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Cellared Dark Star Headed For the Trash
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<blockquote data-quote="DrumsAndBeer" data-source="post: 450809" data-attributes="member: 2403"><p>You bet. </p><p></p><p>Dark Star - Dry, Pack loosely, tamp very little and use the aerator pick on your pipe tool periodically and you'll start to have better results. In my best George Zimmer voice ("I guarantee it!") :face: Similar methods apply well to other dark tobaccos like high percentage cavendish blends, latakia mixes and black stoved Va's. </p><p></p><p>As far as the OP's question regarding running into troublesome aged tobacco, I haven't had any problems with aged McClelland blends, but I too have heard of folks running into mold issues with C&D products, which I also heard that they gladly replace, btw. </p><p></p><p>I have however, popped tins of some of my favorites, only to find that they have mellowed way past my level of preference. Similar to what Puffy Daddy experienced with that tin of Oriental 14. When this happens, I usually take that tobacco and blend it with a more youthful vintage of the blend. Of course this works wonders with blends that are still made by the same manufacturers. However, it gets dicey if it's hypothetically say Murray era London Mixture being mixed with STG's version.. In cases like this, you're better off selling the aged tins off or donating them to science. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DrumsAndBeer, post: 450809, member: 2403"] You bet. Dark Star - Dry, Pack loosely, tamp very little and use the aerator pick on your pipe tool periodically and you'll start to have better results. In my best George Zimmer voice ("I guarantee it!") :face: Similar methods apply well to other dark tobaccos like high percentage cavendish blends, latakia mixes and black stoved Va's. As far as the OP's question regarding running into troublesome aged tobacco, I haven't had any problems with aged McClelland blends, but I too have heard of folks running into mold issues with C&D products, which I also heard that they gladly replace, btw. I have however, popped tins of some of my favorites, only to find that they have mellowed way past my level of preference. Similar to what Puffy Daddy experienced with that tin of Oriental 14. When this happens, I usually take that tobacco and blend it with a more youthful vintage of the blend. Of course this works wonders with blends that are still made by the same manufacturers. However, it gets dicey if it's hypothetically say Murray era London Mixture being mixed with STG's version.. In cases like this, you're better off selling the aged tins off or donating them to science. ;) [/QUOTE]
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