Jeremy's New Year Bash - What's your OLDEST cigar?

[butternutsquashpie]

Ah I get it, Jeremy formulated a foolproof plan to get us all to post an interesting thread about our oldest sticks and in the process find out who would be most positively affected by the addition of a selection of smokey goodness

Oh thank the lord.
Someone posted it so I wouldn't have to ;D

Cheers Mark

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[Simon Bolivar]

Congrat's Mark, lets hear all about how they smoke. Jeremy, what can I say, they don't call you a ButterNUT for nothing!,Welcome to the official rank of BOTL

[MarkLondon]

Thanks Simon I can't wait!
Back in Blighty this evening....Not exactly outdoor smoking weather it seems.

Did have a few nice smokes over in Italy looking out to sea.

Treated myself to a few too (will post pics later)

[butternutsquashpie]

Welcome to the official rank of BOTL

what was i before? just a regular nut??
hahahaha, wicked.

I also tossed in some nice diggities for you mark. all oldies and goodies
Also. DON'T FORGET. the terms of winning is clear that you must review the Hoyo EL11 within a month

[MarkLondon]

Ok Mate....I seriously can't wait!

Ok....I shall do my best with a review.

I was actually reading about the EL11 before....sounds and looks lovely!!

[sheppsea]

Congratulations Mark and a great competition Jeremy (even if I did need VTG to explain it in small words before I 'got it'!)

[monkey66]

Well done Mark (although I am still not too sure what actually happened ) and thanks for the competition Jeremy

[MarkLondon]

Thanks....Butternut took pity on my young cigar stash and pushed me onwards in my cigar journey....I think.

[MarkLondon]

So.....My package from Jeremy arrived today....and here are the lovely cigars he sent me when he took pity on me.
Jeremy will now enlighten me with their ages...I hope
Thank you so much again Jeremy!
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[butternutsquashpie]

DIC 06 on the farthest right
SEP 07 on the farthest left
The other ones I think I already mentioned?

Note that the Choix Supere is in the dreaded "green" phase of cigars. Tryy not to light it up withing 2 months.
And don't light either one of these up within a week. Let them stabilise from stress in your humidor due to temp and humi harm from transit.
Enjoy and don't forget the review of the LE

[PeeJay]

Good job you've got a humidor to put them in. Calibrating the hygrometer tonight, post it tomorrow evening.

[Sean]

Great selection of sticks there mate that monty looks very tempting

[Cubist]

Probably a silly question, but what is the "Dreaded green phase" ?

[butternutsquashpie]

Probably a silly question, but what is the "Dreaded green phase" ?

it's a purely theoretical phase that a cigar goes through. emitting the most ammonia/nicotine the cigar just smokes in a manner harsh, rough, and "green"
some people here would even say that doesn't exist but that CS is good example of how it exists for me. but others just claim to suck it up and just smoke the rest of the green cigar, but i'm a firm believer of: cigars are meant to be enjoyed. and if i can't enjoy it, why continue? most of the time, it occurs between 2 months to a year of the box date.

a good way to understand how a green cigar tastes is to let either buy a fake cohiba or (accidentally) leave a cigar at 40-50% RH for two weeks or so. some lighter NCs are so light that they exhibit signs of greenery.. the most common ones are the Double Claro ones.

[Tomothebuilder]

Romeo Y Julieta Exhibicion No2 LE 2000

It's a bloody big stick, no idea when I'll find time to enjoy it!