Experimentation in Rest and Aging.

clearlysuspect

Well, I've benefited from the wealth of knowledge the members here on this board, but now is the time to see the benefits of rest and aging for myself. On Saturday I received two of the Cigar.com Brasilia Label 5 packs from the Daily Deal. So I have 10 cigars to begin my experiment. The control and variable is simple. I will smoke 1 of these cigars quarterly; one every 3rd Sunday of every 3rd month; the experiment will last 2.5 years. I will closely monitor the temp and humidity as I do on a daily basis. I have decided to remove the cellophanes from these cigars for this trial. After smoking the cigar, I'll write down my notes and record what I have observed, and I'll post those findings here. This is a cigar that I know I like.

clearlysuspect

Garen B

You might want to stuff these sticks back into their cello, the wrappers on them are a bit thin and the cello will help keep them from getting too beaten up in the ole humi, especially since your doing a 2.5 year experiment on them. Would be a shame to see it end early due to cigar damage.

clearlysuspect

kuzi16

clearlysuspect

Renaissance_Man

clearlysuspect

Renaissance_Man

clearlysuspect

clearlysuspect

This is already getting hard. It hasn't even been a month and I already want one of these. I can't imagine if these were a better stick, I'd really be going crazy.

Renaissance_Man

Bump... How's this going ?

Krieg

I am actually doing my own little experiment in aging. I am basically taking every order I get and splitting it 50/50. Half goes into my aging humi and the other half I smoke. I started to write the dates the smokes go into the humi, that way I won't lose track. Once I have aged them a couple of years, I am going to smoke a new one, and then the aged one and see how they compare.

vankleekkw

Just an FYI.... Anything less than 5-10 years technically is just resting.

j0z3r

Lasabar

j0z3r:

I looked up an article on cigar aging written by Steve Saka of Drew Estates cigars..

"Aging a cigar is great... you have to let it "REST" for at least 5-6 months and let it "AGE" for 3 years... after 3 years the SUGAR we dipped our damn cigars in will really settle in and make you get cavities"

j0z3r

haha, you funny funny guy.

Krieg

vankleekkw:

Just an FYI.... Anything less than 5-10 years technically is just resting.

actually, it depends on the cigar.

kuzi16

clearlysuspect

17 days until cigar #2. I'm getting excited. :-)

nightmaremike31

Damn, it's been that long already? I'm stoked to hear the comparison!!

Unthought_Known

You can cut the tension with a knife!

TatuajeVI

17 days? man that's a long time. I got a couple of the ccom brazillia last month. Perhaps I should smoke one the same day you do!

kuzi16

clearlysuspect

kuzi16

its not so much that your tastes have changed, but your palate. now that you pay so much attention to flavor, have you developed your palate so that you taste more in a cigar than you would have in the past?

madurofan

kuzi16:

its not so much that your tastes have changed, but your palate. now that you pay so much attention to flavor, have you developed your palate so that you taste more in a cigar than you would have in the past?

This right here is why I gave up on aging, resting, whatever and trying to tell the differences. Now I just smoke em when I feel like it. If I smoke a cigar and can tell it needs more time to finish its fermentation then I note that. Other than that I just smoke em and enjoy them. You can definetly think your way right out of enjoying a cigar.

nightmaremike31

madurofan:

kuzi16:

its not so much that your tastes have changed, but your palate. now that you pay so much attention to flavor, have you developed your palate so that you taste more in a cigar than you would have in the past?

This right here is why I gave up on aging, resting, whatever and trying to tell the differences. Now I just smoke em when I feel like it. If I smoke a cigar and can tell it needs more time to finish its fermentation then I note that. Other than that I just smoke em and enjoy them. You can definetly think your way right out of enjoying a cigar.

See, and I think this is an amazing part of why I enjoy cigar so much. I can't think my way out of enjoying a cigar, but instead I can find so much more to enjoy in cigars that I thought were just "meh" and the ones that were great when I first started. I feel that my palate can appreciate more now that I've experienced more. But there is still so much more I wish to experience and get to know better with cigars.

kuzi16

madurofan:

kuzi16:

its not so much that your tastes have changed, but your palate. now that you pay so much attention to flavor, have you developed your palate so that you taste more in a cigar than you would have in the past?

This right here is why I gave up on aging, resting, whatever and trying to tell the differences. Now I just smoke em when I feel like it. If I smoke a cigar and can tell it needs more time to finish its fermentation then I note that. Other than that I just smoke em and enjoy them. You can definetly think your way right out of enjoying a cigar.

ive just noticed that i tend to like very strong cigars that have had a few years to age.

clearlysuspect

kuzi16:

its not so much that your tastes have changed, but your palate. now that you pay so much attention to flavor, have you developed your palate so that you taste more in a cigar than you would have in the past?

Could be, Kuzi. I know I stated at the beginning of this that I might end up learning something completely different from what I set out to learn. What fun is an experiment anyway if everything goes exactly as planned.

madurofan