casing recipe

I've been working a few kgs of some locally procured flue cured Virginia. It's a mix of reds and yellows, it smokes decently well even though it's a bit light on flavour. I get no tongue bite from this leaf and it works well with other components. There are some vegetative off flavours I get...

Hi all, I decided to try to make my own casing (low on funds) so what I did was mix about* 1/2 cup distilled water with 1/4 cup sugar and 1/4 corn syrup, bring to boil for about* a minute then add about* 1/4 tea spoon of vegetable glycerin bring to a boil for about* another minute then took it...

I've grown quite a few different Burley varieties and have come to the conclusion that commercially produced Burley almost always needs to be toasted in order for it to be palatable. When Burley is primed at each leaf's peak of maturity, it doesn't have to be toasted, but I think it still...