John Rider's Infusion Experiment

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learn something new every day ....

[KhaoticMedic]

Can I or should I try with like Tullamore? :leph:

[pv1191-cl]

Originally Posted by KhaoticMedic

Can I or should I try with like Tullamore? :leph:

It should work just fine

[mdj65]

I got to try this, how long do you leave them in there?

[pv1191-cl]

here is my post from page 2

Originally Posted by pv1191

I was doing this 12 or 14 years ago. Long before the new age "flavoured" cigars hit the market. After alot of work ,and alot of messed up cigars, here is what I found works best. First off think SLOW. I am also a firm believer that if you start with crappy cigars and crappy liquor you will end up with a crappy product. Nuff said. Find a cigar you like and make sure it is properly seasoned. Putting them in a seperate unflavored humidor with a hunidity level of 60 to 65% for a week or so will help speed up the infusion process and should eliminate splitting.

Prepare a seperate humidor and be sure it is properly seasoned. A inexpensive way is to use plasitc sealable containers. prep them as you would a temporary or overflow humidor. Cedar planks work great for the inside. Once ready dilute the beverage of choice by 50% with distilled water. Using it full strength produced a very strong infusion too fast. You can use an open shot glass but I found keeping the proper humidity level is hard. I used a new unscented spunge. Damp the sponge with the 50/50 mixture and place the sponge inside and monitor the humidity closely for the first several days. Once the humidity is constant, let them sit for several weeks and add more of the 50/50 mixture as needed. Try the cigars during the infusion process. There is no hard and fast rule. Taste is subjective. So when they are flavored to your liking remove the 50/50 sponge and replace with a regular distilled water device. The cedar will have absorbed much of the flavor and keep the cigars at a relatively constant level of infusion for as long as you need. If you leave the 50/50 solution in they will become over saturated and taste like garbage. In this case more is NOT better. Once finished do not place them back with the rest of your stock unless you want everything inside to have flavor also.

Kind of long winded but it took quite a bit of trial and error to figure it out. Let me know if you have any questions.