sour smelling tobacco?

[PersianPride]

zzzzzt has a point benny/Renushka you really don't want to take chances with something you are inhaling. From what everyone is saying its probably nothing but why take the chance over $10 dollarsPS since it smoked normal what do you think is the better melon al waha or Nakhla?

[Lakemonster]

[quote]...somebody said formaldehyde, but I'm sure thats not right...[/quote]O sh!t. Thats a spooky thought, tho. Talk about some "wet" shisha!Yikes.. wake up the next AM and the guy sitting next to you has a knife sticking out of his head.

[benny]

how would it ferment in a sealed package?

[Vlax]

If it did ferment the you have a Perique-esk style shisha...

[Sonthert]

Nicotine inhibits growth of yeasties that create fermentation...unless Al Waha switched to washed tobacco and forgot to add chemical preservatives. Although the honey is a natural medium, is sterile. Hmmm. I tend to think its something from the manufacturing, but intended and believed to be safe. I'm thinking about the melon flavor I was just testing, it had an odd, musty odor too. Some flavors change alot based on humidity shock. Maybe thats the case here.

[Lukasa]

[quote name='benny']gave it a day to acclimate,  Sour smell is still there, but alot less pungant then yesterday.  Had a smoke with natural coals on it, was really good. Flavour isnt terribly strong, but is definately there. Massive buzzes, to the point of both me and renushka feeling sick afterwards, but we were both smokin on empty stomachs, so i think that was the cause..  Shisha was good, real good [/quote] Toldja so.

[lilbrownindian]

i have the same al waha melon in the tin and i have the same exact smell, its a VERY strong smell, but it smokes great.

[Sonthert]

Joey32B was by last night and he told me he smelled the same thing from a melon tobacco...maybe some people smell it and smell vinegar whereas other people don't. Sense of smell is easily the most variable, erratic sense humans have.