Red Queen Pressing (a pictorial)

I always need Red Queen. It is my desert island blend. So here we are going to make 900g! That would be four 200g plugs to stove and one 100g plug not stove. Started stripping Red Virginia. Seems like some yellow Virginia slipped in on the 1lb from Whole Leaf Tobacco shipment. Stripping the stem from Red Virginia Next I am using Ripe Virginia Flue Cure. Normally I use Bright Virginia but variety is the spice of life. ...

March 27, 2026 · AceFour

First pressing of 2026, a pictorial

Smiticus on PSDstarted making Ton 618and 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. ...

January 24, 2026 · AceFour

2024 Halloween Plug Massacre

Decided to pull all the plugs I still have and flake them out. Plugs that I stoved in the oven were still moist and easy to slice. Plugs that stoved in a hot truck for 5 days was like trying to flake a 2 x 4. Ended up with a case of 16oz wide mouth Mason jars full of flakes. All the images below are straight Virginia’s except the last 2 images. Those are either Angel of Izmir or Basma Bastard. ...

October 25, 2024 · AceFour