Will update for sure @AceFour.
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I think this is the way to go. Experimenting with various whole leaf casings and pressings or cuts and then blending can create truly unique blends. Blends of blends enables many taste, packing and burn possibilities.
a lot of you pictures turn up blank on your website. Might just be me?did a full pictorial of making Red Queen
Let's make some Red Queen
Red Queen is a Va/Per and the whole leaf recipe can be found at Red Queen V This is basically a two day process. First step is strip the stems from the Bright Virginia and Red Virginia. The Red Virginia had some nice leaves Red all done Next the
Me too. However if I click the blank I will get a pic.
Time is up for these blends. I’m calling them 2X02 because I will rub them out and give them a second airing. I will need to change the name of the “chocolate” as the casings are well hidden resulting in an easy to smoke high nic RT Burley taste supported by the DAC with a bit of nuttiness. The anise can be called something else as well although it can still be detected it no longer intrudes on this well balanced moderately high nic blend. It does add a great mouth feel as well. The VA blend is still waiting for a larger jar to become available. I expect it will be a masterpiece. Overall I like the idea of airing and re-pressing which may come in handy for handling pressed blends that need a little more edge taken off.
What's the raisin aroma attributed to? I find it to be a natural tendency for Virginia but may not translate into taste. I've been experimenting with Davana oil, fig and date syrup and get a similar nuance. Perique also nudges the profile a bit.
I would guess the scent a byproduct of microbial activity. Pichia anomala was an educated guess that Bob made on that in “Perique”. The bright that I had jarred for twelve years had this scent though not a strong as this 2XO2. This uncased anaerobically stored leaf did have the taste come through and was quite distracting as a lead flavor. It has settled a bit after getting more oxygen but I have used it all as a blending component in which this scent plays a strong supporting role. Davana and fig are on my “to get” list. Meanwhile I am hoping to jear more talk about them.
How did it turn out? Is it on par with Orlike Dark Strong?
What sort of press do you use for this and how do you lay your leaves? Do you press them just like this?
I use a 6" long stainless tube 4" x 4" with 1/4" wall thickness. Used a large c-clamp until I bought a 6 ton shop press.
Well it turned out well as a blend but then I realized that Orlik DSK is cavendish not fire cured leaf. So expect me to try and do it properly and make cavendish for the blend.
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Very cool process. Thanks for sharing. Did you get any fermented aroma?Ton 618 - Stoved Red Virginia
This all red Virginia de-stemmed and cased with tonka/blackberry and stoved for 10 hours. Tonka casing * 200g Molasses * 100g Water * Handful of cacao nibs * 1 whole tonka bean * 1 cap full of white vinegar Blackberry casing * 100g water by weight * 100g suger by weight * 1...
