Quote Originally Posted by mooster View Post
Which one; you created a monster...

To be honest, I always looked at the term "aging" as a polite way of saying "rotting rates" anyway, so yeah. I guess we're talking about different things.
All of them - I want a full report with pictures, that's the least that you could do.

There are processes, like tanning and fermentation that retard or virtually eliminate rotting under the right conditions. Does leather normally rot? This is a decent basic explanation of fermentation.

http://www.neptunecigar.com/co/artic...mentation.aspx

Fermentation is a micro organism activity that doesn't occur after it's finished. It leaves the leaf more stable and ready to be processed into a smoking product.
No, it's not rotting.

Tell me about the Jacopo pipes!

Pete