I decided to smoke a bowl of LJ Peretti's Scottish Flake this evening. It's been quite a while since I enjoyed it. I like it, but it had gotten lost on the shelf as I smoked other tobaccos.
When I opened the can, I found a lot of rust on the bottom of the lid and around the top of the can. I pulled out the bag of tobacco, and found at least two tablespoons of rust in the bottom of the can. I moved the tobacco into a glass jar, and decided to check the other can of Scottish Flake in my cellar. Sure enough: rust. A lot of it. All of the tobacco is now safely stored in glass. Thankfully, the heavy plastic bags inside of the cans protected the tobacco.
In the same order that included my two cans of Scottish Flake, I also bought one can of Midnight (along with six other cans of various blends). I've been smoking the Midnight on-and-off, and that can's in perfect shape. Midnight seems to include quite a bit of the Peretti Scottish Flake.
I have six other Peretti cans on my shelf, but I'm not going to open them until I'm sure I have enough jars into which I can move the tobacco.
Has anyone else had problems with Peretti cans rusting from the inside out? If so, with which blends did you have problems?
Thanks in advance.
When I opened the can, I found a lot of rust on the bottom of the lid and around the top of the can. I pulled out the bag of tobacco, and found at least two tablespoons of rust in the bottom of the can. I moved the tobacco into a glass jar, and decided to check the other can of Scottish Flake in my cellar. Sure enough: rust. A lot of it. All of the tobacco is now safely stored in glass. Thankfully, the heavy plastic bags inside of the cans protected the tobacco.
In the same order that included my two cans of Scottish Flake, I also bought one can of Midnight (along with six other cans of various blends). I've been smoking the Midnight on-and-off, and that can's in perfect shape. Midnight seems to include quite a bit of the Peretti Scottish Flake.
I have six other Peretti cans on my shelf, but I'm not going to open them until I'm sure I have enough jars into which I can move the tobacco.
Has anyone else had problems with Peretti cans rusting from the inside out? If so, with which blends did you have problems?
Thanks in advance.