everything is fine cause he is a quality man with great altitude, talking charisma and high values, it's a pleasure for me to watch his videos not to mention that i have learnt o lot for pipe smoking from him
@@kast1727 He is back, in case you didn't know, and he explains it, just thought you should know!
@@raymond6845 yes I already knew that since i have subscribed to his channel and got the ring bell the other day, I was so happy to see him back, but hey thanks a lot!!
You seem like the nicest man ever, man. Keep up the good work!
The excellence of this content is two fold. Mutton chops videos are wonderful. I've smoked pipes of and on for 30 years and these videos have changed it emensly.
Second.. the comment section is some of the most thoughtful and pleasant on UA-cam. Glad to be here.
Cellaring improves like red wine ;-)
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge
Giuseppe Maneggio - you're welcome my friend. 👍👍👍
Dude I hope you come back eventually your videos are truly amazing!! I hope you are well!! This coming Thursday is thanksgiving, I do sincerely hope you are well!!
Inadvertent cellaring...Cleaning my workbench I found an old margarine tub with an aromatic blend I hand mixed...in 1987. It was a little dry so I re-hydrated it and it smoked very nicely. Good flavor to be sure, but I don't know that I would say it was any better than before it fell behind the toolbox. At least I can say I've smoked 31 year old tobacco. (For any Virginians out there, it was mixed at the "Ye Olde Tobacconist Shoppe" that used to be in Busch Gardens, Williamsburg). Keep up the great videos, brother.
When tobacco dries (out of case), all processes stop. It must retain moisture to "age". What you had was "old" tobacco.
I miss the shop at BGW. Shame they got rid of it.
This guys channel is my new ASMR before I go to sleep. I learn and relax. It’s awesome. Thanks dude.
Babbaboooey - You bet my friend, thank you for the kind words. 👍👍👍
I want to thank you for making these videos. Knowing what to do with your tobacco and pipes makes smoking so much more enjoyable. I wish I had discovered your videos years ago, perhaps I wouldn't have made every rookie mistake possible.
ddilley83 - You're welcome my friend, I'm right there with you, I wish I had the me of today to talk to and help me out back in 1978 it would of prevented a lot of misery. 👍👍👍
Really enjoyed the video buddy. I heave learned a lot from you as a newbie pipe smoker. Thanks for all you do
Thanks for taking your time to post all this info. I'm a new subscriber and I've been cruising your videos the last few days. I own several pipes, don't smoke very often, but your videos have given me a new appreciation!
t bob - on my channel we don't say new subscriber, in my opinion it's too impersonal, instead we say I have joined the muttnchop pipe club, because I truly think that's what we all are, members of a large youtube pipe club. So let me say welcome to the club my friend, and I'm glad you are enjoying the videos. 👍👍👍
Im just getting started in pipe smoking, your really an inspiration and such a huge help, thank you so very much!
Keep on smoking’
Excellent, excellent vid Chris. Congrats. I liked it so much. Thanks a lot my friend.
Challenger Dart - you're welcome my friend. 👍👍👍
Another fantastic and informative video sir. Thank you so much for the invaluable information!
Fascinating. Looking forward to cellaring some of my favorites. And paying attention to the dates when purchasing from sales.
Thank you for your help and advice on this forum, through the information contained in this video I was able to locate the manufacturing date on my dunhill blend of tobacco and it made my experience so much more pleasant and enjoyable knowing it had been aged about 4 years as well..👌
Ryan Olivier - Thats great. 👍👍👍
Dear, I join the comment of the colleagues, if the videos of the channel could have subtitles in Spanish, it would go further spreading what we like the most! Congratulations for such content and greetings from Córdoba, Argentina... good 💨💨
I’m a cigar smoker , I agree with everything you say!, ageing changes the dynamics of a smoke!
hey mr muttnchop i quit smoking cigarettes after 45 years .one year clean i decided to try a pipe and im loving it but i didnt know there was so much to it im learning a lot from your videos thank you so much and keep doing it all the best my friend from the uk
Wow, it seems I have the same!! I bought the same deal from the website and I checked now, 2012 it is!! thank you for making me notice since I haven't cracked any open until now... what a channel!
