Since the baccy has all been shredded, I have five bags. One each of virginia, burley, oriental, maryland, and dark air. Each bag is averaging 3kg, which is not as good as last years grow. Anyway, I tried a different casing recipe on the maryland, which, by itself was already pretty good. I was shooting for something along the lines of a marlboro since I don't mind that taste so I mixed up a sauce, This sauce-
90g invert sugar
90g glycerine
9g potassium sorbate
2 tbsp sodium bicarbonate
2 tbsp cocoa powder
1 tbsp vanilla extract
2 drops anise oil
and all this mixed into 1 liter of water
I sprayed it lightly over the 3kg of maryland and it's still in the drying proccess. At first, the anise oil was overwelming but soon mellowed out. As it dries, I'm scooping the dried stuff into another pail and I tried smoking some of this and I have to say that it's some of the best flavour I've ever gotten. It's not the same as marlboro and not even close to my Export a green flavour but has a unique and pleasent flavour thats quite robust and full yet not harsh. I like it a lot.
I will eventually be blending all of these together but for each type I will likely try a different recipe. I'll keep you posted.