Wondering Which snuffs contain alchohol in them? The scotches obviously do, but besides these which ones have alchoholic extracts in the flavourings? I can’t have even a trace amount of alchohol (in addition to kiwi and a few other things).
Old Paris is made with arrack.
Toque Bourbon and Whisky and Honey I guess. And I’d swear there is Angostura Bitters in their Christmas Pudding.
If vanilla extract or something is baked in a buscuit it doesn’t do anything to me it’s just when alchohol is raw.
I doubt whether any snuff really contains alcohol. Alcohol is highly volatile and my guess is that it will evaporate soon after it’s been added to the snuff. I’m a recovering alcoholic, so I stay clear from anything which contains alcohol. I had no ill effects from any snuff to which I’ve added a bit of brandy because by the time I put it in my nose, the alcohol is gone. Maybe Jaap and/or Roderick will comment on this issue.
Really does it completely evaporate without heat? I was under the impression that unless cooked alchohol always remains in trace amounts.
PS good for you Pieter. I havn’t had a drink since 1991 myself.
Alcohol evaporates without additional heat.
Same here, on being an ex-drinker and now trying to be an ex-smoker. And the alcohol flavored snuffs are just a touch of flavor from the old monkeys, that is all. Ken
@matero, 24/12/93, one day at a time!!
I really like drinking.
yeah alchool not in a bottle will be gone pretty fast. It evaporates much easier then water.
@ Pieter: Our Macuba, Prins Regent and Bon Bon are flavored with cognac, so intially the contain alcohol, but as you stated yourself alcohol is volatile and the amout added is small. I use 4-5% for the Macuba and the Prins Regent contains half. The Bon Bon even contains less: initially 0.5% Besides that our Potpourri No. 1 (tobacco free) contains initially 12,5% ethanol to add the dissolved oils. But here also the alcohol evaporates with time. Jaap Bes.
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@ matero: the scotches are not made with alcohol. They are called Scotch because like Scotch whisky, their tradtion originates in Scotland. The Garretts who started a snuff mill near where I live 200+ years ago were a family that had moved here from Scotland, and they made snuff they way they knew (plain or slightlly scorched, and fine and dry).
I’ve been a friend of Bill W’s for 27 years, one of my “things” is to avoid even the smell of alcohol, so snuffs flavored that way are not an option for me. Like they say around meetings, you don’t go to a whore house for a kiss. Way to go you other guys.
@Xander ah that makes sense. I just assumed American scotches being southern were just huge tins of snuff with scotch whiskey flavouring.
Well the saying also goes, you don’t pay a hooker for sex you pay for her to leave.
I prefer not to pay her at all…
I think the analogy has strayed from point and topic. Ken
@wildwilliam, I’m a friend of Dr Bob and Bill W too. I’m 10 years your junior but the main thing is, we have both been sober today!