Ziad Ismaiel - Awesome!!! 👍👍👍
You're right on the spot here. When years ago I first learned from American YT pipe presenters about cellaring (which doesn't seem to be a common practice over here in Europe), I was sceptical, to say the least. But as soon as I'd tried it, my doubts vanished. Cellaring really does make a difference, especially to English blends. Now I always let a few tins of my favourite tobaccos sit for 2-3 years before popping them.
Ian Cavon - I loved when I started smoking that EMP and it tasted so delicious, like you said it really makes a difference. 👍👍👍
Thank you for the information. I saw that add and almost bought some. I will now and cellar it for at least 6 months. Thanks again.
Raymond Gregory - I almost passed on it myself, but I won't hesitate in the future, it was a great buy. 👍👍👍
I recently found a tin of Old Dark Fired at a tobacconist in Baton Rouge, LA. It had almost 4 years of age on it. When I got back to Texas and opened it, the scent of fermentation was overpowering. There was so much plume on this tobacco, (loupe verified, not mold!). Amazing.
TyrantKing - you lucky duck, I bet that tobacco was so tasty, I love finds like that 👍👍👍
Love your videos. Please make more.
Good video, very informative and interesting! you have so many tobaccos on display, they all look good.
Thanks for sharing tobacco matures in flavour like a good wine if kept in the right conditions. 👍
Great video Chris. I am always blown away at how some of these tobacco warehouses can have tins form years back.
Beginner Pipe Guy - I think it's because they have so many some get lost, or put in a corner and forgotten about. 😏😏😏
Early Morning Pipe is soooo good. It was the first that I ever smoked (coming from cigars) and was hooked into pipe smoking from the first puff.
Hahaha me too bro
Hey fella, great video again! Thanks very much 👍
Mark Wilkins. - your welcome. 👍👍👍
Very clear. I've never thought about that.
From now on I'll buy my tins two by two, one for immediate use, since I know myself and couldn't resist tasting a new purchase almost on spot, and one for cellaring.
Thank you Sir.
Yeah dude, now I'll do the same, but i like my tobacco sweeter and deeper too though
Dear Sir, indeed, excellent explanation!
Sounds like you hit the jackpot. Thats pretty awsome. I just started to do this so ill definitely be watching your channel.
Thanks for the reply really appreciate it
Thank you so much for this video. I found a tin of My Mixture 965 (which I've never had before) from St. Patrick's Day, 2011 in my cellar. Discovered Dunhill is using Orlek's dating convention since 2008. I'll probably wait another five years before opening that tin and will buy a fresh one, if curious. I'm very grateful you prompted my search from your (as usual) great information. Take care,
Justin Hart - that's great, I love discoveries like that. 👍👍👍
Hi there my piping good buddy, back here for my nightly routine of watching your videos here, just thought I drop ya a line to say I'm praying for ya brother, hope you and the family are doing well there and wanted to say sending you and them the very best wishes my friend. Much love good buddy take good care 😉
Sounds like you got lucky on getting aged tins. I made a little trip to a nearby cigar/pipe shop yesterday and they had a large stock of mcclelland tins and I picked up 8 of my favorite tins and a couple cigars to try. A couple were dingy from the cigar smoke- a good sign. They had price stickers over the dates so I couldn't tell the age in the store, after getting home and doing some peeling I was delighted, a few of the oldest ones were St. James Woods from 2011 and Bombay Court from 09' . They had a bunch more left that had gotten dingy. I will be going back soon, they even gave me a 10% discount for showing my pipe club card.
great information here. thank you for doing these kind of videos. I am learning so much from your wealth of knowledge that I can pass on to other pipers.
Captain Spaulding - that's good to hear, thanks for watching. 👍👍👍
A few weeks ago, I was lucky and got a tin of MacBaren’s bold Kentucky that had four years of age on it. Looking forward to smoking it when winter comes.
amazing video !!!
Thank you for the example! I'll be investing in some Mason jars over the next few weeks after watching this and your other videos.
Dear Chris,
thank you for sharing this interesting experience!
I myself came recently about a tin of Wellauer's Best (a tobacco that I haven't smoked so far) at my little newspaper and tobacco shop round the corner. It still has a price and tax label in Deutsche Mark, therefore it is at least from 2001, before the Euro was introduced. I wonder how it has developed, and I will buy me a new tin to compare it, just for curiousity. Let's see!
