Hello everyone! after a short time away, I have a question to ask all of you. Simply… How do you store or keep your Snuff safe? (from molding, going bad etc…) I was wondering because I don’t use everyone of my snuffs and I would like to keep them as fresh as possible. Thank you all!
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I have taken an approach of snuffing nonstop from waking till sleep. Seems to get the job done 
( Jokes aside - most I have are in small tins - never touch with fingers, only a spoon, and the Abraxas and SWS in the fridge )
I posted about this in the tobacco picture thread. I have some in vacuum sealed bags, and the menthols in their tins in a glass jar (to keep the smell to itself). All of it is kept in an airtight Snapware container. The container is kept in a cool and dry place next to my cigars, pipes, and open pt. Like @The_HP I’ve never touched my snuff with my fingers. I’ve used a clean pipe nail for some, but mostly I gravity fill my tap boxes. (FWIW I have one glass jar of Abraxas Cafe 11, and two shakers from DeK. The rest are Toque, McC, SG, F&T, and WoS. I may revisit my storage once the mail comes in from @chefdaniel.)
I use little four or eight ounce mason jars and store them in my “cellars” which are 38 gallon Coleman coolers. There’s a few pounds of pipe weed and a few dozen cigars in there too. Manages a nice constant temp, air tight and work like a charm. I still haven’t figured out whether snuff ages well or just stores well under proper conditions. It may have something to do with my insatiable nostrils, but I could be wrong.
Long term bulk go with canning procedures, everything else just sniff it! Pretty broads and all, but this really is the gist of snuff storage. Manufactures recommendations first, but when in doubt go with sterility. Sensitive as she may be, properly handled will go the distance with flavor and potency! Everything jarred that is not used right away.
I learnt when I first joined this forum to decant my snuffs into glass jars that I then stored in containers in a drawer in a cool place. However Nigel - @Abraxas - suggested that his, and the SWS snuffs, should be refrigerated so my collection of those snuffs were transferred to an airtight container and now reside in my fridge.
In the original tins and tubs in my sock drawer. Snuff doesn’t last that long around the Palazzo Malatesta.
In glass containers sealed with electrical tape or in their original tins (if they seal well) and sealed with electrical tape. Everything inside 2 chests that are inside my drawer.
Original containers, electrical tape in my dark room, on the shelf.
If the tin is too large to actively snuff through, or if I don’t use it often, it gets decanted into half-pint mason jars and stored in my utility room. It’s always dark, and cool. No worries about it going bad.
Based in the UK, I do not feel the need to refrigerate snuff, 10g or less I leave it their tins , above that I decant to a glass Kilner Jar, I keep the tins together in an air tight plastic container in a dark cupboard, never had an issue, the Kilners are in the same cupboard… Something my grandfather told me ages ago, when he decanted snuff from a jar to the snuff box for the day. 1. Dont use your fingers, use a spoon. just take what you want for the day 2.Wipe a wet finger around the lid before you re seal it No issue here in the last 7 months snuffing ~:)
@Derek_007 I would generally agree. All my snuffs are tightly sealed, but recently lost a SWS Creme du figue to mould. Artisan snuffs without preservatives (at least moists) need refrigeration.
I have others in tins, well sealed, several years old and kept in a drawer that are fine. I’ve noticed toques loose their flavour, but thanks to @Roderick s good tobacco base, they are still mighty fine snuffs.
I like the electrical tape idea. I’ll steal that. Thanks gents. Living in the PacNW its generally cool and the humidity doesn’t hang in the air like it does in the Midwest. This helps with keeping my snuff whole. Good tips.
I keep everything in the fridge, since I don’t eat a lot. There was plenty of room, I cleared off the entire middle shelf. I try to never open them for long, and usually just open them to decant or test, if it is a large tin. Smaller tins I take out a few every day for what flavors I’m feeling like.
I decant what needs such (I.e. WoS). Everything, whether decanted or not gets put into one of a few small 6 pack sized coolers. Coolers are separated by kind of snuff (I.e. menthols/mints, scotches/toasts, etc.) One day I’ll get around to decanting everything into air tight jars. Until then, only snuff with less than desireable tins get decanted
The few that I have in bulk quantity are in mason jars. I wrap my 25g tins in kitchen wrap and place in individual baggies. These go into an air tight cannister. I fill 10g Toque tins about half way as I need to. I’ve never had any dry out but I only have a dozen or so different snuffs on hand at any given time.
This thread has been helpful. I’ve used electrical tape on the tins I haven’t opened yet, decanted Santo Domingo, and moved more tins into jars to keep smells from mingling.
I’ve been storing the majority of mine - in my nose… The only problem so far has been with the quite limited space to accommodate much volume. Will just have to continue to pack it in as space allows.
I’ve been storing the majority of mine - in my nose… The only problem so far has been with the quite limited space to accommodate much volume. Will just have to continue to pack it in as space allows.
Good news! I read somewhere here (maybe @Mouse mentioned it) that as we age our noses and ears continue to grow. 