Cased Tobacco Pipe Blend Recipes

[CobGuy]

Latest blend ... pulled from the press yesterday:

Burley Legal:

1 pound Natural Burley, cased in a light molasses / cocoa and toasted
1 pound Red FCV
1 pound Prilep
1/2 pound Light Fire Cured Virginia
1/4 pound Red Tips Burley (added after the press)

All selected leaves were equally divided into 3 piles which were then stacked on each other and placed in the press.
For this application, I did a light pressing with the plan to cube cut upon completion.
After a week in the press, it was removed and cube cut then placed into a large mixing bowl.
To this mixture, I'll add the 1/4 pound of Red Tips that were previously pressed and cubed.

Smoking notes:

Natural Burley and Virginia is well-balanced, nutty and not too sweet.
Prilep is present throughout as a mild spice with occasional floral tones.
Light Fire Cured Virginia adds mostly a smoky bag note and a bit of depth and woodiness to the smoke.

Pics:

Note: the addition of rainbow spectrum light adds creaminess and extra tang. LOL

 

[Kerley0319]

Looks great , Darin. Nice work!

 

[CobGuy]

Looks great , Darin. Nice work!

Thank you!
Just so it's clear to all ... I didn't start a whole new thread just for this one blend.
It was placed here on it's own by a Moderator due to a tiny amount of sugar casing on ONE constituent leaf.

 

[Knucklehead]

Thank you!
Just so it's clear to all ... I didn't start a whole new thread just for this one blend.
It was placed here on it's own by a Moderator due to a tiny amount of sugar casing on ONE constituent leaf.

Whoever came up with it I think it was a good idea. Maybe some more members will come up with some casing recipes and post them up here. Seems like a nice thread, and good job on your post.

 

[deluxestogie]

It was placed here on it's own by a Moderator

I'm the meanie. (It's sometimes difficult to identify just the right place to post something.) Note my use of the plural in the word "Recipes" in the thread title. It's for all blenders of pipe blends containing non-tobacco ingredients to post and discuss their blending ideas and creations. This thread will appear in the Index of Key Forum Threads.

I actually started the "Pure Tobacco Pipe Blends" thread at a time--over 6 years ago--when nearly every posted pipe blend (including some of my own) contained stuff in addition to tobacco.

Bob

 

[Knucklehead]

I'm the meanie. (It's sometimes difficult to identify just the right place to post something.) Note my use of the plural in the word "Recipes" in the thread title.

Bob

Great job, Bob, even a stopped clock is right twice a day. No, I’m teasing when I saw the thread title I thought what a perfect compliment that was to the Pure Tobacco Pipe Blends thread. Wish I had thought of it. Key Forum Threads, too, CobGuy’s gone all Hollywood on us. Don’t forget us little guys there Hoss.

 

[CobGuy]

LOL ... thank you gents!
I'm having an unusually stressful day and feel as though my post should have been more well thought out.
Much appreciation for the humor in your responses as it really helped turn this ship around.

~Darin

 

[Damanadaplaya]

From MD 609 I grew, cured and fermented 2 years ago, I cavendished jars of seco and ligero, caked, cut, and completely dried them. Then added cut volado and about an 1/8 a teaspoon of Watkins baking vanilla. I’m kind of new to this, but this is my blend.

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

From MD 609 I grew, cured and fermented 2 years ago, I cavendished jars of seco and ligero, caked, cut, and completely dried them. Then added cut volado and about an 1/8 a teaspoon of Watkins baking vanilla. I’m kind of new to this, but this is my blend.

Hey, without tasting it, that sounds great.

 

[Radagast]

From MD 609 I grew, cured and fermented 2 years ago, I cavendished jars of seco and ligero, caked, cut, and completely dried them. Then added cut volado and about an 1/8 a teaspoon of Watkins baking vanilla. I’m kind of new to this, but this is my blend.

I'd smoke it.. and what's that unique looking pipe on the far right?

 

[Damanadaplaya]

I'd smoke it.. and what's that unique looking pipe on the far right?

Mayor of Mobile gave me a medallion. So I made a pipe and stuck it on there. I made it out of water oak (red oak) that the City cut down.

 

[Leif Cobbenson]

I'm not quite at the point of fully processing my own leaf yet. This is something I came up with while playing with the preshredeed blending components I picked up. I'm a fan of navy flake and VaPers so I went in that direction

20% perique
15% dark fired Kentucky
10% black Cavendish
30% matured red Virginia
25% yellow Virginia

I made a 100g batch, soaked it with white Bacardi until damp. After air drying to low case, hit it with Bacardi again until damp. Then I let it dry to medium/high case and pressed it for 10 days.