Best regards from Munich, Peter
Still searching for those few blends that make me want to buy in bulk. Excited for that day!
I am a noob Pipe Smoker even though I am 68 yo. This is great information. Even we old people can get better, more mellow and sweeter with age.
Vigilante Driver - Great way to look at it my friend, I hope I end up that way at 68. 😃😃😃
You hit the jackpot there.
Just found your channel. Love the videos so far. Keep up the great work! Would love a step by step on how you cellar, what bulk blends you prefer, etc. I'm trying to start getting into that. thank yoU!
I am a big fan of cellaring, but sadly some of my favorites are flake tobacco's that come in square tins. The square tins tend to be very finicky about maintaining their seal. I would recommend going ahead and popping the seal on these, and dropping them into an appropriate sized mason jar to advance the aging process. I've had too many square tins compromised in the past, to take any chances. Another great video Chris!
D35611 - thanks for the info my friend. 👍👍👍
D35611 I make sure to tin-tape all of my square tins for long term storage. Works for circle tins as well.
My tins usually dry out after a year or two. I would also recommend keeping them in an airtight mason jar.
I cellar all my tobacco's in mason jars. Maybe give that a try.
just popped a tin of best brown flake last night, made a sccchhhhhuurpt sound as I leveraged the coin in the corner. Unfortunately, I don't think SG stuff ages well. It was extremely goopy, and the smoke was acrid and awful. Hopefully things will change.
I had just started smoking a pipe around Sept 2017 and the first 2 tins I bought were early morning pipe and nightcap. I had no idea at the time that they were also the 2012 batch... Looking back I'm thinking " wow! What a way to begin a pipe tobacco hobby with such a fine, aged tobacco!"
Nicholas Cox - You’re right, but be aware the next time you purchase one of these tobacco’s it might be a fresh tin, and it will taste different, so try and remember that when you say, there must be something wrong with this tobacco it taste different, let me tell you it’s happened to me several times. 😃😃😃
Great video
Great video Muttonchop! Keep up the good work!
I recently got a new tin of nightcap and had the same thought as you when I smoked it. Night and day as far flavor goes. Turns out the tin was two years old. It has defiantly spurred me on to cellering more tobacco.
Evans Murphy - yeah, that flavor just gets ramped up so much, delicious. 😃😃😃
Wonderful video sir. I'm really new to the hobby and I've started my friends at work on it as well. Love your video series always content rich with intelligible presentation. I can't wait to get my tins and samples for the pipe club.
Marcus Cicero - I'm looking forward to it as well, thanks for watching my friend. 👍👍👍
Great info and awesome vid dude! I will definitely be checking the age of all my new tins!
Drum Sip 'N' Smoke - Thank you my friend. 👍👍👍
Wow....nice find on that 4 year old Dunhill ....just wow
Well done, as always
weedsnager - thank you. 😃😃😃
Thank you for teaching your valuable experience!
Your a gentleman, a scholar, and a glass of fine wine, and there’s damn few left of us!
Could you tell us what books you have on your shelf!
Thank you!
This happened to me as well. I just received a Nightcap with 5 years of age on it. What a wonderful treat! :)
gre370 - a wonderful treat indeed. 👍👍👍
Hey Muttnchop, I just bought a tin of NightCap and EMP and it came in roughly three days ago. Going by your research my tins were produced in 2012, already over four years age on mine as well. I noticed the same thing you did, the stains on the paper under the tobacco, and of course a great aroma and it smoked very deliciously. Apparently I need to place an order again. That's a great jump start on cellaring!
ricky davis - congrats my friend, nothing like aged tobacco with Virginia being one of the Blend components, deepens and smooths the blend to delicious bliss. 👍👍👍
Great video Chris. Cellaring tobacco to age is the most important reason to do it, after availability and the price. It is nice how you bring it in to the video. Regards. Janez
Pipe&Tobak - I agree completely. 👍👍👍
very gd job Chris that was awesome I've got some that I'm cellering been there for six years I'm not going to touch therm for another year thanks Chris great video ☺☺☺☺👍👍👍👍👍👍 best regards Peter.
