Red Ribbon Experiment

At the CORPS pipe show we open a jar of Red Queen plug flake that has been sealed for 6-8 months. Boom ketchup! What happened here? My theory for a couple of months has been tobacco vinegar is what makes this famous smell. This jar of Red Queen plug is leading more in that direction.

What I think happened is the wet whole leaf perique kick started a secondary fermentation of the red Virginia. I'm no chemist so I may be talking out of my ass. But let's try an experiment.

First I had cased red Virginia with tonka casing and let rest for 24 hours. Next I shred about 50 grams using a pipe width manual shredder. Last I take a single leaf of wet perique and open it up. I then weaved the the perique leaf back and forth as I fill the jar with red ribbon. I have sealed the jar and placed under a blanket in the truck this week to heat it up this week.

Now we wait . . .