The crumble cake's flavor compares well to Stokkebye Luxury Navy Flake, with a little more cigar-like earthy sweetness. The rum note is barely perceptible, but I can tell the difference from the untopped test blend side by side.

 

[Leif Cobbenson]

I'm trying something that will either be fantastic or a spectacular failure. Time will tell.
I started with a basic mixture
50% black Cavendish
15% perique
15% Dark fired Kentucky
20% dark burley

I mixed up 20g and threw it in a glass jar with orange peel, 4 whole cloves and 7 drops of vanilla extract. I didn't anticipate just how much water fresh orange peel contains. I keep having to open the jar kid to let it air out in an attempt to dry. Of course, this is also letting the aromatics from the orange escape. I'm figuring 2 to 3 days then remove the peels, pull out the cloves after a week and then press for a week.
That will depend on if I can keep it dry enough not to mold.

 

[Indianapiper]

What would be the best way to apply a topping say a organic vanilla bean extract or a caramel extract or chocolate or molasses? Do you mix the ingredients of water or do you mix them with alcohol?

I read somewhere online I think it was one of Russ Oulette’s blogs where he said that they used alcohol to carry the flavoring and then they evaporated the alcohol and that just left the flavoring. I know ethanol evaporates readily at room temperature maybe that’s a possibility or is water just the best way to go?

I can see the writing on the wall flavored tobacco products are going to be illegal soon. And while I predominately enjoy unflavored things and will be making mostly unflavored I do enjoy vanilla and cocoa and caramel flavored stuff occasionally and I would love to be able to make my own high-quality.

 

[GreenDragon]

What would be the best way to apply a topping say a organic vanilla bean extract or a caramel extract or chocolate or molasses? Do you mix the ingredients of water or do you mix them with alcohol?

I read somewhere online I think it was one of Russ Oulette’s blogs where he said that they used alcohol to carry the flavoring and then they evaporated the alcohol and that just left the flavoring. I know ethanol evaporates readily at room temperature maybe that’s a possibility or is water just the best way to go?

I can see the writing on the wall flavored tobacco products are going to be illegal soon. And while I predominately enjoy unflavored things and will be making mostly unflavored I do enjoy vanilla and cocoa and caramel flavored stuff occasionally and I would love to be able to make my own high-quality.

The information you are looking for is detailed in the Pipe Tobacco section of the WIKI at the top of the page.

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

I've seen vanilla written on bags and tins of tobacco, but the tobacco never actually tastes like vanilla. What I'm saying is that we don't really know what they are using. When I use vanilla, it tastes like vanilla, oddly.

But yes, alcohol based extracts and concentrates. You don't need to dilute them. They are already dilute enough.

Glycerin seems to have the greatest impact on making a tobacco convincingly like store bought. It needs to be dissolved in something to distribute it.

Essential oils need to be diluted.

You can dilute with many things. Water, vodka, tequila, coffee, whatever... you won't taste the solvent anyway, (unless if it's the vanilla extract.)

Solid flavourings like deerstongue are also effective just being a heterogeneous part of the blend.

 

[Knucklehead]

What would be the best way to apply a topping say a organic vanilla bean extract or a caramel extract or chocolate or molasses? Do you mix the ingredients of water or do you mix them with alcohol?

I read somewhere online I think it was one of Russ Oulette’s blogs where he said that they used alcohol to carry the flavoring and then they evaporated the alcohol and that just left the flavoring. I know ethanol evaporates readily at room temperature maybe that’s a possibility or is water just the best way to go?

I can see the writing on the wall flavored tobacco products are going to be illegal soon. And while I predominately enjoy unflavored things and will be making mostly unflavored I do enjoy vanilla and cocoa and caramel flavored stuff occasionally and I would love to be able to make my own high-quality.

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[Radagast]

I've heard some rough tales about what simulated vanilla is really made from. Real vanilla is quite pricey around here but probably your best bet for tobacco.

Here's What's in Imitation Vanilla

W e don't mean to alarm you, but you probably have a taste for wood pulp waste. You've mmmmm-ed and ohhhhh-ed over it for years in your favori...

www-myrecipes-com.cdn.ampproject.org

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

Kind

I've heard some rough tales about what simulated vanilla is really made from. Real vanilla is quite pricey around here but probably your best bet for tobacco.

Here's What's in Imitation Vanilla

W e don't mean to alarm you, but you probably have a taste for wood pulp waste. You've mmmmm-ed and ohhhhh-ed over it for years in your favori...

www-myrecipes-com.cdn.ampproject.org

Costco. I'm willing to bet that WLT or homegrown plus vanilla is less expensive than Brigham pipe tobacco.

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

Ain't nothing wrong with castoreum if you aren't vegan.