Reviews & Flavors In General

[Texan_To_The_End]

I am rapidly coming to the conclusion that MOST of the cigars available at the local B&M's and at on-line vendors are at retail waaaaay under-aged. I am going to try (over the next few months) to stock some of the things that I like, and keep them in storage for *AT LEAST* six months before smoking them. In a perfect world, I'd test one at 6 months and determine if the rest of the box needed to sit longer or was smokeable. Unfortunately it ain't a perfect world, and I'd rapidly run out of space doing this. But I will do exactly this for the cigars I consider outstanding and exemplary... Who knows, I might have to build that walk-in this winter...

[loudee]

I find a good 3 months in the humi does wonders.


Lou

[TU09]

I have a few that made it to 3 months, they are indeed different than the fresher ones, in most cases better but not always (sick period?).

I don't have space to buy in quantity and, in all honesty, if I bought a box of something I enjoy with the intention to age, I wouldn't be able to keep my hands off 'em anyway.

Yes, I lack discipline when it comes to cigars. My more impulsive side tends to lie to me saying things like:

"Just going to buy a cheap single." (there like potatoe chips, nobody has ever bought just one)
"I just need a fiver." (box, and "need" might be questionable)
"I'm just going to browse." (hasn't happened yet)
"I'm not going to smoke it, just caress it softly while enjoying the aroma, maybe clipping it so as to test the draw." (bourbon does strange things in large quantities)

Just can't trust that bastard, he blows my budget every month! Despite the rate of purchase, I have a pretty high turnover rate. I'll never make six months and have just come to accept it.

[Jechelman]

Tim, I'm with you on this. To hopefully reduce the problem of smoking young cigars that were not yet ready for prime time I got a 500 count humi to go along with the four smaller ones I already had. The plan was/is to have enough sticks that I have to let most rest for an extended period. Only smoking five or so per week I will necessarily age most of them for a least several months.

The problem is that in buying cigars to fill up the new humi I just had to give some a try within the first week or so. Most really did need more time. Some notable exceptions that were good, at least to me, from the get go were: Rp Vintage '92, MC Afrique, CAO Brazilia & Criollo, Excalibur and Griffins Maduro. Maybe just lucky with these, don't know.

I do keep a very simple notes on most of the cigars I smoke and am looking forward to see if they really do improve with age as expected.

I hope your aging project goes well.