The Smoove Piper - thanks Pete. 👍👍👍
Night cap was my first pipe tobacco and I have veey fond memeories of it, but I haven't tried it again. I think, as I was buying from a small town tobacconist, that it had some age on it. Because I recall wondering why my second tin of a different brand didn't have stained paper.
It was a wonderful smoke, I'll need to age some myself
I have some Samuel Gawith's Skiff Mixture from 07 and Ferndown Red and Orange from 04. Saving for a special occasion
Michael Driggers - That’s the way to do it my friend. 👍👍👍
Thank you for this informative video. I like how you take your time to explain everything, which is great for a beginner like myself :)
I have two questions for you please.
Can you age a tobacco once the tin has been opened, do you keep it in the tin or in a glass jar?
Is there an ideal or maximum amount of years you can let it age?
Thanks again
Hi, Chris, I’d just like to say thanks for all your videos and advice. You have taken my pipe smoking to a new level. I love smoking my pipe using the breathe method (took me a while to get there...) to a level where it is just going out: the taste is so enhanced that it is unbelievable. In the UK we can’t get the variety of tobacco you can get, but pipe smoking isn’t about variety, it’s about what it gives you as an experience. Relax. Enjoy.
Keep posting videos as your views and advice are always looked forward to and much appreciated.
Mark F - Thank you my friend, my wife and I visited your wonderful country in 2011, for 5 days, we visited the British museum, went to the Cotswolds, Stonehenge, had fish and chips, and watched the changing of the guard, if we ever get the chance to come back, I’ll let you know, mabye we get together and smoke a bowl together. 👍👍👍
Muttnchop Piper
I’ll put that on my bucket list 😀👍
I should also say that anytime you visit accommodation is free. As a Tolkien geek like you, and as I live not far from Tintagel, I’m sure a few bowls and a few beers would give us hours of conversation, my friend.
Keep posting...
Mark F - Thank you my friend, that is a tremendous offer, one I will take you up on if we get the chance to visit once again. 👍👍👍
The youtuber "posthuman" have a really good video about how pipetobacco age :) and nice video as always!
There is no telling how many years of age mine are because I never smoke a tobacco that hasn't been cellared for at least 5 years. I buy all my tobacco bulk and put it in quart jars. Then it goes literally in the cellar to have a long rest. Very good video.
Doc Hatfield - you lucky duck... I just started doing that, until recently I would buy a tobacco, and pop it right away and start smoking it, but I have learned, now I purchase tobacco long in advance of needing it, and let it rest before popping it. 👍👍👍
It’s similar to “craft beer”. You need to store it appropriately or it goes bad. The “Julian code” is for company’s that want to hide that their product is “old”. Good company’s put “born on dates”. (I work in the beverage industry and we have sell by dates”.
Great video! Same on the seller!
I don't even smoke tobacco but I love this
I bought from the same sale Muttonchop. Having some of the nightcap as I type. It and the EMP are smoking beautifully. Hope to see you soon.
Nightcap kicks my ass
I found the same thing with a tin of fox provost and I’m finding it drying rather quickly. I found the same stains though could not find anything even a code. Thank you for the info!
I dont really smoke pipe any more, buuut when i happen to see a tobbaco shop i go over to the pipe tobbaco and pic the rustiest oldest boxes. The tastiest ones i roll up in ciggaret paper and smoak. Once you try aged tobbaco you cant live without it. Just a tip...
Oh its true for olives too. Just pick the oldest tin you can find in the shop.
With the deeming regulations going into more effect in the future I am trying to aquire & cellar more and more tobacco that I know is a favorite of mine and may be "on the chopping block." Therefore if the company decides it's not worth the cost of the FDA testing and fees and decides not to produce the tobacco any more, I'll have some to smoke if it doesn't make it back to the shelves.
Shawn P. - great thinking my friend, it's something I've been preaching since the Deeming Regulation notice came out, good for you. 👍👍👍
Dunhill Early morning pipe is currently my favorite tobacco. I love it.
Keith Fjelsted - It is good, one of my favorites as well. 👍👍👍
Sad thing they ceased production. Any good replacement for it?
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You may be aware already, but Dunhill has returned as Peterson. EMP is available as a blend to purchase again
By accident, I went to a pipe store in my area and picked up a tin of london mixture. I noticed the price tag was yellowed a bit, but being a lounge I didnt think too much about it. Then I checked the code on the back, It turned out it was packed in 2011. Sweet.
