How do you deal with fermentation and then with casing?

[whotan]

I can't manage to ferment my burley raw tobacco in such a way that it smells and tastes like good light tobacco. Unfortunately, I didn't write down how I did it! The burley tobacco was so light that I could smoke it almost pure! And the aroma and smell of the leaves smelled nicely like tobacco and not like this time like raw strong dirty tar tobacco!

I don't know where my mistake is! I only have a normal oven available at the moment! I order my tobacco online! So raw tobacco ! I plan to build an open one or buy a crockpot in the future.

However, I would need tips on how to proceed now!? As long as the tobacco is still fresh! I hope you understand me! (English is not my language. I'm from Germany!)

I'm a bit desperate. My burley smells like shit!

I am very grateful if someone helps me and I will also open a photo thread

 

[deluxestogie]

Just put the photos in this thread.

Bob

 

[Frazeri]

Hi Wotan, where did you buy your tobacco? I'm dealing since five years with whole leaf tobacco bought by eurotabak.de (the only serious online seller in the EU, as far as I know...), i make cigarette blend, pipe blend, and also roll up some toscano style cigar from time to time, with full satisfaction now.
I have to say that in the beginning I was quite disorientated, and it took a little bit of study and time for really enjoy raw tobacco (read through this forum, you'll learn a lot... I'll be always grateful to these guys for the treasure of knowledge they share), but I would never go back to commercial tobacco now.
You can soften burley in various ways: just aging, toasting, stoving, kilning, obviously mixing with other qualities, etc... it depends on your tastes, will, and purposes... try to be more specific.