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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 178879"><p>Aging is a selective process. Old garbage is just old garbage. Old good stuff is really good. Old really good stuff is off the chart.</p><p></p><p>Virginias need at least six months (tin or sealed, undisturbed jar time) to start getting smokeable ; @ 2 years, they're pretty good ; @ 5 really good ; @ 10 sublime. </p><p></p><p>Mixtures (English/Scottish/Balkan) max out (IMHO) around five or six years -- as in, they're going to continue to change after that, but the constituents are going to be fading and shifting, playing "survivor."</p><p></p><p>Reccomendation : instead of making some greedy speculator rich, get you some Union Square and trade for some FVF (or BBF if your taste runs to lighter fare). And some Brown Clunee while you're at it. Then put it away, marked "Do Not Disturb Until 2017." </p><p></p><p>Do the same with a few tins of Blackpoint, or whatever mixture(s) appeal to you. On the (not unreasonable) assumption you're going to live long enough to enjoy it, you'll be <u>wa</u>y ahead. It runs against the grain of the Immediate Gratification programming we're swamped with, but that can't be helped.</p><p></p><p>Get to the point where what you're smoking is decently aged and smoking starts seeming analogous to eating cooked food vs. the raw stuff you were used to.</p><p></p><p>:face:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 178879"] Aging is a selective process. Old garbage is just old garbage. Old good stuff is really good. Old really good stuff is off the chart. Virginias need at least six months (tin or sealed, undisturbed jar time) to start getting smokeable ; @ 2 years, they're pretty good ; @ 5 really good ; @ 10 sublime. Mixtures (English/Scottish/Balkan) max out (IMHO) around five or six years -- as in, they're going to continue to change after that, but the constituents are going to be fading and shifting, playing "survivor." Reccomendation : instead of making some greedy speculator rich, get you some Union Square and trade for some FVF (or BBF if your taste runs to lighter fare). And some Brown Clunee while you're at it. Then put it away, marked "Do Not Disturb Until 2017." Do the same with a few tins of Blackpoint, or whatever mixture(s) appeal to you. On the (not unreasonable) assumption you're going to live long enough to enjoy it, you'll be [u]wa[/u]y ahead. It runs against the grain of the Immediate Gratification programming we're swamped with, but that can't be helped. Get to the point where what you're smoking is decently aged and smoking starts seeming analogous to eating cooked food vs. the raw stuff you were used to. :face: [/QUOTE]
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