First pressing of 2026, a pictorial

Smiticus on PSD started making Ton 618 and it looked so good I pulled out my jar and then I noted I had only one jar left! Oh noooooss! Pulled 1lb of Red Virginia and it was some pretty leaves in this batch.

Made quick work stripping the vein

This time instead of making two piles and casing one with blackberry and the other with tonka, I just did half and half in the atomizer and misted the whole lot.

I microwave the casing for 10 seconds

I compress the bag and let sit for 24 hours after casing

And then dropped it in the frame press to compress. Sorry forgot to picture the frame press but you have seen it in other articles.

After a week I popped it in the oven for 12 hours (I slept in late) at 200F

Let's push the plugs out with the frame press

Looking good

Time to slice up