Aron Kovacs - 8 years of age, that ought to be a sweet smoke my friend. 👍👍👍
Hi Chris, thanks for the tip on EMP. I jus received 12 tins from SP, and all of them are from 2012 👍🏻😊
ChristTiger66 - I just got 10 myself, and ditto on the date. 👍👍👍
I have four tins of Royal Yacht and two tins Ready Rubbed can't wait to see what they will age like, I've aged Red Rapparee before and it was so sweet.
Thomas Écuyer - they will be amazing. 👍👍👍
Had a tin of London Mixture that was 2 yrs old before I opened it. It was SO much better....
Thank you
Gary Travis - Sure, anytime. 👍👍👍
Sir Muttnchop, Do you have any information on how to decipher the date codes on Peterson, Dunhill and Lane tobacco tins?
My tin of Rattray's Black Mallory also had stains on the paper wrapper, love that mixture.
Bas Q. - then you can pretty much bet it's got some age on it. 👍👍👍
Thanks for your reply! I love your videos, they're very informative.
Bas Q. - you're welcome my friend. 👍👍👍
You lucked out my friend. Bob
Bob and Donna Reynolds - yes I did my friend, this kind of thing does not happen often to me. 👍👍👍
An even more important reason to cellar is that your favorite blends, go out of production. Or your favorite companies go out of business altogether! (I'm talking Dunhill and McClelland at this point of course).
Tom Fortin - Exactly, the days of, “Oh I can order that blend anytime, I’ll just wait” Are gone forever. 👍👍👍
Nice clip Chris,been cellaring bulks for years. Mason jars are excelent for that purpose. EMP is good blend just too mild to my taste. The re-release of Standard Mixture Full version is sublime blend. Recomended. Yeah it think that they lightly stove tobacco to create that mellowish taste-talking about EMP.
Have a great week and as always cool smokes,mate.
Olle Wahlroos - thank you for the info my friend. 👍👍👍
I just bought 2 dunhill EMP tins from a local shop and they are made in 2016 .
I love cellaring I have a Tin of Wessex traditional blend from 2002 I never opened it until this year and it has sugar crystals from the Virginia in the blend such a sweeter flavor best thing to do is cellar great video my friend
Stogie Pipe smoker - you're welcome, thanks for sharing that, I love cool stories like that. 👍👍👍
+Muttnchop Piper 👍👍
where can I find these codes to tell how old my cans are
Hi friend!!! Excelent video. I want you to know that recently (about two weeks ago), we opened a 1980 Dunhill Standard Mixture tin (with my fellas of Buenos Aires Pipe Club), and it was incredible. it was like an English Blend but much more sweet. (i didn't try a recent made blend tin to compare but i don't think a fresh one could overcome that one). So, best regards and to your next video!!!!
Fernando Villagran - That's incredible!!! 1980, the sweetness comes from the Virginia, I can emagine how delicious it must have been, you lucky ducks lol. That just goes to show how wonderful a blend can become with time. 👍👍👍
Dear Muttonchop do you think as well as age the exposure to air makes a difference as the tobacco tins you received must initially been vacuum sealed or do you think they just settle and mature with age as we all do?
PS I'm on my first tin of early morning pipe and loving it. For me it's a all day smoke. Please let me know your thoughts.
That is great information. It's like aging a fine wine.
Cherokee trucker - Nicely put, That’s the way I look at it as well. Me in 10 years - “ Have I got a treat for you, a vintage 2019 Seattle Pipe Club Plum Pudding, aged for 10 years to perfection” if that doesn’t sound delicious I don’t know what does. 👍👍👍
That sounds good right now lol. Love your videos muttonchop. Very informative
What is the best temperature to cellar pipe tobacco? I assume cool but not cold.
Muttnchop vids are so tasty that I just have to pop the seal and watch them fresh, no way could I cellar all that tasty info!
Nothing like scoring a few aged tins from your favorite tobacconist. I got lucky and got a few Dunhill Elizabethan Mixture and Royal Yacht that had a few years on them, so tasty. Aged bacco is the best, much like Muttnchop's vids.
