Forced Aging

[DistillingJim]

So, if cigar tobacco is aged by kilning, does the same apply to pipe tobacco? If one were to make a few nice bricks in a press could they go in a kiln and see significant improvement?

Anyone tried it?

Asking for a friend.

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

I've never done it with a blend, but there's no reason why it wouldn't work. I think you should do it. I assume you're talking unflavored pipe tobacco, but if you are doing any flavors, heat and time will meld it all together. I recently did a 1% deerstongue blend. I was concerned about the fact that distributing it evenly through sliced plug would be difficult. I didn't kiln it, but I did put the jar in the crockpot, and that heat basically spread the deerstongue flavor through all of it. I also tried molasses on another blend, and it was gooey at first, but the heat of the crockpot helped it absorb all in.

 

[Gavroche]

I believe that it is the method of the English cavendish. Pressure then heat of the vapor

Je crois que c'est la méthode du cavendish anglais. pression puis chaleur de la vapeur

 

[LeftyRighty]

If you're making a brick (pressed tobacco) prior to kilning, it definitely needs to be moist or wet, and kept wet. What you're doing is making 'perique'. If it dries out, yeah, you have a BRICK, and you'll need a hammer & chisel to get smokeable chunks.
Done that !