Mold?
- Thread starter rdomfoto
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Found it
http://www.botl.org/community/forums/showthread.php/76663-GL-Pease-JackKnife-Plug-WTh?highlight=jackknife+plug
So, I would suggest staying away from Jackknife for a while. Hopefully this is an issue just with this one and not the entire GL Pease line!
http://www.botl.org/community/forums/showthread.php/76663-GL-Pease-JackKnife-Plug-WTh?highlight=jackknife+plug
So, I would suggest staying away from Jackknife for a while. Hopefully this is an issue just with this one and not the entire GL Pease line!
cgraunke
BoM March '14
Man. Makes me worry about tins in the cellar. Not a lot of recourse left if you let something age a couple years just to find out it was bad from the beginning. What to do...
Anyone done any Google-fu on this yet to see if it's a recurring theme?
Anyone done any Google-fu on this yet to see if it's a recurring theme?
I've only had one tin in the last year but was on the dry side too, I might crack another just to see
So here's a close-up (as well as my phone can do) and it's definitely mold:
But, in these next two images, notice how the mold is growing on (and along) the lighter layer of tobacco. I would guess that a particular batch (or a few batches) used Virginia tobacco that was too wet.
But, in these next two images, notice how the mold is growing on (and along) the lighter layer of tobacco. I would guess that a particular batch (or a few batches) used Virginia tobacco that was too wet.
Doing that now.
As a "silver lining", thank goodness this happened to a chunk of pipe tobacco that was sealed in its own baggy instead of a cigar inside a humidor full of other cigars!
So I found this: http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/mold-jackknife-plug-smokingpipescom and it also shows mold on that middle, lighter layer.
And this: http://brothersofbriar.forumotion.com/t24142-jackknife-plug
There are a bunch of Google results for Jackknife Plug and mold along with a lot of people saying it's a fairly moist tobacco. I think, to be safe, I'll scratch it off of my "must buy more" list.
Anybody with a tin date on the moldy samples
Mine was a sample from a bomb and there's no date.
Jfire
BoM 9/9' 9/11' 8/12'
Rob. I know nothing about pipe tobacco. But if it were me(and cigars) I would cut off only a very thin slice and smoke the rest. White mold (spores) are on most tobacco. Wether or not those spores multiply. Is all dependent on one thing. Excess humidity.
Thanks. Yeah, white mold isn't a huge concern for me as I see when cooking and, as you said, cutting it off and using the rest is typical.
My humidity is fine and seeing a number of people who have had mold on this particular blend AND at the same location AND from 2013 (although I'm not sure what year mine was from), AND having enjoyed GL Pease before, I'll probably give it a try.
My humidity is fine and seeing a number of people who have had mold on this particular blend AND at the same location AND from 2013 (although I'm not sure what year mine was from), AND having enjoyed GL Pease before, I'll probably give it a try.
Personally I would trim n smoke
Maybe let the whole plug dry a bit would make it less likely
