how do you prep your jars?

[user 2031]

I use the new jars right out of the package.

Me too... now. :lol:

 

[tarheel7734]

I use the new jars right out of the package.

Me too... now. :lol:

Guess I dont have to do anything but fill the jars now.

 

[balkan_boy]

If they're new, I don't do anything. Sometimes they come from the store smelling like something artificial, in that case I air them for a day or two and they're good to go.

 

[SpeedyPete]

Urine kills all kinds of germs and other kinds of goggas which may harm the tobacco over time

So I just piss in my bottles, screw the lids (on), give it a good toss/shake and that's it.

Never had any problems so far.

 

[MichaelM]

Note to self. If SpeedyPete offers to share tobacco...

 

[Puff Daddy]

When I get cases of Mason jars I wait till it is a full moon and take them and arrainge them centered in my back yard in rows alligned with the points of the compass. I then have the shaman and 20 other members of an Arizona Apache tribe gather round the jars and do a ritual dance and get all the demons out of the jars. After this they take the jars and move them back to an 1890 wooden Brut champagne box to be stored under ground for at least 6 months before I dig them up and put the 'baccy in them.

Didn't help, they all still smell like ketchup.

 

[Kyle Weiss]

Didn't help, they all still smell like ketchup.

:cheers:

8)

 

[daveinlax]

I'm pretty simple here-

New jars go right into use with no treatment.

Used jars go into the dishwasher. Let them dry completely until the next day before refilling. Make sure the lid seals are sound. Any rings that have oxidation and are rough get thrown out.

This has worked for me for a good few years.

Same here! I just popped a jar of PSBS that I just put in a jar in 2005. I let nature sealed it and it's perfect! :shock:

 

[Brewdude]

I'm pretty simple here-

New jars go right into use with no treatment.

Used jars go into the dishwasher. Let them dry completely until the next day before refilling. Make sure the lid seals are sound. Any rings that have oxidation and are rough get thrown out.

This has worked for me for a good few years.

Same here! I just popped a jar of PSBS that I just put in a jar in 2005. I let nature sealed it and it's perfect! :shock:

All the new jars I've got in have a neutral aroma, so that's why I use them right out of the flat as-is. Never had any problems.


Cheers,

RR