Sweet smokes amigo 😎
Upon AstariKnight - thank you my friend, you are too kind. 👍😏👍
My friend and I jarred a bunch of tobacco and then kinda took a break from pipes. We got back into pipe smoking and found our old jars...jarred in 2013. We have a jar of Frog Morton Cellar and I am looking forward to smoking that SLOWLY...
Reptile Nexus - It should be delicious. 👍👍👍
I'm looking at that wrapper and I'm wondering: Is that a coffee filter? Is there anything special about what the wrapper is made of and is it important? I'm wondering if I should use something inside my tobacco jar when cellaring it to absorb undesirable components that may build up while aging.
Thanks for the great videos. I love to sit here and have a pipe (or cigar) while watching them. It's like sitting on the front porch with a buddy and having a smoke with him.
So I live in the hellish environment of Arizona. My problem is when I cellar my tobacco it tends to be bone dry in 2-3 years. I store all my tobacco inside my house in a dark box but still have this issue. My house is usually 78-79 degrees. I thought about adding some moisture to the tobacco before I cellar them, perhaps that will fix the issue? I know many pipe smokers say to NEVER add moisture to the tobacco before cellaring, but most of those people who give such advice live in colder and more humid climates. Do you think I should add a few Boveda packets with my tobacco then transfer the slightly more moist tobacco to a jar for cellaring?
Love your videos...New piper here...what if you don't have a cellar or basement...is just mason jars good enough?
My daughter was born November 2012. I'd do a lot of things to get my hands on a tin of 2012 EMP.
Muttnchop, I am a padewon, and you are a Jedi Knight. Thank you my friend! 😀
raker1980 - ahh my young padewon, you must use the breathe method of the force, and you shall have sweet smokes, otherwise you shall be tempted by the tongue bite dark side of the force. 👍👍😃
Muttnchop Piper Grateful for your advice I am! 👍😂
Awesome video muttnchop. Cigars get aged too. But I don't/can't always age. But with pipe tobacco it's easier than cigars, cheaper... Can get some age on em... Any amount of time is better than straight away. But yeah it's all good... We'll see what tobacco I can get where I live... And where from
It might be that, since Dunhill exited the market, a lot of old hoarded stocks are entering the market as no fresh product is being made anymore. In Europe we started running out of Dunhill blends, I had to hunt for early morning to get a 50g tin. It may be my last one 😢 I took a lesson out of your video and started stocking up my cellar too. I will have to ration me and my pipe and savour it as long as I can before they make pipe smoking a capital felony (I am sure hard drugs will be legal though, so many damn politicians are addicts).
muttnchop"lt.columbo"piper...you go where nobody goes..nice work!!
NYC drums - Thank you my friend. 👍👍👍
Another useful video thanks a lot sir,, What do you recommend to age tobacco in an opened tin? Im currently using plastic wrap between the lid and the tin and tape the edge of the wrap to reseal it, what do you think about that method? PS: I dont use jars because i dont have that much place
Cihan Bozanoglu if I can still help after 7 months, I would recommend getting one big Mason jar and throwing the tins in there, won't take up to much space, but might mix the flavors a tiny bit
I have discovered that if I buy the tobacco from smaller shop and the blend is not the one that everyone is smoking, I can get from two to four years old tobacco.
Pipe&Tobak - I've notice that as well, but if someone ask why are you buying that blend that no one else likes, a quick answer needs to be ready, so as to not let the secret out. 👍👍👍
A few days ago I had to explain to Dan Tobacco (Germany) personnel why am I interested in the date of production of certain blends that had only batch number on the tin. To the ones that produce the tobaccos! Thanks again for great videos that you make and the kowledge that you share. Stay safe. Janez
I learn a lot from you Muttonchop. Great video on cellering. I admire your selections of tinned tobacco, I'd bet you have quite a lot bulk tobacco. One question with all that tobacco do you control temp and humidity in your tobacco room to keep tobacco at the proper temp and humidity for long term storage?
Thanks Muttonchops,your my go to guy for tobacco information.
No, I keep my tin tobacco in the tin which are vacuumed sealed. My bulk tobacco I put in large canning jars that after a couple of day self seal. After a year of having that bulk tobacco in a canning jar I opened it the air pressure sounded like a Mac truck setting its breaks, and the tobacco was as moist as the day I put it in the jar