I recently purchased "aged" cigars from a shop. I guess what they meant by aged was dried out and old because that's what I got. Yes it is sad to let a cigar go to waste 👻 so my question is how can I, if I can, save the cigars? I've seen some YouTube video showing a trick where you wrap it in tin foil and let steam run through it. Not sure if that really works, so before I even attempt that I wanted to ask people who know their sh*t ( or at least think they do ) what I should do.

How many are we talking about?

strange that it was "dried" out.. ..from a shpo?
Did it come out of their walk-in or humi?
Just put it in your humi, and check it in 6 months to a year. Probably not worth going thru the whole "brining it up slowly" routine.

stay away from that shpo..........

The first one I tried being an idiot and getting mad I broke in half and threw out after getting mad at myself I realized there has to be a better way. It's about 2 or 3.

The shop I went to is a nice shop and the cigars were in the walk-in I think just being a newbie the salesman saw me coming, but since then I've learned some things and become acquaintances with the owner.

It's a nice shop, and the cigars came from their walk-in, yet they're dried out? you sure it isn't the way you're storing them?

Shouldn't be how I'm storing them all my other cigars are just fine and it wasn't that long ago that I purchased them

Personally, This is what I would do....take a towel and wet it with distilled water very lightly, then wrap the cigars loosely with the towels and place them in a plastic Glad bag (sealed) overnight. Do this for each of the cigars. In the morning, take the cigars out of the wrap and see what condition they are in...if they need any more "conditioning" place the cigars back into the sealed Glad bag with a small container of distilled water. You are trying to rapidly infuse them with water without letting them get too damp. Let them sit this way for no more than 24 hours. Take them out after this time and inspect them carefully. If they are wet to the touch, let them sit in the open until they are dried out and you feel that they are safe to return to the humidor. Then let them rest for a few weeks (at least) until the humidity in the sticks can be leveled out...the humidor should do the rest.

What do you keep your humi at? They could have been kept at a lower humidity level than what you're used to or what you store your cigars at. Have you smoked any other cigars from the B&M's humi that you thought where dry?

I've had a few from this shop that I had no issues with. The 2-3 from this group of aged ones are the first I've gotten that have been dry like this.

Sounds like they may have been stored in a dry area of the walk-in. Let them acclimate in your humi for a coupe weeks/months and you should be fine. Or isolate them them in a ziplock with a broveda pack. No need to wrap in foil & steam, or wet them down. Too much moisture applied too quickly could damage the wrappers, swell in size, and encourage mold. A buddy (not into cigars) once gave me a Cohiba Siglo II that was sitting in his desk unhumidified for almost a year. Let it rest in my humi for a year and it smoked just fine.

Don't be afraid to discuss your concerns with the owner since you've made his acquaintance.

You know the owner...take them back.

Why keep a defective product? A good shpo owner will happily exchange them for something else.




Btw.......Around here, they are called "shpo". Gotta keep with tradition

Jade loves n00ds

One word.

SLOWLY

I agree with Jade. If you are friends with the owner... Or even if you're not, if they're unsmokeable tell your 'friend'. He should offer to replace or refund. If not, he's a friend of your wallet, not friend of yours!

Any of you guys remember Clint Eastwood's spaghetti western smokes? Those were dry cigars. Aren't some cigars made AND meant to be smoked "dry".
Just throwing this out... cause I'm bored and Rush is bloviating in the background prolly with his pants around his ankles.