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Huck 1512 Offline
#1 Posted: Tue, Oct 30 2018, 11:05 PM EST
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How long should you age these cigars from cigar bid when you receive them?
Ewok126 Offline
#2 Posted: Tue, Oct 30 2018, 11:23 PM EST
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Totally depends on you Huck. First when you say age do you mean actually aging as in a few years or do you mean regulate as in letting them regulate to the proper humidity in your humi?

For myself I always set them in my humi for a few weeks to regulate. I will usually smoke one or two ROTT just because I do like em that way as well. As far as ageing any cigar I think they all are different but in honesty I do not age cigars. I do not know that I will be around in 10 years and I be damned if I am going through all that trouble just so my kids or family can give that chit away lol. Now, with that said. In ageing I think its just trial and error. Since every brand of stogie is different it takes different times of ageing to hit that "sweet spot". Also, what is considered "sweet spot" varies from person to person. What I think is great after 2 years might suck to you and you think it hits the sweet spot after 10 years. That is where I think the trial and error comes in. It is all OP I think. To get you a round about time to try, I would list the brands you are speaking of as some of these great guys and galls might have aged those brands and can give you an idea on what they think the right age would be. Other than that it is just a matter of you taking them stogies putting them in your humi and trying one from time to time to see if it has gotten worse or better to your taste preference. Sorry it is not a direct answer to help you out but that is just what I would do.
Palama Offline
#3 Posted: Wed, Oct 31 2018, 12:49 AM EST
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Huck 1512 wrote:
How long should you age these cigars from cigar bid when you receive them?


Kinda like what Ewok said. I typically wait at least 3 weeks for them to acclimate before ashing anything from an online store. After that then I wait till I've had them for 3 months. Iffin' I like them, I keep smoking them. Iffin' I don't, then they just go into one of coolers and I'll wait a few more months before trying another.

Ultimately though, they just naturally age / rest as new cigars come in and I forget to smoke the older ones. d'oh!
jjanecka Offline
#4 Posted: Wed, Oct 31 2018, 8:09 AM EST
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One month of acclimation. I started this site three years ago and have stuff I've yet to touch though.
tonygraz Offline
#5 Posted: Wed, Oct 31 2018, 8:42 AM EST
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Depends. Do you mind if we call you old Huck ?
Pudding Mittens Offline
#6 Posted: Wed, Oct 31 2018, 10:48 AM EST
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I have so many damned cigars and have bought so much that I just Sharpie the date on new arrival boxes, put them away and forget about them while I smoke really old stuff. I may not touch a box I get in today until years, often many years, later. I also often forget what I received, after enough time has passed, so digging deep in the stash is like an archaelogical dig. I find stuff from 2009, 2010, etc. that I have no clear memory of getting.

It's actually pretty cool. Automatic long aging, and fun surprises!

(No, I don't forget stuff I got recently, I'm not senile yet!)
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dstieger Offline
#7 Posted: Wed, Oct 31 2018, 10:51 AM EST
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tonygraz wrote:
Depends. Do you mind if we call you old Huck ?



Not sure we need more than one.....but if the old one is gone, then I'm all for it
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