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Aging sweet spot, your thoughts.
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gryphonms Offline
#1 Posted: Fri, Jan 23 2015, 10:01 AM EST
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I know aging is cigar dependant, but as a generality I find cigars aged between 1 1/2 years to 2 years are at their best for me. I am curious what others here think.
TheSmokensip Offline
#2 Posted: Fri, Jan 23 2015, 10:22 AM EST
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I dunno, some cigars are like people..they do not get better with to much age. They just get old ...
It depends on the stick but the magic numbers for me seems to be 2- 10 months.
Buddha Daddy Offline
#3 Posted: Fri, Jan 23 2015, 10:24 AM EST
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Cello on
TheSmokensip Offline
#4 Posted: Fri, Jan 23 2015, 10:28 AM EST
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Buddha Daddy wrote:
Cello on

No.
Cello off!!
ram27bat
hinzna Offline
#5 Posted: Fri, Jan 23 2015, 10:43 AM EST
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No.

Cello snipped!!!!ram27bat
Buckwheat Offline
#6 Posted: Fri, Jan 23 2015, 11:28 AM EST
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TheSmokensip wrote:
I dunno, some cigars are like people..they do not get better with to much age. They just get old ...
It depends on the stick but the magic numbers for me seems to be 2- 10 months.


Not to be picky but 2-10 months is resting not aging.

I feel that it all depends on the conditions that they are aged in. I prefer a little lower humidity and temperature (60% & 60-65F). I've got several cigars that have substantial age on them +10 years up to +40 years that still smoke very well. Some loss of strength but a gain in complexity. As always YMMV. fog
bgz Offline
#7 Posted: Fri, Jan 23 2015, 11:41 AM EST
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All my cigars are simply resting except for the ones Buckwheat gave me, those ones are aging.
danmdevries Offline
#8 Posted: Fri, Jan 23 2015, 11:42 AM EST
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Haven't been around long enough to really have an educated input, but from my limited experience, most of the time a proper rest is sufficient (under a year) enough to round the edges so to speak. Im sure many continue to mellow with more age, but for me in my limited experience 2-6 months seems to work for me.

Long term aging and comparison is difficult because in order to compare fresh and aged, one would need a fresh and an aged cigar from the same production year which is impossible without a Delorean.
sd72 Offline
#9 Posted: Fri, Jan 23 2015, 11:48 AM EST
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You can still get brand new Deloreans
danmdevries Offline
#10 Posted: Fri, Jan 23 2015, 11:50 AM EST
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sd72 wrote:
You can still get brand new Deloreans


I can't.

Spent all my money on cigars for aging.
Plowboy221 Offline
#11 Posted: Fri, Jan 23 2015, 11:56 AM EST
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1-2 years on some just depends on the cigar imo, I've had some mediocre cigars that have been sitting for 2 years that turned into great cigars, as in more complex brought out different flavor profiles and lightened others. Can change the whole complexity of the cigar, whether it makes it better or worse would depend on you personal palate I would imagine,Everyone's is different.
KingoftheCove Offline
#12 Posted: Fri, Jan 23 2015, 3:47 PM EST
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I don't know about aging, other than it's really more for CCs.
For NC, in imo, it's simply letting them "rest"........
- There's mandatory "shipping rest", especially for those of us west of the Rockies....about 2 weeks or so.
- Then there's "needed rest"......some decent stuff by AJ, Bueso, DPG and others, seems to be much better with substantial rest.....about 3 to 12 months
- Then there's the "extended rest"........ aka........ "a nap"..........some higher end NC cigars benefit quite a bit from an extended nap.......1 to 2 or 3 years......sometimes more
Whistlebritches Offline
#13 Posted: Fri, Jan 23 2015, 4:21 PM EST
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Buckwheat wrote:
Not to be picky but 2-10 months is resting not aging.

I feel that it all depends on the conditions that they are aged in. I prefer a little lower humidity and temperature (60% & 60-65F). I've got several cigars that have substantial age on them +10 years up to +40 years that still smoke very well. Some loss of strength but a gain in complexity. As always YMMV. fog


I'm definitely onboard with the lower humidity and temp.I don't even add water til I fall below 58% and try to never go above 62%.Temp 65 and below.

As for aging.......In most sticks I've seen little change til the 2-3 year mark.My oldest CC's are from 06 and really just coming into their own,CoRo's.Gonna save a few just to see what effect 10 years have on them....I believe the box code is jun06.

I'm digging this long term aging it's just hard to keep your hands off them.....Like my cab of Mag 46's from 08.Half gone because they just keep getting better.


