If I ever meet one of you Texas waddies who says he had never drank water out of a horse track I think I'll shake his hand, give him a Daniel Webster cigar.- John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn from the movie True Grit
Started by Chadboskie, 07/31/2014 06:21 PM
QuoteDonM - 8/1/2014 8:37 AMHumidors don't just allow the cigar to age, it provides perfect storage conditions until it is time to fire it up
QuoteCigary - 8/1/2014 1:11 PMThe common denominator in this process is that anything below 5 years is called "resting" while over 5 years is "aging" and there is a ton of reading on this subject as far as to its purpose...how to go about it and what to expect. Experience is something that one needs with any brand of cigar..to know it intimately so you can determine if it's wise to 'rest' or 'age' because not every cigar is the same. I went about this a few years back with cigars that I knew very well and did a spreadsheet on each one to see how it developed from ROTT to about a 3 year resting phase. There was about 20 different cigars I knew enough to be impartial because if you don't have enough exposure to how it tastes you can be jaded into thinking it changes a lot. I had my standard base profile and then smoked each one in 3 month tests afterwards...all the way out to about 3 years and found that about 65% of them changed enough to merit saying it made them better. In some brands as much as 40% better which was profound to me in that NC's tend to have some well founded rest before being sold.Most of you on here are already knowledgeable about setting up humidors to accommodate your cigars and how they smoke best at a given RH and temp. Black Irish pretty much hits the nail right on the head with his 2 cents and if one is interested in resting/aging cigars it's best to know that particular cigars' history. Bad or cheaper cigars don't really benefit from resting...they are what they are and complex cigars that are medium to full bodied are usually the best candidates for this process...they balance the cigar to such an extent that it makes the process worth it IMO but for most people they just want a good cigar w/o all the work and waiting.
QuoteThe Burn Ward - 8/1/2014 4:57 PMI smoke cigars.
Quotedddddmorgan - 8/1/2014 9:37 PMWell the greatly understated point here is to have enough sticks that some of them can age! Ya gotta smoke something, eh?
QuoteSparklePony - 8/17/2014 7:29 PM Quotedddddmorgan - 8/1/2014 9:37 PM Well the greatly understated point here is to have enough sticks that some of them can age! Ya gotta smoke something, eh?Suddenly I feel empowered! No wait, not empowered. What's the word? Ummm... Enabled! YES! Enabled!
Quotedddddmorgan - 8/1/2014 9:37 PM Well the greatly understated point here is to have enough sticks that some of them can age! Ya gotta smoke something, eh?
Lol...at the end of any conversation it's up to the person to take what they want and disregard what they don't want after research and that's really what's important. Some of us love the process of trying to arrive at getting the best possible taste from our cigars while others are at the back of the truck waiting to unwrap the first cigar and smoking it. Experience is the key as to what we enjoy as far as resting/experience and it's our own taste that we look to satisfy. For some it takes a 2 1/2 inch Ribeye and others all it takes is hamburger...neither is right or wrong when it becomes our own tastes. Happy smoking!