Ranger - Va/Bur/Dfk

Things are warming up around here an I have a hankering for a new burley plug. I used burley cased from this recipe. The Virignia was cased with plum casing.

Recipe

• 87g Burley (53%)
• 58g Virginia (35%)
• 20g Dark Fired Kentucky (12%)

So I did somethings differently. The image above is only 1 day after pressing the plugs. Earlier this week I pulled some Red Queen Plug that was wrapped with foil and put in mylar and had some books and case of mason jars sitting on it for six months. You can see how dark the plugs became.

Now the only issue was wrapping with foil. The foil would stick to the plug and I would have to scrape it off. So this time I am wrapping in plastic wrap. Placing the burley plugs in mylar and then putting the weight on top and let it sit.

I did shave off and tried the new plug. Surprised there was no bite. Molasses, cacao, tonka bean casing did it's job well. It was an enjoyable smoke until the Vitamin N hit me and I realized I hadn't had breakfast yet. I'm looking forward to slicing up a plug after they have time to rest.

Edit: 06/25/25

The plugs started to fluff up and wasn't having any of that. Put all of them in a smaller press and drop the 12 ton jack on it for 48 hours. Then I kept it there with a C-Clamp for a week in the heat of the porch.

I forgot to put wax paper in between the plugs so I ended up with a brick of tobacco.