5 vegas relic

kuzi16

cholmes8310

camgfs

kuzi16

kuzi16

double post

cholmes8310

Sandman1am

Wow I was just thinking about this the other day when I was going through and counting all my sticks. I got a few from CCOM then Paul sent me a few just because he is awesome. I've been wanting to try one but knew that they needed some time on them. I've been debating on if I should cut the foot to help them age. My other thing is what if I don't like them and want to trade them away. Then I have pretty much not kept the integrity of the cigar & I know how I would feel if I got a stick like that...unless it was pre-trade knowledge but even then it is still something I am torn over. Any thoughts?

cholmes8310

Sandman1am:

Wow I was just thinking about this the other day when I was going through and counting all my sticks. I got a few from CCOM then Paul sent me a few just because he is awesome. I've been wanting to try one but knew that they needed some time on them. I've been debating on if I should cut the foot to help them age. My other thing is what if I don't like them and want to trade them away. Then I have pretty much not kept the integrity of the cigar & I know how I would feel if I got a stick like that...unless it was pre-trade knowledge but even then it is still something I am torn over. Any thoughts?

I wouldn't cut them all. I'd cut a couple, see how they do. I have eight. I plan on cutting the foot on two, and keeping two intact, all from the same batch I bought. I'll smoke one of the intact one, then one of the cut ones, see which one developed better. Then, I'll know from now on whether to cut or keep them intact.

camgfs

cholmes8310

camgfs

j0z3r

I've got a few left from a box split, they have around 14 months on them. Honestly though, my best results came from one I smoked 2-3 weeks after getting them. I thought resting them would help, but so far all I've gotten are well rested, problematic cigars. When they're hassle free I think they're nice cigars, but I've had some issue on 4/5 that I've smoked, or attempted to smoke.

Russ55

mustluvcigars

Sandman1am:

Wow I was just thinking about this the other day when I was going through and counting all my sticks. I got a few from CCOM then Paul sent me a few just because he is awesome. I've been wanting to try one but knew that they needed some time on them. I've been debating on if I should cut the foot to help them age. My other thing is what if I don't like them and want to trade them away. Then I have pretty much not kept the integrity of the cigar & I know how I would feel if I got a stick like that...unless it was pre-trade knowledge but even then it is still something I am torn over. Any thoughts?

Tony, those will be a year old on 6/3 along with the CSII, if that helps you make your decision.

camgfs

Sandman1am

mustluvcigars:

Sandman1am:

Wow I was just thinking about this the other day when I was going through and counting all my sticks. I got a few from CCOM then Paul sent me a few just because he is awesome. I've been wanting to try one but knew that they needed some time on them. I've been debating on if I should cut the foot to help them age. My other thing is what if I don't like them and want to trade them away. Then I have pretty much not kept the integrity of the cigar & I know how I would feel if I got a stick like that...unless it was pre-trade knowledge but even then it is still something I am torn over. Any thoughts?

Tony, those will be a year old on 6/3 along with the CSII, if that helps you make your decision.

Thanks Paul. I was going to ask you how much time these had on them. Sweet deal I'm gonna hold out until they have a year on them. I might cut 1 to see how it differs. I'm going to try to dry box one as well. I have heard this helps with the burn issues. Glad I have 2 others that I picked up to try out some different things with these sticks.

mustluvcigars

I smoked one just the other day, after sending those out, It burned like a champ.not a single issue, I dont even clip them to light them, love the blast of wrapper flavor you get

bacon.jay

Sandman1am

mustluvcigars:

I smoked one just the other day, after sending those out, It burned like a champ.not a single issue, I dont even clip them to light them, love the blast of wrapper flavor you get

That's a winner in my book. I'm gonna light up one today.

kuzi16

Amos Umwhat

This has been a very interesting post. I've only had one of these that I got in a COTM shipment, was really looking forward to it, and let it sit until a couple weeks ago, which would be just a couple months. I was disappointed in that it had burn issues, and thought maybe it did need a little more age. You could tell it had potential, I was expecting something similar (and maybe better than) the Cask Strength, which seem to have done wonderfully with about 3 months. Question is, how do you know? Is there a formula, or method, other than smoking one, to let one know that a particular cigar is going to need more time than most to mature?

kuzi16

Sandman1am

kuzi16

Sandman1am

Thanks Kuzi. I need to get some age on the ones I have and was just wondering. Got plenty of special occations to smoke them. Like we were discussing if you never smoke it how are you going to know if you like it?