So what's deal here?  35 reads and not one reply?  I've been seriously smoking for about 3 years and nobody here can help me?  Stop holding out fellas!

Chad:

Sorry about my lack of presence on  the forum lately.  It's been a busy year so far culminating with the CPCC may show.  I'm just now getting back to some semblance of normalcy.  

To avoid information overflow I'll give you a short answer.

When tobacco is stored it will generally become milder over time.  

Since manufacturers take harvested tobacco and dry it, process it by fermentation, cut it, blend it , and age it prior to selling it to us we can alter the properties of a given product by how we handle it.  Tobacco continues to ferment after we by it.  

Tobacco is like wine, cheese, or other fermented products.  We can arrest the fermentation process by chilling it, speed up the process with heat, age it under controlled conditions, or use it right away to appreciate the taste as the maker intended.

Experimentation is the best teacher for the individual.  Try to store the same batch of tobacco different ways.  Put one amount in an air tight container in the fridge.  One in a container (heat resistant) on the top of the water heater (or furnace in the winter), and of course one of equal size stored at room temperature.  Every few weeks try some and compare.  Some tobaccos will diverge noticeably in two weeks, others may take longer, at some point you will begin to taste a difference.  

Let me know how your experiments play out.

Search pipes.org to get other ideas and information.

Good thing I gave you the short answer,

Chuck