When to open 'em?

[TJCoro]

Keep Hope Alive!

I understand that's will power is not so easy when you're starting out. I mention it gets easier so for those who aspire to grow their collecction over time, so they can appreciate see the main benefit.

Well said, se?or. Many of us can only DREAM of the day we have a collection so large it's easy to store away boxes untouched/unopened.



Bag Boy

[grumpybaldy]

There's a logic to it, but can one really remember what a particular cigar tasted like, say, five years earlier?

[TJCoro]

Get out your pencils!

There's a logic to it, but can one really remember what a particular cigar tasted like, say, five years earlier?

Sure, if you keep notes. Below are two links. The first is a simplistic guide for rating cigars. The second is a more detailed article on how we disginguish flavors.

http://m.wikihow.com/Rate-a-Cigar

http://www.cigarinspector.com/how-to-taste-a-cigar

Bag Boy

[Emaresee]

Or the imagination in a lot of cases judging by some of the reviews I've read!

what what what? you cant taste butterscotch dripping from a stem of lavender into a glass of mocha chocca iced tea, with hints of mustard, grape and gently toasted labrador?? at the very heart of nearly every stick??!! tut tut tut [MENTION=13402615]PeeJay[/MENTION] you are slipping!!!

[Emaresee]

I understand that's will power is not so easy when you're starting out. I mention it gets easier so for those who aspire to grow their collecction over time, so they can appreciate see the main benefit.

well said... I happen to like the smoothness that comes from a little age... and it can be a modest term. I recall the first HUHC i sampled - it was (to me) bordering upon revolting. I had a 5 pack (since bought a box!) and really wondered hard about the wisdom of the purchase. A little under a year in the humi and they flipped into something really rather joyous. Every chance that mood and circumstance contributed too, but the taste was palpably altered through the passage of time.

I tend to leave the 'bigger' flavoured sticks longer... as I beleive (possibly wrongly) they have more capacity for aging given the bolder taste profile. That said, I had some custom rolled Davidoffs that were c20 years old when I smoked them and they were astouding. Th NC's dont get much rep for aging but these were magical as fresh rolls (a very differnt experience smoking them utterly green) and then again as relative pensioners!!!
And aging singles is fine too... I have a cluster of COTM and others that sit in a specific humi... every now and then I dip in and try one. Some have been there nearly 2 years without tryng!

Acquiring faster than consuming is the trick!! but thats when CAD kicks in!!!

[TJCoro]

Working Class Hero!

well said... I happen to like the smoothness that comes from a little age...

And aging singles is fine too... I have a cluster of COTM and others that sit in a specific humi... every now and then I dip in and try one. Some have been there nearly 2 years without trying [emphasis added]

Tote that barge, lift that bail

It's no secrete that some of us lack the capacity to store full boxes for years, let alone DECADES! (Sad) So, in the opinion of this humble mexicant, the "single-stick aging method" is a perfect way for us Working Class Heros to build up a fine collection of aged puros.






Bag Boy

[TJCoro]

And then you die?

This works for me !!!

Rule of thumb ... I will try a box at (about) 5 years ... another try at (about) 10 years ... and so on ...you need to stash a lot of smokes tho. been doing this for (about) 3 decades .

derrek

Rule of thumb: I wanna' be around when you run out of decades!

Bag Boy

[thedame007]

Rule of thumb: I wanna' be around when you run out of decades!

Bag Boy

This actually had me chuckle out loud - bravo, good sir!

[smokey joe]

1 every 5 years & a cabinet is for immortals?!

[RobustoClubHavana]

When to open 'em?

Love my cabinets but I end up Sharing them as hard to smoke 50s
Had in the last few years Punch DC 05
Hoyo Des Dieux 01
Hoyo Du Prince 03
Bolivar CGs 07
PL Andons RE Peru 09
SLR Peru 15
Hoyo DC 13
PL PC 15
Punch SS1 02
H Upmann Mag 50 08s
Possible a few more but cannot remember


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[Simon Bolivar]

There's a logic to it, but can one really remember what a particular cigar tasted like, say, five years earlier?

That's where keeping a diary of every smoke (or every interesting smoke if you'd rather) come in to it's own. I have have recorded every cigar I have smoked since 2004, a score & a few tips written down can amazingly help you to recall the whole experience.

[TJCoro]

Simon Sez!

That's where keeping a diary of every smoke (or every interesting smoke if you'd rather) come in to it's own. I have have recorded every cigar I have smoked since 2004, a score & a few tips written down can amazingly help you to recall the whole experience.

Right! You're a better hombre than I am Gunga Din Bolivar!

I gave up the practice after 5 or 6 sticks....(but don't tell se?or grumpybaldy!)
Bag Boy

[PeeJay]

Right! You're a better hombre than I am Gunga Din Bolivar!

I gave up the practice after 5 or 6 sticks....(but don't tell se?or grumpybaldy!)
Bag Boy

I only do it for new (to me) sticks but I'm still up to six notebooks full

[grumpybaldy]

Right! You're a better hombre than I am Gunga Din Bolivar!

I gave up the practice after 5 or 6 sticks....(but don't tell se?or grumpybaldy!)
Bag Boy

Too late muchacho!
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