help me ID this gar please

[BigRay023]

ok well ive been giving a couple of foreman at work some cigars and got them into smokin now....one of them dug this out of his garage....apparently it has been sittin in its tubo for a couple of yrs with no propper humidification...its a big ol honkin thing....easy 7x52 or bigger it says cofradia suntuoso around the portrait and none of the mexican fellas at work seem to know what it means....dunno looks nice and fancy....also how should i restore it....freeze and thaw? or just let it rest in the humi for a few weeks....thanx

[DSturg369]

Sounds/looks like this.....

http://www.jrcigars.com/index.cfm?pa...itemcode=BFCOL

[longburn]

Here ya go.....
BOLIVAR COFRADIA SUNTUOSO CIGARS Handmade HONWrapper: ECSU Binder: CTBL Filler: HON/NICMedium Bodied
This incredibly well-made masterpiece from Villazon absolutely drips with flavors so rich that they had to seal them in glass tubes! Featuring a rich chocolate brown Sumatra wrapper grown in Ecuador on the world famous farms of the Oliva family, this bold cigar is a delight to the senses. Complex flavors abound as the Suntuoso is smoked through its entire length, and believe me, you will want to smoke every inch of this superb cigar until it burns your fingers. Utilizing the last of the Oliva’s 2002 crop, these Bolivars were made in a limited run of 100,000 cigars.

Here is a link to them at JR cigarshttp://www.jrcigars.com/index.cfm?page=cigars&brand=BOLIVAR%20COFRADIA%20S UNTUOSO..

They sound nice and seem to be about a $10 smoke. But as far are raiseing it from the dead that might be another matter.A lot depends on what the humidity was in the air where they were to begin with. There are different opinions and it seems none of them gets you 100% success. But my suggestion would be to put them in a lowered humidity of about 60% then after a couple of weeks or a month raise it to 65% then 70%

[DSturg369]

Remove it from the tube and inspect it. If there are no beetle holes and no apparant damages, put it in baggie but do not seal it. Place it in a cooler if you have one, or in a humidor. The open baggie will allow the humidity to be reintroduced slowly and will protect your other cigars if a beetle outbreak does occur. Allow it to rest for about 3 months and it should be fine.

[BigRay023]

thanx brothers for the fast response and DSturg i will try that loose baggie trick

[DSturg369]

Pleasure to help Ray.

[karmaz00]

very nice

[Tarks]

I love the glass tubes with the cork. Thats awesome.

[scottw]

Originally Posted by DSturg369

Remove it from the tube and inspect it. If there are no beetle holes and no apparant damages, put it in baggie but do not seal it. Place it in a cooler if you have one, or in a humidor. The open baggie will allow the humidity to be reintroduced slowly and will protect your other cigars if a beetle outbreak does occur. Allow it to rest for about 3 months and it should be fine.

Good advice Dale