Cigar Age

[ha_banos]

I found exactly the same with last months CotM Reyes - the first tasted much better than the second, as if aged a bit longer....??

Exactly. But with [MENTION=13402615]PeeJay[/MENTION] CoTM, FdC, the aged stick wasnt as nice as the younger stick. And I ended up scoring a tenner of the latter, same box code but from someone else. Need to try one of those soon.

All very confusing. Sure the OP regrets asking now [emoji23]

[Vitola]

What I noticed on holiday is how good one of last month's COTM (Reyes) ROTT was and the next one was nowhere near as nice. I smoked them almost back to back. I'd have sworn the former had been sat in a humidor for 3+years!

Would aging the dodgy stick have helped? Probably not.

I found exactly the same with last months CotM Reyes - the first tasted much better than the second, as if aged a bit longer....??

[ha_banos]

What I noticed on holiday is how good one of last month's COTM (Reyes) ROTT was and the next one was nowhere near as nice. I smoked them almost back to back. I'd have sworn the former had been sat in a humidor for 3+years!

Would aging the dodgy stick have helped? Probably not.

[Emaresee]

Liked this guy's words on ageing cigars [emoji4]

https://youtu.be/qnxYhWGEZq4

Fascinating video. Overall I think he has a point... enjoy your smokes, don't wait for an epiphany that may never come. but of course keep the superstar sticks for high days and holidays rather than rushing them on a whim.

Beyond that he is (as he states) putting his own layer of opinion on what he has called out as more inconsistent 'beliefs'. I think there is an inaccurate statement in there about not aging in a tupperdor - but rather in a wooden humidor. Point blank wrong... but I suspect that this relate to single sticks. Even so I am still not wholly sure of the why...

these sticks of ours are not museum pieces they are to be enjoyed. However I suspect that his audience is not 'we/us' but rather the US and the much greater domestic market of which is predominated by NC, out of the box, ready to go smokes.

[Simon Bolivar]

i think it's something to try... I'm with you though a nicely aged stick trumps it. 3-5 years is my sweet spot, although older can be nice too!

Indeed they can, 20yrs isn't too long for some of the best Marca's. But I think all improve with 3-5yrs, Cohiba's certainly benefit from 5yrs rest. As it say's inside the RG box, 'Smoke withing 3 months or wait for a year.'

[Emaresee]

Good point Emaresse, hadn't considered that. I did smoke some green cigars in Cuba & indeed they are a treat, but by the time the stock gets to us in Europe they have passed that stage & for my tastes, I prefer to be patient to enjoy my stock.

i think it's something to try... I'm with you though a nicely aged stick trumps it. 3-5 years is my sweet spot, although older can be nice too!

[Simon Bolivar]

I suspect it may be because of the fresh rolls that part of the US have in abundance. Fresh rolls, smoked 'green' are a special and distinct treat... I've had some and I enjoyed them but not as much as a well aged stick. the green sticks are much wetter.....

Good point Emaresse, hadn't considered that. I did smoke some green cigars in Cuba & indeed they are a treat, but by the time the stock gets to us in Europe they have passed that stage & for my tastes, I prefer to be patient to enjoy my stock.

[Emaresee]

For long term ageing in the UK is generally accepted to be best drier e.g. 62-63oC, FB pages with people kept at 72oC, I would expect to be american's, who often talk of smoking them 'wet'!

I suspect it may be because of the fresh rolls that part of the US have in abundance. Fresh rolls, smoked 'green' are a special and distinct treat... I've had some and I enjoyed them but not as much as a well aged stick. the green sticks are much wetter.....

[ha_banos]

I might!

I'm lucky enough to have enough cigars some will sit around for ages before I get to them. But I tend to pick a cigar I have time for.

But that does remind me to burn that davidoff next weekend weather permitting.

[gojira]

Liked this guy's words on ageing cigars [emoji4]

https://youtu.be/qnxYhWGEZq4

I stopped watching at around 6 minutes. So you're gonna light that Cohiba 1966 that you have been saving tomorrow Banos?

[ha_banos]

Liked this guy's words on ageing cigars [emoji4]

https://youtu.be/qnxYhWGEZq4

[mackem keith]

[MENTION=13371498]Simon[/MENTION]bolivar, would you happen to know why some aficionados apparently hold their vintage cigars under running tap water a few second before smoking?


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Really!!! I?m struggling to see the logic behind this..
I?m going to look this up on YouTube to try make sense of it .


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[pigpen]

Stumbled across this https://www.tobacconistuniversity.or...e_rolling8.php

The rehumidification that happens before cigars are rolled I think leaves them at a much higher humidity than 72%RH!

If from boxing the cigar to you receiving it is say 3 months they'll still be wet due to being boxed up and pressed together. For bloody ages I imagine.

So, someone invented this! [emoji2957][emoji16]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BzHXxOon..._web_copy_link

wow yet another gadget I am now trying to convince myself I don’t need

[Simon Bolivar]

Not guilty my man [ATTACH=CONFIG]34417[/ATTACH]

My apologies my good fellow, memory get's rustier every day.

[Hookmaker]

Yes, there is a thread. I think the idea was to 'wake it up' somehow. Didn't PJ try it? Not tried it myself, never felt the need to drown my vintage Havana's.

Davedude on YouTube (he’s a good friend of and often visits MRN), does it with all his vintage sticks in his videos.