What's In Your Cellar?
PappyJoe
Master
in Tobacco Talk
No, this isn't a Capital One commercial...
A combination of boredom, nervous energy and curiosity set me on a path to determine the status of my tobacco cellar.
If someone would have asked last week, I would have said I had around 10 lbs. of tobacco in the house. I would have been wrong. I currently have a paltry 11.8 lbs. (approximately).Since I know some pipe smokers who have well over 100 lbs. of pipe tobacco in the cellars, that makes me a light weight.
In total I have 67 different blends. I have multiple tins/jars of 10 of the blends.
While the oldest tobacco I have is George Washington from before 1974 that I bought from pipestud.com, the oldest blends that I personally purchased new are Esoterica Penzance and Bjarne Viking's Odin's Wind, both purchased in 2015.
Almost a third of my blends are non-aromatics (23 tins) - English, Balkan, Scottish or American. The rest obviously are aromatics. Half of the aromatics I own were manufactured in Denmark.
A combination of boredom, nervous energy and curiosity set me on a path to determine the status of my tobacco cellar.
If someone would have asked last week, I would have said I had around 10 lbs. of tobacco in the house. I would have been wrong. I currently have a paltry 11.8 lbs. (approximately).Since I know some pipe smokers who have well over 100 lbs. of pipe tobacco in the cellars, that makes me a light weight.
In total I have 67 different blends. I have multiple tins/jars of 10 of the blends.
While the oldest tobacco I have is George Washington from before 1974 that I bought from pipestud.com, the oldest blends that I personally purchased new are Esoterica Penzance and Bjarne Viking's Odin's Wind, both purchased in 2015.
Almost a third of my blends are non-aromatics (23 tins) - English, Balkan, Scottish or American. The rest obviously are aromatics. Half of the aromatics I own were manufactured in Denmark.
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The Boogersman! Ooh, I'm sorry, you are talking about Tobacco. I'm not really sure. Once I jar it, I put the jars in a couple of crates and a couple of coolers. I forget about what I have so I won't be tempted to crack them open until they are aged. My best guess is maybe a couple dozen jars and as many tins of various sizes. Far more than I will probably be able to smoke in the time I have left. Your discussion has peaked my interest. Some day soon, I'll do a proper inventory. I may even create a log on my computer to help track my stock. I'm a little bit anal when it comes to lists. It will make a good project for the cold winter days ahead. Thanks for starting all this!
My last attempt at an inventory was in 2019.
What triggered this was two discussions on other forums: 1. How many pipes do you have. 2. Show us your cellar.
There is also the philosophical battle between "Do you need more tobacco" or "Do you want more tobacco."
Truth is my cellar was built by buying two tins of blends. One to smoke immediately and one to save.
Any suggestions as to what I should include in my inventory log?
My spreadsheet has:
Blend
Brand/Manufacturer
Date Acquired
weight (approximate for blends in jars)
Status (cellared, cellared unopened, cellared in jars open, cellared in jars unopened* and opened tins)
When I get blends in the 100g tins that has the tobacco in the cellophane type bags, I jar it immediately. If I haven't smoked any of it, then I considered it cellared in jars unopened.
I have some blends that are out of production I include a notation on the year it was last produced if I can find it.
My speadsheet is similar to @PappyJoe
Brand
Blend in alphabetical order
Bought
Used
On hand (calculated)
Type (English, Virginia, Va/Per etc)
Contents (initial L, O/T, V for most English types)
Flavors
Cut
Notes
Under the brand name I rate the individual blends 👎👎 to 👍👍 with 🤙 in the middle
I currently have 283 tins representing 90 different blends that I believe will last 226 weeks if I don't make another purchase.
Those numbers are calculated and update automatically.
Or, if the tobaccopocalypse hits, you can make a fortune on the pipe tobacco black market.
(attached)
https://www.pdffiller.com/301810-fillable-pipe-tobacco-rating-forms-naspc
Nevermind, it’s the same form, but uncredited to Fred Hanna
https://pipesmagazine.com/wp-content/2018/radio-show/02/01/Mike-Zicha-Pipe-Tobacco-Evaluation-Form-2-6-18.pdf
https://halfashed.com/pipe-tobacco-review-guidelines-2/
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I have more Carter Hall and Half and Half on the way.
Answers the question, “What’s in your closet?”😃
And pipe tobacco…..
Some mods:
- Quickly add a pie chart like I did above from my spreadsheet with a few clicks
I initially thought I wouldn't use it and just keep using my Google Docs but I find myself grabbing the phone to look up things in the cellar. The interface is crazy easy to use. I even added a calculated column that converted ounces to grams and added that along with ounces aggregator to see total weight pretty easilly
That may not be a bad thing depending on the blends you like. Think of it as stoving your tobacco.
I would move it somewhere a little cooler though.
Store your tobacco in a cool place... but NOT your refrigerator...😏 I don't think food and tobacco blend all that well...😉