Ron
namadio Offline
#14 Posted: Fri, Jan 23 2015, 4:34 PM EST
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KingoftheCove wrote:
I don't know about aging, other than it's really more for CCs.
For NC, in imo, it's simply letting them "rest"........
- There's mandatory "shipping rest", especially for those of us west of the Rockies....about 2 weeks or so.
- Then there's "needed rest"......some decent stuff by AJ, Bueso, DPG and others, seems to be much better with substantial rest.....about 3 to 12 months
- Then there's the "extended rest"........ aka........ "a nap"..........some higher end NC cigars benefit quite a bit from an extended nap.......1 to 2 or 3 years......sometimes more



It would be super cool if we pooled opinions to make a master list of "suggested rest/nap/aging brands and times" for the dumb n00bs!
KingoftheCove Offline
#15 Posted: Fri, Jan 23 2015, 5:11 PM EST
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namadio wrote:
It would be super cool if we pooled opinions to make a master list of "suggested rest/nap/aging brands and times" for the dumb n00bs!

that's just not possible, or practical......
silly noops need to learn this stuff on their own.....
the only short-cut, to gain this valuable information, would be....
























to just ask RAM

(and hope he answers)
therrm Offline
#16 Posted: Fri, Jan 23 2015, 5:19 PM EST
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My aging sweet spot is at the bottom of my humi. I hardly ever make it to the bottom before finding something i want to smoke so the ones at the bottom age a lot better.
therrm Offline
#17 Posted: Fri, Jan 23 2015, 5:19 PM EST
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My aging sweet spot is at the bottom of my humi. I hardly ever make it to the bottom before finding something i want to smoke so the ones at the bottom age a lot better.
delta1 Offline
#18 Posted: Fri, Jan 23 2015, 6:29 PM EST
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60. That was my age when I retired. Every cigar has tasted great since then...
thurson Offline
#19 Posted: Sat, Jan 24 2015, 11:22 PM EST
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delta1 wrote:
60. That was my age when I retired. Every cigar has tasted great since then...


+1 fog
frankj1 Offline
#20 Posted: Sat, Jan 24 2015, 11:29 PM EST
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delta1 wrote:
60. That was my age when I retired. Every cigar has tasted great since then...

61 here...and envious.
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#21 Posted: Sun, Jan 25 2015, 12:21 AM EST
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TheSmokensip wrote:
I dunno, some cigars are like people..they do not get better with to much age. They just get old ...


Saw a guy with a t-shirt the other day that said, "The older I get, the better I was."
TheSmokensip Offline
#22 Posted: Sun, Jan 25 2015, 11:35 AM EST
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bs_kwaj wrote:
Saw a guy with a t-shirt the other day that said, "The older I get, the better I was."


Laugh
TheSmokensip Offline
#23 Posted: Sun, Jan 25 2015, 11:40 AM EST
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Buckwheat wrote:
Not to be picky but 2-10 months is resting not aging.

I feel that it all depends on the conditions that they are aged in. I prefer a little lower humidity and temperature (60% & 60-65F). I've got several cigars that have substantial age on them +10 years up to +40 years that still smoke very well. Some loss of strength but a gain in complexity. As always YMMV. fog

I hear ya.Angel
Long-term aging is definitely a completely different animal and a labor of love. I've got 1 humi for old sticks (5-20 years) My original response was simply based on my "Sweet spot" opinion.
jackconrad Offline
#24 Posted: Sun, Jan 25 2015, 6:02 PM EST
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3 plus years . If properly kept the older the better but you cant turn Bologna in To Filet Mignon..
jackconrad Offline
#25 Posted: Sun, Jan 25 2015, 6:04 PM EST
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Unless you are Obama ^^
Palama Offline
#26 Posted: Sun, Jan 22 2023, 2:16 PM EST
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bs_kwaj wrote:
Saw a guy with a t-shirt the other day that said, "The older I get, the better I was."



Wish I had a shirt like that. ^^^
ZRX1200 Offline
#27 Posted: Sun, Jan 22 2023, 2:22 PM EST
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I hear they’re only available in tank tops.

Aging is very subjective. What do you like strength vs flavor etc. one thing that isn’t subjective IMO is if a cigar is in a green period (secondary fermentation).
Palama Offline
#28 Posted: Sun, Jan 22 2023, 4:40 PM EST
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ZRX1200 wrote:
I hear they’re only available in tank tops.

Aging is very subjective. What do you like strength vs flavor etc. one thing that isn’t subjective IMO is if a cigar is in a green period (secondary fermentation).


I’ll take seven of them….
corey sellers Offline
#29 Posted: Sun, Jan 22 2023, 6:01 PM EST
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