John Rider's Infusion Experiment

[JSC]

Thats a very good idea, I might try it with some mediocre cigarillos that I have laying around.

[Maduro_Scotty]

I like to put them in a baggie and place a good measuring cup of the Dalmore cigar malt with them. Interesting idea about the coffee beans, will have to do some experimenting.

[mrgatorman]

many years ago, before my wife was my wife...I used to bar hop. Were talking Night clubs. One of the ways i would get the interest of girls. ws to smoke cigars infused with cinnamon that i made myself. Worked beautifully. i actually sold a bunch to other guys there too.

i put a bunch of value sticks in a spaghetti contanier with cinnamon oil. and it took about a month.

[tedski-cl]

Why not just drink the MM while smoking the cigar? Seems like you would get the full effect of the flavor.

[leojvs]

oooh, I can see myself getting another bundle of cigars here. 5 coffee, 5 'Wolf Blass' Tawney Port, and I will think about the cinnamon ones too. THey sound interesting.

[lawdaug_1]

Originally Posted by JohnRider

I guess just about anything would work, and it is all about what YOU might like to infuse the cigar with. So, if you have some mediocre cigars laying around that you might not otherwise get around to smokin, give it a shot. I'd plan on leaving them sealed up in a container for at least a couple of weeks.

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[Sam Leccia]

John,

That is a very cool experiment...


I wonder what flavors would come out if you infused cigars in a humidified room filled with wild dogs and explosive rockets.

[Cameroon-swoon-cl]

Originally Posted by JohnRider

I wonder what plain old coffee beans would do? Put a cup full of nice oily black expresso beans in - maybe with a libation? That might be good.

Yeah - I was thinking about the Starbuck's Coffee liquor. I'm a big fan of coffee (not so much Starbuck's though) and would love to try that out.

This post is great, John. I had this idea about a year ago, but wasn't sure how to go about it. I guess I was on the right track - I thought about doing pretty much what you did, but then thought that that wasn't going to work. I'm curious though - what about humidification of the cigars. Does the libation you use provide that, or do you still need to add some distilled water?

[50dean]

Hi John,

Since seeing your threads about infusing cigars, I took it upon myself to do thesame experiment here in Oregon. I am using(4)-Perdomo Slow Aged 826 cigars. First, the wrapper: your choice of a chestnut-brown Connecticut natural or a coffee-black Connecticut Broadleaf maduro. Each glistens with oils. Next comes the filler blend: Slow-Aged employs four different Nicaraguan long-leaf tobaccos, including a choice strain of ligero leaf that amps up the flavor profile just a touch. This complex blend results in a deliciously smooth, robust and vivacious flavor with creaminess and coffee-like notes.
The bourbon I'm using got 3rd over all, with a double gold, at the San Fran. Global Dist. Comp. in 1997 and is called Eagle Rare.
http://www.sfspiritscomp.com/
I'm also using some 2-3 year old cigars that I bought off the internet. I don't remember who made them, but they're suppose to be Montecristo #2knock offs. I'll let the cigars rest in the jar for 5 weeks and then my friend and I'll smoke some. If I'm feeling nice I might give some away. I will give a progress report later. Wish me luck.

Dean

[JohnRider]

That looks like a good setup there...I like the crock. I think they will be quite infused in 2 or 3 weeks, but 5 can't hurt. Now, after that much time in a 100% humidity environment, we are going to have to figure out some way to bring them back to 70%. I would keep them far away from your humidor...lol...I guess you could just remove the liquor and open the lid a notch so they will slowly leak that extra humidity back out.

[baboruger]

So how did this experiment end? Did they get better with time John?

[JohnRider]

About a week ago I moved the cigars from the "Infuser" (i.e. the coffee can) to a special humidor to dry out. The cigars are really almost damp after a month or so in the coffee can at 100% humidity. They should reach something resembling 70% humidity in another week or so. Then I'll give them a try! They smelled good!

[JohnRider]

By the way, 50dean, good choice of bourbon. I have that in my collection as well. A darn fine bourbon.

[bobcat-cl]

Any updates? Want to hear how this ended up

[brianhewitt-cl]

Man this is awesome! Dang it, now you got me wanting to try it too!

Originally Posted by leojvs

oooh, I can see myself getting another bundle of cigars here. 5 coffee, 5 'Wolf Blass' Tawney Port, and I will think about the cinnamon ones too. THey sound interesting.

Good call, good call! I may have to try this out with a little Taylor 20-year tawny...